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Bernie Sanders

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts) Mon Sep 21, 2015, 10:06 AM Sep 2015

The Week (opinion): If Bernie Sanders wins, centrist liberals are morally obligated to support him [View all]

http://theweek.com/articles/577927/bernie-sanders-wins-centrist-liberals-are-morally-obligated-support

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In modern electoral politics, moderate and centrist Democrats are well-known for browbeating leftists with the lesser-evil argument. Democrats might not be particularly concerned about, say, child poverty, but they're still better than Republicans on just about any issue you care to name. Obama might drone strike American citizens, but at least he doesn't start full-blown wars of aggression that kill hundreds of thousands of people.
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The Week (opinion): If Bernie Sanders wins, centrist liberals are morally obligated to support him [View all] LiberalElite Sep 2015 OP

Call me crazy: I'd like to get through the primary before dwelling on the general. merrily Sep 2015 #1

It's just fun LiberalElite Sep 2015 #2

For you, and that's fine. For me, though, it's as I said in my reply. merrily Sep 2015 #3

ok i get it - and I was only speaking for myself anyway nt LiberalElite Sep 2015 #4

That's fine and certainly your right. I was speaking only for myself, too! merrily Sep 2015 #5

YES YES YES! Cosmic Kitten Sep 2015 #6

All Democrats would be morally obligated to support him if he wins the nomination still_one Sep 2015 #7

Deciding how you to use your own vote is immoral? Wow. merrily Sep 2015 #10

I was simply responding to the OP. Do you really think I am a disrupter, because I am not still_one Sep 2015 #11

I know you were responding to the OP. We all are. And? merrily Sep 2015 #12

I don't think you are disrupting. nt artislife Sep 2015 #14

hey...Still One deserves better treatment artislife Sep 2015 #13

The standard for posting in ths group is not whether an indvidual post is combative or not. merrily Sep 2015 #15

Well..okay artislife Sep 2015 #16

No worries. Still One is one of the more considerate Hillary supporters when posting here. merrily Sep 2015 #17

Reading this reply and the one to still one artislife Sep 2015 #19

No, just the opposite. This Group is the ONLY place NOT to present views that do not support Bernie. merrily Sep 2015 #20

I think that is what I understood artislife Sep 2015 #21

That is not what I said, but I am not sure what is going on or why, so I am tapping out. merrily Sep 2015 #22

Sorry will reread all your posts on this artislife Sep 2015 #23

Yep. Scuba Sep 2015 #8

Yeah, not so sure they'll actually follow their own loyalty oaths. jeff47 Sep 2015 #9

No one in real life has ever asked me or anyone I know for a loyalty oath. merrily Sep 2015 #18

"loyalty oath" is shorthand for jeff47 Sep 2015 #24

IMO, at least until recently, it's been shorthand for "I assume Hillary is going to be the eventual merrily Sep 2015 #25

It was couched as "eventually nominee", but jeff47 Sep 2015 #26

Yes, that is my recollection. merrily Sep 2015 #28

What is a centrist liberal? that term is in the same category as being passionately apathetic.... virtualobserver Sep 2015 #27

IOW, you are not fluent in argle bargle. Kudos to you on that "shortcoming." merrily Sep 2015 #29

Maybe they're like the Progressive Conservatives in Canada? [n/t] Maedhros Sep 2015 #30

So that's why Canada is growing progressively more conservative. virtualobserver Sep 2015 #31