emilynghiem
Constitutionalist / Universalist
government only for themselves
lots of democrats want that too....the farther right and left hate everyone that dont agree with them.....
I wouldn't say that. The policies of the democratic party does not reflect that.
Dear IM2
1. What do you call it when the Clinton factions cut out the Sanders supporters? Doesn't that mean those dominating factions want THEIR WAY by all means necessary.
2. Are we miscommunicating here.
As a Democrat I also believe the point of INCLUSION of diversity MEANS including ALL PEOPLE.
However, that's not what I found in practice.
People were using the Party to take positions and just impose THEIR will which "they PERCEIVE as REPRESENTING" America.
They THINK they are speaking and legislating on behalf of America.
But what I found is
A. not only are those dominant voices CUTTING OUT and EXCLUDING members of their own party who then OBJECTED to being cut out of the representative process
B. but also the dominating interests taking over the Democratic Party also ALIENATED whole sectors of the PROGRESSIVE community who turned to the GREEN Party or independent outreach and GAVE UP trying to "work with Democrats"
C. AND ALSO exclude and even DEMONIZE "conservative Republicans" and other Trump supporters and voters who constitute "the other half of America NOT REPRESENTED by liberal Democrats"
^ This insistence on claiming to represent the American public while discounting the beliefs and voices of the rest of America as "invalid" or "racist" or "greedy" etc. is the leftwing EQUIVALENT of only wanting Government to represent THEIR BELIEFS (thinking it represents ALL America and they are speaking for everyone else!)
NOTE: IM2 for this problem, I would NOT describe it as "only wanting government to serve them" but describe it as assuming that what they want for ALL AMERICA is "the will of the public". They THINK they are serving the best interests of everyone BUT IT ONLY MAKES SENSE IF HALF THE NATION OPPOSES THEM ENOUGH TO FORM PARTISAN OPPOSITION THEN THE DEMOCRATS DO NOT REPRESENT OR "SPEAK FOR" THE WHOLE NATION AS THEY BELIEVE THEY DO