Reply #6: Read about it.

[wyldwolf]

Though there are a number of those I consider "far left" that I respect on DU, many others come with a snowball viewpoint. They've read one person's opinion, added their own, repeated it enough times, and it is now "true."

I would suggest everyone here - far left, left/moderate, moderate, moderate conservative, etc., to get their hands on some books written about the Democratic party to get a better historical perspective of the party we all claim as "ours."