Isn't it funny how threatening those who speak truth to power are to establishment interests?

[Political Heretic]

I find it funny, the number of people saying that those speaking truth to power in washington are just "all talk" - as though the voice of truth to power is insignificant.

If that's true, then its hard to reconcile the amount of attention and furor that someone like Kuchinich - but certainly not just Kucinich but rather anyone who rises in opposition to an establishment agenda - generates among establishment Democrats.

Methinks thou doth protest too much.

Belittling those who speak out for being unable to "accomplish" much is, in my mind, not so much an indictment of people like Kuchinich or Sanders, or other deeply convicted democratic socialists - rather, it is an indictment of our establishment party that serves the rich and privileged first, and throws scraps and crumbs to the rest.

And it surprises me that here on Democratic Underground, I'd have to point out where our criticism should be focused. Actually, I'm sad to say it doesn't surprise me at all these days.

I guess the difference between me and the detractors is that, I do think that the political gadflys, the truth tellers, and those severing as voice for the working class America that I know and love serve a serious and meaningful purpose.

And that is they remind us of truth, and don't let establishment democrats as easily ignore their guilty consciences as they continue to feed the privileged elite first, throw scraps and crumbs to the "middle class," and let the poor people starve.

From that middle class that at least get scraps it targets women, gays, and minorities and says "you don't want to starve do you? Then be our whipping boys.

We will accomplish our top priorities for our privileged interests on your backs, by throwing away your rights, negotiating away your freedom, by offering our enemies your demotion to second class status as a bargaining chip. And then, we have accomplished our agenda for our premier constituency of wealth, privilege and power - we promise we'll get back to you and make it right.

From the poor they neither ask for anything nor given anything. They would simply prefer to ignore the undesirables.

When someone comes along and starts speaking about these realities, it stings the guilty consciences of establishment democrat apologists - usually people in the upper middle class, who somewhere deep down inside realize they are betraying their own class and their poor to be the cheerleader of the privileged.

Guilty consciences drive a lot of inflammatory posting around here. Guilty consciences, rational minds and feeling hearts are not easily quieted when one sells out to privilege in exchange for a pretend sense that you actually exist above your status.

Democratic Underground which is, I promise you, overwhelmingly white and overwhelmingly upper middle class should just be renamed Bourgeois Underground.