What Is the Progressive Disconnect?

If the Biden-Harris ticket doesn’t stand for anything, then how do progressives know they disagree with its policies?

Right out of the gate I need to state that I want to write this piece from a heart-centric place. That’s what keeps getting lost in many of our political discussions — love, kindness, empathy. I cop to this and want to work on not being so knee-jerk in my reactions to things I don’t understand. Kindly note, however, that I am not going to stray from my intellect and common sense.

So, back to my question at the top. That’s what keeps coming up for me as I go deep into where progressives speak their minds about the upcoming presidential election. The pain and anger is palpable. The finger pointing is too frequent on both sides. And I still don’t pretend to understand this particular divide, but I really want to.

The progressive social media threads I’ve read and the media I’ve consumed have some common themes the past few weeks: progressives are ticked off that some of us (I guess I’m a liberal in progressive speak) enjoyed the Democratic National Convention; that Kamala Harris stands for nothing and her pick is a screw-you to the left (as per Krystal Ball, The Hill); that progressives are not being courted by the DNC (Democratic Socialist podcaster Ryan Knight with over 372,000 Twitter followers is heavy on this)…