2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Please, Democrats: Don’t Attack Bernie Sanders for Joining Your Party - Joan Walsh [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)all those issues they list are a resource, but they are not part of the vote match graph thing at the end, and they do not claim them to be.
I know Hillary's history, some people think her views on welfare reform and not raising the cap on ss and other center right stances are progressive, but they are only progressive in the way the Progressive Policy Institute is.
Financially conservative, while somewhat socially liberal just as was the stated and intended goal of the DLC when it was formed.
Belief is a funny thing, so is changing the meaning of words like left or liberal or progressive. I believe in actions, not words and in a consistent definition of those words when they are used, so we will differ, yes likely even as your views change to match whatever star quarterback like political figure you latch onto.
Identity politics are just not my way, it would be best to simply ignore me, I am an old Democrat, we do not believe as the New Democrats or the New Democrat coalitions do, we believe in fighting for the poor, the working class, the disabled, but not identities or jerseys worn in what some view as a sporting match or competing for corporate dollars to win the sporting match.
I realize a paleo-Democrat such as myself has no place here anymore, with my thoughts of New Deals, Great Societies, Wars on poverty, civil rights - all those old fashioned used to be Dem ideals. This site and this world appear to belong to the neoliberals on one side and the John Birchers on the other (FR), with no place for antiques like me.
Just ignore me, you will likely seldom if ever see me again because I am not a neoliberal and do not belong here even if the Birchers are our common enemy, that much has been made clear to me and others like me by the bannings of such paleo-Democrats, I may be out of fashion but I am not so stupid as to believe my views have any place here anymore.