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Shawn Michel de Montaigne's avatar

I registered as a Democrat in 1980, at the age of eighteen, largely to piss off my father who, were he alive today, would have worshiped Donald Trump. For the next forty-four years, I was a passionate Democrat, giving money, helping when and where I could, writing senators and representatives, signing petitions, joining clubs, the works.

On Wednesday, November 6th, 2024, I officially quit the Democratic Party.

I've had enough. When Democrats, especially top-level Democrats, started criticizing Kamala Harris' campaign, one that was as near-flawless a campaign as I have seen in my entire life, a powerful, beautiful, inspirational, aspirational, tears-running-down-my-face after watching the reaction of an entire packed arena as Kamala walked into it, "Freedom," blaring from the speakers campaign, I just couldn't take it anymore.

When the mainstream media decided to attack her instead of recognizing the obvious, glaring truth--that they had a huge hand in Trump's "victory," and the Democrats didn't fight back, I just couldn't take it anymore.

There are irregularities with the voting in this election, folks. And the fact that top-level Democrats aren't demanding a recount is ludicrous, is egregious, is immoral. I just can't take it anymore. (Take a look at this: https://www.reddit.com/r/houstonwade/comments/1grgi0u/letter_to_kamala_harris_from_computer_scientists/)

I can't take anymore the constant capitulation to Republicans, the constant cowering, the constant whimpering. I can't take Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi anymore. They are practically bending over backwards trying to accommodate Trump when they should be fighting him and his vile fascist incoming administration with everything they've got. They aren't. They're being appropriate and stuffy and stiff-backed and well coiffed and attired while they simper and smile like mannequins on the Sunday news shows.

And on and on and on.

It's too much! I can't do it anymore! For our country to survive, Democrats have GOT to do something that, as a collective, they have refused to do my entire adult life: get fierce. Get feisty. Get ANGRY. Get MEAN. They need to **actually** start fighting for the American working class, from the smallest towns to the biggest cities. Harris was going to do that! It was her entire frickin' platform! And so what did millions of Democrats do? Barring massive voter fraud (see above), they stayed home and gave Trump the White House.

Want despicable? There you frickin' go.

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Wendy Martin's avatar

You were right on on every point here about what the problem was, except one. It was not just the Right wing media machine. Corporate media put clicks and profits above honest journalism back in 2015 when Trump should have been outed as an unfit candidate. And today, afraid of what they have created, they sanewash and wishcast.

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