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gulliver

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16. True liberalism easily can.
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 11:59 AM
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And we really should focus on that. Democracy matters. One person has one voice. People are good, and even if they're not, they're the people. What they want the world to be like is what it should be like.

I'm increasingly impressed with what I see from Gavin Newsom and John Fetterman, and that's in the leadership department. There are many others.

Can we get a Kirk? Absolutely. We could get a bunch of them. The resistance to an effective, pushy, debating, true fighter of the left would all come from people who are not true fighters (and, therefore not really even truly left). You're not a true fighter if all you do is pick stupid fights and lose them all the time. You're a true fighter if you smile when attacked. You're true fighter if you get in fewer fights because people respect you. You tell true fighters by whether or not they win.

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