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In reply to the discussion: Is Our Revolution trying to unseat Al Franken? [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)ideology stated is that it does not admit that our positions and values are virtually the same. In fact, they always have been ours. They are liberal goals and most very old.
The totally unnecessary ideological battle against the Democratic Party, including all the claimed differences used as excuses for "revolution," instead of union is exactly the problem.
It's not that Democrats couldn't use some shaking up. Every organization needs that. But that's not and never has been the reason for the genuine hostility and refusal to become one that characterizes those who refuse to cooperate and compromise a bit to achieve common goals.
The tea partiers are the right wing's version of the left's "revolutionary" ideologues. They were a much bigger movement, so more scrutinized, and became famous for preferring to lose everything rather than compromise.
A huge lesson there for those who will look, but that pretty much rules out most. Personal insight is not a strong point of ideologues on either side. But for those who are capable, examining why their movement thinks it must be opposition instead of unity and cooperation would be a huge step forward.
You might ask yourself, Jon, how supposedly noble goals dwindled on this forum for an entire year to a far-left version of repeal-and-replace the ACA, using the right wing's arguments for the repeal part. And don't asked me to prove that one, a year's posts by the thousands on this subject are available for your own review.