2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: We don't have a first amendment right to TRASH the NOMINEE on DU [View all]Once the primary is over, the left must then shut up? As someone that supports Sanders, I would never expect that if he gets the nomination. My god, you push people in power to do things, you critique them, you call them out when they are wrong, you point out if they are selling out. You, in other words, don't give a monopoly to the right on pushing the nominee, cause guess what? If the right is pushing, pushing, pushing, and the left doesn't, the nominee will get pushed to the right. They will only have to respond to and defend right wing critiques. How does that make any logical sense?
If Clinton gets the nomination, her getting all that money from Wall Street means nothing? Or it does, but no one can say anything? If she is hawkish, which she is, no one can critique that? If she puts in place policies that benefit her largest donors, that's then okay? Okay, Chairman Mao. We'll let a thousand flowers bloom in eight years. Right now, just shut up. Got it.