Beinart: Regular Democrats Just Aren't Worried About Bernie

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17. No

It makes your opinions about Sanders not the opinion of other democrats not you. Further, it makes your opinion about what the majority of other democrats think about Sanders not actually the opinion the majority of other democrats. Obviously people share your opinions including those who are not party insiders (office holders, pundits, campaign officials) but the polls show this is not a majority and all of us are democrats.

Your opinion is your opinion and is your right to hold but constant expression of your negative opinions about a candidate liked by a lot of other democrats negative and disunifying and constitutes a dismissal of their right to be democrats holding a different opinion than yours. This has particular hubris because of the constant attacks against Sanders claiming that he is not a democrat and thus by implication his supporters not democrats either.