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I'd love it if the JPR returnees... (Original Post) Dream Girl Dec 2016 OP
Absolutely! It's a large and noticeable change for the worse. Squinch Dec 2016 #1
How about me? sfwriter Dec 2016 #4
Are you fervently refighting the primary when we have much bigger fish to fry? If so then yes. Squinch Dec 2016 #6
The op is clearly divisive. sfwriter Dec 2016 #9
Oh Lord Cary Dec 2016 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #44
The OP is great Gothmog Dec 2016 #128
Dear me! I picture you swooning with the back of your hand pressed to your forehead as Squinch Dec 2016 #156
I agree with the original post. musicblind Dec 2016 #249
It seems some are determined to believe... Begabig Dec 2016 #129
Thank you for illustrating what I was talking about. Squinch Dec 2016 #159
Amazing Cary Dec 2016 #162
Welcome to DU n/t musicblind Dec 2016 #250
Productive discussion? HassleCat Dec 2016 #170
It only allows some people to vent, is the problem. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #218
Its a good plan... jack_krass Dec 2016 #277
If DU were more Democrat friendly I bet it would prosper Cary Dec 2016 #27
DU welcomes all Democrats and all left-leaning people and issues. It's foolish to think otherwise. LonePirate Dec 2016 #110
DU "welcomes" whatever and whomever the admins tolerate Cary Dec 2016 #144
Uh, Cary... pangaia Dec 2016 #203
Because that's what happens here Cary Dec 2016 #207
Agreed! LP2K12 Dec 2016 #206
DU already prospers ... Lil Missy Dec 2016 #268
No one said it doesn't Cary Dec 2016 #285
Interesting that you neglect the Democrat friendly part Cary Dec 2016 #286
Excuse me, are you even aware what happened during the primaries here. The vast majority who still_one Dec 2016 #55
Those things always happened ... sfwriter Dec 2016 #106
And the vilification of Hillary's supporters by Bernie's supporters isn't a problem? LonePirate Dec 2016 #115
And if you ask this what do you get? Cary Dec 2016 #147
Agreed. The shouting, finger-pointing and name calling gets us nowhere. We need to unite. LonePirate Dec 2016 #172
I gave up hope on uniting with the radical left Cary Dec 2016 #174
Yes. Yes and Yes. it's very Trumpian behavior. But you r too polite. Fuck them. It's my DU too. zonkers Dec 2016 #226
Do you really want to split us up even further? The Blue Flower Dec 2016 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Duckhunter935 Dec 2016 #3
Lol... JTFrog Dec 2016 #138
I don't think you're being honest Cary Dec 2016 #151
. stonecutter357 Dec 2016 #184
I've been silenced whenever I bring it up. sfwriter Dec 2016 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author KittyWampus Dec 2016 #146
Oh, FFS! If you don't want to hang around people who behave like this, then DON'T! Squinch Dec 2016 #205
I've had my threads deleted for being pro Bernie... Joe941 Dec 2016 #314
DU does what it always does during the primaries. leftofcool Dec 2016 #12
I didn't leave. I supported Hillary. sfwriter Dec 2016 #49
I personally don't care who posts where. leftofcool Dec 2016 #82
What do you think the Democrats lost this year? sfwriter Dec 2016 #87
I agree with the HuffPo article on why Hillary lost. leftofcool Dec 2016 #127
I didnt read it, but then I dont think she lost, and I mean not only popular vote Eliot Rosewater Dec 2016 #155
Well, we did lose those states.... sfwriter Dec 2016 #309
The reason there was no "purge" before is because there weren't DanTex Dec 2016 #141
yeah, but it happened. mopinko Dec 2016 #166
I remember it well. It was in 2004. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #292
seventh son had a rap sheet as long as your arm, which mopinko Dec 2016 #294
Nice to see you around too. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #295
that's hilarious. mopinko Dec 2016 #296
DU didn't silence alternate views DFW Dec 2016 #302
What's the "us"? BainsBane Dec 2016 #108
"Do you really want to split us up even further?" Lil Missy Dec 2016 #124
"Undemocratic". Yeah, Berniebros shut up everyone who disagreed with them KittyWampus Dec 2016 #143
What did you think of the JPR cesspool? Adrahil Dec 2016 #259
Yes, please. baldguy Dec 2016 #5
This site didn't see the party so narrowly at the start... sfwriter Dec 2016 #8
When we were faced with an unapologetic fascist backed by the Nazis and the KKK. baldguy Dec 2016 #18
Please show me an example. sfwriter Dec 2016 #60
WI, NC, MI, and PA Duers who didn't vote for Hillary don't deserve anything. Justice Dec 2016 #99
"Don't throw away our shot." - You don't get it: **2016 WAS OUR SHOT!!!** baldguy Dec 2016 #122
I do believe Sanders and Warren are stronger in the senate Kathy M Dec 2016 #301
Lolol, what a load of crap. This is ridiculous by this point. It would be funny if we didn't end dionysus Dec 2016 #311
JPR has a lot of people... vi5 Dec 2016 #139
Maybe this is the bad tasting medicine... Begabig Dec 2016 #130
The last time they installed a know-nothing fascist loser in the Oval Office baldguy Dec 2016 #135
That's the point... Begabig Dec 2016 #150
So, what does the 2.5 million majority of people who voted for Clinton need to learn? baldguy Dec 2016 #243
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #256
You can't have it both ways. baldguy Dec 2016 #257
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2016 #260
Some didn't read the OP, and has no idea who & what JPR is. baldguy Dec 2016 #261
It will all work itself out liberal N proud Dec 2016 #10
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #11
Ever since they started sliming back in ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #14
Sliming? Great attitude you have there. Bob41213 Dec 2016 #92
Jesus have you SEEN JPR? ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #118
Yes, since JPRers started slithering back here. betsuni Dec 2016 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #25
What hate? Show and tell. Prove it. betsuni Dec 2016 #28
This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #33
Like everything else he did, his endorsement was strictly on his terms. R B Garr Dec 2016 #39
Yes you are right, I do not read every single post in this forum. betsuni Dec 2016 #46
Why not put that exact post at JPR, where you do or previously did post? No hate there right? lunasun Dec 2016 #48
This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #52
"I remember ONE post there critical of Hillary." TwilightZone Dec 2016 #54
This message was self-deleted by its author Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #58
You post outside your room @jpr and state it here while being critical of Hillary campaign lunasun Dec 2016 #69
You'll note the link provided in that post is to observer.com... SidDithers Dec 2016 #89
I know that thanks and if they all @jpr don't know I can't waste my time if they want to support it lunasun Dec 2016 #103
Yup... SidDithers Dec 2016 #126
They like that shit ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #119
observer.com was pushed here a lot during the primaries... SidDithers Dec 2016 #132
Have always felt that one was a complete and total fraud RonniePudding Dec 2016 #113
So tired of this schtick Cary Dec 2016 #31
+! . . . n/t fleur-de-lisa Dec 2016 #32
I don't hate anyone ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #38
Then why not go back to J PR where you have been posting? Why come back to DU? lunasun Dec 2016 #42
I never left here Omaha Steve Dec 2016 #56
He wasn't part of the solution. nt ucrdem Dec 2016 #51
Idiotic accusations of Democrats I've seen here today: betsuni Dec 2016 #13
Right? ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #16
I know. betsuni Dec 2016 #19
And now Hillary can't even go away correctly for them. Some are musing R B Garr Dec 2016 #23
I saw that one mcar Dec 2016 #50
Wait. What? GoCubsGo Dec 2016 #181
I'm right there with you Cary Dec 2016 #34
What...nobody said "authoritarian" yet? I guess Tanuki Dec 2016 #20
Well, I'm sure they did, but I can't read everything! betsuni Dec 2016 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #30
your post is unclear sfwriter Dec 2016 #65
Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. betsuni Dec 2016 #74
Again, I do not follow... sfwriter Dec 2016 #97
You forgot oligarchs. KittyWampus Dec 2016 #148
Same old same old gumming up the discussion. For a while, we actually got to talk about real things Squinch Dec 2016 #161
I've seen those accusations of Democrats since I discovered DU in early 2003. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #291
Wow. I've been around DU for over 10 years mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #15
The sooner the 2016 Postmortem forum is shut down, the sooner that support will begin. (nt) Paladin Dec 2016 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #36
Well, there's an ignore button for that. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #61
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #70
In all the time I've been on DU mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #85
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #104
I've never ignored anyone either DFW Dec 2016 #303
So deal with it on a case by case basis with the sites Alert tools Kentonio Dec 2016 #63
please share an example. sfwriter Dec 2016 #68
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #75
That post is a good post-election discussion. sfwriter Dec 2016 #93
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #101
He was super dismissive of your post... sfwriter Dec 2016 #120
As if that poster's premise is incorrect? GummyBearz Dec 2016 #94
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #98
You dragged over here for what? GummyBearz Dec 2016 #105
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #117
yawn GummyBearz Dec 2016 #125
Agreed! potone Dec 2016 #37
Too many folks mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #121
I agree with you ,mnhtnbb! Lifelong Protester Dec 2016 #179
Yes! redwitch Dec 2016 #193
No. It originally started as a site to bash Hillary. To call her names they couldn't get away with JTFrog Dec 2016 #199
That's right JT. I remember from the very beginning that there were 100s more posts in seaglass Dec 2016 #202
That is absolutely wrong and you can look at the original website mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #216
Keep with that attitude zipplewrath Dec 2016 #246
BOG kind of perspective? JTFrog Dec 2016 #247
Yes, obnoxious and divisive terminology regarding those who support Democrats is their thing. stevenleser Dec 2016 #271
Which is different than the BOG approach zipplewrath Dec 2016 #317
No, what lost the election was the Bernie or Busters and the Bern it Downers R B Garr Dec 2016 #318
And all the other races we lost zipplewrath Dec 2016 #321
I notice you say nothing about gerrymandering or voter supression R B Garr Dec 2016 #323
Ok, you won't like it, but you are wrong. JTFrog Dec 2016 #319
Proof zipplewrath Dec 2016 #320
Her favorability ratings were higher until she started getting attacked from both sides for ffs. JTFrog Dec 2016 #322
Those were pretty dismal numbers zipplewrath Dec 2016 #324
So who did we have with better numbers? Her numbers were better than Bernie's. JTFrog Dec 2016 #325
Proof zipplewrath Dec 2016 #327
+1 shireen Dec 2016 #251
Ive had the same experience here. If you dont follow the group-think in lockstep, prepare to be jack_krass Dec 2016 #280
I was completely neutral during the primaries, but still feel like it's a hostile environment. Crunchy Frog Dec 2016 #293
+ infinity NRaleighLiberal Dec 2016 #81
... mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #86
good post Kali Dec 2016 #160
