2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Goodbye DU [View all]Tal Vez
(660 posts)be civil and thoughtful.
I'm not sure that it's fair to conclude that your views "and those of other Bernie supporters are not wanted on this board." If you agreed with Bernie about most of his political goals, then you will probably have a difficult time finding people on this board who disagree with you about those goals. Your statement that you "'truly' believe in progressive ideals" seems calculated to imply that others here do not believe in progressive ideals. Nearly everything that I have read on this board reflects the pursuit of progressive ideals and I think it would be a huge mistake to assume that there are many here who lack those ideals. I must say that I have been extremely surprised to see people refer to Clinton as a conservative. That is clearly a delusion that I cannot endorse. And, quite obviously, neither does Bernie. He knows like I know that Sanders and Clinton share a political philosophy and share common political goals. Most of the differences that I see concern differences about the best approach to achieve those goals.
It is difficult to lose and that is something I know because in some fifty years of political activity, I can say that I have lost many more times than I have won. Progress in this system is damned hard. However, I think that I have learned a lot from those very painful election nights.
Good luck, Herb.