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In reply to the discussion: You might not like Bernie Sanders, or you might even hate him [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Just to show why people respond?
The Democratic Party is full of people who debate, hold different views, argue...it's a messy party. But Bernie is (1) not a Democrat, (2) Doesn't support the Democratic Party Platform, and (3) has been not so nice to the Democratic Party and/or its members on occasion, and not in a way to differ on issues, be not quite in lockstep with them...he's been accusatory of the party in general on some things.
So when people respond to that, don't blame the ones who respond. Blame the one who made it necessary to respond.
It sounds like he's trying to get a progressive movement going, even if it means working against the Democratic Party, rather than with it. He's not a Democrat. He has his own agenda. That's not to say there shouldn't be a progressive movement. There is always a progressive movement going on in the Democratic Party. But Bernie is not a Democrat. He's not working on that within the framework of the party.
That's my understanding of what he's doing.