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In reply to the discussion: I am strongly asking people who did NOT vote for trump to STOP fighting each other, [View all]TheKingofSoup
(11 posts)33. Fight? Never!
But there's no getting around the fact that if Democrats are ever going to be able to saddle up and ride off in fewer than 360 different directions at once*, we're going to have to have some discussions and even arguments amongst ourselves, mostly about how progressive the party is going to be. Not all our differences are petty bickering, and suppressing dissent isn't going to be any healthier for the party than it is for the country as a whole.
*Thanks to Molly Ivins for the metaphor.
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I am strongly asking people who did NOT vote for trump to STOP fighting each other, [View all]
onecaliberal
Jan 2017
OP
I never knew that! Always thought it referred to the person speaking as in "here I am
Dream Girl
Jan 2017
#43
Beyond Trump's pure bullshit, I don't think "purity" is much of an issue right now.
world wide wally
Jan 2017
#21
The only national liberal/progressive organization in place to fight & defeat the fascists
baldguy
Jan 2017
#24
Exactly! While we fight, the R's/deplorables, etc. sit back and laugh. I'm fed up with hearing
RKP5637
Jan 2017
#29
I'm not disputing that we have conversations. Democrats didn't lose the election.
onecaliberal
Jan 2017
#38
I have moved on from those folks. They're sitting in my dust bin as I haven't time for
onecaliberal
Jan 2017
#57