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In reply to the discussion: Message to the Left-Wing [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)and the housing crisis as part of your "core" issues, it's hard for some of us lefties with "unreasonable expectations" to focus on your core issues. Too many people have been left treading water for too long through multiple Republican administrations and then through an Obama administration that failed to deliver Hope and Change to the people who needed it most. How can people who are worried about getting food and shelter focus on "higher" matters like drones and the environment.
The truly insulting thing about the over-confidence of the "moderate" position is that they don't take the needs of people whose stakes are life-and-death seriously. From your comfortable seats at the table you know there are not enough people in a desperate position to "persuade" you to address their issues. And if they threaten to pull a Nader or refuse to vote, you have a pack of snide, patronizing replies just waiting.
H20Man's remarks about organizing make sense, and I thank him for that. Perhaps at the ground level human desperation will eventually trump numbers. But this constant dealing out of Democratic "core" issues which leave these most crucial matters out is a constant smack in the face. I hope people come to realize that's why Hillary's cause comes across as corporate, privileged, and *the same as the GOP* in the way that matters the most to people facing homelessness and relentless deprivation.