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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
More BS. Do you live in a cow barn?
I have grown up on the left of the Democratic party, but have a lot of friends in the center and have friendly and productive conversations with them all the time. Just as an example, we have the Democratic party spectrum locally with Ayanna Presley, part of the great crew of young lefty women of color lighting up Congress, Katherine Clark, a Pelosi side-kick and freind of the "establishment" left, and Seth Moulton, centrist darling and Pelosi antagonist, and they all work together and hang together quite comfortably, and people like me have supported all of them.
I mean, do you ever think before you write?
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The article Ty cited suggested Left Ds be given control, and that Centrist Ds give them guidance on how to temper their more extreme positions to appeal to more realistic D voters. There’s a recent example demonstrating how willing Left Ds are to temper their views to satisfy centrists: 2016.
That you have friends in both camps and anecdotes suggesting the Left is willing to soften positions to satisfy centrists means little.
Just two weeks ago the Left shit on the Centrists in the NYC Amazon debacle. There were other factors at work there, but the Left was happy to embrace credit for rebuking centrists in the aftermath.
I’d say my evidence, while not entirely convincing, outweighs your anedcdotal observation. I’m not saying I’m right and you’re not. I’m merely saying your view doesn’t appear validated by recent results or rhetoric employed by the Left.
Recall, a whole lot of Left Ds chose Bernie, and Trump, over a centrist Hillary. AOC also unseated a centrist, by the way. This speaks volumes regarding the Left’s receptiveness to centrist advice.
