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In reply to the discussion: Keith Ellison getting thrown under the bus in T-minus 7...6...5... [View all]still_one
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danger trump poised, and are not someone who would cut of their nose to spite their face with an all or nothing policy.
I have no doubt that you took the advice of people like Bernie Sanders and Noam Chomsky, and voted for Hillary against trump because you realized what was at stake.
What other venues people frequent is their business, but what I have seen regarding some of the posts over at JPR, I would like to think that you could perhaps persuade those who are progressive over there to have a change of perspective and realize that working within the Democratic party is the only real chance to further a progressive agenda. It doesn't mean one will always be successful or get what they want, but at least they will have a voice, and a chance to do that. That is something that isn't going to happen within the republican party, and third parties will never accomplish that.
The platform that came out of the DNC addressed a lot of issues, including debt free college, healthcare, the environment, civil rights, social security, medicare, etc., and those who choose to ignore that, and focus on misrepresentations, distortions, and lies, are now paying the price for that, as we all will. If they were to recognize that it would be a major accomplishment.
Noam Chomsky said it best, progressives who refused to vote for Hillary Clinton made a bad mistake
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/noam-chomsky-progressives-who-refused-to-vote-for-hillary-clinton-made-a-bad-mistake/
If they can recognize and learn from that, then that is a step forward