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Democratic Platform


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2018 Aug 19, 6:25pm   13,590 views  95 comments

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In an effort to kill all the strawman arguments, I've decided to post the Democratic Platform in its entirety here. Hopefully it will stop all of the fake "Dems believe" or the Left wants to... threads. All one has to do is look here to see what Dems want.

https://www.democrats.org/party-platform?source=homepage

Preamble
In 2016, Democrats meet in Philadelphia with the same basic belief that animated the Continental Congress when they gathered here 240 years ago: Out of many, we are one.
Under President Obama’s leadership, and thanks to the hard work and determination of the American people, we have come a long way from the Great Recession and the Republican policies that triggered it. American businesses have now added 14.8 million jobs since private-sector job growth turned positive in early 2010. Twenty million people have gained health insurance coverage. The American auto industry just had its best year ever. And we are getting more of our energy from the sun and wind, and importing less oil from overseas.
But too many Americans have been left out and left behind. They are working longer hours with less security. Wages have barely budged and the racial wealth gap remains wide, while the cost of everything from childcare to a college education has continued to rise. And for too many families, the dream of homeownership is out of reach. As working people struggle, the top one percent accrues more wealth and more power. Republicans in Congress have chosen gridlock and dysfunction over trying to find solutions to the real challenges we face. It’s no wonder that so many feel like the system is rigged against them.
Democrats believe that cooperation is better than conflict, unity is better than division, empowerment is better than resentment, and bridges are better than walls.
It’s a simple but powerful idea: we are stronger together.
Democrats believe we are stronger when we have an economy that works for everyone—an economy that grows incomes for working people, creates good-paying jobs, and puts a middle-class life within reach for more Americans. Democrats believe we can spur more sustainable economic growth, which will create good-paying jobs and raise wages. And we can have more economic fairness, so the rewards are shared broadly, not just with those at the top. We need an economy that prioritizes long-term investment over short-term profit-seeking, rewards the common interest over self-interest, and promotes innovation and entrepreneurship.
We believe that today’s extreme level of income and wealth inequality—where the majority of the economic gains go to the top one percent and the richest 20 people in our country own more wealth than the bottom 150 million—makes our economy weaker, our communities poorer, and our politics poisonous.
And we know that our nation’s long struggle with race is far from over. More than half a century after Rosa Parks sat and Dr. King marched and John Lewis bled, more than half a century after César Chávez, Dolores Huerta, and Larry Itliong organized, race still plays a significant role in determining who gets ahead in America and who gets left behind. We must face that reality and we must fix it.
We believe a good education is a basic right of all Americans, no matter what zip code they live in. We will end the school-to-prison pipeline and build a cradle-to-college pipeline instead, where every child can live up to his or her God-given potential.
We believe in helping Americans balance work and family without fear of punishment or penalty. We believe in at last guaranteeing equal pay for women. And as the party that created Social Security, we believe in protecting every American’s right to retire with dignity.
We firmly believe that the greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior on Wall Street must be brought to an end. Wall Street must never again be allowed to threaten families and businesses on Main Street.
Democrats believe we are stronger when we protect citizens’ right to vote, while stopping corporations’ outsized influence in elections. We will fight to end the broken campaign finance system, overturn the disastrous Citizens United decision, restore the full power of the Voting Rights Act, and return control of our elections to the American people.
Democrats believe that climate change poses a real and urgent threat to our economy, our national security, and our children’s health and futures, and that Americans deserve the jobs and security that come from becoming the clean energy superpower of the 21st century.
Democrats believe we are stronger and safer when America brings the world together and leads with principle and purpose. We believe we should strengthen our alliances, not weaken them. We believe in the power of development and diplomacy. We believe our military should be the best-trained, best-equipped fighting force in the world, and that we must do everything we can to honor and support our veterans. And we know that only the United States can mobilize common action on a truly global scale, to take on the challenges that transcend borders, from international terrorism to climate change to health pandemics.
Above all, Democrats are the party of inclusion. We know that diversity is not our problem—it is our promise. As Democrats, we respect differences of perspective and belief, and pledge to work together to move this country forward, even when we disagree. With this platform, we do not merely seek common ground—we strive to reach higher ground.
We are proud of our heritage as a nation of immigrants. We know that today’s immigrants are tomorrow’s teachers, doctors, lawyers, government leaders, soldiers, entrepreneurs, activists, PTA members, and pillars of our communities.
We believe in protecting civil liberties and guaranteeing civil rights and voting rights, women’s rights and workers’ rights, LGBT rights, and rights for people with disabilities. We believe America is still, as Robert Kennedy said, “a great country, an unselfish country, and a compassionate country.”
These principles stand in sharp contrast to the Republicans, who have nominated as the standard-bearer for their party and their candidate for President a man who seeks to appeal to Americans’ basest differences, rather than our better natures.
The stakes have been high in previous elections. But in 2016, the stakes can be measured in human lives—in the number of immigrants who would be torn from their homes; in the number of faithful and peaceful Muslims who would be barred from even visiting our shores; in the number of allies alienated and dictators courted; in the number of Americans who would lose access to health care and see their rights ripped away.
This election is about more than Democrats and Republicans. It is about who we are as a nation, and who we will be in the future.
Two hundred and forty years ago, in Philadelphia, we started a revolution of ideas and of action that continues to this day. Since then, our union has been tested many times, through bondage and civil war, segregation and depression, two world wars and the threat of nuclear annihilation. Generations of Americans fought and marched and organized to widen the circle of opportunity and dignity—and we are fighting still.
Despite what some say, America is and has always been great—but not because it has been perfect. What makes America great is our unerring belief that we can make it better. We can and we will build a more just economy, a more equal society, and a more perfect union—because we are stronger together.

