Looking back I, personally, see no benefit to Democrats from Sanders or his supporters

[JCanete]

40. You do not want a third party that attracts liberals away from the Democratic Party, and then

competes in the general. You will call them spoilers every four years, if not every two. The appropriate place, if it can still be done, is to have a discussion about our principles and platform, within it, because, supposedly and hopefully, we have more in common than we disagree on.

Saying that Sanders run wasn't helpful goes to what you think matters, and how good you feel about our political process already. If you are an optimist, and less critical of our system, then you are likely to see Sanders message as well, "unhelpful," because I guess you don't understand what all the fuss is about. If you are very cynical about the machinery of Washington and think that people are putting in effort to maintain the engine, but have ceased to actually control the wheel, then you want somebody who is going to rally people to put bumper rails on the road up ahead.

By the way, like your country, if you love your party you are brave enough to take criticism, and to not let it be your parent. You need to think of it as your child. It is your job to be diligent about its behavior, not to say that your daddy can beat up their daddy, or that at least your daddy isn't the sociopath child-beater down the road.

No, It is NOT what it is. Your child. Be committed to raising it. Focus on the ideology you want it to have. If you disagree with what Bernie supporters think our party needs to focus on, then by all means delineate the reasons why. When they disagree, they need to do the same, rather than to be abusive or hateful of the party as a whole.