George McFly and the Democratic Party

Punchee or puncher, you decide

In the movie Back to the Future, George McFly spends most of the movie being bullied by his nemesis Biff until he eventually has had enough and coldcocks Biff on the night of the big dance.

I note this in the aftermath of Greg Gianforte, the thug republican congressman from Montana, and his physical attack of a reporter who asked a question Gianforte didn't like.  There is absolutely nothing surprising about Gianforte's physicality--the republican party has become a party of bullies who in lieu of intelligence and grace under pressure resort to apish behavior to achieve their means.

I know that no one on the left likes to hear this--because so many are so certain we're going to Gandhi our way back into power, despite all evidence to the contrary--but Democrats and the Democratic Party should take a lesson from George McFly:  if we don't punch back, both literally and figuratively, republicans will continue to bully us and America into becoming a country that the vast majority of Americans do not want.

If we're serious about winning, we need to fight fire with fire.

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee