This is from a Facebook page that I've "liked" that goes by the name of 'Heywood Jablome'. I'm reposting it here because it's appropo.
It crystallizes where we've been and where some of us are going, and does so with a respect for the fact that everyone is moving at their own pace and in their own directions. I thought it was worth sharing. Enjoy.

"Between July 25th and July 28th, Democrats will hold their National Convention in Philadelphia. This is the time that liberals and progressives from coast to coast are expected to both get excited and unite to reinforce the rampart to maintain control of the White House. Can't you just feel the excitement already building?
Well, I was excited. But that diminished fairly quickly when I started studying the voter suppression and evidence of election fraud during this primary season that will likely never be investigated. Sure, lawsuits have been filed, but what does that mean when the laws of this land aren't truly 'equal?' Don't believe me? Hillary's email server is a shining example. US Code, Section 793, subsection [F] states that 'Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information' away from its 'proper place of custody' is sufficient evidence of gross negligence and a direct violation of US Security Policy. This was the code used to convict a naval officer named Bryan Nishimura who downloaded sensitive materials on his personal devices while travelling on duty. The investigation concluded that Nishimura had no intent of distributing these materials to unauthorized individuals, but personal intent holds no sway on the US Code as it's written. So basically, FBI Director James Comey rewrote the statute. What was once 'gross negligence' was changed on the fly to 'personal intent.' Thank you Director Comey. Without your concerted efforts, we'd all still believe that Hillary Clinton was a spy. And now I have to watch some pathetic circus of greasy Republicans with no credibility holding Senate Hearings where they continuously ask the wrong questions for the right reasons with the same result. You blew it GOP. While you were trying to never forget Benghazi, you inadvertently forgot Bush, Cheney, Powell and Petraeus. And now, even when you're right, no one cares. So give it up and go back to holding your ankles for lobbyists. Trust me, you'll feel much better.
All of that may have diminished my excitement for the DNC, but that wasn't what killed it. Debbie Wasserman Schultz did. When organizing the Host Committee, she repealed lobbying restrictions and turned it into a clusterfuck consortium of anti-progressive, corporate interests. The finance chair was given to Daniel Hilferty, Board Chairman of Blue Cross and Blue Shield whose primary lobbyists, AHIP, actually led the charge against the PPACA. To this day, BCBS still finances Republicans committed to repealing the Affordable Care Act. And you can add co-chair Allyson Schwartz to the list of anti-PPACA lobbyists running the convention. She heads a medical advocacy group funded by medical insurance lobbyists. At the top of that heap is pro-fracking Democrat Ed Rendell, and his 'Special Advisor' David Cohen, the 'anti-net neutrality champion' CEO of Comcast. The list goes on, but I'm going to stop before I throw up in my mouth.
So fuck the DNC. And fuck the Hillarybots who embrace that same DNC while thinking that the mere existence of 'BernieBros' somehow issues them a license to be an irrepressible army of arrogant cunts. I can hold my nose and vote for the sake of keeping a Republican out of the White House, but I don't owe my vote to anyone, for any reason. If someone wants to vote for Jill Stein, cool. Go fight the good fight. You want to vote for Trump? You're a fucking nut that's shooting yourself in the foot, but it's your vote. The point is that Democracy is not voting your fears. And it's certainly not buying into the illusion of choice between two parties who hold the same trickle-down, ecology-destroying, economic mandate while paying lip service on social issues.
Now that I got that off my chest, as Gale Snoats once said - 'I'd rather light a candle than curse your darkness.' Just because I have no faith or excitement to generate toward the DNC or a Clinton presidency, doesn't mean that I'm not excited about politics in general. Bernie will endorse Hillary, and I have no problem with it because that was the contract he signed when he ran as a new deal Democrat. It's going to anger some people, but there isn't one single fucking reason for any Sanders supporter to get lost in despair or obsessed with retaliatory votes of principle. To a large extent, Bernie accomplished what he set out to do. He started a movement that will not die during a single election cycle. Just ask yourself some things. Are you a little more open to criticism of your chosen political party? Are you a little more focused on holding your representatives accountable? If you answered 'yes' to either of these questions, congratulations. You're waking up. And although some of us are going to cling to 'the one that got away,' a large number of us are already looking forward to future elections. The progressive shift to the left is not going away any time soon. And because of that, in many ways Sanders has already won the long game. Hillary may have the nomination, but Bernie owns the platform. So go ahead DNC... Support the TPP, lobbyist-funded elections, eminent domain for private oil and fracking companies and the preservation of our entrenched oligarchy. Modern progressives have outgrown you, and you can either adapt or die. Our job now, should we choose to accept it, is actually very easy. We just have to stop towing lines and start enforcing accountability with our votes. And we can do that fucking blindfolded.
Now for god's sake, quit arguing with each other. Seriously. Whatever victory the status quo claims cannot change the fact that us just getting started is the beginning of their end. Also, it will cheer up Tom Joad. Every bridge he has tried to build during this primary season was reduced to ashes in the comment threads. He didn't deserve that, and neither does any other troll voting against Trump.
As you were."

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