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In reply to the discussion: Dear Bernie supporters. Please. Stop! [View all]Craig234
(335 posts)You describe what you did, not what I did quite well:
"And it's sad that not only do you try to put words in someone's mouth when you come up empty in the argument department, but you continue to do it even when exposed. "
Oh, and you do it again:
"You're going to fail at baiting me with this weak shit. Move along. "
Again and again, you attacked with nothing but the claim of the majority as your argument.
"The majority of Democrats, the actual genuine base of the party" - those are your words.
So, right off the top, you are claiming the only "genuine base" - implying the only right positions - belong to the majority.
Not a word in your post allowed for any possibility that the "real" values of Democrats might be a minority view.
Quote where your post did. It didn't.
So, let's make this clear with an example.
What are the "real Democratic Party values" on gay rights equality? Write your answer down.
For two hundred years, the majority of the Democratic Party have voted against equality.
The last few years, the majority of the party is for equality.
So, someone earlier who said the 'real values of the party' should support equality would get your post attacking them:
"And dissent all you want, I don't care; just don't be dishonest and pretend you speak for a majority of this party. The majority of Democrats, the actual genuine base of the party, supported [inequality], and it won. You seem to have a hard time understanding that. "
That's your response to anyone who says the majority of the party is not doing the right thing. You define the majority as the "genuine" party, and you say any disagreement with them is the "fringe" outside the party.
It's common for people to not even realize what they said and to be arguing for something they don't realize they are. That's quite possibly what you did.
I don't know, but I'm responding to what you said, and you are not.