So now the Heir gets to rip on Bernie Sanders' broadbrush on the Donkeys For The People's presumed unassertiveness and lack of gutsiness.  The Heir reminds us all that this is an old an tired Ed Snowden progressive trope dating back to 2006 whereby the progressives not only berate Donkey politicians for not drinking the Ed Snowden Kool-Aid, but also the constituents and citizens those figures represent.  And once again the Heir reminds people like Bernie Sanders that it's not for him or his followers to berate or harass other citizens based on what those followers think are the citizens' opinions.  The progressives have an appalling track record of not listening to anyone in their comfort zone enough to find out that about 90% (give or take) of their opinions taken individually are actually shared by most people, and this is reflected in poll numbers showing majority support for the new essentials economics measures such as emphasis on child care and true housing reform.  But here's the thing.  The people agree on the substance, but not on the individual talking points and messaging.  That's why the Heir sees that even now in 2021, 15 years after 2006, the Ed Snowdens are still there with their My Way Or The Highway mentality, and they're simply never going to change.  And yet they have the gall to complain about the "divisiveness" of the public.  It may be a bit overstated if the above polls are of any indication.

The Heir is dismayed at that one organizer's decision to disinclude the NYPD from an upcoming pride march, and the Heir agrees with the head of the gay cops fraternal order that in a sense this presents the oppressed becoming the oppressors.  Just merely weeks after a cop paid the ultimate price because of a DUI-driven anti-cop attack, the Heir sees all cops in general being even lowered in personal credibility and hence a lowered ability to maintain the public trust as a result of the decision.  The way the Heir sees it, people in general looking that this decision aren't going to really disagree with that decision.  Instead, he sees people somehow thinking, oh well I guess that means cops really are bad people if they're being disincluded from even one pride event.  It doesn't matter to the Heir that the decision does not disinclude individual cops from participating, but this represents a kind of a Little Bit Pregnant kabuki dance, and not a very sincere gesture.  He isn't going to blame any cops saying they don't feel comfortable taking part in any event that effectively discriminates against their line of work.  The Heir's hoping that pride events taking place in other cities and the suburbs will respond with a stance of Cops Welcome.  He believes that gays and gay friendly folk in the suburbs at least will still continue to support the cops and not believe they have to choose between such support and comfortably taking part in a pride event.