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SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
4. A simplistic label like this is meaningless ... except to maybe "real Progressives" with an
Sun Mar 24, 2019, 02:11 AM
Mar 2019

"us vs. them" mentality who want to knock anyone who is not pure enough.

A one size fits all label doesn't mean anything because most people are a combination of progressiveness over a variety of issues and don't fit into a nice, neat, single pigeonhole for everything. Some people are more or less progressive on social issues than they are on economic ones. How would you rank someone who is very progressive on social issue, but far less so on economic ones? Some people are very progressive, except for maybe a single issue (or two) where they are not ... how do you rank them?

But please, continue to separate Democrats into this "us vs. them" mentality. Continue fragmenting us. Continue keeping us arguing among ourselves. And continue looking down on people we need to be able to be beat the Republicans. The tRumpanzees and Putin will love you for making their job easier.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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