Heh, I work retail, and this last holiday season a woman complained about everything being too secular while a high school choir sang “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” upstairs, and “Polar Express” played on the TV screens. Her issue? Out of the 8 or so holiday themed gift cards, she had chosen the ONE that said “Holiday…

I remember my extremely religious cousin citing Christian books, movies, and music as a sign of how persecuted Christians were. Like, “Outside of Christian book, music, and movies, everything out there is secular and not for us!” The best I could make of it was that she considered secularism to cover all other belief…

Malls live on! 3 out of the 4 places I’ve lived in still have vibrant mall scenes- Miami has the awesome open air Sunset Place AND an indoor white interior mall (Dadeland.) The DC/VA suburbs have the multistory Pentagon City*, and shopping life in Lexington, KY still revolves around Fayette Mall. I dunno what all the…

So glad we avoided a Hillary administration though, AMIRITE?

Seriously, who’s “the same” now, assholes?

THIS. Sorrynotsorry, but if someone who voted for Trump loses their healthcare, my only hope is that they go ahead and die before 2018 or 2020, so that they won’t be around to vote for the same dumbass shit again. Seriously, it doesn’t matter what awfulness Republican policies put those voters through, all they care…

I’m off, but that’s just scheduling luck. If I was scheduled, there’d be no way out of it- part time retail leaves little wiggle room. I mean, my managers are pretty cool, but not that cool.

Since I’m not at work, I’ll just be working on getting through day 11 of nicotine withdrawal- because heart disease runs in my…

I’m from the city over, Lexington, and I’ve always wished my hometown had followed Louisville’s example, because holy hell, is the racial segregation bad. I went to one of the “nice” elementary schools, and for kindergarten through 5th grade there were only 2-3 African American kids per class, and they were always the…

I don’t think anyone can deny the newness of the progressive energy and expansion of its’ base; there may have always been people who felt “progressive”, but in terms of demanding politicians move to the left, the 2016 campaign was the first any of us saw of it. There wasn’t a peep about Obamacare and how it needed to…

Well, if you’re still planning on voting Democrat, then my point of “you think you know better than the politician you used to like”, doesn’t apply to you- thank goodness! I was more referring to the “burn it down” sentiment expressed by many elsewhere in this comment section- which yes, is definitely being expressed.
I…

Yup, and gotta love how they disregard the words of the politicians they actually *like* when it doesn’t go their way. Newsflash, yall: Bernie united with Hillary, Ellison is already standing with Perez, but keep on telling yourselves that you’re soooooo much smarter than the politicians who you were in love with two…

PREACH IT PREACH IT AND NEVER STOP:

“Democrat governors do matter and ours is the perfect example of why voting for a not-perfect prog (Terry is very much like Clinton) is vital for keeping innocent people’s rights intact.”

Any would be voter that looks at a moderate Democrat and a far right Republican and decides…

Lol, McCain has been down on his knees in front of Trump ever since the “I like guys that don’t get captured” moment. If he wasn’t gonna stand up against slanderous, personal shit like that, he’s never going to for anything.

Ted Cruz? Your insult literally makes no sense; I’m arguing against party purity. If you’re gonna resort to ad hominem attacks in lieu of an actual point, they should at least make sense/be clever. Reaching into your hat to pull out the name of the first Republican politician you don’t like is just lazy.

Thank you so much for completing the spectrum of political ridiculousness; I’ve been called a far left communist troll by extreme right wingers (The “red” of redkoolaid gave my communist leanings away, obv), and now I’ve been called a right wing troll by extreme left wingers. Meanwhile I’m over here like “Guys, kool…

Well then, by all mean, please explain yourself. I know you’re not trying to prove me wrong, since I never stated Sanders wasn’t popular, and since you’re not stating that he’s the future of the party, or that he should have gotten the nomination, I really have no idea what the point of your post is. Generally people…

“it seems like a term liberals use to distinguish themselves from some of those groups or anyone who’s ideological stringency prevents them from allying with or compromising with more centrist liberals.”

That’s actually a better summary than mine, IMO. Less to do with actual beliefs, more to do with how the players…

Ok, well, this is where I’m gonna have to agree to disagree. And let’s be clear, Democrats like me are the ones doing the agreeing; we’ll vote for anyone, including any far left candidate that gets through the primary. Yall are the ones throwing a hissy fit when your candidate loses, and dividing the party. Sometimes…

I......don’t see how this is relevant. Did I say he wasn’t?

Edit: Oh, I see, you’re saying he’s the future of the Democratic party. A) He’s not a Democrat, B) He lost the primary.

If your argument is the primary was rigged/the Democrats deserved to lose because they didn’t nominate Bernie, I’m out, because that’s the…

I think you’ve deeply misunderstood me. I’m a Democrat, I have never voted anything but Democrat, and my friends jokingly describe me as “somewhere to the left of Che when he was hiding out in the jungle.”

Their beliefs aren’t what bothers me. I have an issue with the idea that party purity should come before victory-…

Yes, you’ve described the problem facing the Democratic party very well. As much as I identify with the values of the far-left, I consider myself way too flexible to ever really be a member of the movement. At this point I’ll vote for anyone with a “D” in front of their name no questions asked, but for those on the…