Should advocates push for strong legislation when we know it does not have the votes to pass Congress, let alone override a president’s veto? [More]
I get their reasoning for doing so. My problem with OVERDOING it is that it comes off like phony pandering and shifts focus and resources off immediate priorities. Lather, rinse, repeat for gun-grab bills that have no chance but send everybody screaming that the sky is falling. Then we see the mansplainin’ YouTubers gushing about how HUGE it is, and when nothing comes to pass we’ve got yet another Boy Who Cried Wolf scenario, so that if something we should be paying attention to sneaks in everybody’s jaded and burned-out.
So, yeah, I see their reasoning. I also see mine.
Legislation that can’t pass is proposed for PR purposes…. it’s just political posturing. The person introducing it doesn’t really care if it passes and may not actually want it to pass. They are just preening and posturing for their electorate.