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In reply to the discussion: It is amazing how some get so upset here when we tell Jill Stein off! [View all]emulatorloo
(46,153 posts)They are not to be blamed for Stein very public campaign to draw a false equivalency between the Republican and Democratic nominee.
Oh wait, correction: to claim the Democratic nominee was worse than the Republican nominee.
"It's not about Stein, and it's never been about Stein. It's about winning the minds and votes of more people. "
We're in total agreement on that. As I mentioned in my post title, Green voters have been allies and will continue to be allies. (Not all Greens are Stein-cultists btw.)
Where we disagree is your apparent notion that Stein is a sacred cow who should not be criticized for her divisive anti-Democratic pro-Trump rhetoric during the 2016 election, or her disingenuous rhetoric yesterday.
Anyone who claimed Clinton was worse than Trump during 2016 is not to be listened to. Ever again.
At the very least it shows extremely poor judgment.
You can certainly continue "expending energy" chastising evil DU'ers who find Stein's rhetoric yesterday disingenuous and destructive if you wish.
However don't expect DU'ers to capitulate to the false meme that Dems and Republicans are 'the same'. That's neither a liberal or progressive position. It's a false equivalency and folks here don't really care for false equivalencies.