I have had my reservations with Justice Democrats for some time now. From refusing to back David Hildebrand and Sema Hernandez for questionable reasons, to rumored concerns over how they used candidates for fundraising, the organization — while promoting generally good candidates pledged not to take corporate or PAC money — has impressed me less by the day with its missteps, but I was willing to cut them a bit of slack.

However, they have now gone too far.

This woman fully appreciates the need to ask Cenk Uygur to resign from Justice Democrats in the wake of old, over the top disgusting remarks — particularly when his apology also suggested the Republican ideology made him do it — as though he had been possessed by a bigoted elephant in the early 2000s.

However, to push this resignation demand to such a level as to force Kyle Kulinski to also resign from Justice Democrats is palpably ridiculous. We aren’t talking about someone who assaulted or even harassed anyone, like Al Franken or Donald Trump. We’re talking about someone who made stupid comments (and had a bad habit of making them) nearly two decades ago. And while his comments crossed the line from “insensitive” to being downright vile, stupid comments as these were not worth the mess that Justice Democrats have made of it.

Again, I completely understand and respect asking Cenk to resign. But is Cenk’s head worth also pushing out Kyle Kulinski? I don’t believe it is.

Justice Democrats: you have made a truly stupid mistake this time. Your motivations are now questionable to me and to many others. For all I know, Cenk and Kyle were getting in the way of the direction you wanted to take the organization. Will you now opt to choose candidates based more on their identity than their principles? Will you continue engaging in sloppy mistakes, like pushing anti-Trump propaganda over discussing the real issues? Will you force your candidates to do the same? Worst of all, will you yourselves begin taking corporate money, even as you ask candidates to pledge not to?

While Justice Democrats are running many good candidates who, as of now, I can and will continue to support, I can no longer in good faith support the organization itself, let alone with my hard-earned money. This is not because I believe Cenk did nothing wrong (he did), but because Kyle did nothing wrong. To put Kyle in the position of choosing Cenk or your petty board goes to show the organization’s scruples, and I cannot support such a poor set of priorities. To me, you aren’t defending women — you are simply using them as a banner to justify shoddy political gamesmanship.

If you are still truly committed to the progressive cause and getting money out of politics, rather than shooting that cause in the foot for the sake of petty inconveniences, then I urge you to ask Cenk and Kyle to return to the organization immediately. If you truly believe Cenk can “reconcile,” then stand behind those beliefs and handle attacks over his past remarks in a rational manner, rather than casting him and Kyle aside like yesterday’s garbage for the sake of a false set of virtues.

In the meantime, I believe we would all do well to take and run with Justice Democrats’ original premise its lost founders presented — and ask progressives running everywhere to pledge not to take corporate or super PAC money. Only then, and by holding them to account on that pledge, can we ensure they truly believe the values they claim to support.