Over the last few days, if you're like me you’ve run into a series of click bait articles promoted through reddit, online media, facebook, and elsewhere that seem to imply that the Democratic platform is many things.. including outright attacks and conspiracies about what is happening.
There is something very profound missing from this discussion. What’s missing? A real discussion of the changes that are in the platform as it stands now in comparison to the past, the nature of progress, and what is the difference between being a progressive and embracing the status quo.
So, I’m going to say it out loud: the platform as it goes to Orlando is not the most fantastic document ever written. But it is the most progressive document Democrats have ever advanced. And it isn’t even close, in my opinion. Some of the changes are stark and huge, and get no real attention. So, follow along with me.. I’m going to get into what we’re NOT talking about in the platform, and why progressives should feel happy, and why we know there is still a lot of work ahead.