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35   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Aug 20, 8:16am  

lostand confused says
Thanks for the laugh. There is the platform and there si what you see on the ground. Hey don't look at actions-just our words somebody wrote in a long forgotten document.


The trade one is vague. It could be interpreted as "Whinge to the Corpratist WTO and start a complaint that takes years to resolve"

Personally, I like slapping them back with Tariffs of our own. It's surprisingly effective. I wonder why nobody "thought" of doing that before. Heh.
36   Bd6r   2018 Aug 20, 8:19am  

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says
why nobody "thought" of doing that before. Heh.

perhaps because CEO's could rake in a few extra million $$$ would be my guess
37   Tenpoundbass   2018 Aug 20, 8:20am  

Suck is a shitty platform.
38   MrMagic   2018 Aug 20, 8:22am  

lostand confused says
There is the platform and there si what you see on the ground.


Exactly...

I could have saved Joey his 22 pages of "cut and paste". Here is the actual platform, in 3 words:

HATE ON TRUMP

followed up with a photo showing the Dems direction:

39   Shaman   2018 Aug 20, 8:28am  

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says
Islamophobia is a term invented by fascists to convince the gullible they're not such bad people.


It’s not that Muslims are bad people... it’s that they’re terrible people!
40   Patrick   2018 Aug 20, 8:35am  

Most Muslims are good people in spite of Islam. They put our common humanity above the religion.

It's the true believers that we need to watch out for.
41   Goran_K   2018 Aug 20, 8:42am  

Patrick says
It's the true believers that we need to watch out for.


Truth.

I'd be okay with all the marginal muslims who go out drinking every night and pound down pork sandwiches with their beer (I used to work with one), but the TRUE believers are the ones who scare me the most.
42   Shaman   2018 Aug 20, 8:45am  

Patrick says
Most Muslims are good people in spite of Islam. They put our common humanity above the religion.


I’ve met Muslims who act like good people. But how good can you be when the root and core of your belief structure says you can’t be friends with anyone outside your religion, and indeed you should do such people harm?

I think the only good Muslim is an apostate.
43   CBOEtrader   2018 Aug 20, 9:19am  

Somewhere around 40 references to race in that Dem manifesto. Can you guys please knock out the crazy?
44   Bd6r   2018 Aug 20, 9:25am  

Patrick says
Most Muslims are good people in spite of Islam. They put our common humanity above the religion.

It's the true believers that we need to watch out for.

That applies for most Abrahamic religions, except Judaism which does not proselytize. Difference is that the civilization of Evil White Men was able to moderate the influence of church, while the Progressive Middle East, any criticism of which is Islamophobia, Racism, and Sexism is still stuck in early middle ages religionwise. Also, there appear to be no moderating texts in Islam, while in Christianity the New Testament is very humanistic.
45   Bd6r   2018 Aug 20, 9:27am  

And about the Manifesto - the old saying is that paper tolerates everything. However, what I see around me is that Left in general and most D's in particular are all for destroying meritocracy, e.i. race- and gender-based admissions, promotions, and hiring etc which in itself is deeply racist.
46   LeonDurham   2018 Aug 20, 2:00pm  

AntiOcasioCortez says
And what does the party platform of 2016 have anything to do with the election of 2018?


it's the current party platform so it's appropriate for the 2018 election.

AntiOcasioCortez says
Otherwise, your entire post here is on Straw Man post because of the above points.


I think you need a primer on what a strawman argument is. Once again--the election is about truth vs. lies. Fact vs. fiction.
47   MrMagic   2018 Aug 20, 3:34pm  

LeonDurham says
Once again--the election is about truth vs. lies. Fact vs. fiction.


Exactly..

And since we're talking about the truth, here is the TRUE Democrat platform for 2018:
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Free stuff for all! (We'll worry about how to pay for it later!!)

