"Progressives Say We're Proud Of Not Voting For Hillary!" (idiocy from the far left).

[alarimer]

73. There has to be some acknowledgement of the Dem Party's participation in its own downfall.

To wit: the decision by some years ago that the way to win elections was to try and sway disaffected Republicans by moving to the center with free trade, loosening regulations on Wall Street, lack of support for labor unions, etc. When the Republicans moved further right, the Democratic Party moved to the center. It is this that feels like a betrayal of all that Democrats accomplished over the years.

I have no wish to exile people on the left I might disagree with. I think there is value in everyone's ideas and there is no need to throw folks under a bus, just because we think they might be wrong on some things or even a lot of things. Or voted for what we see as the wrong the people. They may be misguided, or wrong, or deluded. But the intolerance among so-called progressives here is what disturbs me the most. No need for calling them traitors or worse. They are not.