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In reply to the discussion: The hypocrisy of the latest round of Bernie-bashing [View all]pecosbob
(7,538 posts)I urge you all to stop voting for centrist neoliberals. Those of use who have voted for Dems for decades have been ecouraged by the movement of millions of former Republicans to the Democratic Party. The Republicans' war on minorities, and women, and science and pretty much everyone else in the country that's not poor, white, uneducated and easily swayed to vote for them has driven many people to the Democratic Party in recent years. This will create problems for the Democratic Party in the near future as all of 'us' try to come to grips with what 'we' all want.
At some point some within the Democratic Party decided it was okay to cozy up to the junk bond salesmen and payday lenders of the world. They saw the Repugs raking all that money in from their benefactors like the Kochs and the CoC and the drying up of their own traditional funding sources such as labor unions and decided they would fight fire with fire. They cooperated with the Repugs in trade agreements that enable predatory corporations to ignore labor unions and wage standards and environmental laws. They helped to push moronic infrastructure investments on cities and small municipalities that benefited no one but the predatory corporations behind them. They've enabled the Repubs to begin wholesale privatization of our education system, dismantling of social security and Medicare and Medicaide.
TLDNR; If you're 'new' to the Democratic Party, try to remember that 'we' are the party of acceptance and inclusion. We do not exclude someone because their views differ from ours, up to a point. I agree that it is a mistake to enforce purity tests for the Party...the time for that is at the Democratic National Convention, where 'we' will decide on our platform. Until, then, again I encourage all of you to vote progressive.