2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Liberals aren't Democrats? [View all]angrychair
(8,698 posts)Of course I am more in the camp of "freedom from religion" than "freedom of religion". Still a thoughtful point and well taken.
While not ignorant of our Party's history I have made the choice to narrow my perspective to the last 40-50 years, a little past the Southern racist exodus, but within my lifetime.
I think we should acknowledge our history but not draw conclusions or limit our current or past achievements because of that history.
DINOs come in all stripes and colors.I think sometimes, in those limited cases when our ideals mesh with those of diffetent political positions doesn't mean we are like them...they are just trying to be like us. There is no such thing as "liberal-Democrat" or "libertarian-Democrat". I stand by my statement "you are either a liberal or DINO". You have the freedom to call yourself whatever you want but as a Democrat ( I.e. liberal) either you stand for our core values or you do not.