Why Does the Liberal, Democratic Establishment Hate Progressives? Seriously

[Nevernose]

39. The vitriol in the answers here..

That should be your first clue. Some of its rational, some of its not.

The dislike between DNC-leaning and progressive-leaning is a two way street, though. Lots of name calling, lots of bitterness over the loss, lots of primary resentment, and that's "both" sides. The amount of defensiveness and anger on this post is a little shocking, even to me.

I'm not seeing a whole lot of grace or magnanimity in this particular thread. I see some hurt people lashing out, and while I'm definitely somewhere to the far left of progressive, I'm not going to take the hostility as indicative of "the establishment."

We can sit here all goddamned day and list each other's sins and flaws -- there's plenty to go around, regardless of who you supported in the primary -- but that's not going to get rid of Trump or save the Endangered Species Act or keep my mother in law's health insurance or a thousand other things that all liberals agree on.