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Showing Original Post only (View all)Supporting the values of the Sanders movement is not "refighting the primaries". [View all]
Here's how I see it and I think this is how most Sanders supporters see it out in the real world, as oppose to the fun house reality of the cyberworld) That's why I'm writing this in the form of a manifesto:
The primaries are over and the result was the result.
And it has nothing do to with who we should choose in the 2020 primaries.
That's almost four years away and no one knows what will happen then.
Those of us who defend what that campaign and the organizations that grew from it support aren't a cult. Nor are we saboteurs.
We are working to make the party better, and we sincerly seek dialog and common ground with those who backed
Some who identified with us said stupid things in the past and they deserve denunciation. And we have denounced and renounced them.
The presidential campaign had flaws and made significant mistakes. Those who were part of it have learned and are learning from those mistakes.
Our purpose now is not to destroy, but to renovate and rebuild. Not to exclude, but to expand.
We stand in full support of the movement against institutional bigotry. We maintain our support of economic justice for ALL while doing so(and we recognize that the vast majority of those taking the lead on the fight against institutional bigotry do so as well). We remain convinced that economic issues are a major part of the work of defeating institutional bigotry and recognize that historic oppression caused greater economic misery in some communities than in others.
We admit we made mistakes in talking about this in the primaries and we know we need to correct all of those mistakes and avoid repeating them if we are to play any meaningful role in the future.
All we want is to be accepted as a continuing part of this party and to merge the best of our ideas with the best ideas the party already stands for. Where our ideas need to be adjusted to recognize historic patterns of oppression, we will listen and adjust them. Despite flaws in communication in the past, we were always ready to do so and dialog and constructive conversation can only help both factions within the party, factions that need each other if the misery of the present is ever to end.
Together, we can gain victory.
Divided, and with some excluded, victory is impossible.