That 'fledgling' progressive movement actually used to be the heart and soul of the Democratic Party before the Clinton DLC New Dems took over.

This isn't a fledging fucking movement of just a bunch of idealistic college kids. This is all generations, all races, all genders & orientations, who want the left to have an actual progressive Democratic Party instead of this center-right conservative one that controls the establishment politics in this two party system.

crowd celebrate with their wealthy masters and literally do not care about those among us suffering. They will tell you that we must be pragmatic. That's their justification for ignoring those that are dying because they have no health care or poor health care.

who lost his job about nine months ago. He has three kids with the youngest still under the age of 5. His wife takes care of the kids while he pounds the pavement daily, weekly, and now monthly to get a job. He literally couldn't get a job as a ditch digger because he is too old.

He makes a little teaching some martial arts classes. He pushed himself too hard and suffered an injury. So he couldn't even do that. In order to not lose their home or have their utilities turned off, he took a title loan on his six year old car. He got $4000.00 which will get him through at least two to three months. But this legal loan shark is charging him 155% annual interest. It is compounded daily until the loan is paid off. If he pays off the loan at the minimum payment amount over the next twelve months, he will end up paying $10,000 on a $4000.00 loan! And he had no choice. He had no living relatives who could help. He isn't religious so no connection to a church or temple. My SO and I tried to start a GoFundMe for them, but we don't really utilize Facebook so the reach wasn't far. I think we got them maybe $500.00 which barely covers one payment in May.

DWS is a supporter of these types of legal thieves. She is Clinton's right hand woman. This is neoliberalism at its finest. They only care about my buddy and his family because he is Latino, and they expect him to vote for her. He won't ever.

We are fighting for our lives, for our families' lives, and for our friend's lives. This isn't a game for us. This is so fucking real it makes me doubt that anything will ever change for the better.

which means they can ignore those suffering.

him for not planning ahead, working hard enough, or some other conservative trope to excuse their utter lack of empathy.

WTF does that even mean to an average person? Who thinks up this pablum? I cannot wait until the convention. I wish I was younger and could march with our team in Phil. I am confident that we will be heard. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is not going to be able to fix this thing forever.

First of all, I have been a Democrat my entire life, until just recently, when the Party itself "kicked me out" thus making me unaffiliated, (I assume because after my name somehow got on Hillary's list just after the infamous "repeated dropping of the firewalls", I received a letter from her "thanking me for my support", I wrote back assuring her I would still be voting Sanders in my NY primary). In other words, THEY made me an Independent voter. They did so by changing my affiliation against my will and without even notifying me thus denying me a primary vote for the first time in over 35 years. It would appear the party no longer wants me and therefore no longer NEEDS ME. As a result, I am now freed (even if it was against my will) from the duty of holding my nose in an attempt to mask the smell of sulfur while voting for "a lesser demon" in the GE. So in my case it is not Bernie or Bust, but rather their decision that I would be Clinton or Bust ME

So I will repeat some things I once wrote, but now with a new unasked for Indy status and a new perspective, lacking a party even wanting my vote, and with it, lacking the usual outcome, an outcome that before would likely as usual have ended, after much uncomfortable soul searching and party loyalty, with the familiar and uncomfortable clothespin taken with me into the booth, now the ending is quite a bit further from such a certain outcome. The words below I've written before, but are relevant to your post rhett o rick:

Political Establishment My Ass.

behind Bernie or Bust. They may be smart but they turn into half-wits on this matter.

"So you want Trump to win?"

Stupid.

Many of us decided to never vote Republican or Democrat because we felt lied too and let down. Then Bernie came along and gave us hope for some honesty in politics. We wanted someone who cared about the 99% on not just filling their own pockets. Bernie is our candidate Hillary is not. Bernie's politics are what Democrats should strive for. The 1% has the Republicans to back their interests. This is a struggle for the heart of the Democratic party.

I found this in the comments section.

Originaly posted on Facebook by John Crowe

I am Bernie or Bust. I keep hearing pundits and career politicians
tell me that I’m behaving like a child because of this. I’ve read the
critiques plastered all over the
internet about how I am simultaneously too immature to fully grasp the
political landscape and too privileged for my own good. I have been
lambasted for my inflexibility while being told to quietly acquiesce to
what these same pundits and career politicians are telling me what’s
best for me. And through it all, I am Bernie or Bust.

I joined the U.S. Navy in November of 2001. When the Twin Towers fell, I
did the only thing I could think of: I enlisted. As the son of a career
soldier, I followed in his footstep to protect the country I loved from
terror. At the end of my 5-year enlistment – for which I received an
honorable discharge – I began working in the financial sector. I worked
for a Fortune 100 banking institution during the financial meltdown. I
used the G.I. Bill to attend undergrad. I am now a graduate student
making just over poverty wages. I have been well off, and I have been
flat broke. I say this not to garner an emotional response from you, but
because it is important that you understand that I was in the military
during a war, I was at a bank during the recession, and I am a student
during a time when even the government is trying to wring every last
penny out of me. It is for these reasons that I am Bernie or Bust. War
is horrific. The financial sector has run amok and there is no
oversight. And students – on whom our future should be built – can’t
excel. And I’m told that I have the mindset of an infant because I’m
Bernie or Bust.

I’m not going to patronize you by giving you a
breakdown on why Bernie’s message resonates so strongly with me. What I
will do is explain why it is offensive that the DNC, Hillary’s
supporters, and the establishment believe that I owe them my allegiance.
Yes, I am a Democrat. But let’s be very clear on one thing, neither
Bernie nor Hillary are. Bernie is a self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist
and Hillary is a Republican. However, due to our country’s two-party
system, they are both running as Democrats. And that is perfectly fine.
But neither of them is owed my vote. No party, institution, nor
individual is owed my vote. My vote is earned. And you’re going to have
to work damn hard for it.

In America, the vanishing middle class
has so very little voice. Our purchasing power is one, and our vote is
another. So when I hear Bernie talking about class equality, student
loan debt, withdrawing from wars, environmental protections, equal
rights for LGBTQIA+, and an honest government, of course that resonates
with any rational person. But, and this is more important, when I look
at his record and see that he has, for the better part of 5 decades,
fought on the right side of history for all of these things, that earns
my vote. When I hear Hillary talking about class equality, student loan
debt, withdrawing from wars, environmental protections, equal rights for
LGBTQIA+, and an honest government, of course that resonates with any
rational person. But when I look at her record and see how she has
failed so miserably on every. single. one. of these topics, that does
not earn my vote. You see, I don’t have to vote for a Democrat. I don’t
have to “make sure the party stays in power.” Because it’s not my party.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC, and the corporate media have made
sure of that. And, look, I get it. Bernie won’t make deals. He won’t
play your shell game. And that pisses you off. It should. Because once
We The People begin to have our revolution, the echo chamber you have on
Capitol Hill will be drowned out with Our voices. And that just won’t
do. So, yes, I’m Bernie or Bust. Not because I’m a petulant child who
will take my toys and go home if my candidate doesn’t receive the
nomination. But because I understand all too well what is at stake. So
yell at us. Tell us we’re wrong. Educate us on how you think we should
understand the role of government in our lives. Convince us that you
know what’s best for us. Please. You’ve been trying for months and you
are failing. You discounted us, then you derided us, now you’re trying
to convince us we don’t exist. But we do. We are Bernie or Bust.

Do you think its author would object if his explanation went viral?