2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My two cents on the Elijah Cummings thing [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)shouted down anyone, the noise would have blasted the roof off.
This was a minority of Bernie supporters, not even most of them. We don't know how many of those were liberals, but given the confrontational, grievance behavior it seems probable most were from the farther/radical left, but also even perhaps some from one of the party's conservative factions. His movement is also a populist grievance movement after all.
And, yes, they were completely wrapped up in their own priorities and resentments, which could be a working definition of extremist behavior. Like these.
This unity platform is ridiculous
It is a disgrace and I reject this platform entirely. If I were to be moved into that meeting blindfolded, I could not tell you if that was a Democratic platform committee meeting or a Republican platform committee meeting, he continued.
she took issue with many aspects of the platform, calling it orchestrated and saying that Sanders supporters didnt have enough influence. They threw a few crumbs out, but not enough.
"would be voting down the platform because it makes no mention that Israel is occupying the Palestinian territories.
"she couldnt approve a platform that doesnt explicitly ban fracking. Were giving her the power to destroy this planet that we all share, she said."