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In reply to the discussion: The DemocraticUnderground can say things the Democratic Party cannot say. [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)" I am a 4th Generation DEMOCRAT. Always have been, and always will be, because I know the alternative is too dreadful to contemplate. And third parties, especially on the left, are mostly useless endeavors full of overeducated white folks with too many degrees and absolutely no common sense. It's the mirror image of the teabaggers, who are mostly undereducated white folk who operate solely on their hatred of anything or anyone not like them."
As a 4th generation Democrat, what does that mean to you? Are you loyal to policies or to party? Sounds like loyalty to party, because the Democratic Party represented very different things 4 generations ago.
re this statement: "because I know the alternative is too dreadful to contemplate", I can envision a return to an earlier, pre-corporate Democratic Party, with full support for civil liberties (I believe that was a problem in the past). A more democratic Democratic Party. What's so dreadful about contemplating that kind of alternative? It has to agitated for, worked for, the forces of capital are not going to just hand it to us, but it's what I think this whole thing is really all about.