2016 Postmortem

It's bad enough that Trump supporters exist within an alternate reality. I expect better from DU posters. But maybe I shouldn't. After all, I saw the denial of reality on display throughout the primary. People insisting that Clinton only led because of superdelegates or because of closed primaries while ignoring the impact of undemocratic caucuses (not to mention Clinton won a majority of the open primaries). People denying what so many of us knew by mid-March, which was that the race was essentially over. People claiming that Clinton and her surrogates were going around saying "it's her turn." People spreading the myth that "independents" are non-partisan, disaffected or wishy-washy, even though numerous surveys make clear that most independents are strongly partisan.

And now we hear people claim that Clinton didn't talk about economics even though that topic dominated her campaign. I've even seen posts claiming that she spent more time talking about "transgender bathrooms," which is an absurd right wing talking point used to inflame bigotry.

It's fine to like Sanders. It's fine to want a Democratic nominee who speaks forcefully against plutocracy. But it's not fine to deny reality in favor of your own alternate reality. Leave that BS to the Trump supporters.