I've never been one to mind the disagreements on dKos. One of the strengths of the left-end of the political spectrum in the U.S. is its diversity and relatively lack of authoritarian tendencies. We neither can, nor should, walk in lock step with each other. Unity is a most overrated political virtue. Give me solidarity among those who disagree but are working for a common cause any day!
We can and should continue to have discussions about what Democrats, including this administration, have done well, what they've done well and poorly, and how they could do better. Before becoming President, Obama himself once asked this website to do so, in fact.
But I have been frustrated by the way in which our disagreements have played out on dKos in recent months. Lots of shouting. Not a lot of constructive engagement. But lately a new kind of low has been reached: the Presidents' self-appointed defenders appear to be pre-blaming the administration's progressive critics for the losses this November.
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