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2016 Postmortem

BillZBubb

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16. Hey Blue, not to be argumentative but

Reply to Bluenorthwest (Reply #13)

Tue Feb 23, 2016, 10:55 AM

Feb 2016

I think disrupting republicans on any issue is a good idea, especially for LGBT activists. Why? Because you push them farther to the right. Your influence on them is that they double down on the crazy. When that happens people in the middle actually start to think seriously about the issue--and they start pulling away from the republicans.

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Progressives, we have a problem... [View all] MellowDem Feb 2016 OP

Maybe this election Iol59 Feb 2016 #1

Post removed Post removed Feb 2016 #2

whoa, dude RobertEarl Feb 2016 #6

I'm not sure about that poll. For example, I think most Dems will vote for Sanders if he gets Hoyt Feb 2016 #3

There is no poll that says they wouldn't, you are making that up. Fact is any LGBT Democrat can tell Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #13

Hey Blue, not to be argumentative but BillZBubb Feb 2016 #16

Whoo. I'm responding to lines like 41% of Dems would no vote for a socialist. Hoyt Feb 2016 #17

we Old Codger Feb 2016 #4

Only 44% of Democrats identify as "liberal". Dem2 Feb 2016 #5

Or perhaps the meaning of liberal has been totally degraded by the move to the right? BillZBubb Feb 2016 #7

Yup-- and '60s mainstream liberal (like JFK, RFK, Frank Church, Mike Mansfield) Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #8

Ahhh, so liberal means "march in lockstep" Dem2 Feb 2016 #12

No, liberal means, you know, supporting a real liberal candidate. BillZBubb Feb 2016 #15

The Democratic party has always been a very diverse party. More so than the Republicans and most... yawnmaster Feb 2016 #9

IMO, it's because the many of the people who care about those issues were forced out of the party Hydra Feb 2016 #10

Start a new one. This one is beyond salvaging. n/t VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #14

I think we have an even worse divide on economic and corporate issues dreamnightwind Feb 2016 #11