Do you consider the DSA a 'threat' to the Democratic party?
I have participated in this forum for some time and have engaged with a lot of members on both sides of the big tent (and even outside, thanks to our conservative and socialist visitors), from those on the Center to those who support the DSA. But I'm noticing a tangible shift in outright hostility against the DSA. When I recently tried to get an answer as to why, I was given the answer "the DSA is a bigger threat than MAGA. They must be cut out like a cancer."
This is clearly hyperbole. Mamdani is looked at like a lightning rod, but at the federal level their power is in Bernie Sanders and a few House representatives. The state level, some moderate success in New York, and a few scattered state officials, city councils, and council members around America. The reach of the DSA's political power comes in small grassroots movements, especially because they refuse corporate campaign donations. MAGA, on the other hand, controls the presidency, congress, supreme court, the media, and the donations network that supports them. MAGA has, and continues, to scale back our civil rights practically day-by-day through Trump's abuse of power. Surely this can't be everyone's opinion. So, I must ask.
Do you see the DSA as a long-term threat, liability, or risk? If so, why? And is this threat/etc. to the Democratic party, or the entire country in general?
Full cards on the table: no, I do not identify with the DSA. I favor pragmatism and working within a 'big tent' framework. 'Vote blue no matter who.' I'm just bewildered to see so many Democrats are saying 'vote blue no matter who, unless it's the DSA'.