How many on the progressive wing of the Democratic party were duped by Putin?.

[Ken Burch]

144. That was in response to a collective attack on "the progressive wing of the Democratic Party"

And was directed solely at that individual. I'll now delete it, but it's not "divisive" simply to respond to someone collectively blaming progressives-or collectively implying that progressive Dems were duped by Putin-and if someone is going to say that, how far are they going to take it? Are people now going to imply that Bernie's campaign was somehow a Russian plot, even though that assertion would obviously be absurd? Are there any limits on what is now going to be ascribed to "Russian interference"?

It serves no good purpose to collectively blame "the progressive wing" for something the progressive wing did not cause-OR to accuse the progressive wing of collectively being dupes of anyone.

As to "divisiveness", I'm as much of a loyal Dem as you are, and have earned the right to speak openly on issues within the party.

Nothing I've posted deserves your hostility or derision. I'm blameless in the 2016 result and my posts since then have simply been positive calls for change. I don't attack any person and I don't blame any person. My comments have simply been about the collective mindset in the party leadership. It's legitimate to question the idea of always running our fall campaign on the assumption that we can only run AGAINST the GOP, rather than FOR progressive policies.