The average person who votes Democrat. Such a person may be against things like same-sex marriage and they may support the war on terrorism, but they may be blue-collar Union supporters.
Not all Democrats are leftists. The Democrat PARTY is leftist, but that's why they're losing support. My father was insulted when I tied his political views (the few that he shares) with those espoused on DU. But my father is a union man and he's black and he just doesn't trust Republicans. Most black people aren't leftists, although the highly touted activists are. But the average black Democrat voter is not a leftist. They just don't trust Republicans.
Other "average Democrats" would be a majority of Catholics.
These sorts of people are NOT welcome on DU because they don't obsess over the 2000 election, they don't think Bush caused 9/11, they believe in God and they support things like school vouchers.
Thanks for the explanation.
I agree about most blacks not being leftists, and your take on their not trusting Republicans.
I find that there are also many people who refer to themselves as "liberals" and vote Democratic who are not really leftists either. Or if they are, they don't understand that leftist philosophy is totalitarian by nature.
I've not been to DU, but it sounds like a bad place, set up for the Left, I guess.