They go onto my ignore list. johnp3907 Dec 2016 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #29
Me too Cary Dec 2016 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #26
Me too. The go to source the latest Hillary "news" on JPR was a known white supremacist on Twitter grossproffit Dec 2016 #45
It was alerted. I did it before there was a single response. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #67
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #72
'Yes, I was on that jury but I had to opt out because I didn't know what JPR was... CTyankee Dec 2016 #91
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #102
Yep. We're posting w/ "Progressives" who voted for Trump to spite Hillary. The receipts are on JPR grossproffit Dec 2016 #41
we don't need a big tent at all RazBerryBeret Dec 2016 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #47
Why would counting on unreliable allies be in any way worthwhile? Idiots who were so bitter Bernie seaglass Dec 2016 #79
Great Theory RazBerryBeret Dec 2016 #95
#notallJPRs n/t seaglass Dec 2016 #111
So who should go. el_bryanto Dec 2016 #53
I'd just like to see the ones who didn't vote for Hillary go and the ones who called her a c*nt. seaglass Dec 2016 #83
i voted for Hillary el_bryanto Dec 2016 #90
So then my comment wouldn't apply to you. I guess we are even, I found Bernie seaglass Dec 2016 #133
The TOS makes clear the terms of membership BainsBane Dec 2016 #114
what is JPR? CTyankee Dec 2016 #57
It's the picture of Dorian Gray in the attick. Ugly. betsuni Dec 2016 #66
sorry, I still don't understand... CTyankee Dec 2016 #71
I'll help you with a link. MelissaB Dec 2016 #77
Ah, off course...I was never tempted to try it... CTyankee Dec 2016 #80
I did. Heard too much about it not to. DFW Dec 2016 #304
I think it is a site started by alienated progressives and bernie supporters... sfwriter Dec 2016 #76
After the primaries were over, Skinner stated that anyone who was not planning to vote for Hillary musicblind Dec 2016 #252
Yeah...the anti-Clinton bullshit has reached Primary levels. nt LexVegas Dec 2016 #59
Yes wouldn't it be great if you could get rid of all those people who had an opinion different than el_bryanto Dec 2016 #62
Not wanting certain JPR posters ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #229
Hillary Clinton was the candidate in 2016. She lost. el_bryanto Dec 2016 #230
And that has fuck all to do with ... NanceGreggs Dec 2016 #231
Big rec to that! BainsBane Dec 2016 #64
Anybody who dislikes Clinton more than Trump should not post here. That's 95% of JPR. LonePirate Dec 2016 #73
This message was self-deleted by its author Buzz Clik Dec 2016 #78
I read FreeRepublic from time to time.. sfwriter Dec 2016 #84
The problem with JPR is that it's still mostly a Clinton hate site and not a progressive views site. LonePirate Dec 2016 #96
+1 BainsBane Dec 2016 #137
OMG reminding me of why lins the liberal Dec 2016 #88
You are not alone. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #100
thank god there are Enough sane people on the jury to keep it up! stonecutter357 Dec 2016 #183
YOU. ARE. NOT. ALONE. Raster Dec 2016 #116
... mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #123
CULT of Hillary? What a perverse comment. MADem Dec 2016 #176
And you're all about scorched earth Cary Dec 2016 #239
Yup agree with this completely Arazi Dec 2016 #168
No, they don't. DU numbers this election season are similar to the graph of participation throughout stevenleser Dec 2016 #265
I have the same feeling... Raine Dec 2016 #300
I don't get the guilty conscience thing Dem2 Dec 2016 #107
Exactly. Why the defensiveness? Dream Girl Dec 2016 #136
Liberal Isolationists suck. nt. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #109
I don't see anything liberal in Trump apology BainsBane Dec 2016 #112
There is very very little that is progressive about a liberal isolationist. NCTraveler Dec 2016 #134
They aren't liberals--they're "progressive." But hell, the jerks that MADem Dec 2016 #177
This post is deliberately provoking discord among us The Blue Flower Dec 2016 #131
Calling foul? Why? I visited JPR and it turned my stomache. Why would anyone feel Dream Girl Dec 2016 #140
But we're corporatist, Third Way BainsBane Dec 2016 #142
You forgot DLC and oligarchs mcar Dec 2016 #204
and neoliberal BainsBane Dec 2016 #208
... mcar Dec 2016 #233
And Vagina Voters - how could you forget that one? n/t seaglass Dec 2016 #234
Actually a rapprochement would be nice Cary Dec 2016 #152
I disagree. If it were only a primary issue that would be one thing. Many of us have watched their stevenleser Dec 2016 #275
You know you and I agree Cary Dec 2016 #283
Hummm..... "deliberately provoking discord among us"????? CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #153
A lot of assumptions in your post. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #167
I find absolutely nothing to complain about with your point of view CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #182
Check your assumptions again. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #213
Sorry, that is not correct CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #248
Exactly! I was a Bernie supporter, and still am. I bought his book. And I felt welcome during the GE musicblind Dec 2016 #253
Read the OP again here mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #258
The OP should have been clear as to intent CajunBlazer Dec 2016 #266
Everything you wrote is correct. nt stevenleser Dec 2016 #276
Yes, PLEASE go away, Jackasses NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #145
I would modify the OP's statement DFW Dec 2016 #149
Divided we are stronger? How did that work in the last election? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #154
What's your solution? Cary Dec 2016 #157
I post here, and there, under this name. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #164
In other words you think the DLC sucks Cary Dec 2016 #173
Well, the election showed that DLC type policies simply do not resonate with many voters. guillaumeb Dec 2016 #210
Hopeless Cary Dec 2016 #212
Possibly. But if the Democratic Party can wean itself from the money guillaumeb Dec 2016 #214
I was.referring to you Cary Dec 2016 #215
Politicians generally do just fine. Most incumbents in both parties guillaumeb Dec 2016 #217
Ridiculous Cary Dec 2016 #220
Dismissive after a loss? guillaumeb Dec 2016 #240
Wake me up when you accomplish something Cary Dec 2016 #241
You seem to be mistaking an attempted analysis for some sort of betrayal guillaumeb Dec 2016 #242
It's pretty simple Cary Dec 2016 #245
It is pretty simple: guillaumeb Dec 2016 #267
You discount the corrosive effect of the radical left Cary Dec 2016 #289
The DLC disbanded five years ago! DFW Dec 2016 #305
I assume he meant DNC Cary Dec 2016 #307
I guess! DFW Dec 2016 #313
Yep. Cary Dec 2016 #315
I never joined JPR but I am a Bernie supporter Kali Dec 2016 #158
The OP is about JPR posters Cary Dec 2016 #163
because I know and respect some of them Kali Dec 2016 #165
Seems to me that the category of "JPR returnees" is specific Cary Dec 2016 #171
yeah, you have a real nice day... Kali Dec 2016 #178
I would have a hard time respecting anyone... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #228
blame everybody for one or a few? Kali Dec 2016 #236
It was a rule on the site, sheshe2 Dec 2016 #237
People on this site called Bernie a racist.... jack_krass Dec 2016 #287
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #169
I have no love loss for JPR but there are some who are members who rejected the anybody but Hillary hrmjustin Dec 2016 #175
It did ultimately work out well.. didn't it? basselope Dec 2016 #180
work out well for trump and bernie. stonecutter357 Dec 2016 #186
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #191
"Work out well for bernie"? Well, financially at least. George II Dec 2016 #198
For them, yeah BainsBane Dec 2016 #187
K&R! stonecutter357 Dec 2016 #185
Post removed Post removed Dec 2016 #188
Well then. Dream Girl Dec 2016 #189
Yes indeed. I'm nobody important; it doesn't matter what I think. closeupready Dec 2016 #190
No, you just tell them to keep their mouths shut BainsBane Dec 2016 #192
Thank you for your post. closeupready Dec 2016 #196
You kind of can't have it both ways Cary Dec 2016 #195
Whatever. She went there. I replied. closeupready Dec 2016 #197
You know what this about Cary Dec 2016 #200
In reality he doesn't like us seaglass Dec 2016 #235
I'm not the least bit surprised Cary Dec 2016 #238
Hey, at least he's a cool kid. TwilightZone Dec 2016 #244
Check and mate. n/t musicblind Dec 2016 #254
Heh. "I am abused" "I am diminished" (nt) betsuni Dec 2016 #255
I would love it if people on DU stop bitching about JPR BlueProgressive Dec 2016 #194
I don't care what they post on JPR NastyRiffraff Dec 2016 #222
we need all hands on deck to resist Trump-Ryan-Pence-Bannon geek tragedy Dec 2016 #201
We. Have Seen This Movie Too Many Times, Geek Cary Dec 2016 #221
Agreed. When will people figure out that they have absolutely nothing in common with these cretins. Tarheel_Dem Dec 2016 #209
lulz Rex Dec 2016 #211
Mahalo, Dream Girl! Cha Dec 2016 #219
All righty then. Blue_In_AK Dec 2016 #223
... SidDithers Dec 2016 #225
Hey, Blue! mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #264
I agree w/ you for those who voted for anyone but Clinton LostOne4Ever Dec 2016 #224
They've endangered peoples lives. .99center Dec 2016 #227
The number of conspiracy theories that are discussed on that site is amazing Gothmog Dec 2016 #232
I'd like to see most return as long as they don't support Trump or... aikoaiko Dec 2016 #262
Unfortunately - for you - most of them did not vote for Hillary which is a requirement for posting seaglass Dec 2016 #263
I don't get why they even want to be here Dream Girl Dec 2016 #269
Wake up and you might figure it out. mnhtnbb Dec 2016 #270
The answer is simple. To disrupt and tell us how bad Democrats are. nt stevenleser Dec 2016 #273
as they have been doing during Obama's presidency JI7 Dec 2016 #299
They are here to tell us how bad Democrats are. nt stevenleser Dec 2016 #274
Is it? I didn't think previous elections were requirements for posting -- only going forward. aikoaiko Dec 2016 #298
Yes. seaglass Dec 2016 #306
Thank you. It is true that if you didn't vote for HRC, you are unwelcome to post on DU aikoaiko Dec 2016 #310
I disagree it is not just about HRC, it is about supporting Democrats. I guess you didn't read the seaglass Dec 2016 #312
Agreed. nt stevenleser Dec 2016 #272
I hope they all come back. At least to visit. Its getting stale here.. jack_krass Dec 2016 #278
Oh I bet you do. RonniePudding Dec 2016 #281
Thanks. Yes, I violently opposed HRC in the primary, but jack_krass Dec 2016 #282
Still feel that way about Trump? RonniePudding Dec 2016 #288
Bernie would not have won and I can walk you through why. stevenleser Dec 2016 #290
Let's walk through that ProgressIsLeft Dec 2016 #308
I already walked you through it. Show how Bernie contests any of the states I mentioned. stevenleser Dec 2016 #316
I think Andrew Lloyd Weber in his Evita lyrics said it best. stevenleser Dec 2016 #279
Thanks for posting...what good is the strongest heart in a body that's falling apart? Dream Girl Dec 2016 #284
K an r. LOTS of it here. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2016 #297
They disgust me. They helped Hillary lose and now they're back here. yardwork Dec 2016 #326
 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
4. How about me?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:36 AM
Dec 2016

