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In reply to the discussion: I'm gonna leave the dem party if I have to listen for one more second [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)in the run up to the election.
Alt-Right/Alt-Left, it's all the same bullshit. The thing to remember is this--it's not REAL.
Talk about "fake news" -- a lot of this poutrage and "What If-ing" is pushed by people who have no interest in actually putting a "progressive" or a "socialist" in the WH....the goal is to keep Trump in play OR better still, keep us all unbalanced/in-fighting.
And plenty of well-meaning True Believers pick up on the manufactured bullshit, believe there's actually an appetite for that crap (there isn't) and pass it on to the rest of us who are irritated and 'resisting.'
Guys like Michael Moore or Bernie Sanders are NOT the leaders of this resistance. They're free to chime in/be supportive but I think most people prefer a more organic and bottom up approach to this. The days of ManSplaining or "I'm Famous So Listen to MEEEEE"-Splaining are over. People are sick to death of that shit.