2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I am a democrat today only because of the Bernie Sanders campaign [View all]Boomer4Bernie
(3 posts)I (probably like you, @hellofromreddit) have not even decided whether or not to vote for Hillary. However the flavor of many of the comments in this thread certainly does not help to persuade me.
I wonder how I would be regarded by these so-called loyal Democrats. I registered as a big D 45 years ago. Is that long enough? But wait, I changed to Independent when the big Ds swung too far to the right. So I think I would not be considered sufficiently loyal.
So perhaps the question is: What is a big D Democrat? Is it someone who follows the party no matter how much it reshapes itself? Or is it someone who believes in a set a principles? I didn't join the big D when it was a deep south segregationist party; I joined when it was antiwar, liberal, great society. I'll be damned if I will follow it if it morphs into a totally corporatist, big-money tool.
Right now, I still have hope for the party; thus I've been voting D. If I lose that hope?
Oh, and don't bother muting me. I'm leaving. This isn't the open, interesting, supportive, dialoging group I was looking for.