It did come primarily from the center, but the difference is, those centrists have no movement and no power.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @adamjohnsonNYC
Well... they have power. But very limited ELECTORAL power, anyway. Unlike the socialists. Bernie Sanders has far more power than Mark Penn.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @adamjohnsonNYC
And thank God for that---but, you know: great power, great responsibility.
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There is genuine fear from many that we will backslide on social or 'identity' issues to win WWC votes. It's happened before.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @adamjohnsonNYC
and conversely there is genuine fear that the elite are using id politics to have groups fighting over pieces of a shrinking pie
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Replying to @ShaunHensleyCA @adamjohnsonNYC
Yes but at the end of the day, if we're doing electoral politics, the burden of proof is on the people asking for your vote.
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And obviously that isn't every single leftist, right? But the ppl doing electoral politics? It's on them to prove trustworthy.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @adamjohnsonNYC
certainly, but also I'm asking you for your sense of what that would take
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Replying to @ShaunHensleyCA @adamjohnsonNYC
Idk. It's a million little things. And depends on what you mean.
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What would it take for older Southern black women to vote en masse for Bernie over Kamala Harris in the 2020 primary? Maybe a miracle, lol.
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What would it take to dispel the Bernie Bro thing? Leftists finding better rhetoric around HRC (or just not talking about her!!) would help.
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Replying to @csilverandgold @adamjohnsonNYC
Oh I see where you are coming from. Thanks for your time
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