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In reply to the discussion: This is what happens when you vote for Justice Democrat endorsed candidates. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)without hurting it.
Most rigid dissidents may lean "radical" but are not actually extremists or aggressively antagonistic populists. JD, though, doesn't just dissent; its core of extremists is actively hostile to the Democratic Party.
Hear they're posing as less alarming pragmatic Democrats now (but still, as always, more principled than the real things), because vicious social media lies, calling for people to vote against Democrats and insisting Trump was at least unlikely to be any worse, etc, lost them more of the voters they're trying to draw than gained. But their leaders haven't had personality changes, and I don't know how one would give money to them without having it used to further hostile goals.
In your situation I think I'd reverse my support -- go to JD to say good things about Biden but donate to Democrats. But of course continue to vote Democrat.
Whatever. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez et al are operating from within the Democratic Party because it's America's huge center of progressive power. It's where progress is made. But representing progressives of every faction makes it necessarily more moderate, and "pragmatic," than a small faction can be, which gives them plenty of opportunity to dissent. But as I pointed out, they so far are doing it within protective limits, not like MT Greene and the other self-destructive whackjobs RW voters sent. If they go too far for their colleagues, they apologize to the powers that be while counting whatever increase in donations it brought in.