So some do not consider us real Democrats? Want us to leave the party?

[truedelphi]

63. It is much more than just this latest meme of

"Why not leave the party?"

Every single topic now under discussion in the USA requires that unless you are parroting whatever is assumed to be the liberal line, then you are an Outlier. (And liar as well.)

Vaccines - well, you better approve of every one of them all the time, even vaccines given to sick people - which is in contraindication of over 600 animal studies that show that sick animals develop cancer(s) after being given a vaccine while ill.

Immigration - well, you better desire that all one billion people living south of the border can come here immediately, never mind that that action would almost quadruple our population. You better also parrot that there should never be any hindrances to anyone coming to the USA - why should the immigrants bother to get car insurance, as insurance is an expense, or why should the newly arrived learn the language or have their ID approval for jobs in schools or hospitals done correctly.

Global Climate Change measures - well, again, you better damn well approve of any and all procedures, regulations, limitations and devices - as long as some law or protocol or device is stamped with the expression "Good for the planet," kiss it and suck up. So over in the UK they now have a company touting the cutting down of trees along the highways there, so that metal machinery can be put in that "stores" carbon more efficiently than trees do, and without the leafy mess that the trees create. (or so the argument for the metal monstrosities goes.)

I knew this day was coming back in the early Eighties when Sunday round table talk shows became shouting matches, with the notion offered up to the TV viewing audience that whomever can use labels the most and shout the loudest wins the debate, facts be damned.

Anyone even suggesting that the truth of a matter might best be found in the middle and not at either end of the extremes is cast out as not being worth knowing as they clearly are not X and not Y. Neither party wants those that understand the complexities of systems - the parties both want their simple minded parrots.

And this is exactly why Bernie Sanders is such a threat - he once again opens up the dialogue to the idea that usually truth is not at either extreme, but in the middle. This scares the be-jesus out of the party hacks.