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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Been a democrat all my life, voted for Obama, Clinton and reluctantly for Biden over the last election.
What happened to the party? This use to be the party of free speech, anti-war, about freedom of religion and about helping the poor and disaffected that were hurt by the pains of globalization.

I have seen over the past decade the party being completely co-opted by the military industrial complex, to the point where people are foaming at the mouth over wanting to fight in Ukraine. I have seen the party completely ditch the struggling blue collar worker to get into bed with large tech billionaires. I have seen it now completely on the side of censorship and the use of authoritarian tactics when it comes with dealing with oppositional speech.

The democratic party now reminds me of the neocons of the Bush era? Anyone else get this feeling?

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I’m with you OP but not specifically for all of the reasons you mentioned.  I grew up as economically progressive, socially conservative dem.  I left the party about 20 years ago. [b] I don’t vote now.[/b][/quote]

So you prefer a white christian authoritarian state. That'll show 'em.[/quote]
Neither party comes anywhere near my values.  I prefer to remain honest to myself.  [/quote]

Start with being honest with the positions of the party. Because you have not come anywhere CLOSE to describing the positions of the democratic party in your OP. So start with shutting down the cable news channels and Twitter, and educating yourself. Because your post shows you're not really educated about the issues, or the parties' positions, at all. Not even a little.[/quote]

NP here and I agree with OP about not voting.  How can you in good conscience vote for either party as they are both nightmares.  We've lost our way politically in that there's no candidates for either party that deserve my vote.  I don't agree you have to cast a vote for someone you don't believe in.  That's settling and that's being dishonest with everyone including yourself.  I simply don't feel the need to pretend one party is better than the other because while I'm a social liberal who is strongly pro choice and pro immigration, I think the Dems have lost their way on so many levels.  The Left is extreme now - cancel culture is very real and it's scary.  [/quote]

Adolescent.  A vote for no one is a vote for the worst candidate. You obviously don’t read history, but in the upcoming election, your non-vote will help the candidate that opposes democracy.  Don’t be a sucker: there is no such thing as a protest vote. [/quote]

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