A few years ago, around 2018 or 2019, and while the incumbent U.S. president was Donald Trump, the following quote which has stayed with me was said by Jamarl Thomas.
“Progressives are not Democrats.”
This still resonates.
You are either a progressive—or you are a Democrat.
The reason why this is important to distinguish is because one is an ideological political term, for overall positions on issues, even though that term has been co-opted, and the other one is about continuous loyalty to a U.S. political party.
(Note: Even though the term progressive has been co-opted, for the sake of this blog topic I will continue to use that term given it is understood among the regulars here at Progressives Chat.)
It is also important to distinguish because the U.S.’s two major political parties, Democratic and Republican, have not been exactly the same on the political spectrum throughout the entirety of their histories.
Yes, it is important to be able to distinguish.
The Online Left, as some have described them (they were for Bernie Sanders), who are lately pushing Marianne Williamson for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, are not progressives.
The Online Left, who are pushing Marianne Williamson for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, are Democrats.
Krystal Ball is a Democrat.
Kyle Kulinski is a Democrat.
Mike Figueredo is a Democrat.
All these people, and there are plenty more, are Democrats.
The Online Left Democrats’s push for Marianne Williamson, for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination, is really their push to get their viewers (however many) to…Vote Blue No Matter Who (and What).
The Online Left Democrats are not aligned with, nor are they allies of, progressives. They are with the Democrats. They are…Democrats.
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