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In reply to the discussion: Sanders reopens Dem primary wounds [View all]synergie
(1,901 posts)Stop excusing bad behavior, stop rationalizing away the attacks and stop ducking blame where it is rightfully placed. Attacking Dems, the DNC and lying to people about primaries being rigged by an entity that doesn't control or run them is something that harmed these people. They truly believe this nonsense and don't bother to learn how elections are run and by whom. It's why they stay home, it's why they actively refused to even register, it's why they don't know how to process information and believe fake news that catered to their personal biases.
Those people chose to believe lies told to them, and voted Trump who co-opted the losing message in the primary. Face facts, this happened. Excuses won't fix the damage done, it will keep the GOP in power and gerrymandered, when you win by a margin of 3 million votes, attracting voters is not the problem.
Enough already with allowing idiocy and lies to stand, every bit of fake news needs to be addressed, no matter which "side" it's coming from. How much pure BS did we see from supposedly left/liberal/progressive sources which was pure and utter lies? Stop ducking the responsibility and face the actual facts, there is a deeply deluded portion of the left who fell for lies, and who need to stop excusing themselves, rationalizing away their willingness to accept hogwash and take some stock of how they got here.
People who wrote in invalid candidates, and left the ballot blank, those who voted 3rd party, not because they have any clue or any actual investment in those parties, but who were throwing a tantrum about not getting their way or who swallowed every bit of propaganda fed to them, and those who were undermining the party based on nothing? They need to stop with the hogwash and the nonsense and fix what's broken. Enough with blaming the majority of us who voted for Democrat, who did the work, who were telling everyone we saw, and enduring the abuse. We need to fix what's broken, and we need to see with clear eyes HOW that happened. Can't do that if we blind ourselves to what actually happened.