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In reply to the discussion: I just want to reiterate my belief that Republicans are the worst people alive [View all]Sophia4
(3,515 posts)It really is up to the winner to make sure everyone is on board and that everyone believes that the system was not rigged.
I still remember, after all these years, the time that a certain person in my class went to the professor in one of my classes and persuaded him not to count the score on a certain exam question that I had prepared for and aced and that she had neglected to prepare for and couldn't answer.
I hang my head in shame when I admit that. But when a person feels that a process or a grade or something is UNFAIR, RIGGED, then they have a feeling of unfairness and refuse to recognize that maybe it was fair and was not rigged.
We have to agree to disagree about the fairness of the 2016 primaries because while you and I may think the primaries were fair, many Bernie supporters do not. And that is why they did not want to vote for her. They felt rebuffed and rejected, and it is up to Hillary and her supporters to accept and make a big show of accepting and joining again with those who did not support Hillary.
It's a matter of overcoming one's own disappointment and accepting the fact that others have their own disappointments to overcomes.
It's important that we be united if we are to continue to win in 2018 and 2020. The dissension and the blame associated with past elections just has to be given up and stowed away while we join to win in 2018 and 2020.
This is absolutely necessary if we are to win in 2018 and 2020. I know it is difficult, but it has to be done.