I stayed away from DU during the primaries because of the constant derision for the liberal faction here. Should I go as well? What about people who oppose NAFTA, the TPP?

Pretty soon, DU would be reduced to three people and one would be on the way out.

When this board started, there was a lot more tolerance for a diversity of opinion, at least that's the way I remember it.

My hope is that it will be so again when Trump is in office. George W. Bush did wonders for our sense of cohesion.

If you are making an enemies list. Add me now please because that entire concept is wrong.

Squinch

(52,605 posts)
6. Are you fervently refighting the primary when we have much bigger fish to fry? If so then yes.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:42 AM
Dec 2016

And, oh, dear, the drama. Enemies list? Really?

Is the OP not allowed to acknowledge that there was a lot more productive discussion and a lot less bullshit for a good while here? Are you oppressed by the OP acknowledging that?

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
9. The op is clearly divisive.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:49 AM
Dec 2016

and I am pointing out that some of us that stayed find this sort of divisiveness counterproductive.

Why are you still fighting the primary? Is this thread an example of "a lot more productive discussion?" I think not.

The op is encouraging a purge.

I oppose that. Thinks got a lot less interesting around here after the last one.

Response to sfwriter (Reply #9)

Squinch

(52,605 posts)
156. Dear me! I picture you swooning with the back of your hand pressed to your forehead as
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:36 AM
Dec 2016

you talk about purges!

Which, by the way, the OP was not encouraging at all.

musicblind

(4,562 posts)
249. I agree with the original post.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:23 AM
Dec 2016

Anyone who abandoned DU and the Democratic party for JPR are not welcome back.

Skinner himself stated that a vote for Hillary in the General election was a REQUIREMENT, a price of admission, to be allowed to post on DU.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1013&pid=7542


Therefore, by Skinner's own words, the people who went to JPR and refused to support Hillary are not welcome back.

 

Begabig

(76 posts)
129. It seems some are determined to believe...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:41 AM
Dec 2016

... Nothing was wrong on the Democratic side and the only possible reason for such a loss could be Putin or Bernie.

They are set to make the same mistakes and end up with the same losses in 2 and 4 years.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
170. Productive discussion?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:06 PM
Dec 2016

Blaming Bernie. Telling Trump voters they are all racists. Proposing we jettison the White working class. Not sure I would call it productive. It does allow people to vent, so maybe that's productive.

Crunchy Frog

(26,942 posts)
218. It only allows some people to vent, is the problem.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:36 PM
Dec 2016

People whose views diverge from the dominant narrative here get dumped on and attacked.

I'm glad that some semblance of diversity is returning, as it felt very monolithic here for some time after the site reopened.

 

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)
277. Its a good plan...
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:41 PM
Dec 2016

To ruin the Democratic party for at least a generation (if that already hasnt been accomplished). Makes you wonder.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
27. If DU were more Democrat friendly I bet it would prosper
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:19 AM
Dec 2016

There are a lot more than 3 of us who would love to be united against our real enemies.

LonePirate

(13,882 posts)
110. DU welcomes all Democrats and all left-leaning people and issues. It's foolish to think otherwise.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:18 AM
Dec 2016

The votes of far-left Dems count the same as centrist Dems and the vast majority of Dems who comprise the range between the two extremes. A pragmatic Dem who wants an increase in the minimum wage to $12 is as much a Dem as one who wants to raise it to $15. These two people are allies, not enemies, as the far-left seems to think with their demands for purity. Anyone who does not want to raise the minimum wage or worse, wants to eliminate it, is not a Dem and they are the true enemy. I'm not sure the JPR crew understands that distinction.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
144. DU "welcomes" whatever and whomever the admins tolerate
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:23 AM
Dec 2016

There are too many categories to consider so I would not necessarily lump people into "far-left" or other. Nor would I categorize things according to who favors what policy, if I were to spend the time, because of course you are correct. The ideological purity is nonsense.

What we are discussing, and I sense we understand each other, isn't about policy as much as it is an attitude illustrated by "the JPR crew." "The JPR crew" has a chip on their shoulder, individually and collectively. They probably do not understand the distinction, as you say. Or maybe they do and they just want conflict? I don't know, but again we are lumping a fair number of people so it is probably both. Some don't understand the value of a coalition, or how to make a coalition. Some are malicious, no doubt, and even moles. Some are somewhere in between.

All I know is that I want a place where I can a peaceful discussion, like the one we are having now, and not have someone playing some insipid game with me trying to change the subject to "Cary sucks." I don't understand why that's too much to ask.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
203. Uh, Cary...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:50 PM
Dec 2016

Last week in an OP you complained that people said or would say "Cary sucks."
Nobody said that.

I remember it because I replied to you.

Now her you are again, imagining that you are being persecuted.

Why do you keep thinking people are saying "Cary sucks?"

Cary

(11,746 posts)
207. Because that's what happens here
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 04:13 PM
Dec 2016

They don't say "Cary sucks," literally, but they effectively try to change the subject and divert it with ad hominem.

Ad hominem is a species of red herring. It's a classic logical fallacy. It's a cheap tactic to interject irrelevant matters into the discussion. In this instance the discussion is diverted to something about me, personally.

Now why are you so concerned about me, personally?

still_one

(96,445 posts)
55. Excuse me, are you even aware what happened during the primaries here. The vast majority who
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:43 AM
Dec 2016

were throwing out the derision were directed at Hillary and Obama supporters.

How offended they were that they couldn't use the "c" word and other vulgar comments against Hillary. How overjoyed they were when someone referred to President Obama as a POS. The person who called President Obama every name in the book was upset about the ACA, and because he didn't get the correct information about it he blamed President Obama in extremely vulgar terms. We will see how that will work out for him if the regimen in control is able to repeal the ACA, and he loses the coverage that he needs.

Oh they were quite a bunch, that made this place a living hell for anyone that supported Hillary.

but the unforgivable thing is that they refused to vote for Hillary in the general election.





 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
106. Those things always happened ...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:17 AM
Dec 2016

They were usually handled on an individual basis in past primaries.

I remember one poster being shut down for questioning her weaknesses after she was nominated. How else do you plan to overcome them?

He was told he was sexist.

I'm betting some of the JPRs are not and will never be democrats. I agree with you on that point. But some of them just found the vilification of Bernie's supporters, which continues still, to be counterproductive and offensive. We need those people back, especially in the states we lost.



LonePirate

(13,882 posts)
115. And the vilification of Hillary's supporters by Bernie's supporters isn't a problem?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:25 AM
Dec 2016

DU is largely trying to focus on the future with some introspection on the general. JPR is still largely a bash Hillary site with large doses of complaints about the primaries, election rigging by the DNC and other topics. How is that not counterproductive and offensive as well?

Cary

(11,746 posts)
147. And if you ask this what do you get?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:26 AM
Dec 2016

Responses like this:

"LonePirate you suck and you do it too so fuck you."

AmIrite?

LonePirate

(13,882 posts)
172. Agreed. The shouting, finger-pointing and name calling gets us nowhere. We need to unite.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:09 PM
Dec 2016

We face a very powerful enemy who is determined to destroy the America those of us on the left love and have worked for decades to build. The sooner all Dems and left-minded people realize that, the better we can fight against the coming destruction.

 

zonkers

(5,865 posts)
226. Yes. Yes and Yes. it's very Trumpian behavior. But you r too polite. Fuck them. It's my DU too.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 06:47 PM
Dec 2016

The Blue Flower

(5,634 posts)
2. Do you really want to split us up even further?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:33 AM
Dec 2016

Many of us were DUers for over a decade and had good reasons to disagree with how undemocratic DU became during the primaries. Is there some upside to banning people who disagree out of principle?

Response to The Blue Flower (Reply #2)

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
138. Lol...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:07 AM
Dec 2016

You always see just what you want to see and ignore the rest.

There certainly has been an uptick in divisiveness in the last week or so. After the flood gates re-opened that is.



Cary

(11,746 posts)
151. I don't think you're being honest
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:32 AM
Dec 2016

You are suggesting that you want us to not be "divisive." From my understanding of your posts that isn't accurate. As I interpret your point of view, you want to assert an aggressive agenda of getting rid of a certain kind of Democrat that you deem to be "too corporate."

I think you use this sad song of "attacks like the OP makes" as a ruse. You are making an emotional play to cover your real message. You don't really care, in my opinion, whether we are divided.

If you cared about a coalition you would find the common ground and build on that, instead of criticizing "attacks like the OP makes."

So I'm calling bullshit here.

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
7. I've been silenced whenever I bring it up.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:42 AM
Dec 2016

This is the first election in my adult life that I didn't campaign for the democratic candidate, and I blame that on my reaction to my experiences on DU during the primaries. I did not feel welcome in Hillary's campaign on DU so I decided to sit one out.

I voted for HER happily, but I didn't want to hang around people who behaved like this.

Response to sfwriter (Reply #7)

Squinch

(52,605 posts)
205. Oh, FFS! If you don't want to hang around people who behave like this, then DON'T!
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 04:11 PM
Dec 2016

The put-upon drama is TOO much!

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
12. DU does what it always does during the primaries.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:57 AM
Dec 2016

Support the Dem nominee or leave. If you have been around for 10 years you would know this. You chose to leave. Why come back now?

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
49. I didn't leave. I supported Hillary.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:34 AM
Dec 2016

When we silence alternate views, we diminish our options. If we don't find a way to process the loss and listen to people we will continue to lose.

