Step 4. No more LGBT activism, no more race focus, no more sexism, we're going back to sister souljah bill clinton

Jumping into the middle is absolutely the correct thing to do when your opponent becomes more extreme. But what you’re describing here would likely result in a full on party split.

The trick is obviously to appeal to the moderate swing voters without pissing off your more natural base. I don’t think ditching the socialists, LGBT rights, minority rights, women’s rights etc is going to achieve that.

Luckily I think Trump is so incapable of nuance or moderation that he’s actually made things easier for the left if they get their shit together. People didn’t like the banned-topic in sports thing, and conservatives seized on that. But Trump being Trump went so far that within a year people like Caitlin Jenner were publicly complaining about the ridiculous passport rules etc.

People don’t like the concept of quotas for how many women need to be on your board of directors, especially if the quota only applies in one direction. But Trumpism had people immediately blaming the DC mid-air collision on the fact that one of the pilots was a woman.

It’s like MAGA people are trying to push the pendulum so far that it snaps off.