Bernie is not even a Democrat, so why is he ripping our party apart?

[Ninsianna]

58. No one has ever pretended that. One of the major issues right now

is that disruptors who hate the party and are vocal about how much they hate the party and how much they're willing to support Republicans, are inside the party basically doing and saying things that are pissing off the base.

Changes do need to be made, and we need to deal with the most toxic elements first. Like people actively trying to blow up the party and tweeting about it publicly. And the ostensible leadership who sits silent as their publicly identified employees use misogynistic terms to insult our nominee.

Yeah criticisms of how the party is letting all this go on really need to be aired out and listened to, it's not about relitigating a primary that might have been contentious but resulted in a clear victory.

We need to talk about what's happening now, who is behind it and what it says about their ultimate goals. Russia and the abuse of Democrats is very much honest criticism. I don't care how much the truth hurts, it needs to be addressed.

We're not beating Trump if we allow divisive forces to continue to sow division and the feral hatred that seems to be stoked by outside parties. We don't need this crap and we don't need to keep alienating our base by catering to people who loudly keep proclaiming how they want to take over the party and force its base to "bend the knee", that's a message the actual base of the party is soundly rejecting and has been for quite some time now.

We're not going to do that, we're not going to stay silent and even if honest criticism is too much for some to handle, we wont shut up, nor will we cede our party to those who's explicitly expressed goal is to "take it over".