Your view would result on the loss of some portion of the community at every primary.

I don't remember a purge like this in 2008 and 2004.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
82. I personally don't care who posts where.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:59 AM
Dec 2016

There is no more Democratic Party. It is now the Progressive Party who got what they wanted.

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
87. What do you think the Democrats lost this year?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:03 AM
Dec 2016

I feel like the hacked emails fueled a small exodus, but we got the most votes nationwide. It can't be that destructive.

Eliot Rosewater

(32,534 posts)
155. I didnt read it, but then I dont think she lost, and I mean not only popular vote
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:36 AM
Dec 2016

which is known as simply the "vote" everywhere else, but because Russians hacked voting machines along with the usual cheating the GOP does, voter suppression, etc.

There was no great turnout of people worrying about jobs, there was a great turnout of racists and assholes, but not even enough of them to elect this madman.


We can always do better getting more votes, but we did pretty good this last time and I wont ever believe we lost MI, WI and PA.


 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
309. Well, we did lose those states....
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 08:53 AM
Dec 2016

I'm just not sure of the vote counts. That goes for everywhere. I think manual recounts and spot audits should be the norm everywhere. what are we in such a rush for?

Also, your position is boosted by the fact that Hillary got the most votes. period.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
141. The reason there was no "purge" before is because there weren't
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:17 AM
Dec 2016

a bunch of DUers advocating for voting against the Democratic nominee.

The Bernie or Bust people were tools of the GOP and should have been banned much sooner.

mopinko

(71,758 posts)
166. yeah, but it happened.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:52 AM
Dec 2016

actually, iirc, it was in '08 that seventh son unveiled. that was a sight to see.

i was a mod back in the day, and can tell you that it has always been just as ugly as it was these last few months. it's just that the old system took down those posts, and no one was the wiser. or at least, not most of us.

and other forums have been spawned after every primary. and a few in between. i can count 5 off the top of my head. they usually fade within a year or so.

the guys hate to ban people. they have no real immediate incentive, because wars are clicks. but they do it anyway. that is why we are still here and others have evaporated.

Crunchy Frog

(26,942 posts)
292. I remember it well. It was in 2004.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 04:15 PM
Dec 2016

I believe it was as soon as the election was called against Kerry. Then he went off to one of the spinoff sites claiming that his account had been hacked and he was innocent and persecuted, and they lapped it up, of course.

The supporters of my preferred candidate were the biggest targets of his harrassment, which is why I recall it so vividly.

Ah, the good old days...

mopinko

(71,758 posts)
294. seventh son had a rap sheet as long as your arm, which
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 05:07 PM
Dec 2016

considering it is made of electrons, is pretty bad.

seems to me some of us oldies are bubbling up now. maybe it's just me. been bumping into old friends who had sworn off.

good to see you cf.

Crunchy Frog

(26,942 posts)
295. Nice to see you around too.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 05:23 PM
Dec 2016

It looks like the two of us joined DU within 2 days of each other. I guess that sort of makes us like twins.

DFW

(56,461 posts)
302. DU didn't silence alternate views
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 04:04 AM
Dec 2016

At times, it silences views that were couched in extremely aggressive and offensive personal attacks by those expressing them. For a good while, it didn't even do that--in my opinion, to its detriment. I left for six months because I had had my fill from one faction of very un-Democratic posters. I waited for the pH level to rise back above 1, which it eventually did after the convention.

BainsBane

(54,729 posts)
108. What's the "us"?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:18 AM
Dec 2016

Why should I feel any greater affinity toward those Trump voters than others? The one thing that united the Jackholes is their refusal to vote for Clinton. That makes them responsible for the fascist government coming into power. Just because they claim to be "progressive" means nothing. Actions count, and they worked diligently to ensure the country would be taken over by the right. Now that they've succeeded, they can take their shit where it's appreciated. There are many options for them to join with their alt-right brethren in expressing their hatred for Democrats.

 

KittyWampus

(55,894 posts)
143. "Undemocratic". Yeah, Berniebros shut up everyone who disagreed with them
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:22 AM
Dec 2016

by gaming the jury system and the Admins wouldn't step in until after the primaries.

The bullies always blame their victims.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
259. What did you think of the JPR cesspool?
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 07:12 AM
Dec 2016

I mean, sure, political disagreement is one thing. That place was, and is, a toilet of right wing conspiracy theories and hate. I can't see how anyone who thought that wad okay can be a positive contributor here.

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
8. This site didn't see the party so narrowly at the start...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:45 AM
Dec 2016

When did the change occur? Bernie?

I was a Howard Dean supporter and campaigned for Kerry. I didn't feel ANY bad blood when Kerry lost. I don't remember DU silencing enough people to start their own site.

I haven't been there, btw. I consider DU my home. Am I wrong about that?

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
18. When we were faced with an unapologetic fascist backed by the Nazis and the KKK.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:02 AM
Dec 2016

They brought the bad blood with themselves when they cheered at Clinton's loss.

If the phony liberals & phony progressives can't see the difference between a candidate who shares 90-99% of their supposed liberal/progressive values on the one hand vs. a candidate who shares literally none of those values - and then proceed to either not vote, or actively support the latter - then they can go fuck themselves.

The TOS of DU says that participants should generally support Democrats and the Democratic Party. These disrupters do neither.

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
60. Please show me an example.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:47 AM
Dec 2016

I'm serious. I haven't seen it. I've seen "Bernie would have won." I've seen "the Democratic leadership sided with Hillary." I've seen "the democratic leadership is misguided." None of those are the opinions of "phony liberals & phony progressives."

What do you see that meets your criteria? Where is an example of the liberal Trump supporter on these forums? I would certainly consider individual action. Some people just want t troll. But if you are saying everyone who did not support Hillary is unwelcome here, then I don't follow. There are people every cycle who cannot support the candidate for one reason or another but remain loyal democrats.

We have a dangerous situation right now, and the people that voted for Trump are far more responsible. Now the people who didn't vote for Hillary in Wisconsin, North Carolina, Michigan, and Pennsylvania deserve a closer look. But not to purge them.

We need to perk up when we here them, listen to them, and thoughtfully challenge them, not dismiss them. Every one of those people is an opportunity to win in 2020. Find a thoughtful argument that brings them over, and we win them back. Clarify their position to the point that it becomes part of our platform, and we win them back.

Don't throw away our shot.

Justice

(7,198 posts)
99. WI, NC, MI, and PA Duers who didn't vote for Hillary don't deserve anything.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:11 AM
Dec 2016

They didn't pay attention when people yelled FIRE, FIRE which is what we were doing.



 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
122. "Don't throw away our shot." - You don't get it: **2016 WAS OUR SHOT!!!**
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:32 AM
Dec 2016

The people that still cling to the fantasy of a Sanders Presidency tossed it away for us into the abyss of Trumpist Dumbfuckistan. I don't expect to see a Presidential campaign mounted by the Democrats in 2020 - because the sexist, racist, narrow-minded bigots who claim to be progressives yet couldn't bring themselves to support the most progressive candidate we've had in several generations have got their wish - to destroy the Democratic Party.

Trump didn't beat Clinton. There were too many "progressive Democrats" around pining for Bernie who did it for him.

Kathy M

(1,242 posts)
301. I do believe Sanders and Warren are stronger in the senate
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 03:46 AM
Dec 2016

with their voices heard . We need to go find the people that did not vote / would not vote . More than one office needs work to turn ........

dionysus

(26,467 posts)
311. Lolol, what a load of crap. This is ridiculous by this point. It would be funny if we didn't end
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 09:31 AM
Dec 2016

Up with a tremendous evil douchebag as president.

I have never seen such a level of finger pointing and shifting/avoiding blame as this election.

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
139. JPR has a lot of people...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:10 AM
Dec 2016

..who cheered the Trump win. Many former DUers.

I didn't want Hillary as our nominee (not that I thought Bernie would fare much better), but I voted for her and supported her despite my many reservations and misgivings.

After election night, when DU was down I was angry. So I registered at JPR to see what was up. I thought it would simply be a place for honest opposition to the gamble that the Democratic party had just taken and lost. But the minute I saw people cheering the Trump win and celebrating the Hillary loss I knew I couldn't stay there.

 

Begabig

(76 posts)
130. Maybe this is the bad tasting medicine...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:44 AM
Dec 2016

... That is necessary to get over the ills we face.

I suspect we didn't get the full dose and the same problems will return.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
135. The last time they installed a know-nothing fascist loser in the Oval Office
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:00 AM
Dec 2016

We got 3000 Americans dead, two unnecessary wars and a global economic collapse. That will look like a boring middle school dance once Trump gets done.

Upsetting the apple cart doesn't fix anything when the apples are destroyed in the process. (& FYI: the "apples" in this scenario are people)

 

Begabig

(76 posts)
150. That's the point...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:31 AM
Dec 2016

It's going to happen again and instead of one Trump we will get a long line of them because folks refuse to learn from their mistakes.

Nothing they did was wrong. They had the perfect candidate and campaign and decision making process but it was foiled by everybody else. If all of those 'others' would just stay home and not involve themselves, everything would have been great.

Not a sustainable or winning plan.

 

baldguy

(36,649 posts)
243. So, what does the 2.5 million majority of people who voted for Clinton need to learn?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:01 PM
Dec 2016

What do the 10s or 100s of thousands of people with votes that weren't counted in PA, MI, & WI need to leard? What do the millions of disenfranchised voters around the country need to learn?

The Democratic candidate for President in 2016 WON THE GODDAMN ELECTION!! What the hell do you think the Democrats have to learn after winning?

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baldguy

(36,649 posts)
257. You can't have it both ways.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 06:53 AM
Dec 2016

Either the campaign did everything right and the election was stolen

or

The party leadership had the wrong tactics, the candidate had the wrong message & the party needs to be destroyed & rebuilt.

I'll go with the former, thank you.

Response to baldguy (Reply #257)

Response to Dream Girl (Original post)

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R B Garr

(17,377 posts)
39. Like everything else he did, his endorsement was strictly on his terms.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:28 AM
Dec 2016

He doesn't care about the party or the long term effects of his divisiveness because he is in the twilight of his career and comes from a very small, safe state for him. He is not accountable for anything. His ego is not my concern.

betsuni

(27,255 posts)
46. Yes you are right, I do not read every single post in this forum.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:31 AM
Dec 2016

My self-esteem has plummeted. I feel bad and threatened as a person. I need some "me time" now to recover. *sob*

Response to lunasun (Reply #48)

TwilightZone

(28,833 posts)
54. "I remember ONE post there critical of Hillary."
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:42 AM
Dec 2016

lol, you obviously haven't spent more than five minutes on JPR if you think it isn't steeped in Hillary hate.

