2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I've gotta say this. [View all]pat_k
(9,313 posts)I never asserted I was "right." I'm just frustrated and pained by the level of cynicism that is often expressed by posters declaring their refusal to vote for Hillary. Rarely do such posts express any sense that our actions, as individuals, and together, can bring about change. And often the vow is expressed as a sort of blackmail. That is clearly not the case for you.
After slowly being beaten down by the rise of the Republican noise machine, Bush v. Gore, the regime of the torturers, Obama's grant of immunity to war criminals in our government, and on an on,. I lost connection to the hope and confidence that had kept me involved in a variety of lobbying efforts. I've been immobilized for too long. The Sanders campaign renewed my belief in "people-power." It got me moving again. Others I have met and worked with in connection with the campaign feel the same. But here at DU there is a different tone. There is so much anger coupled with cynical disengagement. Anger is good when it drives us to "do something about it." When coupled with cynicism it immobilizes. It is an attitude that seems to me to be at odds with the central theme of the Sanders campaign.
My frustration ultimately has very little to do with the vows not to vote for Hillary. It is the tone of so many of the posts that contain those vows that saddens me.