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In reply to the discussion: Please take 5 minutes to read an incredible Post [View all]byronius
(7,394 posts)1) I'm no DLC centrist, not by a looooooong shot. And that inference is insulting.
2) Torches and pitchforks refer to absolute positions -- i.e., not voting for a candidate that is not 100% politically perfect, and allowing a right-winger to take office that then murders the earth.
3) 'Abbie Hoffman did not defeat McGovern' -- the point was that a far-left leader supported a left-moderate candidate in the interests of stopping Nixon, and was vilified for it. Kind of like what's happening on DU these days.
We're all screwed until Citizen's United is repealed. And I would love to see instant runoff voting and publically-financed elections. Until then, absolutism and uncivil discourse ('used-car salesman') from progressive lefties (like myself) is harmful to the general welfare.