An Illustration Of the Problem, Ladies And Gentlemen

[The Magistrate]

This is an excerpt from The Guardian's panel discussion on last night's primary results:

Benjamin Dixon: ‘Voting during a pandemic doesn’t feel fair’

"What we are seeing unfold before us is a political establishment so determined to maintain its grip on power that it would insist on holding an election during a pandemic that targets the older voters who showed up to the polls today. The results from today’s election would never be considered legitimate under normal circumstances with poll locations closing with no notification, poll workers not showing up for fear of their lives, and other locations being consolidated which all but ensures that voters in those locations will be gathered in groups larger than the 50 maximum limit suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"But here we are, with a party that is so desperate to put the progressive movement down that it would risk the lives of their voters to go to the polls during a national emergency. There will be a rush to “validate” this election, but any reasonable observer engaging in good faith would confess that not postponing the primaries or, at a minimum, extending the primaries and allowing the voter to continue voting by mail constitutes voter suppression."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/17/joe-biden-bernie-sanders-us-elections-2020-panel

It is the view of one Benjamin Dixon, who has a podcast, apparently.

Some particulars may be found here:

https://progressivearmy.com/benjamin-dixon-show-live/

Opinions may differ, certainly, but this does not strike me as someone amenable to reason, let alone to compromise and coalition. Persons holding such views must unfortunately be written off. Certainly they cannot be bought off or placated.