General Discussion

I was willing to take him at his word when he JOINED the party. He then said he was a Democrat. I feel betrayed by his decision to leave the party later; to choose to criticize it from a distance. He is still acting as if both major parties are equally flawed, and then he is somehow above other politicians. And then he pretends to be trying to recruit young people to the cause -- while disparaging the only party that has a chance to bring progressive ideals into reality.

I never saw anyone accusing Sanders supporters for being racist or sexist simply because they preferred Bernie. And I didn't see Democrats trying to use his Jewishness against him. I did see people criticize him for disparaging Democrats for what he called "identity politics" -- and I think he deserved to be criticized for that. He seemed to often have a tin ear, both for racial and feminist issues, because he was always determined to boil everything down to class and the 1%, and nothing else.