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In reply to the discussion: The "extreme left" didn't give us Trump. The path to hell was paved by [View all]LiberalLovinLug
(14,144 posts)Refuse the help of the wing of the party that has consistently been correct ...about WMD, Iraq, Deregulation of Wall st., in the past, and sided with the majority that wanted a public option for the ACA and background checks for gun ownership.
But lets just keep believing in the Third Way corporatists in the DLC that have been steering the ship for decades now decidedly right shall we? Snubbing the progressive wing's choice as the head of the DNC by running at the last minute the high profile establishment backed Perez and voting him in was just the latest. That's not a hill to stand on, but its an example of the fact that the progressive wing is never even given the reigns, despite being right in hindsight, almost every time.
Isn't it about time to trust the people? Enough of the chicken littles and debbie downers and the no we can'ts. Build it and they will come.
That's the difference, some have no faith that we could actually do anything more than react to Republican policies, stomp our feet. Because we dare not upset the applecart by introducing our own policies if someone on some message board might call them "far left". (Even though they are simply policies adopted by every other western democracy)