2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party has proven what a gutless mess it has become [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)And anger generates anger and passion generates passion...and sometimes people go over the top. People also have differing styles of expression.
I actually agree with you about the more dogmatic end of the leftist spectrum that demands pure socialism and other things that are outside of the basic compacts of what I'll call democratic free enterprise. or anarchism which seeks to tear down the system and start all over again....They are not open to compromise, moderation, etc.
But generally you will find those people opposing or dismissing Sanders from the left. He's too moderate and "just another politician" according to them.
What Sanders has tapped into is not a cabal of people demanding purity, or who hate moderates. Many, probably most, of Sanders supporters are not opposed to moderation in movement towards goals.
But I contend that a moderate is someone who is generally rowing in the same direction -- they may differ in pace, but they want the same things.
But much of the opposition and criticism is based on "centrist" things like attacking public insurance and throwing it under the bus as a unicorn -- or jamming through corporate backed gutting of the US economy and workforce to fill corporate coffers through top secret "free trade" scams. Those are attempts to push in the opposite direction.