Kamak wrote:
Exeres wrote:
I'd bet anything there is a horde of Bernie supporters who refused to vote solely for what the DNC did.
Then they are just as culpable for what happened as the rest of the voterbase who didn't vote or voted out of spite.
Blaming third party voters for Trump's win is really booty backward imo. If anything it's precisely this attitude of deriding everyone who doesn't support your candidate that cost the Democrats this election. There is a certain fraction of the left in the US that seems incapable of adult discussion and instead resorts to namecalling and outrage whenever someone disagrees with them. The increasing prevalence of this attitude has now said progressiveness in the US back by maybe a decade (time will tell I suppose). And yes, the right is just as bad, but that doesn't excuse the behaviour of either group. You would think that a group that prides itself on "tolerance" would be more open-minded instead of fixating itself on preset morals and ideals with no room for discussion.
Note: The above is not directed at any one in particular at this forum. I'd like to think we're all level-headed people here. Rather, it's directed towards the vocal minority that most often rears it's head on the internet as well as the bias and tone displayed in Democrat controlled and left-leaning media in the US. And because it bears repeating, the same applies to the right. I just had higher expectations for the left, and I unfortunately think they can't get away with an aggressive uncompromising attitude like the right has been able to this time.
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