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Democratic Primaries

RockRaven

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2. "The Establishment" is just "Deep State!!!1!!!!1!!" by another name in a different context.

Reply to Maru Kitteh (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 09:48 PM

Mar 2020

The vacuous nature of the accusation, and the unjustified burden to prove a negative it thrusts upon the speaker's interlocutor is the same.

If the Democratic Party "establishment" did anything unfair or underhanded, then BY ALL MEANS PLEASE name the people and name their actions.

The party is, after all, simply a collection of human beings -- there's no magic or mystery behind the curtain. It's just people. If any people did bad things, say specifically who did what, so we can react rationally and appropriately (severely even!), but don't waste our time with nonspecific fuzzy complaints. In the age of Trump doing likewise, it looks like a bad-faith complaint.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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ATTENTION - It was THE VOTERS, not the "establishment" that made this choice. [View all] Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 OP

The voters ARE the establishment. That is really all. DonaldsRump Mar 2020 #1

"The Establishment" is just "Deep State!!!1!!!!1!!" by another name in a different context. RockRaven Mar 2020 #2

I hadn't thought of that, you are correct. Maru Kitteh Mar 2020 #3

You'll need more that that in November jimlup Mar 2020 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author LizBeth Mar 2020 #5

Hmmm,mm Hekate Mar 2020 #6

People want to be rid of the malignant evil. ASAP. dalton99a Mar 2020 #7

Yeah, they can forget about that talking point.. it Backfired. Cha Mar 2020 #8

I just realized -- after five long years of hearing "establishment" used to insult Democrats, betsuni Mar 2020 #9

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