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Related: About this forumPoliticusUsa: "Democrats Beware: Ideological Purity is Un-Democratic"
CROSS-POSTED IN GD-P. PLEASE REC IF YOU CAN:http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511788991
There is room for us all. The problem is not the wildly variant views we hold, but those who insist that only they are the real Democrats
Ideological purity the idea that following only a prescribed set of political doctrines bestows legitimacy is inherently un-democratic, and Democrats must avoid the trap Republicans fell into when they allowed their own moderates and centrists to go the way of the buffalo.
Ideological purity the idea that following only a prescribed set of political doctrines bestows legitimacy is inherently un-democratic, and Democrats must avoid the trap Republicans fell into when they allowed their own moderates and centrists to go the way of the buffalo.
For years, those on the left have laughed at those on the right as they fell victim to ideological purists (Tea Party politics being a notable example). The advent of Bernie Sanders revolution has exposed some of the same cracks, however, on the left. If Republicans castigate Sanders as a communist, Sanders supporters do no less by calling Hillary Clinton a Republican.
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Perhaps they havent thought of the millions of people who will lose their health insurance if any of the Republican candidates win the White House. They say Hillary Clinton is a corporate shill or has only Wall Streets best interest at heart, but Hillary Clinton will not kill Obamacare. Democrats must not let hate get in the way of their common sense.
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We Democrats are all Democrats. There has always been a spectrum from moderate to extreme and some are socially liberal and some are socially conservative while supporting Democratic economic policies. A political party is a mixed bag and that is how it has always been. We dont all agree on every point, but thats why we vote.
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And that is a problem. A big problem. Either/or arguments, called the false dilemma fallacy by philosophers, are fallacious for a reason: there is almost always a third, or even a fourth or fifth choice. Our choices are almost never limited to either/or, black/white, or good/evil.
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You wont find those moderate Republicans campaigning for office. Today, these folks are called RINOs Republicans in Name Only. Democrats want to be cautious about applying similar labels to their fellow Democrats.
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The problem is not the wildly variant views we hold, but those who insist that they, and only they, are the real Democrats, the champions of ideological purity in the party where it can never be allowed to exist.
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Its not an easy job, being democratic, but because one party as already given up on the dream of America does not mean we should do the same.
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Perhaps they havent thought of the millions of people who will lose their health insurance if any of the Republican candidates win the White House. They say Hillary Clinton is a corporate shill or has only Wall Streets best interest at heart, but Hillary Clinton will not kill Obamacare. Democrats must not let hate get in the way of their common sense.
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We Democrats are all Democrats. There has always been a spectrum from moderate to extreme and some are socially liberal and some are socially conservative while supporting Democratic economic policies. A political party is a mixed bag and that is how it has always been. We dont all agree on every point, but thats why we vote.
...
And that is a problem. A big problem. Either/or arguments, called the false dilemma fallacy by philosophers, are fallacious for a reason: there is almost always a third, or even a fourth or fifth choice. Our choices are almost never limited to either/or, black/white, or good/evil.
...
You wont find those moderate Republicans campaigning for office. Today, these folks are called RINOs Republicans in Name Only. Democrats want to be cautious about applying similar labels to their fellow Democrats.
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The problem is not the wildly variant views we hold, but those who insist that they, and only they, are the real Democrats, the champions of ideological purity in the party where it can never be allowed to exist.
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Its not an easy job, being democratic, but because one party as already given up on the dream of America does not mean we should do the same.
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PoliticusUsa: "Democrats Beware: Ideological Purity is Un-Democratic" (Original Post)
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
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Yes, it is.. and their purity tests are bogus.. because their leader doesn't *******
Cha
Apr 2016
#1
Cha, it's cross-posted over in GD-P. I think ALL Dems need to see it. Can you rec over there?
Surya Gayatri
Apr 2016
#2
Cha
(297,323 posts)1. Yes, it is.. and their purity tests are bogus.. because their leader doesn't *******
pass it.
thank you, Surya
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)2. Cha, it's cross-posted over in GD-P. I think ALL Dems need to see it. Can you rec over there?
Thanks for posting it!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)4. My pleasure!
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)5. This is Politics not RELIGION!
POLITICS of the People. No GOds or whatever....
People come in all forms and varied ways! Trying to put people in boxes like some are better than others! Awesomely STUPID!
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)6. The Sanders Inquisition would argue otherwise! LOL!
This is Politics not RELIGION!
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)7. Yep I'ts felt like an Inquisition!
Soon they were going to start BERNING us!