Progressivism is NOT just about economic rights.

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61. "a series of purity tests"

The protection and defense of sacred civil, human and Constitutional rights of half of America's citizens is NOT, ahem, a "purity test".

If this little misogynistic weasel Mello were, with the support of Sen Sanders, shitting on the civil, human and Constitutional rights of people of color, LGBT, or Muslims, DU would (rightly) be screaming for Sen Sanders' head on a pike. But women? Women are ALWAYS "the expendable crew member". I now see that to Sen Sanders, and to some liars who call themselves "progressives", our civil, human and Constitutional rights are just a "single issue" that shouldn't be part of a "purity test".

Was I mistaken in my decades-old belief that the term "progressive" included mandatory support and defense of the sacred civil, human and Constitutional rights of half of America's citizens?

As for so-called "DFL", they're not Democrats. And neither is that little misogynistic weasel Mello. If they WERE Democrats, they would support the official party platform.