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In reply to the discussion: I think we all agree that Bernie Sanders is a fine Senator, [View all]NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... or to suggest that the Democratic Party is "opportunistic" or "ideologically bankrupt". Surely you can agree that it's not unreasonable for loyal Democrats to be offended by these (and other) public smears.
It should come as no surprise to anyone that there would be resentment when such things are said about the Democratic Party. What I'm observing would be more accurately described as push-back (not baseless or mindless bashing). There's a cause-and-effect here in 2017 that's totally unrelated to last year's primary... these are things that are happening NOW in response to things that are happening NOW.
It's really not helpful for anyone to ignore the reality of what's happening in 2017 ... or to pretend that push-back is manifesting itself in a complete vacuum. It's also not helpful to pretend that Democrats who defend the honor of the party are guilty of some sort of unfair or unwarranted "bash" against the attacker.
I fully support those who respond to any attack that causes division and that weakens the party, no matter who the attacker may be. Those types of baseless attacks on our party are wrong. They're offensive and threatening no matter who's doing the attacking. Democrats and the Democratic Party do not deserve that.
Democrats and the Democratic Party are NOT "corrupt" and we're NOT incompetent, we're not lazy, and we're not standing by and doing nothing. We're not collaborators, we're not compliant, we're not "the same as" the GOP, we're not "on the take".
We wouldn't stand by quietly if Donald Trump were saying these things, would we?
The smears need to stop. The "best of intentions" excuse-making needs to stop. Amplifying and intensifying divisions and stoking flames by attacking the party... it all needs to stop. Attacking our party causes divisions, and divisions weaken our party. Why would anyone want to intentionally do things that demonstrably weaken our party?
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