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In reply to the discussion: It Is TIME TO EMBRACE Criticisms Of The Democratic Party To ENSURE It LIVES UP To Its Tenets [View all]TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)the grand convention when we all got together and decided exactly what the party stands for? And what to do when anyone strays from the established truth?
I'm a registered Democrat and have been since college days a long time ago. I'm on our local Democratic committee and have run for office as a Democrat and I'm supposed to listen to some anonymous crackpot on a discussion board calling me a sellout because I don't hate the TPP?
I grew up when a good half the party was yellow dog segregationist southerners who still hated Lincoln and much of the other half was big city crooks. I remember who said, "I am not a member of any organized party. I'm a Democrat." So just what traditional "Democratic values" am I supposed to live by?
The party survived that, but now I'm supposed to think Occupy is a real movement and we should lose even more jobs and economic activity because of some dogma? Economically I lean toward socialism, and I'm active in environmental causes, but there is this problem with facing conditions in real life where things are not so organized and easy. We have this little group I'm in out here that gives the impression it might actually stop global warming all by it's itty-bitty self. We don't really believe that, but all the talking points and literature would make you think we do. Life happens to be messy and often frustrating unless it's hilarious.
We have enough problems fighting a Republican party held hostage by irrational teabaggers. What could be accomplished by an internal war between our far left and our middle?