Misguided Attacks on the Liberal Elite

[JCanete]

16. Sanders push on the Democratic party did not end with that result. It ended with a party that

made ovations to the left and convinced me to vote for Hillary Clinton in the GE. Most Sanders supporters voted for Clinton in the GE, and I'm not sure there are any numbers that suggest that there are enough people out there who would have voted for Clinton if not for Sanders.

Starting from a place of total uncorroborated bullshit to make a point is not strengthening this person's argument.

Also, lumping what Sanders was saying in with every other attack of every variety on liberals is also disingenuous. Its fair to say that if he wants to make a point about a certain elitism that using terms that Republicans have used comes with all that baggage. That's true. I think that's complicated and dicey territory. I think he's using it because the language is familiar and already believed, but he's attempting to change the content of that meaning, but that doesn't mean that's a good strategy, and I think that's fair criticism to bring. To pretend that he's saying all this other shit is entirely straw-manning.