Sat Jun 11, 2016, 12:43 PM

De-escalate, De-mobilize, and De-moralize any Progressive Movement [View all]

That is now and has always been a goal of the Democratic establishment. You can see it here and all over the media with regards to Bernie Sanders supporters and his message.

Endless culture wars are encouraged, but fair trade and the economy are off limits.

We as progressives are now supposed to sit down, shut up and allow them to get on with the business of managing the decline.

Fuck That!

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De-escalate, De-mobilize, and De-moralize any Progressive Movement [View all]	Teamster Jeff	Jun 2016	OP
You said it	Ned_Devine	Jun 2016	#1
+1!	tecelote	Jun 2016	#2
They're Building A Wall Around The Convention Center	billhicks76	Jun 2016	#85
+2	840high	Jun 2016	#23
+ 3	scottie55	Jun 2016	#25
+4	Duval	Jun 2016	#45
+ 5.	Betty Karlson	Jun 2016	#51
+6	KPN	Jun 2016	#65
+7	lakeguy	Jun 2016	#81
plus google	roguevalley	Jun 2016	#106
Exactly what is happening as the RW regime is further entrenched. n/t	RKP5637	Jun 2016	#103
Yep! The USA is A #1 at installing leaders and not just abroad.	Phlem	Jun 2016	#3
So Very True... AND It Seems So Many Here Even Want This!	ChiciB1	Jun 2016	#4
Bingo +1	SmittynMo	Jun 2016	#16
whyyyyyyy do so many on this board support to the bone	AntiBank	Jun 2016	#36
Because now it is OUR candidate and they have a "D" after their name n/t	Wisc Progressive	Jun 2016	#41
It's Authoritarian Adulation. The desire to stand with the biggest bully.	rhett o rick	Jun 2016	#68
Bingo...	zeemike	Jun 2016	#89
isn't that supposed to be a right wing thing?	AntiBank	Jun 2016	#105
I believe it goes hand in hand with conservatism although I could see it in the	rhett o rick	Jun 2016	#113
if that was the case, they'd all be for TRUMP	Skittles	Jun 2016	#118
Not necessarily. For some reason they've rationalized that if you have a "D" behind your name	rhett o rick	Jun 2016	#119
not everyone FELT THE BERN	Skittles	Jun 2016	#132
How very authoritarian for you to demand such, and in all caps.	rhett o rick	Jun 2016	#133
ENOUGH ALREADY	Skittles	Jun 2016	#134
Oh my! Forever? Well I hope you find happiness as the banksters rob us blind.	rhett o rick	Jun 2016	#135
Yeah, me, too	nikto	Jun 2016	#99
K	zentrum	Jun 2016	#5
Aaaaaaa, roger....fuck that! Over.	Magoo48	Jun 2016	#6
Fuck that is right. Time to call this place "DE" not "DU".	dinkytron	Jun 2016	#7
sadly, you are correct. n/t	indivisibleman	Jun 2016	#11
Oh my God, leave. Go vote Trump and straight Republican if that's what you want so badly	ashtonelijah	Jun 2016	#112
wow, such anger, such compassion, and missed the whole point...	Matt_R	Jun 2016	#136
+1	Zen Democrat	Jun 2016	#8
It's all about money and power.	Wellstone ruled	Jun 2016	#9
"Lifting the Veil". Must watch film.	Fuddnik	Jun 2016	#10
I'm going to watch that tonight. Thanks	Teamster Jeff	Jun 2016	#13
Thank you, watching it now	passiveporcupine	Jun 2016	#22
AMEN	swhisper1	Jun 2016	#111
Thank you. eom	PufPuf23	Jun 2016	#58
Bernie needs to run with Jill in the Green. I really want to swear.	kpola12	Jun 2016	#88
Thanks for recommendation.	cui bono	Jun 2016	#90
Thank you!	ReRe	Jun 2016	#93
We can see even Wall St. watch dogs have their price as well.	Jackilope	Jun 2016	#12
I don't think that the sleeping giant is fully awake yet	stupidicus	Jun 2016	#14
True!!!	raindaddy	Jun 2016	#15
That's why I won't shut up.	WHEN CRABS ROAR	Jun 2016	#80
But Trump is bad, mmmkay?	mindwalker_i	Jun 2016	#17
oooh, boogeyman!	ellennelle	Jun 2016	#33
You must have misread that post	Trajan	Jun 2016	#50
Man, I thought the Mr. Mackey reference would give it away at least :)	mindwalker_i	Jun 2016	#75
The (TM) gave it away too. nt	GoneFishin	Jun 2016	#108
Mindwalker is mocking those who would tell you to do such a thing.	Beartracks	Jun 2016	#77
I've basically been thinking and feeling the same thing	lunatica	Jun 2016	#18
Well said.	appalachiablue	Jun 2016	#42
+1!!! I agree, I'm 52 and tired of the corruption!	Dustlawyer	Jun 2016	#44
I'm your twin brother	Hulk	Jun 2016	#46
Hear! Hear!	ReRe	Jun 2016	#78
62 year old Bernista here.	roody	Jun 2016	#84
"there was no such thing as beggars in the street in this country. Now they're everywhere. "	GoneFishin	Jun 2016	#109
Yep. I'm 64 and fed up	LiberalEsto	Jun 2016	#129
I'm 62 and have had this same experience	Ligyron	Jun 2016	#130
There is talk of a mass walk out at the Convention. I would	jwirr	Jun 2016	#19
The problem is if there is a mass walk-out, those left would then have free reign do as they pleased	-none	Jun 2016	#24
Yes, that is the problem. But they are not just trying to take	jwirr	Jun 2016	#26
They may be in power, but the National Convention is a high profile event.	-none	Jun 2016	#35
We will see. Remember DWS is still in control.	jwirr	Jun 2016	#39
