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It is a little silly to think that this is somehow different than it has ever been. Sure, these people exist and they always have. I would disagree that they are "alt-left". They are just extremist left. And they don't fully appreciate the privileged position they hold in society that allows them to be the way that they are.

Nevertheless, these folks are not the real problem. The real problem are the indoctrinated masses who genuflect to Fox News and an absurd belief system that roots from the bronze age and before.

The question I ask is why the hell are people so gullible?

This is always an explosive topic. My two cents worth, but first, full disclosure. I VOTED for Hillary. I greatly admire her intelligence (142 iq), her vast experience, and her tireless work ethic, not to mention her advocacy for children, women, and the LGBT community. I am not blind. I see faults in her. She lacks charisma that we expect from our entertainers...er...presidents, nowadays. She is a technocrat, much like Al Gore, who was also robbed of his win. She certainly was no enemy to business, which is not in itself bad but I haven't agreed with all her priorities. And she is not as skilled as Obama or Bill at getting the public behind a cause. All that aside, she still was imminently qualified to be president.
Though I supported Hillary, had Bernie won the primary, I absolutely would have supported his election. Bernie supporters and Jill Stein supporters certainly had some valid frustrations with the system, absolutely. My aggravation comes from many refusing to switch gears appropriately to the general election after the primary was over. So much bitterness was sewn, in large part by gross distortions and, yes, relentless fake news against Hillary, that some Berners utterly drank the Republicans'/Trump/Russia conspirators' fanatical Koolaid and decided Hillary might as well have been the AntiChrist. So, they helped elect a TRULY dangerous egomaniacal conman with a quest to become dictator, who is willing to sell us out to Vladimir Putin for personal gain. America is on its way to becoming an oligarchy unless this shit-train Republican government can be derailed.
I am sympathetic to the hatred of the status quo political system. But where does the Green Party get off thinking they can sweep in and win a presidency without first building a base of seasoned elected officials? Where are the Green Party Congressional members? Senators? Hell, local school board members? The Greens are a sham. An excuse for grandstanding without constructive accomplishment.
Ultimately, though, our stupid Constitutional two party election system is to blame. If we had proportional representation in a parliamentary system, people COULD vote their conscience without throwing away their votes, because their candidate could still hope to be part of a governing coalition. Not so in America. Here it is winner take all, even when that winner fails to win a majority. Even when they lose the popular vote.
But reality check: we don't have that system, no matter how much we wish it. If Berners weren't willing to support the eventual Democratic nominee, they had no business supporting a candidate running in the Democratic primary.

You should cast off the yoke of the two party system, it is the reason things can't be change for the better in the US both parties are full of the same kind of people busy sucking on the corporate tit.
If you fail to recognize that neither of the old parties will ever be answer things can never change,

Maybe we need a coalition? A consensus platform of left-leaning parties? I wonder what the laws would say about such a thing.

Solid commentary. A shit-load of my Democratic friends either sat on their hands or voted ‘green’ to avoid ‘presumably’ admitting they’d voted for Hillary R. Clinton. Now, they’re screaming the loudest over the destructive force of the ‘Republican Party.’

I blame ‘Bernie,’ he was nothing new, not even a Democrat. His cultivation of idealistic purists and the nation’s youth is a well-worn tactic. Of course steadfast Democrats share his desires, but were ridiculed for being honest enough to point out, within this hideous age of contention - there’d be no damn way Bernie would have gotten his proposals through a Republican Congress -- and that’s if he could have been elected, which to me appeared the surest path to victory for Trump - and the R’s new that, thus continued their three to four decade attack on HRC...

HRC and the DNC represented mainstream, solid, politically savvy realistic adults who’d learned from decades of battle what’s achievable - and what isn’t. Their loss was due to ‘collusion’ between Russia and the RNC/ Trump crew, leaking strategic tidbits of stolen campaign emails timed to discourage former Bernie supporters. It worked!

After this, Extremists may prevail... They’d long ago hijacked the Republican party, kicking out it’s supposed “RINO’s.” Will the Democratic party do the same..? Sounds like your Minnesota Green’s running on it. As the filthy Religious-Republican party continues to allow our nation to be gutted by a Malignant Narcissist - we’re at their mercy… But, we’re not alone.. Yes, their wealthy donors are dancing in their chalets! But their stupid, vote-against-your-own-interests ‘base,’ deplorables that they are, will be the first to feel the pain.

I tend to think that our political system has devolved into the Republocrats/Purple Party.

There's no such thing as the Alt-Left. There are just leftists. If they refuse to vote for a centrist party like the Democrats that doesn't make them "alt" anything, they're still just leftists.

Extremes, in any direction, are never a good idea. Moderation in most all things is key,
Further, compromise should never be dismissed out of hand. It may not always be the right move, but it should always be considered.

I was listening to Jill Stein on an MSNBC show today being interviewed about the Russia Conference she attended by the invitation of the State Media. She sounded more like a stonewalling Republican than the Green Party candidate. The House Intelligence Committee is now investigating her connection to Russia/tRUMPs campaign in the 2016 election. She has the same attitude as your Green Party member of St. Paul, MN.