It's why the site exists, Steve. Do you think you're fooling anyone?

If you're completely unaware of what's actually on the site, I suggest you refrain from chastising others about it. It just makes your assertions look ridiculous.

Response to TwilightZone (Reply #54)

SidDithers

(44,254 posts)
89. You'll note the link provided in that post is to observer.com...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:05 AM
Dec 2016

which is the media outlet owned and operated by Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Not surprised the Jackass Deplorables are pushing that source.

Sid

lunasun

(21,646 posts)
103. I know that thanks and if they all @jpr don't know I can't waste my time if they want to support it
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:13 AM
Dec 2016

The history of JPR shows what it shows

SidDithers

(44,254 posts)
132. observer.com was pushed here a lot during the primaries...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:46 AM
Dec 2016

Particularly by Jackasses banned from DU.

I tried to call it out when I saw it.



Sid

 

RonniePudding

(889 posts)
113. Have always felt that one was a complete and total fraud
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:22 AM
Dec 2016

Anti Clinton down to their marrow. Probably anti Obama too. Never bought the backstory either.

ismnotwasm

(42,443 posts)
38. I don't hate anyone
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:26 AM
Dec 2016

How *is* JPR doing these days? Seems to be losing traffic given the number coming back here. A shame. A damn shame

Omaha Steve

(103,366 posts)
56. I never left here
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:43 AM
Dec 2016



Account status: Active
Member since: Tue Nov 9, 2004, 04:03 PM
Number of posts, all time: 64,964
Number of posts, last 90 days: 401
Favorite forum: General Discussion, 151 posts in the last 90 days (38% of total posts)

betsuni

(27,255 posts)
13. Idiotic accusations of Democrats I've seen here today:
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:57 AM
Dec 2016

Establishment
Oligarchy
Wall Street
Third Way
Neoliberal
Corporatist
Status quo
DNC bad
Identity politics bad
Lesser of two evils
Hippie-bashing
Not Real Democrats
HRC is belligerent/consorting with neocons

Such good soldiers, always sticking to the talking points.

Idiots.

ismnotwasm

(42,443 posts)
16. Right?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:00 AM
Dec 2016

I was just ask to provide "examples" of how the Democratic Party is "progressive" Jesus Christ.

R B Garr

(17,377 posts)
23. And now Hillary can't even go away correctly for them. Some are musing
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:13 AM
Dec 2016

about what she is going to do with her free time now so that it satisfies their lofty fantasies sufficiently. Seriously, one was saying they don't see her being concerned about African guinea worms, so she's not a worthy humanitarian.

GoCubsGo

(32,967 posts)
181. Wait. What?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:52 PM
Dec 2016

She is being bashed for being insufficiently concerned about a parasite that the Carter Center has all but eradicated? Did I get that right? If so, that has got to be the stupidest thing I have read today.

Tanuki

(15,303 posts)
20. What...nobody said "authoritarian" yet? I guess
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:05 AM
Dec 2016

it's still early in the day for that particular "rhetoric"!

betsuni

(27,255 posts)
24. Well, I'm sure they did, but I can't read everything!
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:14 AM
Dec 2016

In my time zone there's still 45 minutes to go before the day is over, so maybe if I hurry I can find more.

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sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
65. your post is unclear
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:51 AM
Dec 2016

I doubt those are talking points. They sound too disconnected to be part of a cohesive movement. They do reflect a pervasive attitude. You don't convince anyone otherwise this way.

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
97. Again, I do not follow...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:09 AM
Dec 2016

Your post is confusing. If there is any wisdom there, it is escaping me.

Squinch

(52,605 posts)
161. Same old same old gumming up the discussion. For a while, we actually got to talk about real things
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:40 AM
Dec 2016

but I guess those days are over.

Crunchy Frog

(26,942 posts)
291. I've seen those accusations of Democrats since I discovered DU in early 2003.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 03:48 PM
Dec 2016

"Pink tutu" Democrats was a favorite epithet during DUs first election cycle, and the recriminations after that loss were long and horrible.

It was widely believed by a number of DUers that there had been a massive purge here following the primaries, mostly of Dean supporters. There were at least a couple of large and active forums of banned or disgruntled DUers in the aftermath of that election cycle, though none as bad as jpr-there was no active support for GWB on those forums.

In 2008 there were a HELLUVA lot of angry Hillary supporters, some calling themselves PUMAs, and going off to other, friendlier places. Many PUMAs refused to support or vote for Obama in the general election. I wonder how many of them are currently posting on DU about how terrible other Democrats are.

This state of affairs is hardly unprecedented or new for DU. In fact, it's been the norm here, almost since the beginning. Massive recriminations following a catastrophic election loss are normal. Why would anyone expect otherwise?

mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
15. Wow. I've been around DU for over 10 years
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:59 AM
Dec 2016

on and off over the years.

Yes, I was a Bernie supporter. Yes, I tried out JPR. Didn't fit there and apparently I no longer fit here, either.
Voted for Hillary.

Currently have a thread at the top of trending now http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028338504

so apparently at least a few DU'ers find what I have to say--or recommend--of interest.

I don't think these kind of threads calling out segments of DU are productive.

I think we ALL need to turn our attention to figuring out effective ways to minimize the damage a Trump regime is going
to do to this country. We need each other.

How about, in the spirit of the season, we start supporting each other?

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mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
85. In all the time I've been on DU
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:02 AM
Dec 2016

I've never used the ignore list.

I read a lot of threads, comment on a few. I hang out mostly in the Photography group
where we try not to let our personal views interfere with our common interest.



Response to mnhtnbb (Reply #85)

DFW

(56,461 posts)
303. I've never ignored anyone either
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 04:12 AM
Dec 2016

I've been on the receiving end of it, but that left no scars I'm aware of.

 

Kentonio

(4,377 posts)
63. So deal with it on a case by case basis with the sites Alert tools
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:50 AM
Dec 2016

And stop with this attacking of a large group of people purely because they disagreed with you in the primaries. There is a real attitude from some here as if only the people who were Clinton supporters in the primaries are real Dems and the rest of us should act like prodigal sons begging for forgiveness.

I don't regret my primary choice (or indeed supporting the eventual nominee), I don't regret taking a hiatus from here in the face of some deeply unpleasant behavior from Hillary fans, and I don't feel the slightest need to run my ideology through some purity test governed by the people who just helped lose us an election.

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
68. please share an example.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:52 AM
Dec 2016

I've only noticed the outrage of people who were welcome here. I've missed the ugliness. Please share one if you've got one handy.

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sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
93. That post is a good post-election discussion.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:07 AM
Dec 2016

It is even a response to a post-election meme that Bernie supporters cost Hillary the election. That is hardly destructive. It's a response to an argument explaining the loss.

You know she got the most votes, right? Bernie campaigned for her and the overwhelming majority of his supporters voted for her.

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sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
120. He was super dismissive of your post...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:29 AM
Dec 2016

But he was civil throughout that thread.

I actually found it enlightening. I'd like to see more posts like that.

 

GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
94. As if that poster's premise is incorrect?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:07 AM
Dec 2016

The whole point of the primary is to put our best against our best. Any flaws that come out will be noted, and theoretically the best candidate will become the nominee.

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GummyBearz

(2,931 posts)
125. yawn
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:35 AM
Dec 2016

"Try to avoid making childish comments.

Okay?

Now, go have a cookie and run along to play with your friends. "

potone

(1,701 posts)
37. Agreed!
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:24 AM
Dec 2016

The myopia here is astounding. Whatever happened to the "big tent" idea of the party? Also I, like you, was a member of DU for over a decade when I felt driven away by the incessant Bernie-bashing and calls for him to drop out long before the primaries were over.

Like you, I voted for Hillary even though I was a Bernie supporter and was angry at the way that the DNC treated him and his supporters. There is no evidence that I am aware of that the majority of Bernie supporters voted for Trump. The number of those who chose to vote for Stein instead were negligible to the final result, in which Hillary (must I remind people?) won the popular vote.

We are facing the prospect of a truly dangerous and unhinged man being inaugurated as president. He is already causing havoc and it will only get worse. Please people, let us unite and fight Trump. The stakes couldn't be higher: the future of our country and our planet are at risk.

mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
121. Too many folks
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:31 AM
Dec 2016

here are determined to blame Bernie supporters for Hillary's defeat in the Electoral College.

There's plenty of blame to go around and I don't think it's productive to spend so much time pointing fingers.

I agree with you that "we are facing the prospect of a tryly dangerous and unhinged man being inaugurated as president".
THAT should be our focus. We need to all come together.

Stop with the blaming. There's more than enough to go around, INCLUDING all the registered Dems who stayed home and
didn't vote at all.

I VOTED FOR HILLARY. Please, DU, STOP insulting me because I preferred Bernie in the primaries and I explored
JPR until it became apparent that it evolved in another direction. It originally started as a site to promote and support Bernie.
Bernie supported Hillary. I supported Hillary.

How about we all move on to the real fight now?

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
199. No. It originally started as a site to bash Hillary. To call her names they couldn't get away with
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:42 PM
Dec 2016

here.

DU has a Bernie Sanders forum so that argument doesn't hold water one bit.

The folks running that place were the worst trolls here.

seaglass

(8,176 posts)
202. That's right JT. I remember from the very beginning that there were 100s more posts in
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:46 PM
Dec 2016

the hate Hillary forum than there were in the promote Bernie forum. Selective memory is happening here.

mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
216. That is absolutely wrong and you can look at the original website
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:22 PM
Dec 2016

I have posted the original intent in this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2647637

AND in their rules

Our forums are for constructive discussion on moving this country back to the Left. Be yourself, but please use this general rule of thumb: if you wouldn’t say it at the dinner table, don’t say it here. Put another way: the golden rule applies here.

3. No personal attacks. None.
Attacking people instead of ideas leads to defensiveness and fighting rather than discussion and achievement, and turns discussion boards into @#$%. There are various ways to handle strong disagreements::

- "You're an idiot" - this is clearly a personal attack, and is not allowed
- "That's just stupid" - Slightly better, but still needlessly confrontational
- "That's a bit silly, because..." - OK
- "I disagree with you because..." - Best


4. Abstain from using obscene content and discriminatory language.
Consider this a necessary extension to our general guidelines.


http://jackpineradicals.org/about_us.php (original website, not the current forum)


Dinner table language varies from house to house. In my house, we use 4 letter words. I always had to stress to my boys when growing up that language they heard at our dinner table would not necessarily be acceptable at other dinner tables, or in the workplace, or in social settings. We spoke truth and taught nuance and recommended judgment be used for different settings.

