Since I have been kicked out of the BOG and HCG...

[MisterP]

54. there's a qualitative difference between the party's two wings: one supports a pol because

they'll push policies X, Y, and Z; the other gets louder when the pol openly denounces X, Y, and Z, points fingers at those foolish bigmouths who still want X, Y, and Z, says that the pol is in fact more for X, Y, and Z than anyone in human history (including Jesus), and eventually admits the pol could have every other person in the country executed and it wouldn't matter to them because it's just a political crush that gets stronger the less it's rewarded

so Bernie (and Dean, and Edwards) supporters *very readily* condemn the candidates when they turn coat on an issue or applaud the Gaza War or whatever: we've seen this since the 2002 primaries, since they're not personalists; and the types supporting Bernie have developed a tough skin over the past decade and a half (or longer, if they were battling Reagan), so the bar's higher than a "safe space" you get purged from for contradicting an op-ed with mere *facts*

so, hypothetically, one sticking point might be guns--but there's a difference between us Bernie Boosters trying to goad him into pointing out that *literally 90% of Americans, and 70-80% of NRA members,* have been demanding change on sales and registration since 2012, and that the issue's a wedge/distraction that even the GOP doesn't believe in any more vs. Bernie temporarily saying that GOA doesn't go far enough so as to win NH or TX or whatever