emptywheel writes in the defense of Hakeem Jeffries:
"Hakeem Jeffries is not YOUR leader. There are actually people leading the resistance well already.
He is the leader of 255 incoming Members of Congress, more than half of whom are more conservative than you, than me, and even than Hakeem Jeffries."
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The well-written article by emptywheel also provides some broader lessons for all of us - to have informed opinions, to learn about the big picture, to learn about the person's decades of history, to understand their roles and responsibilities, to not react to isolated statements or quips made by leaders or pundits or opponents, to not follow the herd.
To see things not just from our own eyes, but through the eyes of others and the eyes of the target of our opinion.
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