Article of the Primaries from the NY Times: The Cult of Sore Losers

[bettyellen]

"But there’s more at work. The refusal to grant victors legitimacy bundles together so much about America today: the coarseness of our discourse; the blind tribalism coloring our debates; the elevation of individualism far above common purpose; the ethos that everybody should and can feel like a winner on every day.

Our system for electing presidents is indeed a mess. It estranges voters and is ripe for reform. I explored that last week.

But pushing for change is different from rejecting any unwelcome outcome as the bastard fruit of a poisoned tree. If grievances are never retired, then progress has no chance. If everything is rigged, then all is fair, not just in love and war but on the banks of the Potomac, where we can look forward to four more years of inertia and ugliness."



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/opinion/the-cult-of-sore-losers.html?&clickSource=story-heading&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Opinion&action=keypress&region=FixedLeft&pgtype=article

[TDale313]

1. Sore winners are worse, and there have been a lot of them on DU recently.

It's not just the "losers" who are gonna have to swallow their pride and do the right thing. Not antagonizing the 40+ percent of the party pushing for change would be a good start.

[bettyellen]

2. I think we all have to look past assholes in order to be our best selves. Otherwise we are the

problem as much as anyone else.