I'm damn tired of rich people with ulterior motives trying to hijack the Democratic platform.

[Jim Lane]

51. Yes, I voted for Tasini.

You write, "There's a reason why he lost so badly." Well, his opponent was the incumbent, had an enormous advantage in name recognition, outspent him by a big margin, and was endorsed by the Democratic Party establishment. Tasini had virtually no money to get out his message, was largely ignored by the corporate media, and couldn't communicate with the voters in a debate because Clinton refused to debate him. So, obviously, the reason he lost was that, in your opinion, he's no progressive. If only he'd enunciated a set of policies more to your liking he would have picked up many more votes.

Was Tasini a progressive? According to the Wikipedia article about the race, Tasini announced that he was "running as an antiwar candidate, calling for immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, universal health care, expansion in Medicare benefits, the creation of Universal Voluntary Accounts for pensions, and what he termed 'New Rules For the Economy', a more labor-centric as opposed to the corporate-centric approach to economic matters espoused by Clinton." Obviously some people will disagree with his characterization of Clinton, but the rest of what's in that brief summary would generally be considered progressive.

I didn't happen to read your OP about civil rights. I read a different OP, one that smeared Our Revolution and leftists in general. I read the OP in this thread in that context.

If you want an explanation of the pushback on civil rights, you'll have to direct your question to people who are pushing back on civil rights.