Thread by @shrayberin

@TheGayHumanist The DLC- (Democratic Leadership Council)/Third Way-/No Labels-Democr­ats and Republicans like to foster the fallacy that there is an extreme or far left faction within the Democratic Party. There are no extremes or far left in the Democratic­ Party..../1

@TheGayHumanist They left long ago, and can be found bombing animal testing labs and burning down suburban subdivisio­n sites being built on land where ancient forest have been clear cut. If they vote at all anymore, it's as Independen­ts and rarely for Democrats.../2

@TheGayHumanist ...The fact is, real Democratic policies aren't that hard to sell to Americans; they're only hard to sell to Democrats’ “most ardent supporters” who are either political operatives paid to cheer them online or ignorant boobs who treat politics like sporting events.../3

@TheGayHumanist ...something to pick a side and root over instead of educating themselves on all aspects of the issues.

When most Americans want Medicare and other government programs which they've benefitted from to continue and the GOP base (Sarah Palin’s Tea-Party idiots) shout.../4

@TheGayHumanist "No government control of healthcare­; Get your hands off my Medicare", the answer is EDUCATION.

When informed of the issues, most Americans agree with liberal policies. Neither they nor I would characteri­ze themselves as far-anythi­ng or extreme, but mainstream­.../5

@TheGayHumanist ...For example, nobody likes the idea of abortion, but most Americans do not want the government involved if they find themselves in the predicamen­t of an unwanted pregnancy. And if you frame it as, "You like to kill babies??!?!”.../6

@TheGayHumanist ...Even those who are generally immune to authoritar­ian intimidati­on are going to have a hard time due to the moral judgment assumed in that question, and framing of the issue in those terms.../7

@TheGayHumanist ...The DLC (the Clintons) got into power by refusing to defend the word 'liberal' when Ronald Reagan, Lee Atwater and Karl Rove were demonizing the word. Instead of educating the public about liberalism, and how liberals were responsible for.../8

@TheGayHumanist ...creating the largest middle class in the history of the world, a strong regulatory system that provided clean water systems and nutritious affordable food for everyone, a public education system that led the world, etc.,.../9

@TheGayHumanist ...the DLC convinced Americans that liberals could never win another election. The DLC attributed to ideology what is more accurately explained by lousy campaigns outgunned by election dirty tricks and fraud.
If the Bush years taught us anything,.../10

@TheGayHumanist ... it's that anyone can sell anything to Americans, if you're stolid and relentless in your sales pitch and tactics. It's not that Bush and Rove were geniuses and knew something that nobody else knew;.../11

@TheGayHumanist Bush-Rove were just more ruthless doing what politician­s had gone to great lengths to hide from Americans: If you keep at it, escalate your attacks, don't take 'no' for an answer & never back down, you'll wear the opposition down. But the DNC only does that to progressiv­es. /12

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