Reply #25: I involved myself on DU because I believe in democracy... [View All]

the Democratic Party is not my concern. I left the party when it bought into voodoo economics under Clinton.

I believe in democratic and liberal principles, the Democratic Party just happens to be marching in the same direction as I am most of the time. If the party goes marching off in what I think is the wrong direction, I have no problem watching it leave me behind.

I think the answer to your question is that nothing is gained, and much is lost--nobody benefits. I can handle the bashing (and the unrecs)--I'm not here for a popularity contest or group hug. But I see the bashing from the Right side of the party as evidence that the party is threatened and believes the best defense is a good offense--the bashing is a tactic to invalidate a competing point of view and those who voice that point of view. The ease with which Progressives were dismissed this week is something I am going to remember.