We won the House in 2018 with MODERATE candidates in swing districts...

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66. Celerity, what's WRONG with "far left"? A lot of people here don't

like mainstream liberals on the moderate liberal to far-left liberal spectrum of the Democratic mainstream. And let's face it, all the denouncers on the "Democrats are corrupt corporatists" and "socialist" spectrum are farther left, often quite far left. And they're as proud of it as they are contemptuous of mainstream voters.

Most of those also tend IL-liberal, beyond liberals. Although leftists, they simply do not respect or share the characteristic liberal openness and acceptance of differences. They are appalled by the liberal belief in the need to accept that others have views valid for them and the need to cooperate to find common ground. Instead of seeing those as critical virtues to democracy as liberals do, the left-of-liberals, i.e., far left, see them as corruption of principles, and weakness. Again, why not stand proud on these beliefs instead of denying them and trying to hide among liberals as if it's not respectable?

And that leads to another identifying characteristic of many -- BUT NOT ALL! -- on the far left: a lack of commitment to democracy. The "fars" on both side are minorities, and for that reason, some feel democracy just doesn't work for them because they always lose to the liberal mainstream. And most on the far left believe so strongly in themselves that that confers a duty to do what they have to. Claiming that's "respectable" is more problematic in a democracy, but honest people will be honest with themselves.

Whatever. Bottom line is that to claim that millions on the far left are actually part of the mainstream spectrum they constantly reject and oppose is silly, and they'd be insulted by the very idea.