"Owning Our Shit" (warning, lots of salty language).

[OrwellwasRight]

88. That's unproductive.

Screaming at people that you don't think worked hard enough on the election won't change the future. And besides, I think it is hard to tell via DU posts just how hard somebody worked.

Plus, we live in a democracy (a democratic republic is a form of democratic government, exhibiting the principles of democratic rule, just in case you plan on arguing the point). There have always been and will always be people who write in candidates and vote for third party candidates, as is their RIGHT. That's what living in democracy means. They way to get them to change their minds is to offer a better product, not to demean them.

Likewise, there will always be those who don't vote. We can blame them, or we can offer them a better product and encourage them to vote.

I prefer the productive option. The blaming won't make us a better party.