she has got to fucking go! who would you suggest as a replacement?	AntiBank	Jun 2016	#47
Well the man I am about to suggest is not going to get it	jwirr	Jun 2016	#48
Joe Biden n/t	Fritz Walter	Jun 2016	#57
You have got to be joking. Biden is headlining a fundraiser this weekend for DWS!	AntiBank	Jun 2016	#59
Not joking. Unaware.	Fritz Walter	Jun 2016	#61
Warren would be too combative (a good thing for Senate, not good for the linking up of networks to	AntiBank	Jun 2016	#107
I'll do it.	pangaia	Jun 2016	#104
I doubt that staying will prevent them from doing what they want anywayz.	rhett o rick	Jun 2016	#69
If they stay, they can document and make a lot of noise about the unfairness of the procedures.	-none	Jun 2016	#74
A-frikkin'-MEN!!!	ellennelle	Jun 2016	#20
And don't forget segregation	felix_numinous	Jun 2016	#21
Don't Ever Let The Needs Of The Citizens	scottie55	Jun 2016	#27
Sad thing for us they do	wallyworld2	Jun 2016	#34
K/R	Jack Rabbit	Jun 2016	#28
Amen!	McKim	Jun 2016	#100
Clinton can't afford to write off the votes of an entire generation	Warpy	Jun 2016	#29
I'm with you on your analysis	SmittynMo	Jun 2016	#32
She is counting on our fear of Trump.	zeemike	Jun 2016	#91
That's not enough and we all know it	Warpy	Jun 2016	#95
There are a variety of reasons for people voting for Trump	zeemike	Jun 2016	#97
This should be in GD in order to watch heads explode.	GoneOffShore	Jun 2016	#30
exactly	wallyworld2	Jun 2016	#31
it is absurd to expect the dem party to go left while	certainot	Jun 2016	#37
Very well and succinctly put! Nt	Land Shark	Jun 2016	#38
Yep	libodem	Jun 2016	#40
Feel free to exercise your right to the alternatives	skepticscott	Jun 2016	#43
Post removed	Post removed	Jun 2016	#49
10 - 20 years?	Fritz Walter	Jun 2016	#60
Oh, global warming is a lost cause for sure	skepticscott	Jun 2016	#121
How precious that you assume people on DU are not doing anything in their real lives.	cui bono	Jun 2016	#92
If they are doing what I mentioned, good for them	skepticscott	Jun 2016	#120
Thank you.	Boomer	Jun 2016	#122
I keep asking and have ever gotten an answer.	tonyt53	Jun 2016	#52
The best way for you to get it is to look at Democratic Socialist countries	lunatica	Jun 2016	#62
Denmark? Don't you mean Venezuela ?	reACTIONary	Jun 2016	#115
Yep, that's their plan ... ain't going to work...	modestybl	Jun 2016	#53
Feel free to vote for Trump or not vote	leftofcool	Jun 2016	#54
You left out "write in Bernie", but then you did cover it under "vote for Trump" it is the same as.	tonyt53	Jun 2016	#55
Is Bernie registered as a write-in candidate in your state?	JohnnyRingo	Jun 2016	#117
You sound like you're still afraid of Bernie Sanders	lunatica	Jun 2016	#63
Never was, never will be. Bernie will be forever a follower. He is good at it.	tonyt53	Jun 2016	#76
Why do you think it's necessary to tell us we can do what we want? What are you even doing	rhett o rick	Jun 2016	#86
Really? We have your permission to act like normal adults and exercise our right to vote	cui bono	Jun 2016	#94
From lifelong Democrat to NPA?	Fritz Walter	Jun 2016	#56
A long time, yes, but it has not always been the OVERT goal	HereSince1628	Jun 2016	#64
The powers that be	awoke_in_2003	Jun 2016	#82
Actually, I was talking about '68	HereSince1628	Jun 2016	#83
The Democratic Party is more focused on celebrity personalities than it has ever been before.	MadDAsHell	Jun 2016	#66
I will no longer help enable this neoliberal crap. I'm done.	Arugula Latte	Jun 2016	#67
I hear you but the best way to fight them is from within the Party.	rhett o rick	Jun 2016	#70
Agree.	hay rick	Jun 2016	#98
LOL. I think we need to do both actually. Support groups like moveon, DFA, PDA but fight withing	rhett o rick	Jun 2016	#114
You are not alone. n/t	Paper Roses	Jun 2016	#71
K&R	Paper Roses	Jun 2016	#72
Absofuckinglutely!	ananda	Jun 2016	#73
A cold chill of Authoritarian wind just climbed up my spine	MasonDreams	Jun 2016	#79
democrats sold their dole to wall street for survival during the reagan rev. need offense now.	pansypoo53219	Jun 2016	#87
Democracy Undermined.	mia	Jun 2016	#96
An unmanaged decline might put them out of business. Managed decline just eats us up.	leveymg	Jun 2016	#101
It's time to separate and move forward. The democratic party left us. n/t	RKP5637	Jun 2016	#102
Kicked and recommended.	Uncle Joe	Jun 2016	#110
The 'TRADE SECRET' voting machines are the FINAL demoralization method.	Peace Patriot	Jun 2016	#116
What would you suggest?	davidthegnome	Jun 2016	#123
+100 Very well put	skepticscott	Jun 2016	#124
It's not an easy thing.	davidthegnome	Jun 2016	#125
Frankly, I would much rather live in a country	skepticscott	Jun 2016	#126
It's not just the Democratic Establishment	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Jun 2016	#127
Think first	Dogberry57	Jun 2016	#128
Agreed.	Eleanors38	Jun 2016	#131
Indeed.	Bubzer	Jun 2016	#137