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In reply to the discussion: Why Hasn't The American Left Convinced More Americans To Vote For More Progressive Candidates? [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)always bashing the people in the center (rather than those on the right!). That works against their own goals, so I don't know why they do it. They seem determined to take the center/slightly left of center down more than they want to take the right down. That gets frustrating, so it's no wonder they are "hated." They don't have any plans to help, just criticism and crying "betrayal" as if their opinions are inherently more valuable that those left of center but not as far left as they are, or expect the nation to be.
I usually agree with them politically, but the reality is they are causing damage to any cause they want to espouse, blaming the rest of us for not convincing the center to be as far left as they would like. They think the President's "bully pulpit" means he alone should be able to convince right wingers into progressiveness! If they are willing to take any of it off of his shoulders, they blame Pelosi or Harry Reid. They seem to think the leaders should just do it for us, and if they don't they don't have Svengali-like hold over the masses, they deserve our scorn.
The reality is, this country's Constitution makes progressive change slow. It is geared to avoid changes and requires a lot of votes to get them made. Even the right wing would see that, in that they complain the liberal programs they don't like will never go away (why didn't they repeal them all when they had the chance after 911? That just shows how hard and long term it is).