My husband and I and our adult sons all supported Bernie in the primaries; we all voted for Hillary in the election.

zipplewrath

(16,690 posts)
246. Keep with that attitude
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:18 PM
Dec 2016

It's populated with people who were driven away from the democratic candidate by the BOG kind of perspesctive. Which is why we saw the "we don't need you" kind of post prior to the election.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
247. BOG kind of perspective?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:46 PM
Dec 2016

I am so sick of "Bernie supporters good" "Hillary and Obama supporters bad".

People supporting Democrats on a Democratic website. Oh, the horror.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
271. Yes, obnoxious and divisive terminology regarding those who support Democrats is their thing.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:18 PM
Dec 2016

I am glad the TOS now specifically prohibits that kind of behavior.

zipplewrath

(16,690 posts)
317. Which is different than the BOG approach
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 10:35 AM
Dec 2016

The BOG was a "the skies are not cloudy all day" approach to "support", and it lost us an election.

People have to be able to hear that they are wrong, even if they don't like to hear it.

R B Garr

(17,377 posts)
318. No, what lost the election was the Bernie or Busters and the Bern it Downers
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 10:46 AM
Dec 2016

who latched on to his grandstanding about Hillary and Wall Street when the Wall Street meltdown occurred 8 years ago and was a distant event. Attributing malice to everything Hillary did was what caused the election loss. That is proven by looking at the results of the margins in the contested states. Stein/Sanders voters account for those margins, and that was a direct result of a concerted effort to convince people to throw away their votes on protest votes against Clinton for your own vacuous vanity reasons.

You should take your own advice and listen.

zipplewrath

(16,690 posts)
321. And all the other races we lost
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 11:50 AM
Dec 2016

Hillary wasn't the only race we lost. And this wasn't the only election where we lost. But I'm sure Bernie is to somehow to blame for all of that.

Again, we keep making the same mistakes over and over and pretending that we aren't isn't helping. Hillary was the "wrong" candidate because she was part and partial of the larger problem. And many people are trying to explain this. People like Biden and Obama among many others. DWS was the wrong chair. Kaine was the wrong VP. The TPP was the wrong agreement. The mandates were the wrong solution. The bonuses were the wrong strategy. NAFTA addressed the wrong problems. Deregulation of the derivatives was the wrong choice.

And as has been demonstrated over and over, picking candidates like Specter was a losing proposition.

R B Garr

(17,377 posts)
323. I notice you say nothing about gerrymandering or voter supression
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 02:47 PM
Dec 2016

Your only focus is on hating Democrats and bending reality to fit that narrative. This isn't the first time this has happened, either. Gore was the recipient of this type of all-or-nothing mentality and was discarded for your self-important vanity votes to show that he wasn't perfect. Look what that got you. And it's never ending.

You've actually confirmed how disastrous it was to have someone like Bernie spouting unattainable nonsense and poisoning people's minds into thinking he could deliver on his promises. He couldn't even get single-payer passed in his own tiny state of Vermont! He was never accountable for anything he said, and that was the true losing proposition.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
319. Ok, you won't like it, but you are wrong.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 10:48 AM
Dec 2016

First, what lost us an election was decades of gerrymandering, voter suppression, Comey, Russia, and a spoiler creating a division within the party. That's right, division. Not some fucking "the skies are not cloudy all day" approach, but a nasty divisive bern it down approach with the perfect being the enemy of the great.

The stupid idea that we needed a revolution to defeat ourselves was just so fucking brilliant. NOT.





zipplewrath

(16,690 posts)
320. Proof
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 11:33 AM
Dec 2016

Do you have any evidence of any of your assertions? Because there are a lot of people looking for it and can't find it. But I see you have found every reason you can think of EXCEPT that maybe the candidate was flawed.

We lost because of the same reasons we've been losing several election cycles. Candidates that were ignoring significant portions of the electorate. And it doesn't help when we start calling people "deplorables". I knew who she meant, but a lot of voters thought she was talking about them (even though she wasn't). Michigan was begging her to come visit and she blew them off. But, no, it was the Russians, not her.

And Gerrymandering can't swing presidential elections. It can't swing Senate ones either. It does influence state level offices.

And where is all the "pragmatism" that the Clinton supporters are supposed to be so interested? All the things you discuss are basically "political realities". We're going to have to learn to work within that reality, not just complain about it. Talk about your "pink unicorns". GOTV efforts are there specifically to address suppression/obstruction issues. Weren't we supposed to have some huge advantage with our GOTV structure? Think maybe the outcome indicates a problem a bit larger than this?

Look, I'm the first one to tell folks that she won the popular vote. I've taken to referring to Trump as the "minority president". (Although I'm starting to like "The ambassador from Russia".). And since she only "lost" by about 85,000 well distributed votes, just about anything you want to point to will be "big" enough to be blamed. But we lost ALOT of elections, and not just the election cycle. It might be time to realize that there is something wrong and start putting up candidates that address those problems. Candidates with insanely high negatives probably isn't the place to start.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
322. Her favorability ratings were higher until she started getting attacked from both sides for ffs.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:47 PM
Dec 2016

How do you argue she was a bad candidate when her net favorable was higher than his until he joined in with the nasty bullshit attacks against her. But hey, that revolution worked wonders didn't it?

http://www.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/188957/voting-begins-sanders-popular-clinton-dems.aspx?g_source=bernie%20sanders&g_medium=search&g_campaign=tiles



http://www.gallup.com/poll/193913/clinton-image-lowest-point-two-decades.aspx?g_source=Hillary%20Clinton&g_medium=search&g_campaign=tiles

And notice when her approval ratings actually take a dump. The manufactured bullshit from the right wouldn't carry so much weight if we didn't have a split party willing to use any negative (including right wing) sources out there to bash our own just because they weren't winning the primary.

zipplewrath

(16,690 posts)
324. Those were pretty dismal numbers
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 03:23 PM
Dec 2016

You usually want to start out much better than that. Heck, it's usually thought you can't win with much more than 40% unfavorable. And that's at the END of the process. Of course Trump started out way worse so go figure.

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
325. So who did we have with better numbers? Her numbers were better than Bernie's.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 03:41 PM
Dec 2016

Kind of kills all kinds of arguments.

You recently made the claim that DWS was in the bag for Hillary and that they conspired to create a debate schedule that would keep the public from hearing the message. Those were the kinds of messages that I am talking about that helped create a division that the repukes used as cover for stealing the election. Eichenwald addressed these myths that got spread over and over again during the election by our own side for crying out loud.

http://www.newsweek.com/myths-cost-democrats-presidential-election-521044

The first big criticism this year was that the DNC had sponsored “only” six debates between Clinton and Bernie Sanders in some sort of conspiracy to impede the Vermont senator. This rage was built on ignorance: The DNC at first announced it would sponsor six debates in 2016, just as it had in 2008 and 2004. (In 2012, Barack Obama was running for re-election. Plus, while the DNC announced it would sponsor six debates in 2008, only five took place.) Debates cost money, and the more spent on debates, the less available for the nominee in the general election. Plus, there is a reasonable belief among political experts that allowing the nominees to tear each other down over and over undermines their chances in the general election, which is exactly what happened with the Republicans in 2012.

Still, in the face of rage by Sanders supporters, the number of DNC-sponsored debates went up to nine—more than have been held in almost 30 years. Plans for a 10th one, scheduled for May 24, were abandoned after it became mathematically impossible for Sanders to win the nomination.

Notice that these were only DNC-sponsored debates. There were also 13 forums, sponsored by other organizations. So that’s 22 debates and forums, of which 14 were only for two candidates, Clinton and Sanders. Compare that with 2008: there were 17 debates and forums with between six and eight candidates; only six with two candidates, less than half the number in 2016. This was a big deal why?

The next conspiracy theory embraced by Bernie-or-Busters was that the DNC-sponsored debates were all held on nights no one would watch. Two took place on a Saturday, two on Sunday, three on a Thursday, one on a Tuesday and one on a Wednesday. In 2008, the DNC scheduled two on a Monday (one was canceled), and one each on a Sunday, Wednesday, Tuesday and Thursday. Not including any of the 2016 forums, there were 72 million viewers for the DNC-sponsored debates, almost the same amount—75 million viewers—as there were for every debate in 2008, including those sponsored by other organizations. And those Saturday debates, which Sanders fans howled no one would watch, were the third- and fifth-most watched debates (one of them was 3 percent away from being the fourth-most watched).In other words, the argument that the DNC rigged the debates is, by any rational analysis, garbage. For those who still believe it, hats made of tin foil are available on Amazon.

zipplewrath

(16,690 posts)
327. Proof
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 05:42 PM
Dec 2016

Again, do you have anything to support your assertions. I'm really not seeing it. We've been losing elections for the past few cycles and more that Hillary lost that night.

And I don't remember discussing debates since the spring.

shireen

(8,337 posts)
251. +1
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:43 AM
Dec 2016

DU has been a depressing place since the primaries. I dont recall ever criticizing Hillary here but I was vocal in my support for Bernie. When she got the nomination, i supported her. Yet, some really loud opinionated people feel compelled to make me feel like I dont belong here because I supported Bernie during the primaries.

I need DU right now to help me get through the next 4 years, like I needed DU for the 8 years of W Bush. But divisive posts make it really hard to want to be here, even tho' I know it's coming from just a few loud people. Unfortunately, they set the atmosphere, and right now it feels hostile.

How about less bitterness and more empathy?

 

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)
280. Ive had the same experience here. If you dont follow the group-think in lockstep, prepare to be
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:51 PM
Dec 2016

Treated like an outcast.

Crunchy Frog

(26,942 posts)
293. I was completely neutral during the primaries, but still feel like it's a hostile environment.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 04:50 PM
Dec 2016

I feel like it's hostile towards anyone who doesn't buy into the dominant narrative here. Basically the narrative that blames everyone else for the election results, and rejects any sort of introspection or the suggestion that the party, candidate, or campaign should bear any responsibility or critical examination.

I'm on the wrong end of the narrative here. I've never believed in uncritical, or unqualified support for anyone or anything.

