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In reply to the discussion: How many DUers are old enough to have experienced our bad losses? [View all]herding cats
(19,569 posts)I've read about, but don't personally know about anything before that. I still hold my beliefs and opinions all the same. Just as those who predate me do.
You're making me feel as if I'm supposed to be grateful for living in the golden era of Democratic reign here. The problem with that is the Bush reign; the "war on terror" coupled with the Iraq war and the subsequent destabilize of the Middle East, and the Great Recession are getting in the way of my warm and fuzzies here. Most of my adult life has been under a Republican congress.
Imagine being me and seeing all I've lost in my adult life, many of my privacy rights I thought we're previously established keep being redefined by the far right, my womb is still a wedge issue, and Citizens United totally changed the playing field for big money in elections. Not to mention I'm supposed to assume a corporation is a person with the same rights as myself. Much of this effects both sides and how we view them.
I get what you're trying to say, but you need to address more of what we're actually trying to process when you attempt to talk to us. As it is now, you're just talking to, or around, a lot of people who do recall what you addressed in your OP.
People such as myself who are Democrats are still going to be worried, in spite of the gains to same sex equality, which we all thought should have taken place already. Yes, it's a massive step! Yet it's still a step the people you're addressing thinks is late coming. It's like reproductive rights, or racial issues, how is it we're still arguing something so basic and fundamental?
There's so many things missed in your OP. Life is complicated, we're complicated. Take some time and get to know us. I believe we have vast amounts of common ground. We just need to learn how to reach each other.