Nope , they don ' t need to retreat , but they don ' t need to become the republican ' s to beat them . And really , that ' s not beating them , it ' s becoming them . But if you want to impose your ideals by force and fucking with the justice system then sure , you should probably join the republican party , it sounds like their MO lines up well with what you believe . I think we should focus more on education and information . Maybe move to create a state news that will have to report unbiased truth , and if they ' re proved wrong , air a redaction and correction . So long as it ' s a war of misinformation , with no where to turn for facts , you ' re never going to teach people a better way . And sadly , even the most prestigious of US news media has proven that they ' re biased and beholden to ratings , even at the expense of the truth . So lets get money out of some of the media at least , and make sure that there ' s someone who isn ' t owned by a billionaire that ' s trying to actually report fact and truths instead of just pressing ahead with more propaganda and trying to be more like republican ' s .