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In reply to the discussion: Supporting the values of the Sanders movement is not "refighting the primaries". [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)It's difficult to honestly discuss the Sanders movement while ignoring "Bernie or Bust", or the numerous delegates at the convention who were booing the various speakers, including Clinton. It's difficult to ignore people like Cornel West, an influential Bernie-supporting intellectual who endorsed Stein, thereby helping Trump get elected.
It's especially difficult here on DU, where we were subjected to many arguments about how Hillary was really just as bad as Trump. And before that, about how Obama was some kind of right-wing sellout.
I agree that we need to be united. And the strange thing about the Hillary-bashing from the far-left, and the Obama-bashing before that, is that we all stand for basically the same things. The minimum wage is $7.25, should there really be vicious fights about the difference between $12.50 and $15?
Still, I agree with the message of unity.