What does "Mainstream" really mean? Is it a word Democrats should EVER be bound by?

[Ken Burch]

The concept that our nominee, our platform and as many of our other candidates as possible need to be "mainstream" has always worried me.

Frankly, the word "mainstream" is a straightjacket. It's about limiting what is and is not legitimate, who is and is not entitled to a place, in the political and social dialogue of the country. It is about, really, priveleging the will of the few and the powerful above that of the many.

And, worst of all it's based on marginalizing and limiting our party, forcing us to agree to stand for as little as possible and, in so doing, be as weak and ineffective as possible in the offices we are able to win.

Frankly, it seems to me that "Mainstream" is a term we should leave to our enemies, the people who hate the majority of the population this country AND this world.

We should swim in the River of Hope, not the Mainstream.

Victory is not born of self-limitation and self-censorship.

[WCGreen]

1. Lemmings....

[Mythsaje]

2. This argument only stands

if you don't accept that many of our policy positions ARE "mainstream" and we've all been being deceived for the past several years...just like the mainstream itself.

[Bluerthanblue]

3. excellent point- mainstream really means the corporate

standard- or what big business has decided is acceptable.

Public opinion is swayed by advertising. Advertising comes through repeated exposure.

The Emperor was naked all along- but it took someone immune to the pressure of the 'mainstream' to point out the truth... the reality.


great post Ken Burch