Socialism is GREAT! (Let's ignore the epic list of historic socialist failures that shows the contrary, including a certain S. American country melting down as we speak.)

We're gonna lower healthcare costs! (Yeah, we pushed legislation down your throats that raised healthcare costs for most of you... please ignore that, too.)

Abolish ICE! Open borders! (Don't worry about national security!! 9/11 was long ago & our memories are blessedly short.)

Crush hate speech! (Ummm...first amendment? What's that? We don't need no stinkin' free speech!)

The NRA has blood on its hands! (Let's ignore those inconvenient multiple failures by the Parkland school, local police, the FBI...and perish the thought, let's not blame the actual killer!)

Cops are untrustworthy! The military is evil! (So, naturally... only cops and the military should own guns!)

Prisoners are oppressed! Set them free! Abolish bail! (Ignore the pesky evidence showing career criminals committing the overwhelming majority of gun crime - when we're discussing "The Oppressed", we suddenly don't care about gun crime (or any other crime)!
48   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Aug 21, 1:33am  

LeonDurham says
it's the current party platform so it's appropriate for the 2018 election.


Are you saying all politicians either run on the platform, or govern according to the platform?
49   LeonDurham   2018 Aug 21, 9:38am  

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says

Are you saying all politicians either run on the platform, or govern according to the platform?


Nope-but if someone generalizes and says Dems have no ideas on trade or jobs or helping Rural America, it seems appropriate to show them that they are 100% wrong. So, hopefully they can no longer make that statement again (for the 100th time).

If one wants to talk about Dems, then this is the platform. Individual candidates obviously can have slightly different ideas.
50   LeonDurham   2018 Aug 21, 9:38am  

AntiOcasioCortez says
Uh, no. It isn't. It is a Straw Man you are throwing out there while ragging on unindentified Straw Men on the other side.


OK--please identify what the exact strawman is then.
51   CBOEtrader   2018 Aug 21, 9:59am  

LeonDurham says
Dems have no ideas on trade or jobs or helping Rural America


This is accurate but it's a function of the problem, not the problem itself.

The problem is the dems hyper-fixation on 3rd wave feminism bullshit, wherein your race/gender/sexual identity are the core defining characteristics of your identity. They mention this around 40 times in the manifesto.

Using core descriptors that someone is born with as a means to judge their human worth is disgusting. Nothing good can come from this type of racism, yet here we are w the dems.
52   RecentCost   2018 Aug 21, 10:03am  

"I hate Trump" is a much better platform. Run on it.
54   LeonDurham   2018 Aug 21, 12:33pm  

CBOEtrader says
This is accurate but it's a function of the problem, not the problem itself


So, after I post the entire platform that is chock full of ideas for jobs, trade, etc., you are going to completely ignore it and persist in saying they don't have ideas?
55   Bd6r   2018 Aug 21, 12:43pm  

LeonDurham says
chock full of ideas for jobs, trade


I'd say that "program" is chock full of virtue signaling nonsense.

What it still misses is "Fuck Trump" and "Fucking White Males Oppress the Whole World" watermarks, which is what this program can be distilled down to
56   Shaman   2018 Aug 21, 12:47pm  

RecentCost says
"I hate Trump" is a much better platform.


And it totally replaces the aforementioned 2016 Democrat platform. The only bits of public policy that have managed to get shoehorned in beside the “hate Trump” tirade are:
1)ban guns
2)abolish borders and ICE.
3)MOAR Muslim refugees
4)hate Trump supporters.

That’s about fucking it.
With that kind of recognized platform (because honestly, NOBODY is reading that 50 page manifesto Leon posted), Democrats had better pay some great necromancers because they’re really going to need the dead vote to turn out in huge numbers to win anything!
57   Bd6r   2018 Aug 21, 12:48pm  

MrMagic says
Cops are untrustworthy! The military is evil! (So, naturally... only cops and the military should own guns!)

And cops/municipal workers/firePERSONS should be able to retire at 40, courtesy of local taxpayers.
58   Bd6r   2018 Aug 21, 12:50pm  

Quigley says
NOBODY is reading that 50 page manifesto Leon posted

I skimmed it, but it reads like Communist Party of Soviet Union Manifesto circa 1982
www.youtube.com/embed/EEFtwqMZyKc
59   MrMagic   2018 Aug 21, 1:24pm  

LeonDurham says
So, after I post the entire platform that is chock full of ideas for jobs, trade, etc., you are going to completely ignore it and persist in saying they don't have ideas?


