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In reply to the discussion: How the extreme left gave us Nixon, Bush and now Trump [View all]Oneironaut
(5,500 posts)Their cartoonishly kooky ideas, hair-trigger tendency to get offended over the dumbest of things, their blatant hypocrisy of telling others what to do but not following those rules themselves, their absolute hatred of free speech, and their open hostility to anyone who doesn't believe absolutely everything they believe is a black mark on the Democratic Party, and gives Republicans ammo to win elections. Very often, they also support candidates who have no chance of ever winning, pulling votes from a viable Democratic candidate.
It's time to distance ourselves from these people. They're free to have their own party, but they aren't Democrats. They hate what our party stands for.
The left wants to help workers and small businesses. The far left sneers at them and calls them redneck trash. The left loves freedom of speech. The far left hates it and does everything it can to silence dissenting ideas. The left wants everybody to be treated equally. The far-left divides and conquers by labeling everybody and pitting them against each other.