2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: My head is spinning [View all]BainsBane
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and the very people who have been insisting we empathize with white men said they could fuck off.
To pretend I am the one introducing race is absurd and a deliberate attempt to deflect blame. It was Sanders who responded to the GE defeat by focusing on the " white working class" and his supporters carried that argument to DU. Now some of those sane people respond to a thread about Jewish American concerns regarding Ellison to leave the party.
It is quite obvious that some have decided to adopt Sanders' positions for the sake of him, with no regard for consistency or principle. Not everyone shares their reverence for one politician or even the great man conception of politics. Democracy is not about elevating a great man. It is not monarchy or caudillismo, though it is clear many Americans across the political spectrum are far more interested in deference, and enforcing deference by others, than in participatory democracy.