BS: "We will be taking on [...] the establishment wing of the Democratic party"

[murielm99]

204. You don't get to parse the party, or

decide who belongs to what faction. Fuck this faction business. We are a big tent. Work within that framework. You don't get to rewrite history either, over who supported what for healthcare policy. Alternate facts are for republicans.

I am sick of so-called progressives telling us that we are establishment if we do not fall on the right place on their purity scale. You don't get to tell me I am center-right if I want to work to improve the ACA. Some of you who are shouting about this are only doing it because BS is telling you it is right. And some of you are the same people who believe we should try to entice white working class males to our side, even at the expense of women's reproductive choice on our platform and in our candidates. Fuck that, too.

The republicans love this. It keeps our side divided. Fortunately, most Democrats have more sense than this. They see how the ACA is working, and want to keep it. They see that the far left represents only a small fraction of the electorate. They will vote accordingly in 2018.

Many of the sensible democrats also see, as I do, that most of you so-called progressives will be gone in 2-5 years. You will not get instant results. Other Democrats will not bow down and worship your idols or roll over for your pie-in-the-sky ideas. They might want to: COMPROMISE. If you experience setbacks, and you will, most of you will go home. The people who have always worked to build the party will still be here, doing whatever it takes.