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bernie_FTW

(43 posts)
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 12:59 PM Jun 2016

I have a feeling I am going to enjoy this group

I am already disappointed that I was blocked from Bernie group for stating my desire to support the nomination.

I can imagine some people will use "questioning Hillary's stands" as ways to put a lot of negative information out there on general discussion and attempt to avoid hides.

I will be coming over here quite a bit to check in and band together behind a strong, accomplished woman who will make history as our first female President of the United States.

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I have a feeling I am going to enjoy this group (Original Post) bernie_FTW Jun 2016 OP
Welcome to the Group. William769 Jun 2016 #1
sounds good! bernie_FTW Jun 2016 #2
I was blocked too. Kind of funny that they blocked someone with the username "Bernie for the win". liberalnarb Jun 2016 #11
I don't get it. Can you explain why people feel that they have behave this way? Cary Jun 2016 #34
I contacted the DUer who blocked me. liberalnarb Jun 2016 #36
Not really what I was asking but thanks Cary Jun 2016 #39
Well, to answer your question, I think its just raw emotion. liberalnarb Jun 2016 #40
Probably. It's certainly not rational Cary Jun 2016 #41
You may be right, but its hard not to get attached to at least the idea of your candidate winning in liberalnarb Jun 2016 #42
In the meantime they're trashing John Lewis and Democrats Cary Jun 2016 #47
Wow! Great! Welcome! And Welcome to DU!!!! Walk away Jun 2016 #3
yes, your first guess is correct. "For The Win". I signed up when bernie_FTW Jun 2016 #6
I'm pretty sure... JSup Jun 2016 #8
We love you, too, bernie_FTW! Welcome to the Hillary Clinton Group! BlueCaliDem Jun 2016 #4
To be fair... JSup Jun 2016 #5
Your comment is not fair to this Group. William769 Jun 2016 #14
Yup, we supported Obama despite our despair in 2008 n/t splat Jun 2016 #16
Oh, for certain... JSup Jun 2016 #18
Your post is ok. William769 Jun 2016 #20
Alright... JSup Jun 2016 #21
Sorry to hear that you're going through some rough patch Her Sister Jun 2016 #23
Aw, so sorry you're in a sad place. UtahLib Jun 2016 #27
No worries here, JSup.. Really sorry for whatever you're going through. Cha Jun 2016 #49
You're okay you know DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #54
Welcome! radical noodle Jun 2016 #7
Welcome! DemonGoddess Jun 2016 #9
Oh, thank god I'm not alone. liberalnarb Jun 2016 #10
Welcome to the group. TexasTowelie Jun 2016 #51
Welcome to the Hillary group! n/t cosmicone Jun 2016 #12
I was also blocked over there splat Jun 2016 #13
Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome! caquillo Jun 2016 #15
welcome! creon Jun 2016 #17
Welcome! George II Jun 2016 #19
Welcome Cary Jun 2016 #22
Supporters like you I welcome with open arms Coolest Ranger Jun 2016 #24
This post was alerted on. I'm glad the other jurors agreed with me. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #25
Oh fercryinoutloud. Cary Jun 2016 #33
It clearly didn't violate any rule. I still don't understand what the alerter found objectionable. Tarheel_Dem Jun 2016 #37
Post removed Post removed Jun 2016 #38
Hahahahaaha! Cha Jun 2016 #50
Welcome. We are going to make all kinds of history! Squinch Jun 2016 #26
bernie_FTW----Welcome! We are a nice group and I think you will like it here. Seems like the skylucy Jun 2016 #28
welcome aboard! nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #29
I have noticed they're already saying things that suggest people should not vote Hillary realmirage Jun 2016 #30
Agreed. TwilightZone Jun 2016 #32
We can only hope that when realmirage Jun 2016 #43
Yep, and I think for the most part, nearly everyone who professes to be a liberal or progressive TwilightZone Jun 2016 #44
I think we'll be pretty happy in November realmirage Jun 2016 #45
Awe, welcome home. We're so happy to have you with us. grossproffit Jun 2016 #31
You are very welcome here, bernie_FTW NastyRiffraff Jun 2016 #35
Hi there! Princess Turandot Jun 2016 #46
I agree with the person above me Coolest Ranger Jun 2016 #48
Great group of people! JustAnotherGen Jun 2016 #52
Welcome. riversedge Jun 2016 #53
Welcome. Loki Jun 2016 #55

