Reply #23: The problem that I have with progressives.

[bluestate10]

I don't give a shit about the right, I will fight them instinctively to my last breath. My issue is with progressives, largely because I value most of the issues that they value, even as I have a different view on how to accomplish them, and to what extent they can be accomplished in one single effort. What I see from DU progressive are people that complain, but offer no rational alternatives that are achievable. Progressives worship blue sky politicians and causes, without concern that the politicians and most importantly, the policies that they propose have no chance of becoming ingrained into the fabric of america. Progressives waste their votes, without thought about the consequences, then they deny that their vote mattered and argue that weak messaging by electable politicians that largely share progressive's goals caused those politician's defeat. Progressives love street protests and getting arrested in that effort, without concern that their "action" results in nothing more than wasted money on fines and lawyers.

Change does not start with politicians like President Obama or even US Congressional members. Change starts locally, setting up farmer's markets to offer toxin free vegetables and fruit and figuring out how to grow that produce inexpensively enough to allow cash strapped citizens to enjoy it along with more financially advantaged citizens. Change starts with helping to start companies that reflect progressive values on the environment, product quality and worker's rights, or if companies can't be started, supporting existing companies that share those values while nudging those companies farther toward a progressive path. Change starts with taking control of school boards and local politics so that there is no need to complain about rightwing drift by those entities. Change starts with each progressive, something few progressives appear to have a clue about.