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In reply to the discussion: Do you want Bernie supporters to vote for Democrats in November? [View all]Hekate
(90,645 posts)...history, policies, and real-world accomplishments. They seem to not know who our living heroes and heroines are and what they did that makes them heroes, and are all too ready to shout down those people. All they see is Bernie, and they think it ALL begins and ends with Bernie Sanders, because they are ignorant and neither know nor care that other people -- male and female, white and black and Latino and Asian -- came up with these same ideas and then spent their entire lives working to make them a reality.
I reject your either/or premise. I say educate and persuade. Then they have a real choice: work with us from within the Party, as true partners for the betterment of the country -- or go their own way and do as they will, and not waste any more of our time.