I actually printed out the entire manifesto... It's going to make for great back up toilet paper, as that's all it's worth.
60   LeonDurham   2018 Aug 21, 1:27pm  

dr6B says

I skimmed it, but it reads like Communist Party of Soviet Union Manifesto circa 1982


Really--how about you share the similarities?
61   LeonDurham   2018 Aug 21, 1:29pm  

Again--this thread is indicative of the truth vs.lies and fact vs. fiction debate that the country now faces.
62   MrMagic   2018 Aug 21, 1:31pm  

LeonDurham says
this thread is indicative of the truth vs.lies and fact vs. fiction debate that the country now faces.


Exactly right, when will your Democrats finally stop with the Lies and Fiction, as shown in this thread and others?
63   Bd6r   2018 Aug 21, 1:31pm  

LeonDurham says
Really--how about you share the similarities?

In that both are senseless drivel. Oppressed masses (Muslims, POC) need help to rise up against their capitalist oppressors (Fucking White Males) etc
64   Rin   2018 Sep 6, 1:14pm  

LeonDurham says
in the number of faithful and peaceful Muslims who would be barred from even visiting our shores;


Of course, no one mentions the peaceful Buddhists, Hindus, and Zoroastrians, who'd never committed an act of terrorism in the name of their faith vs the Muslims who have.

Seriously, when will ppl realize that not giving credence to the Muslim faith doesn't mean Christian Fundamentalism.
65   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Sep 6, 1:16pm  

Everybody knows the Party Platform will be followed 100% or even 90% by the Elected Officials! Anybody who says otherwise is peddling Fake News!

Right now the Democratic Platform seems to be "Sabotage Senate Confirmation Hearings with Crazytown Antics"

66   Rin   2018 Sep 6, 1:19pm  

dr6B says
Oppressed masses (Muslims, POC) need help to rise up against their capitalist oppressors (Fucking White Males)


Last I'd checked, the Boston bombers were 'White' Muslims.



Yeah, I think this not so "dark skinned" Italian/Greek/Russian-looking American was oppressed, growing up in Cambridge MA, next to some Sudanese guy. Seriously, give me a fucking break!

Cambridge MA has 90 sub-nationalities. This guy was probably the whitest of them all.
67   MisdemeanorRebel   2018 Sep 6, 1:20pm  

Rin says
Last I'd checked, the Boston bombers were 'White' Muslims.


But they were Muslims!

Also it turns out the elder brother was dealing drugs and murdered somebody.
68   Rin   2018 Sep 6, 1:21pm  

TwoScoopsOfSpaceForce says
But they were Muslims!

Also it turns out the elder brother was dealing drugs and murdered somebody.


The point is that they were not facing discrimination in Massachusetts, as a result of having dark skin. Let's get that straight.
69   Bd6r   2018 Sep 6, 1:21pm  

Rin says
Last I'd checked the Boston bombers were 'White' Muslims.

Muslims and/or PoC - the Boston Bombers were Muslim but were not PoC, I believe they were from Caucasus mountains. According to Politically Correct terminology, if you are a Muslim, you are not a Fucking White Male any more.
70   Rin   2018 Sep 6, 1:24pm  

dr6B says

Muslims and/or PoC - the Boston Bombers were Muslim but were not PoC, I believe they were from Caucasus mountains


And if the brothers were let's say { Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Zoroastrian, pick-some-less-know denomination }, chances are, they would have integrated into Massachusetts and have been upstanding citizens instead of terrorist bombers.
71   Bd6r   2018 Sep 6, 1:25pm  

Rin says
And if the brothers were let's say { Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Zoroastrian, pick-some-less-know denomination }, chances are, they would have integrated into Massachusetts and have been upstanding citizens instead of terrorist bombers.

Exactly. Even Satanists would have integrated much more smoothly
72   Rin   2018 Sep 6, 1:28pm  

dr6B says
Exactly. Even Satanists would have integrated much more smoothly


So you can be white, Muslim, but at that point, you're a different "Fucking White Male", one under "Riyadh's control" than one's own.
73   Bd6r   2018 Sep 6, 1:31pm  

Rin says
So you can be white, Muslim, but at that point, you're a different "Fucking White Male"

At that point you become an oppressed, helpless minority persecuted by Fucking White Males and deserving of Safe Spaces and Affirmative Action. You are not a FWM any more. Technically, even people from Egypt qualify as white. So if you are a Coptic Christian from Egypt, you are a FWM; if you are a Muslim from Egypt, you are an oppressed person.
74   Rin   2018 Sep 6, 1:34pm  

dr6B says
Technically, even people from Egypt qualify as white. So if you are a Coptic Christian from Egypt, you are a FWM; if you are a Muslim from Egypt, you are an oppressed person.


So you're talking about how politically correct advocates think vs the reality of the situation, where if a white person dropped Islam and became a Unitarian, than he'd be an upstanding citizen in the west.

You see, a Sudanese man, even if he leaves Islam for Unitarianism, will always be a black guy in America.

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