Response to johnp3907 (Reply #21)

Response to Dream Girl (Original post)

mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
67. It was alerted. I did it before there was a single response.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:52 AM
Dec 2016

I do not think it's productive.

I think if people have come back here from JPR they should abide by the rules.
If what they say is within the rules and others don't like it, then argue your side or put 'em on ignore.

We do not need to be trashing each other--and that goes both ways.

Response to mnhtnbb (Reply #67)

Response to CTyankee (Reply #91)

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)
41. Yep. We're posting w/ "Progressives" who voted for Trump to spite Hillary. The receipts are on JPR
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:29 AM
Dec 2016

for all to see.

RazBerryBeret

(3,075 posts)
43. we don't need a big tent at all
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:30 AM
Dec 2016

continue with this rhetoric please, it is so very helpful.
and then complain about the results, please.

Response to RazBerryBeret (Reply #43)

seaglass

(8,176 posts)
79. Why would counting on unreliable allies be in any way worthwhile? Idiots who were so bitter Bernie
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:57 AM
Dec 2016

lost that they could not bring themselves to vote for Hillary against a dangerous man-baby?

They were so intent on Hillary hate and Hillary CT that they ignored Trump and after he was elected have made every excuse imaginable that he wouldn't be so bad.

Nope, makes more sense to cultivate new members and leave the ignorant ones to their own demise.

RazBerryBeret

(3,075 posts)
95. Great Theory
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:08 AM
Dec 2016

how exactly do you plan to weed out?
Maybe this attitude will piss off more "new members" that you hope to "cultivate" then what do you do?

ps.
not everyone who disliked Hillary voted for Trump
not everyone who disliked Hillary refused to vote
not everyone who supported Bernie hated Hillary
not everyone who has a different viewpoint from yours in unreliable

those are a lot of assumptions.
my previous post was simply pointing out that we need a larger coalition than we have, we obviously disagree on how to get there.
and I'm ok with that.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
53. So who should go.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:42 AM
Dec 2016

I mean there are clearly a lot of people here who would like to see all criticism of Hillary Clinton cease - people who blame her lose on Democrats considering other candidates in the primary. Should we all go somewhere else as well? Who exactly do you want to kick off the board? Or what criteria do you want to use to determine who deserves to be here?

Bryant

seaglass

(8,176 posts)
83. I'd just like to see the ones who didn't vote for Hillary go and the ones who called her a c*nt.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:00 AM
Dec 2016

Does that work for you?

Bryant - Skinner did say that only Hillary voters are welcome on this board or Hillary supporters if ineligible to vote.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
90. i voted for Hillary
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:05 AM
Dec 2016

I never called her a c*nt.

I think she was a weak candidate, a center of the roader, and we would be better getting someone more liberal to run for president in the election, but still much better than Trump or even a Romney.

Bryant

seaglass

(8,176 posts)
133. So then my comment wouldn't apply to you. I guess we are even, I found Bernie
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:57 AM
Dec 2016

to be lacking in both accomplishments and depth - but I would have voted for him if he won the primary. Those who did not vote for the Democrat are the ones who don't belong here.

BainsBane

(54,729 posts)
114. The TOS makes clear the terms of membership
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:23 AM
Dec 2016

It's clear that some signed it despite the fact they know they did not vote for Clinton in the GE, and too many make clear they see their enemy as the Democratic Party rather than the GOP or the Trump administration. The name of the site is Democratic Underground, not I'm so "progressive" no one is good enough for me underground or fascists aren't really so bad underground.

I suppose people can't spend their lives attacking Clinton, but I fail to see the point. She's no longer a political candidate or leading figure in the party. To focus on her says far more about them than anything else. The only thing I can figure is some have invested so much energy in their hatred for Clinton that they don't know what to do now that she's gone.

DFW

(56,461 posts)
304. I did. Heard too much about it not to.
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 04:16 AM
Dec 2016

But it was enough. I felt obligated to see for myself before making a judgment.

It didn't take long to figure out it was not for me, so I kept my distance.

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
76. I think it is a site started by alienated progressives and bernie supporters...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:55 AM
Dec 2016
http://www.jackpineradicals.com/

I haven't looked around there very much. Judging from the posts I've seen on DU, it is crawling with Trump supporters.

Somebody on here with stronger feelings about it may know the history.

musicblind

(4,562 posts)
252. After the primaries were over, Skinner stated that anyone who was not planning to vote for Hillary
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 02:17 AM
Dec 2016

or anyone who was planning to suggest supporting a third party candidate instead of Hillary was not welcome here and should leave.

So, like the PUMA's in 2008, a sub-set of DUers did leave and formed JPR.

The dislike of JPR is a dislike of people who refused to vote for Hillary. It isn't a dislike of people who were lukewarm on Hillary but still fought for her and against Trump. It's a dislike of the people who voted Stein, Trump, wrote in Bernie, or some other self-serving nonsense.

I voted for Sanders in the primary, but I have no stomach for the JPR folks and I hope they don't come back.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
62. Yes wouldn't it be great if you could get rid of all those people who had an opinion different than
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:50 AM
Dec 2016

your own. What a blow for democracy that would be! I mean if we all think the same and have the same opinion that'll solve all our problems.

Bryant

NanceGreggs

(27,835 posts)
229. Not wanting certain JPR posters ...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 07:18 PM
Dec 2016

... back on DU has nothing to do with "differing opinions".

It has to do with the fact that once they left here to post exclusively on JPR, this site became way more civil - and people noticed the difference.

You'll note that I said "certain JPR posters" - they would be the ones who expressed their "opinions" on JPR which included some of the nastiest things ever written about HRC, Obama, and the Dem Party, "opinions" which included outright lies about them, "opinions" that were straight-up RW talking points (they often helpfully provided links to RW sources to show where their "opinions" originated), "opinions" based on Alex Jones-style conspiracy theories, "opinions" that targeted people like John Lewis and Liz Warren as being sell-outs because they didn't endorse Bernie, and "opinions" that expressed hatred for anyone who supported HRC.

I can't speak for everyone here, but I personally am not interested in engaging with anyone who insisted for months that Hillary was lying to the public by denying she was dying of at least a dozen diseases, who jumped on the pizzagate story and insisted it was true, who insisted that Obama was the worst president evah! and had sold-out the poor, the working-class, minorities, and the Party for his own glory, and who proudly declared they would vote third party or not vote at all because Trump being elected would be better than allowing Hillary/Dems to win.

Those who posted on JPR but did not engage in any of the above Reindeer Games are welcome here. Those who regurgitated RW talking points, or actually praised people like Gowdy, Pence, and Comey because they were anti-HRC/anti-Dem shouldn't be.

DU is supposed to be a Democratic-supporting site. Those who have already expressed their "opinion" that Democrats are corrupt evil-doers intent on destroying democracy have no place here - and their only reason for wanting to come back to DU is to be disruptive while spreading their "opinions" among people who obviously don't share them.

el_bryanto

(11,804 posts)
230. Hillary Clinton was the candidate in 2016. She lost.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 07:24 PM
Dec 2016

We should have nominated someone else. If you are happy with how Hillary performed in the election that's fine -but she lost and now we have to pay the price for that.

Bryant

NanceGreggs

(27,835 posts)
231. And that has fuck all to do with ...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 07:34 PM
Dec 2016

... whether those from JPR, who actively supported Trump or voting third party (same dif) should be welcomed back to DU or not.

Yes, we all have to "pay the price" for Hillary's loss (despite the fact that the MAJORITY of voters voted for her), so that some people can say "I TOLD you she was the wrong candidate, and you should have listened to ME!"

Apparently the MAJORITY of voters thought she was the right candidate, and voted accordingly - but that doesn't play well with the people who choose to ignore that fact, does it?

LonePirate

(13,882 posts)
73. Anybody who dislikes Clinton more than Trump should not post here. That's 95% of JPR.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 09:54 AM
Dec 2016

That site is nothing more than people still pissed about Bernie losing, which they blame on the DNC and election rigging. They fail to address the reality that states (not Clinton or the DNC) control primary elections. They also fail to address Bernie's inability to win the support of primary voters from Virginia to Texas where he lost almost 2:1. Then there is the matter of JPR turning a blind eye to Trump, even on matters in which they despise Clinton. Between the hate, the hypocrisy and the sheer ignorance, JPR is the left's version of the internet sewer that is 4chan or FR.

The only positive thing I can say about JPR is their intense support for the DAPL protesters is commendable. The rights of Native (and all) Americans to protect their land and water is a worthy cause we all should support.

Response to LonePirate (Reply #73)

 

sfwriter

(3,032 posts)
84. I read FreeRepublic from time to time..
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:01 AM
Dec 2016

You talk about JPR the way DUers used to talk about the Freepers. I read Free Republic when a story (usually fake news) pops up that I do NOT understand. It's my go-to source fore the crazy. You have to have a way to understand the other.

Would JPR be a way to understand more liberal and progressive views? I use Alternet and Common Dreams for that. Along with Democracy Now, they form the basis for my views on extreme alternatives.

LonePirate

(13,882 posts)
96. The problem with JPR is that it's still mostly a Clinton hate site and not a progressive views site.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:08 AM
Dec 2016

If the so-called progressives there would let go of their hatred for Democrats and their ridiculous DNC conspiracies and instead focused more on actual progressive viewpoints and opposition to the massively regressive Republican takeover of Washington coming in a few weeks, then maybe it could be a worthwhile site. I have little confidence that will happen as plenty of people there seem to be closet Trump supporters. They are in for a rude awakening if they are actually progressives as they claim.

lins the liberal

(169 posts)
88. OMG reminding me of why
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:04 AM
Dec 2016

I quit coming here as often as I normally did. No I never quit coming, but I was upset about the loyalty oath. I supported Hillary in the General. And as the time of the election drew near, I felt I needed to come home, to DU.

I have been a member here since June 2001. I have never posted much. This OP feels like a slap in the face to me. Since I don't post often, no one really knows me or cares if I am upset. But hell yes, this makes me want to find another home.

mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
100. You are not alone.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:11 AM
Dec 2016

I alerted this thread before there was a single response and look what happened.

It's not productive. It's insulting. And the fact that it doesn't get hidden says we really aren't wanted here.
What's wrong with us that we want to be members of a club that doesn't want us?

Raster

(20,999 posts)
116. YOU. ARE. NOT. ALONE.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:26 AM
Dec 2016

I also alerted on this OP. What a divisive piece of crap. I am sick and tired of the Cult of Bernie and sick and tired of the Cult of Hillary.

