Thank god I graduated college just as this sh*t was starting to take off. I prophesized that the backlash would reach full swing after the election was over and these complete idiots weren't needed anymore and the Democrats could fess up to being revolted by them, we'll see whether that plays out.
The cancer in the Democratic party isn't as malignant and metastasized as in the Republican party, but they have the same problem of greedy, amoral media outlets preying on the fears and egos of an easily-misled young base to profit off of political outrage, compounded by a ridiculous number of activist organizations that take advantage of these fools to gain personal fame and fortune. Black Lives Matter is the Democratic Party's Tea Party movement... a core of irrational, angry people behaving terribly and pushing an agenda that, while it has some sensible tentposts, is ultimately ridiculous and based on, again, a small kernel of truth buried by a bushel of inflammatory lies; the whole party has been bullied into latching onto it and agreeing with everything the movement says because of the political blackmail it wields, and it's starting to suck up more and more of the base and shuttle them through the stages of indoctrination until they reach the most extreme depths, and then work their way backward from there until they find a degree of radicalism that they can be comfortable with.
All the liberals on here will surely say I'm a horrible, Trumpian racist for posting this and whine on the worst posts thread and AAD, but deep down you know I'm right. Something is very wrong in the Democratic Party when these kinds of people are flourishing, and the fact that they're now abandoning the party for third parties or Bernie-inspired revolutionary stubbornness is only a symptom of a problem the party has allowed to blossom within itself for years. American politics needs to have a reckoning with this new media that saturates our lives, appealing to our basest instincts to guide us down the path of self-delusion, outrage and irrationality. Trump has already been a blaring, loud wake-up call for the Republicans, and we're already seeing editorials trying to figure out what went wrong. I hate to think about what the wake-up call for the Democrats will be.
While there are certainly radicals in BLM and the Progressive movement is getting nutty, you must understand these conditions are pretty benign compared to the New Left back in the 60's and 70's. There are far fewer radicals today. Most in BLM and the Progressive movement are more concerned over social issues rather than economic ones. If we see more movement to the left (Marxism and Maoism regains popularity, advocating for the abolition of the police, an end to prisons), then there's evidence of a left wing tea party.
BLM in particular appears to be maligned a lot, but besides their questionable positions on matters other than racial justice, they make several excellent points and ought to be listened to. The radicals, especially the idealistic young people who have no sense of public policy, should be ignored.
