Is this the Democratic Underground?
Progressive Underground?
Socialist Underground?
Why do we continue to let ourselves be rebranded?
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it’s Democratic Underground!
The kind of thing that allows people to be smug when their 'protest' vote throws the election to whoever is running against the Democratic/Liberal/Progressive candidate.
"Yeah, well, at least I didn't vote for the Wall-Street-supporting, speaking tour-making, whatever else I can think of that proves my 'orthodoxy', nonsense, blah-blah-blah..."
Why should we trust anyone who is obviously happier when the repuke candidate wins? 
of shades of red in it.. 
Because my views are PERFECT!!!11!
Not too conservative, not too progressive, but JUST RIGHT!!!11!
You disagree? I can't hear you. LALALALALALALA!
With that out of the way, let's elect DEMs.
And, red-baiting on BOTH hues.
There is no such critter as a part-time Democrat.
Bring it on!
Although I do know what you mean.
I quite like Tulsi Gabbard 
That's a pretty lonely view to have at the moment, but I'm hoping things pick up in future.
once the rabidly oppositional southern conservative bloc finally fled to the GOP, it lost its truth. We still have some conservatives, but much more moderate and less powerful.
It really seems to me that, considering that our party contains representatives of every sector of America that isn't specifically white supremacist, nationalist, authoritarian, or hard-core conservative, we're amazingly organized and cohesive. Of course, there's nothing like today's very dangerous external threats to make people need to pull together.
with "outliers" right and left still within liberal range. Warren's voting record show her among those in our toward-the right-edge fringe, but we all know she's a major force for progressive government. Govtrackus.com rated Kamala Harris as the third most liberal senator in 2018; a progressive group rated her among the most progressive also.
Which IS a real thing. Progressivism is the use of government (and other institutions) to accomplish advances and solve problems too big for individual action. Government of, by and for the people is intrinsically progressive. To be liberal in America is to be progressive, but conservatives of either party can and often have been progressive also.
The GOP rabidly opposes progressivism in this era, having adopted the ideological (anti-taxation, wealth-serving) position that government programs are ultimately destructive of national wellbeing. Thus, their gutting and determination to dismantle programs like Social Security and ACA.
Do agree (!) that one zealous subgroup trying to identify themselves as The Only True Progressives is silly, dishonest, and not just without valid meaning, but unfortunately intrinsically divisive. No wonder many of those don't actually know what progressive means. Maintaining this delusion doesn't allow that awareness.
