It's difficult to look at the long picture, to see how history will remember us. One thing we can be sure of is that 100 years from now, the history books will depict this time as one of the most progressive, the time when this nation came together to elect our first black American President. When they come to his first post-administration election, however, the story they will tell is that the independent voters who defined themselves as the only "progressives" left on the Democratic side were the most regressive "progressives" that ever existed in our political history.

Why will this be so? Because the so-called self-defined "progressives" this election, who have also defined the entire rest of the Democratic Party as "neo-libs," "one-percenters," and "sell-outs," right here on Daily Kos every single day for months now, are fighting tooth and nail to deny the first viable female candidate for President the office she seeks. That will be their legacy, in the end, the way they will be remembered throughout eternity, and how ironic is that?

Consider how the primary season has played out so far. First, it was established that voting for Hillary Clinton because she is a woman is silly, something apparently only silly females would declare. Saying one is "for Hillary" was defined as simply voting for female body parts, for vaginas, said the Bernie supporters. And so the conversation was immediately muted because its was suddenly unacceptable to say you wanted to vote for the first female President BECAUSE she is a female, AND because she's such a great candidate, with unprecedented experience, accomplishments and command of the issues. If we say, YES, we love Hillary because she'll be the first female American President, we were told that we were only voting with our vaginas, and to CUT IT OUT. So, it has become very rare for anyone to say they're voting for Hillary Clinton because she's a woman anymore. That part of the conversation has been almost 100% muted on the left despite the fact THAT IS THE HISTORICAL FACT of this election! How ironic is that?

The next thing that happened was the Bernie supporters became obnoxious and overbearing, taking over the conversation pretty much in total on this site and elsewhere, lobbing derogatory memes and right wing talking points at anyone who supports Hillary Clinton for President. The response was swift at first from those offended by their antics, and they gained the name "Bernie Bros." Instead of acknowledging this juvenile behavior and trying to change it, the Bernie supporters decided to AGAIN SUPPRESS the speech of others by refusing to acknowledge such distasteful creatures exist and doubling down on the pressure to keep people from using that term. Suddenly it became unacceptable to use that term OR to address the issue. As we can see from the "wreck" list here at Daily Kos, as one example, once it was established that no one could use that term or address the issue, Bernie supporters went hog wild (and continue to do so now, today) in attacking anyone who supports Hillary in any way. Lately, they've decided that ANY thread that mentions Bernie in the title is ONLY for the "bros" (and yes, I still call them that, because they're still obnoxious and they deserve that title, sue me!) is ONLY for them, and no other comments, are allowed… especially from Hillary supporters, whose voices have been muted to begin with! How ironic is that?

And that’s not all. We were also told not to "spike the football" by stating the FACT that Hillary Clinton has garnered 2.5 million MORE votes than Bernie Sanders to date, and carries every single demographic except young millenials (aka the vast majority of Bernie supporters). Let us pause for a moment and consider that phrase "spike the football," a very MALE trope, a sports analogy usually associated, of course, with men. Again, another sexist shot across the bow telling us to act like good "guys" and mute our response. When Bernie wins three small caucusus, his supporters not only "spike the football" but do the touchdown dance all over the boards, screaming about their support and their utter disgust at the evil, low and disgusting FEMALE running against their holy hero. If a Hillary supporters says, "yay Hillary won," we're told we're just a little TOO over the top there, and its time to shut up. (And that is BARELY an exaggeration, and y'all know it).

And yet here we are, with an historic election, in which we are actually SO CLOSE to electing our first female American President, with a great candidate, but we can't talk about it, because we're voting with our vaginas, or we're hurting some obnoxious Hillary-hater's feelings (!), or we're "spiking the football." We're supposed to retire to our little corner (a thread or two, few of which make the "wreck" list because the Bernie supporters send out messages to their friends to up rate ONLY the pro-Bernie diaries in another attempt to completely control the conversation).

In the end, all this tip-toe-ing around to assuage the feelings of the Bernie supporters is effectively stopping us from talking about how historical this election is. Of course, we'll AGAIN be expected to mute our reaction when and if she wins the big state primaries coming up. We've learned our lessons well, as we females so often have to do, and we won't be "spiking any footballs," God forbid. On a side note, let's talk about caucuses. I would LOVE to attend a caucus, although my state doesn't hold them, but there is NO CHANCE that I would go to a caucus today for the Democratic Party. I have no desire to enter a roomful of bellicose, obnoxious Bernie supporters intimidating Hillary supporters and talking about how much they hate our potential nominee. NO desire, none. You couldn't get me there with a ten foot pole.

I contend that Bernie supporters can't see the forest for the trees. They can't see that when the history books are written about our time, there will be a special paragraph RIGHT THERE all about how those who deemed themselves the only true "progressives" in this election, those who relegated everyone else including the entire Democratic Party to "sell-outs" and "neo-libs" and other derogatory terms, turned out to be the most REGRESSIVE of all. The single-minded quest to defeat our first viable female President will be laid at their feet and at the feet of the Republicans. That's only if she wins. If she loses, I'd even submit that most of the blame will be laid at the feet of the so-called (because its self-defined and actually incorrect) “progressives” who voted so vociferously and with such joy against her.

Attack away, please. Tell me I can't vote for her because I'm only voting for a vagina. Tell me I can't say Bernie supporters are seriously obnoxious and need to dial it back. Tell me I can't "spike the football" when our first potential female President is SUCCEEDING! I want you to tell me, so I can explain to you that YOU will go down in history as the most REGRESSIVE so-called "progressives" in our nation history. Congrats