William769

(55,818 posts)
1. Welcome to the Group.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:06 PM
Jun 2016

Please be advised though after this OP, we would appreciate not bringing up being blocked from other Groups here. Our main concern is all things Hillary & news that Hillary supporters want to share! We shattered the glass ceiling in the primary, now we want to shatter it again to have the first female president!

Again Welcome.

 

liberalnarb

(4,532 posts)
11. I was blocked too. Kind of funny that they blocked someone with the username "Bernie for the win".
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:27 PM
Jun 2016

Cary

(11,746 posts)
34. I don't get it. Can you explain why people feel that they have behave this way?
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:00 PM
Jun 2016

I don't expect you will but really I'm having a hard time understanding. I've lost a couple of friends in real life.

It's not me. They would say it was me, but it's not.

Oh well. If they want to perplex me, and confound me, and bring me down a little they've done as good a job as possible. But they haven't won anything for it. They haven't gained. For whatever it's worth they have lost my respect.

 

liberalnarb

(4,532 posts)
36. I contacted the DUer who blocked me.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:07 PM
Jun 2016

I received this message from them :

Hosts are allowed to run groups as they chose. Yes the primary is over and people are moving on to the GE and you can post about it in GD 2016. However feelings by the remaining members in the group are raw and when members object to posts by other members in their protected place they come first. It is time to move on, you have and they will too.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
41. Probably. It's certainly not rational
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:50 PM
Jun 2016

They're freaking politicians, not lovers. They do a job. If we get our policies we win, because we're correct.

There's a healthy dose of stupidity and another of malice in that cocktail too.

 

liberalnarb

(4,532 posts)
42. You may be right, but its hard not to get attached to at least the idea of your candidate winning in
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:53 PM
Jun 2016

these elections.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
3. Wow! Great! Welcome! And Welcome to DU!!!!
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:08 PM
Jun 2016

So Bernie_FTW does that stand for "Bernie for the win" or Bernie fuck the world"? or is there some other more obscure meaning???

Just asking to be friendly

bernie_FTW

(43 posts)
6. yes, your first guess is correct. "For The Win". I signed up when
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:09 PM
Jun 2016

the primary season was in full swing and that was the best I could come up with. I guess he showed a yearning for more liberal policies so that is a win.

JSup

(740 posts)
8. I'm pretty sure...
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:12 PM
Jun 2016

...it's 'free the whales'. 'Fun time wins'?

Ah ha!

'Fuck the Wall' (street). <--I said this one a lot irl.

Edit: Just having 'FWA'. Fun with acronyms. I know it's 'for the win' (which I almost typed out as 'ftw' because that's how it's spelled to me).

JSup

(740 posts)
5. To be fair...
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:09 PM
Jun 2016

...to the Bernie group, I think you probably would have been blocked from this one for saying the opposite if the situation were different, though I can't be sure.

Thank you for your post in GD, umm... E. It made a terrible (for non-politcal stuff at home) day better.

William769

(55,818 posts)
14. Your comment is not fair to this Group.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:52 PM
Jun 2016

This Group would have supported whoever the Democratic nominee is and encouraged our Group members to do the same.

Just saying.

JSup

(740 posts)
18. Oh, for certain...
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 02:21 PM
Jun 2016

..but I really was trying to help the poster feel less stabbed in the back by their former brethren.

And I did state that it was an opinion that I had no certainty of.

