I feel this article is targeted at centrist Dems who are just beginning to understand that the party no longer represents them, and they feel lost as a result. The title is not meant to imply the Democratic party is disappearing, OBVIOUSLY (so either folks don't understand the title or are deliberately misreading it)--but to indicate tha…
I feel this article is targeted at centrist Dems who are just beginning to understand that the party no longer represents them, and they feel lost as a result. The title is not meant to imply the Democratic party is disappearing, OBVIOUSLY (so either folks don't understand the title or are deliberately misreading it)--but to indicate that those who call themselves Democrats have largely moved into rarified activist circles that have abandoned core principles the party once championed. As for all the history indicating that the Dems are evil incarnate, you can dig up Republican history that's shameful too. Arguing that all Dems are evil because of x,y,z forever amen is basically the same kind of argument made in anti-racist circles: "all whites are evil bc privilege and slavery blah blah blah." The article is meant to provide some context for older centrist Dems who are "behind the times," and may be feeling increasing discomfort about what the party is doing. In that sense, the article may be behind the times, but might serve to ground those looking for some answers and a place to start digging into things.
The Free Press is not a conservative or liberal rag. If you want that, go elsewhere. But this married, gay, Christian, gun-owning, former public school educator who disavows all aspects of the medical transition of children is grateful to have found in the Free Press some voices who don't spew party-line dogma and who are committed to complexity, nuance, and truth in journalism.
I feel this article is targeted at centrist Dems who are just beginning to understand that the party no longer represents them, and they feel lost as a result. The title is not meant to imply the Democratic party is disappearing, OBVIOUSLY (so either folks don't understand the title or are deliberately misreading it)--but to indicate that those who call themselves Democrats have largely moved into rarified activist circles that have abandoned core principles the party once championed. As for all the history indicating that the Dems are evil incarnate, you can dig up Republican history that's shameful too. Arguing that all Dems are evil because of x,y,z forever amen is basically the same kind of argument made in anti-racist circles: "all whites are evil bc privilege and slavery blah blah blah." The article is meant to provide some context for older centrist Dems who are "behind the times," and may be feeling increasing discomfort about what the party is doing. In that sense, the article may be behind the times, but might serve to ground those looking for some answers and a place to start digging into things.
The Free Press is not a conservative or liberal rag. If you want that, go elsewhere. But this married, gay, Christian, gun-owning, former public school educator who disavows all aspects of the medical transition of children is grateful to have found in the Free Press some voices who don't spew party-line dogma and who are committed to complexity, nuance, and truth in journalism.