What do Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Al Gore and Bill Clinton have in common?

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57. That's a message

I would like to see conveyed to Sanders. The idea that concerns of a citizens on message board about one man must be silence to promote unity, while a politician's statements condemning the party on television are treated as gospel, tells me the call for unity has absolutely nothing to do with the electoral prospects of Democrats.

Democratic unity is not promoted by demanding citizens remain silent when the Democratic party and their concerns are attacked by a politician. I understand that for many, the party matters less than Bernie's career. But let's cut the pretense that has anything to do with party unity, when the goal has been to demand citizen acquiescence to him, including his attacks on the party. Conformity and silence are not unity, though that is exactly what we have seen advocated. Demanding I obey Bernie and remain silent as he dismisses issues and rights that are important to me is about asserting dominance, not unity.

The refusal to consider that anyone but Sanders supporters have any legitimate concerns as citizens is divisive, as is holding support for him up as a gauge to determine someone's worth. People have legitimate concerns, and in dismissing them the clear message is that our lives are worth less.