The goal of our group is to HAVE FUN and DISCUSS PROMISING IDEAS for the democratic party while being NON-CONFORMIST, EXPERIMENTAL, KIND, OPTIMISTIC, and HAPPY.
This is important because currently the democratic party is very DOOMY and UNFUN and ANGRY and DEPRESSED and CONFORMIST and HAS MANY BAD IDEAS and IS MEAN and UNSAFE to people who share verboten ideas.
TO THAT END: This etiquette is designed to maintain a vibe of high trust, experimentation, novel ideas, and playfulness. Do not crush the vibe.
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Be concrete; no bullshitting Asking “why do you think that?” is always okay.
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Collaborate and have a good, pleasant time doing politics Hatred, contempt, doomerism, and complaining should be taken elsewhere — we are here to improve our ideas, improve the ideas of the Democratic Party, and get shit done. Seriously, no political contempt for your enemies, no discussion of egregious sins of enemies, no hate porn. We all read the news already. This will be policed.
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We Discuss Politics, Not News Please do not post news unless you are asking your own relevant questions or sharing your own ideas/theories. We’re all on Twitter already. We are here to discuss novel, interesting, promising political ideas, not news. ESPECIALLY no rage-bait or sensationalist headlines. If I wanted to hear the ideas of CNN and the NYT, I would visit their website, not this group chat.
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Good Ideas Really Matter Please encourage each other’s ideas. Please share promising ideas that you find in the wild. Please theorize in public.
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Good Humor Really Matters Laugh, smile, shitpost, and be merry! The Democratic Party is far too solemn, and we need to have fun. Enjoying life is a pre-requisite to good politics. An enjoyable party is a pre-requisite to a good party.
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Model Good Behavior We all take cues from each other. Let’s lead each other to a much better way of being, not just better policy.
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No Activism Our goal is not to protest for a specific political objective, but rather to shape how politics is done in the first place so it requires less distress and frustration and activism. We’re not trying to complain about how things are, we’re trying to understand how things are, and then build the thing that is better.