I get your meaning. It’s infuriating and exhausting that I have to constantly fight for incremental progress and I hate that there are still terrible actors in the party. That’s why I champion progressives and celebrate every time one gets in.

The fact of the matter is not engaging gets (even more) people killed and I will always hold them accountable but that also means holding myself and the other side accountable. Does it stop at the ballot box? No. You protest, you educate, you arm.