Dear America

I’m not calling them the alt left. I generally call them the Green Tea Party as the majority wish to be like the Tea Party but on the left. Because when I look at the left, I don’t think it needs a cult of ignorant populists just like the right has, ubt apparently some disagree.

Hillary was the right messenger. She was perfectly qualified to do the job with a heavy legal and government service background. It is not her fault that she didn’t appear on a reality show.

You are saying that these issues shouldn’t just be talking points and instead they should be enacted. I’m sure most Democrats agree, except that the Republicans controlled the House for the last 8 years and now control everything else as well.

.........we def dont agree on this! Not because reasons, I happen to think she was more qualified and well-rounded. Bernie was really only addressing one issue, IMO

I voted for Hillary because she was the best candidate running.

Opposed by unions does not equal “anti-union.” Many economist are pro NAFTA or trade agreements and pro-union. I’m one of them. In the long-term, free trade has quantifiably helped the average person’s quality of life increase whether they realize it or not. I fully agree that we have generally done a shit job of…

Hillary- the woman- lost because she wasn’t everything to everyone.

Absolutely true. We white women need to take ownership for the fact that white supremacy was more attractive to us than our own rights. We have our own mess to clean up.

Good Lord that felt good. Unfortunately, I have only one star to give you.

Do you think protectionist trade policies are really an answer to poverty in the Rust Belt? If so, do you know who you sound like? In my view, we need to make enormous investments in the manufacturing of renewable energy in those areas hit hardest by the decline in other kinds of manufacturing and textile jobs. Two…

Yep, and I’ve willfully alienated a lot of my relatives for pointing this out. I don’t care. I made it very plain that if they looked past that bullshit in the hope that somewhere down the line they’d personally benefit, I want nothing more to do with any of them.

In my view, Democrats should talk about economics and social democracy AND they should continue to defend the rights of women, racial minorities, immigrants and the LGBT community. I don’t see this as an “either-or”/“instead” proposition. I know Bernie Sanders is a divisive figure here at Jezebel, but I am…

lolol she lost because white women valued their whiteness more than their womeness this your fault.

Where does the party go in a presidential election where their candidate is already coming out of this with a million more votes than her opponent in growing? Hopefully, not too far. And, anyone purposefully trying advocate for some huge shift is likely someone trying to re-fight a primary they couldn’t win because…

“most people don’t care if Trump is racist or sexist and that the fact that they don’t doesn’t actually make them bad people.”

No, I think most people understand that. I’m just gonna guess they don’t agree. Cause guess what, passive acceptance of racism *is still racism.* Deciding that your own economic well-being,…

The problem is that there were a multitude of issues this election. Many bleeding-hearts on the far Left were heartbroken that Bernie didn’t win, and never forgave the DNC/Hillary for it (cutting off their proverbial nose to spite their face). You’ve got the fact that the Right has been working to portray both…

Alt-Left: so far left and so in the weeds of their own issues and their personal morality that they fail to realize they are not the only people on the planet, that many, many people have been harmed (and will continue to be harmed) because they are self-righteous pricks. Defining characteristic: They believed,…

this so fucking much!!! Clinton would have won easily if anyone paid any attention to policy...

I just think one of the challenges, at the end of the day, is that liberalism is hard to sell. It’s hard to sell caring about people outside yourself, sacrifice in the name of saving the planet, giving up comforts, and having to change in an uncertain world. It’s always easier to sell scapegoating, xenophobia,…