HOW BERNIE SANDERS IDEAS ARE WINNING IN THE TRUMP ERA

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107. And some of us disagree.

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Some of us feel attacked for daring to suggest that calling us feeble is not a positive thing.

Some of us are tired of working so hard for so long and having our efforts utterly erased and credit given elsewhere.

Some of us understand that losing elective positions has something to do with people failing to show up, failing to educate themselves and failing to understand how basic processes work, or differentiate between Democrats and Republicans.

Some of us feel that it's not an inspiring message of change to be constantly called names and likened to those we've been fighting tooth and nail on the opposing side.

Some of us were inspired enough already by the many, many leaders who were decried as "establishment" by people who didn't know what that word meant and who use it as an epithet to demean, denigrate and divide.

Some of us feel like the issues that matter to us, that affect our lives, that are life and death for us are jettisoned off as "identity politics" and "single issues" as if they all come second to familiar catch phrases, all the while the opposition works hard to ensure that we have lost the feeling of safety and security and the right to exist in the world without fear.

Some of us feel we're being silenced, though the need for actual debate and discussion has never been more vital, as we learn more and more each day about how and why this divisiveness was introduced and why it's so particularly toxic this cycle.