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In reply to the discussion: On liberals and realpolitik in a representative democracy. [View all]nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)this is a continuation of a discussion on another, local political forum. Some local dems here are unhappy with local and state leadership, and have found ways to vocalize their discontent, b/c the main local dem forum don't allow all dems to participate in dialogue (you have to be a member of the council). So, those with grievances have taken their thoughts to other places where there's a mixture of dems and repubs. This has created another backlash: "don't criticize outside of our own group."
I'm agnostic on the local dust up. I know and like all the people involved. But that got me thinking about DU. We *are* all democrats here. In the strictest sense of propriety, this should be the one sort of place where criticism is allowed, as we're dems speaking to dems.
And so I peek in here and of course see the same silencing that's happening locally, in a forum that should be "safe" for "inside" talk. The consistency is remarkable.