Bernie on creating a caring nation. And me on the harm of the inevitabiity aura.

[passiveporcupine]

11. I think this can be blamed on the polls

People should hesitate before implying that Bernie Sanders and his supporters are not Democrats.

The polls show the majority voting for Hillary. I think the polls are wrong, because they don't include the current state of tech and how younger people use it.

But it does make us look like a minority, so of course WE are the ones who are not true democrats.

I wish there was a way to correct the polls. Lots of people depend on the polls to sway them.

If this rift is so big it causes our party to split permanently, who will be responsible? We think the third way will be, they think we will be.

I wonder if there is a way to split DU GDP into two groups. Democratic Socialists (Left leaning) versus Third Way Dems (Moderates). Two groups who have separate primary political discussions so there isn't so much infighting, but all other forums are shared, so we can still mix ideas and hopefully sway people to change sides.

If one wants to wander into the discussion of the opposition, they know they have to behave themselves (no attacks or smearing their candidate...just calm rational conversation about policy differences with links to back it up), or be permanently blocked (until the primary election is over the the GDP groups are dissolved. But they cannot be blocked just for having a different opinion...so conversations can still happen. They just aren't allowed to go rancid like they have here in GDP. Maybe you shouldn't even be able to start new threads in your opposition group, just chime in on existing threads.

Bernie and O'Malley would fall into the socialist group and Hillary would fall into the third way group. They would still be run the same way GDP is now, just with tighter rules. Not like the smaller candidate support groups where hosts are free to block anyone for any reason.

I think this makes more sense than what we have going on now. And people might not be getting timed out and banned so often.

Just something to think about (and/or improve upon)