But I can delete it, if you like. There's all kinda of awful things happening right now in my life so I cannot be a good judge of the appropriateness of what I say and will leave that judgment to others.

William769

(55,818 posts)
20. Your post is ok.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 02:24 PM
Jun 2016

I just wanted as a group host to inject how we would have handled this Group if there had been a different outcome.

JSup

(740 posts)
21. Alright...
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 02:30 PM
Jun 2016

...I think I'm going to (try to) shut up for a bit, though. I'd probably break down at this point if I upset somebody and all I'm doing right now is cluttering threads.

I'm sorry, guys.

UtahLib

(3,180 posts)
27. Aw, so sorry you're in a sad place.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 03:21 PM
Jun 2016

We're still getting our bearings concerning the new rules. Stick with us and we will support and stick with you.

splat

(2,326 posts)
13. I was also blocked over there
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 01:41 PM
Jun 2016

Wondered why Bernie hadn't squatted for a few at the sit-in. Would have been a great visual for him.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
33. Oh fercryinoutloud.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 04:54 PM
Jun 2016

I can't say what I want to say, except compare and contrast.

We're awesome. We are. Really. We are.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,443 posts)
37. It clearly didn't violate any rule. I still don't understand what the alerter found objectionable.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:22 PM
Jun 2016

Response to Tarheel_Dem (Reply #37)

skylucy

(3,854 posts)
28. bernie_FTW----Welcome! We are a nice group and I think you will like it here. Seems like the
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 03:44 PM
Jun 2016

Gerneral Discussion Forums are better now too.

 

realmirage

(2,117 posts)
30. I have noticed they're already saying things that suggest people should not vote Hillary
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 04:01 PM
Jun 2016

But they're saying it in ways that they hope will avoid a "post removed." For example "my friends think Hillary.." or "some people say Hillary.."

The strategy seems to be that if they avoid saying that they themselves think it, or finding links from accepted sites that undermine Hillary but posting it as "objective news," they'll get away with it. My prediction is those who use this strategy will end up banned.

Welcome BFTW

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
32. Agreed.
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 04:52 PM
Jun 2016

There's also a lot of "I'm not pushing Libertarians, but look at this story about Gary Johnson".

"I'm not pushing Gary Johnson. Really. Really, I'm not. But, he's at 10%!!!!! But, I'm not pushing him!"

Those do tend to get removed, at least.

And lots of concern trolling and sarcasm. Hillary is the best candidate EVER!!!

Just kind of laugh at it all, though.

 

realmirage

(2,117 posts)
43. We can only hope that when
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:08 PM
Jun 2016

October/November rolls around and the shit is really flying, everyone who has a brain will wake up and vote straight Democrat. I can't imagine not voting against Trump. The guy is dangerous. Actually dangerous.

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
44. Yep, and I think for the most part, nearly everyone who professes to be a liberal or progressive
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:10 PM
Jun 2016

will vote for Hillary in the end - or, at the very least, against Trump.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
35. You are very welcome here, bernie_FTW
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 05:04 PM
Jun 2016

We Democrats (and the country) will win if we stand together. Thanks for your great post!

Princess Turandot

(4,824 posts)
46. Hi there!
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 06:46 PM
Jun 2016

Just a quick observation: If your feelings about HRC's candidacy have changed, you might consider amending your profile statement. It's a bit out of sync with unity, as well as this group!

cheers,
PT

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
48. I agree with the person above me
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 07:12 PM
Jun 2016

you might want to find some way to either change your picture profile or reflect that your with Team Clinton right now. A lot of us were fans of Bernie until we saw how his hard core fans were treating us

Loki

(3,826 posts)
55. Welcome.
Fri Jun 24, 2016, 07:54 AM
Jun 2016

We've all be in a position of having our candidate of choice not win the nomination, and I'm no exception. But I've never seen the kind of animosity and rancor that has become the driving force behind some of Bernie's supporters. We all have one goal, and that is to elect Democrats up and down the ballot and help our country move forward. It's that important.

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