alt Hacker News> would be willing to use 100% of the power lent to them by my vote to enact their policy goals
This probably branded you as an extremist. Those aren’t usually useful to a non-extremist political movement. If you made it clear you were open to compromise and weren’t looking to burn the system down to make a point, you might gain better reception.
Eh, while you’re right on the 100% quote after I got that reaction I toned it down to versions of “using any of your political power to enact your policy goals” and “do _anything_ to hold people accountable for their crimes” and got similar levels of vitriol.
The only people I see advocating for doing anything are unfortunately extremists or insane currently, but people want some action and I think the Democrats inability to articulate what they would do and own it publicly is part of why they are so unpopular even amongst their own base.
And I literally mean the advertising and owning of actions, Biden did a fuck ton(wanted him to do more, him and Obama both failed with their Attorney General picks imo), but when it came to speaking in public the Dems were always demure.