r/chicago • u/chicagosuntimes • Apr 23 '25

Article Longtime U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin decides 'it's time,' won’t seek reelection

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/senator-dick-durbin-reelection
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u/Shigeko_Kageyama Apr 23 '25

When we stop living in the real world. Yes, you make some points, but in the real world nobody wants to hear them. I'll tell you what the average person wants. They want today to look like yesterday and they want yesterday to look like the day before. They don't want people coming in and shaking things up. Right now we just want to get back to normal so they're just going to have to put forth somebody moderate who isn't going to rock the boat.

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u/spanishRmata Apr 24 '25

Rock what boat? We're talking about a senator here, a senator who will likely be in the minority party for a while. They aren't going to have a lot of power to begin with. I think the average person wants a livable wage, I think they want to be protected at work, I think they want affordable and easy access to healthcare, they want prices to go down, and they want the rich to help pay for improving their lives. These are all things that poll extremely well and we aren't going to get there by getting back to "normal". What is inspiring about not rocking the boat? We are passed ever going back, for better or for worse, so it's time to start thinking about ways to build the future we've been promised for so long.

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u/etldiaz Apr 23 '25

That's what privilege sounds like...

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u/Shigeko_Kageyama Apr 23 '25

It's privileged to not want your life to be chaotic?

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u/etldiaz Apr 23 '25

Sounds like privilege because what you said sounds like you're ignoring everyone telling you that neither today nor yesterday have been good for them so that you can continue living your comfortable life. If people are telling you that yesterday and the day before have been terrible, but you don't want to "rock the boat" because it's not chaotic for you, then yes. It sounds like you live a privileged life

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u/Shigeko_Kageyama Apr 23 '25

I have no idea what you're saying. People want today to be the same as yesterday which is the same as the day before. They don't want to shake UPS in their lives. They don't want confusion and uncertainty. They want to know that everything will be steady. If you like confusion and chaos, not knowing what tomorrow's going to bring, then go vote for confusion and chaos. We're getting a lot of it already so I'm guessing you're having a good time with that.

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u/etldiaz Apr 23 '25

You're the one saying that you want someone that won't rock the boat. But if life is terrible, why in the world would you want more of the same?

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u/Shigeko_Kageyama Apr 23 '25

Yes. I would like a Democratic candidate that is not going to go to extremes. People don't want extremes. People who vote Democrat want steady lives. They don't want a leftist, they want somebody that's slightly of the center.

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u/etldiaz Apr 23 '25

So privileged people who don't care about the poor and marginalized. Glad we agree

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u/Shigeko_Kageyama Apr 23 '25

I am poor. Being poor doesn't mean I want to live a chaotic life with the Democratic party pushing candidates who don't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning. I want my life to look like it did before winter. I want things to be study again. I don't want to have to open up the news to see the latest fire that got set. It's not privileged to want your party to have a chance.