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In reply to the discussion: Democrats have nothing to gain be telling Bernie and his supporters to go to hell [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)And it is. I didn't say ALL Democrats have treated Bernie and his supporters that way-remember that a lot of Democrats agree with what Bernie's campaign was about.
I emphasized how Sanders and his supporters are being treated because they are the only group that anyone seems to want to drive away. Bernie and his supporters don't want to drive women, people of color, or LGBTQ people-each of which were demographics that contained and still contain significant blocs of support for Bernie's ideas on economics-out of the party. Other than maybe ceo's(a group we have no need for)they don't want to drive anybody away at all.
And nothing I said was a collective attack on the party. Critique and disagreement are not the same thing as attack-especially since, as is often if not always the case, what I or those who agree with me post is posted out of a desire to make this party stronger and better.
We need former Clinton people AND former Sanders people, and that we can only get all of those people if we don't make anyone unwelcome in the party based on presidential primary allegiance.
We can never win another election on former Clinton supporters alone. That group will always be stuck at 49% or lower-it can never be larger than it was in November of '16. By the same toke, Bernie's supporters, by themselves, will always be stuck at lower than majority support(I'd guess at a figure that's also around 49%)
What is so terrible about admitting that we don't have to choose, and NEVER had to choose, between social justice economic justice-that we need to be passionately committed to BOTH?
It's not only possible to be equally committed to both...it's essential if we are to survive.