Is calling people "far left idiots" a way to promote dialogue? [View all]

[guillaumeb]

I am a Sanders supporter, and I find the "blame Bernie" or "blame the far left" or "blame Jill Stein" posts to be far too simplistic.

In all of the finger pointing, any argument must take note of the following tiny factors:

1) Systematic GOP voter suppression. Think Interstate Cross check, think voter ID suppression, think closing polling places, think endless GOP schemes to make voting difficult.

2) A conservative corporate media that dominates and frames the debate.

3) GOP gerrymandering that nearly insures continued GOP dominance.

4) Talk radio. Nearly all conservative.

So when we talk about why the GOP won the Electoral College, it helps to remember the real reasons rather than attempting to blame the nearly non-existent far left.