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Congratulations to our presumptive Democratic nominee, Joe Biden!
Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party is a big tent party. [View all]Garrett78
(10,721 posts)32. There are those who suggest the parties are the same and falsely accuse the Democratic Party...
...of subscribing to neoliberalism. And there are those who constantly beat the "too far left" drum and give the impression that it's the Democratic Party and not the Republican Party that has gone (or is at risk of going) off the deep end. And then you've got both moderates and leftists (everyone from Tim Ryan to Bernie Sanders) who criticize or are dismissive of anti-racists and anti-sexists as playing a "race/gender card" or wanting diversity just for diversity's sake.
All of that shit needs to stop. None of it is to our advantage as a party or, frankly, as a species moving forward.
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And it's vital that we not invent false equivalencies between, say, AOC and Gohmert or Gaetz.
Garrett78
Dec 2019
#2
I think that it is AOC who wants to set herself as the image of the party.
question everything
Dec 2019
#3
But it was Biden who made the divisive generalization about where "the party" is. It's a big tent.
Garrett78
Dec 2019
#4
When Biden says "The Party'' he has his own master's definition of it. Not a big tent ''party''.
YOHABLO
Dec 2019
#7
Biden doesn't have a master...never did which is why he was one of the poorest Senators despite
Demsrule86
Dec 2019
#27
We can not stop the MSM from saying anything. They'll mold and contorte for corporate America.
YOHABLO
Dec 2019
#5
That's too defeatist. I think Democrats can impact the dominant narrative with...
Garrett78
Dec 2019
#6
Fair point. I was wanting to make a general point about a bogus narrative, but...
Garrett78
Dec 2019
#29
AOC reflects one element of the Democratic party as established in HER district
beachbumbob
Dec 2019
#26