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angrychair

(12,190 posts)
20. What is being a "Democrat" mean?
Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:26 AM
5 hrs ago

I mean for far too many people it just means being Republican but just with a little less racism, misogyny, xenophobia and bigotry.

I mean the only thing some Democrats hate more than Republicans is Progressive Democrats.

I mean if you mention things like "Medicare for all" or "student loan debt relief" or "paid maternity leave" is fastest way to get yelled at by both Democrats and Republicans about how it will never work or is too expensive or nothing like being told I'm a freeloader for wanting that type of of stuff...by other Democrats.

The rapid shift of some in the Democratic Party to the right has been disturbing as is our reliance on sternly worded letters.

I don't know what the answer is but with every passing election I feel more and more that as a progressive I'm not wanted in this party. That I'm more looked at as the enemy then the actual Republican pedophiles and their enablers.


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America's values have changed. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #1
You forgot about the other one-third FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #9
One third wants to kill one third while the other third didn't care. Sound familiar? AZLD4Candidate 7 hrs ago #11
The MAGAs/evil ones are killing Americans every day. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #12
That's because the masked singer is on or someone's getting kicked in the nuts on tiktok. AZLD4Candidate 3 hrs ago #23
Where is our bot farm! Scrivener7 9 hrs ago #2
What have media have you been looking at? EdmondDantes_ 8 hrs ago #3
Now, yes, but the man never should have been reelected and only was due to a biased media. Chasstev365 8 hrs ago #4
I hear you. OldBaldy1701E 8 hrs ago #6
I think that's a hard argument to make quantitatively EdmondDantes_ 7 hrs ago #15
The problem as I see it maxrandb 7 hrs ago #8
That's not what most people under 40 are looking at. Scrivener7 36 min ago #24
the way president biden was betrayed catsudon 8 hrs ago #5
I'll never forget MustLoveBeagles 5 hrs ago #22
The DNC had David Hogg but Martin was threatened and got rid of him. Lonestarblue 8 hrs ago #7
Excellent points! Chasstev365 7 hrs ago #10
I'm sure James Carville has another decade in him. LuvLoogie 7 hrs ago #13
Time to be ruthless, niceness isn't working Historic NY 7 hrs ago #14
Spot on! 4bonhoffer 6 hrs ago #16
We can start right here. Wednesdays 6 hrs ago #17
The "brosphere" ignores the lived experience of the majority of the population dlk 6 hrs ago #18
Yep! Chasstev365 6 hrs ago #19
What is being a "Democrat" mean? angrychair 5 hrs ago #20
AOC and Bernie Sanders are "Radical Leftist." Chasstev365 5 hrs ago #21
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