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In reply to the discussion: The demands for Hillary loyalty are loud and clear on DU. [View all]lovemydog
(11,833 posts)coming from all sides within the debates here. On the 'demands' part, well maybe it's not exactly demands, but there seems to be a lot of people sort of saying Hillary Clinton is the only chance the democratic party has to keep the White House. I won't decide fully on that until the primaries are over - and that's more than a year from now! So to me it seems pretty demanding for some to be dismissive of alternatives, over a year away from the party's nomination.
There's a lot of dismissiveness toward people like me who will vote for the democratic nominee for President, but who also have strong legitimate reasons for believing our country will benefit greatly by moving our economic policies further left, and for reducing military spending.
In all fairness though, there's a lot of dismissiveness coming from those further left as well, who just put down Hillary Clinton without even bothering to listen to her speak now, or who have the patience to wait and see what she proposes down the road.
I think it's an inherent tension in the democratic party, and I think it's a good kind of tension.
I just don't think people should be so rude and personally insulting toward one another here.
I guess it's just how a lot of people are, or how they choose to express themselves on the net.
Hope you see sort of what I'm trying to say. Have a good day!