My allegiance is to my country first. And I am terrified we are about to inaugurate a madman. Get over your butt-hurt, we have danger and peril at our door, and they mean TO DO US ALL HARM.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
176. CULT of Hillary? What a perverse comment.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:27 PM
Dec 2016
She won the primary AND the general election by MILLIONS of votes.

That's not a "cult." That's a winning candidate.

Feh. The House of Democrats is not divided.
 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
265. No, they don't. DU numbers this election season are similar to the graph of participation throughout
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 09:59 AM
Dec 2016

every election season.

Raine

(30,600 posts)
300. I have the same feeling...
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 03:34 AM
Dec 2016

I was for Bernie but did my part for Hillary. Seems like since the election loss even Berners who did what they could to try and get Hillary elected are not wanted here at all.

Dem2

(8,178 posts)
107. I don't get the guilty conscience thing
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:17 AM
Dec 2016

Why do some people feel paranoid about this thread if you're not harboring feelings of being an outsider/disruptor?

 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
134. There is very very little that is progressive about a liberal isolationist.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:57 AM
Dec 2016

JPR is full of liberal isolationists.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
177. They aren't liberals--they're "progressive." But hell, the jerks that
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:35 PM
Dec 2016

put Hitler in charge were "progressive." Progressive, in the wrong head, can be an ugly thing. I'd say "There is very very little that is LIBERAL about a PROGRESSIVE isolationist."

Progressive does not equal Liberal. There are progressives who would happily throw black people, brown people and gay people under that famous bus to advance the goals of the "white working man." They posted here during the primary season, and most of them decamped to that Hate Site named after a DUer who wouldn't endorse their world-view.


I have absolutely no patience of tolerance for left-wing fascists -- and they most certainly exist.

The Blue Flower

(5,634 posts)
131. This post is deliberately provoking discord among us
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 10:45 AM
Dec 2016

I have seen nothing on this board to suggest the premise is true. I'm calling foul on the poster. Go ahead and attack me. It will only prove my point.

 

Dream Girl

(5,111 posts)
140. Calling foul? Why? I visited JPR and it turned my stomache. Why would anyone feel
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:12 AM
Dec 2016

It's okay to bring that shit back here? If you are a JPR returnee ask yourself why you went there and what your purpose is for coming back to DU. And for the record, I was never in the cult of Hillary. I voted for Obama in 2008 and I was undecided in the 2016 primary but ended up voting for Hillary. She had her flaws as would anyone wh has been in public life and under the harsh glare of severe scrutiny for 30 years. She would have made a great president. I'm sick as shit of the Hillary bad/Bernie good bullshit. The primary is over.

BainsBane

(54,729 posts)
142. But we're corporatist, Third Way
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:19 AM
Dec 2016

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Hillbots. Why would you want to associate with us?

This sudden concern about division is rich considering the constant string of insults that they have hurled against Democrats, all while working to pump up Trump.

There is a TOS for this site. Anyone who made a false declaration in signing it--because they didn't vote Democrat in the GE, for example--doesn't belong here. This is a site for Democrats, which means people who vote for Democrats. It specifically excludes Greens and others who seek to bring down the Democratic Party, which is exactly what the Jackholes have named as a key objective.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
152. Actually a rapprochement would be nice
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:35 AM
Dec 2016

How do you work such things out without discussing them?

That is, if you actually want to work things out.

Do actually want to work things out?

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
275. I disagree. If it were only a primary issue that would be one thing. Many of us have watched their
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:22 PM
Dec 2016

behavior the last 8 years and we are sick of the unwavering antagonism towards Democrats.

Lets let them keep that garbage on JPR.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
283. You know you and I agree
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:47 PM
Dec 2016

But hey, I could be persuaded otherwise. I.soncerely doubt I'll get persuaded because they don't really want a rapprochement. As you said they have convinced us beyond a doubt that they hate Democrats so as long as that is the case there is no common ground.

There is as much chance of a rapprochement with radical leftists who hate Democrats as there is of a rapprochement with "conservatives" who hate liberals.

Hate is hate.

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
153. Hummm..... "deliberately provoking discord among us"?????
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:35 AM
Dec 2016

"deliberately provoking discord among us"? I thought that the OP was about those who were non Democrats who joined DU to promote Bernie's candidacy. I always thought they were among those who actively stalked Hillary supporters in the primary season, even in the Hillary Group, trying to silence them by abusing DU rules.

Regardless of where they did or not, I do know they were among those who abandoned DU after the primaries and have been hanging out on the JPR site, at least until recently.

If they are back, and this OP is calling them out, how can you say the OP is "deliberately provoking discord among us"? They were never with us. They are not Democrats. If they ever were Democrats they left because they consider the party "contaminated" with those like me who "not progressive enough". They were only using DU to achieve their own goal, that is of securing the nomination for an outsider like themselves, the first person in their memory that they considered worth of sitting in the oval office.

With all of that in mind, please reconsider who is causing the disruption.

mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
167. A lot of assumptions in your post.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:57 AM
Dec 2016

I can't speak for everyone who went to JPR--there were a lot of us--but the OP doesn't call out " those who were non Democrats who joined DU to promote Bernie's candidacy.". The OP does not make any distinction between Bernie supporters--and why or how or when they came to support Bernie or how long they had been members or when they joined DU-- and that is a HUGE mistake.

I've been around for more than 10 years on DU.

Account status: Active
Member since: Sat May 7, 2005, 10:13 PM
Number of posts, all time: 20,147
Number of posts, last 90 days: 797


The OP takes a broad brush and says anyone who came back from JPR is not welcome here. That is insulting. I voted for Hillary. And it won't help to fight Trump and that is where we need to focus.

Maybe it would be better to forget about insulting Bernie supporters--and for Bernie supporters to get over the Monday morning quarterbacking--and come together to fight Trump.

We need each other.

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
182. I find absolutely nothing to complain about with your point of view
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:54 PM
Dec 2016

Perhaps the OP does "paint with too broad a bush" as there are always exceptions to any statement that can be made. However, I have visited JPR a couple times out of curiosity after the primary season just to see what was going on there.

I did recognize the board name of some of the most jealous Bernie supporters. What I found there wasn't pretty. There were far more attacks on Democrats than Republicans and I have never seen so many conspiracy theories bandied about.

It kind of makes me wonder why someone of your views found it necessary to hang out on that site.

mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
213. Check your assumptions again.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:09 PM
Dec 2016

Look at my post count here (and you can look at my post count there since I used the same name). I never hung out much at JPR on the new
website because by that time it was clear Hillary was going to be the Dem nominee and I intended to support the Dem nominee.

There's a lot of misinformation on DU about how and why and when JPR was founded. It was founded during the primary season and its mission
was to support Bernie Sanders for President.

From the original forum, which is http://jackpineradicals.org (not the current .com)


Jackpine Radicals is dedicated to promoting ideas and actions that will improve economic and social fairness in our country, and our world. That includes discussion and implementation of policies that work for all of us, and candidates for political office who favor these good policies. Broadly speaking, these are the types of policies implemented by 'Traditional' Democrats from the early 1930s until the mid 1970s, a period where the typical American's prosperity grew year after year.


AND

6. Most Importantly, this website supports Bernie Sanders for President.


When Bernie didn't get the nomination, many Bernie supporters on JPR were left without a home. We weren't respected at JPR if we intended to vote for the Dem nominee (Hillary) and we weren't wanted at DU because we had been trashed for having supported someone other than Hillary. Apparently even now, though many of us followed Bernie's lead and voted for Hillary, we aren't wanted here according to this OP.

Big mistake. BIG Mistake. It's going to take ALL of us to fight Trump.

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
248. Sorry, that is not correct
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:25 AM
Dec 2016

Those Bernie supporters who publicly switched their support to Hillary and quit trying to re-fight the primaries were warmly accepted by Hillary supporters on DU, especially by those the Hillary Clinton Group. I don't know why you felt that was not true in your case. Were you one of the Bernie supporters who insisted on pushing your support for Bernie after it was clear to everyone after the last primary that he had lost? If so, I can see why you might feel you weren't warmly received.

I can't judge a site on why it was founded; I can only judge based on what I have witnessed myself. On my few visits to JPR after the primaries it appeared to be a hell hole filled with never Hillary zealots who spent much of their time displaying their anger and tearing into the Democratic nominee. If my impressions were incorrect, I apologize, but that is what I witnessed.

musicblind

(4,562 posts)
253. Exactly! I was a Bernie supporter, and still am. I bought his book. And I felt welcome during the GE
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 02:26 AM
Dec 2016

I voted Bernie in the primary and Hillary in the general. Heck, I even like Hillary and am greatly disappointed that such a wonderful woman was robbed of the presidency... especially given how WIDE her popular vote margin is.

The people who are not welcome here are the people who refused to support the Democratic nominee after the primaries.

Nobody made me feel unwelcome because I like Bernie. Had I spouted hate for Hillary, I probably would have been made to feel unwelcome... as I should have been made to feel unwelcome.

mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
258. Read the OP again here
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 06:59 AM
Dec 2016
I'd love it if the JPR returnees...
Would go back from whence they came. Things were fine without you.



The OP makes NO distinction between JPR returnees. It is a broad brush painting all who came back from JPR as not wanted.

It's not a smart tactic.

CajunBlazer

(5,648 posts)
266. The OP should have been clear as to intent
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 11:26 AM
Dec 2016

Given I am of the same mind I am almost sure he was talking about the never Hillary crowd, not those who supported Hillary in the general election. Like me, he/she probably was unaware that Hillary supporters would consider themselves "JPR returnees".

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
145. Yes, PLEASE go away, Jackasses
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:24 AM
Dec 2016

You guys have a site where you've presumably been perfectly happy to spread your poisonous shit. We don't need or want you doing the same crap here.

DFW

(56,461 posts)
149. I would modify the OP's statement
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:31 AM
Dec 2016

"I'd love it if they would go back from whence they came"....IF all they have is a rehashing of the "I-HATE-Hillary" meme, and why she was SUCH a terrible candidate.

I wouldn't discount out of hand that some of the people who went there did so for other reasons than just "I-Hate-Hillary," and that they might have something positive to contribute here. I don't know this one way or the other, but I don't think it's a stretch of a speculation.

I took a look at their site a while ago, and like I said back then, "veni, vidi, satis." (I came, I saw, I had enough.) But that doesn't mean that EVERY person who posts there is a hate-filled, angry, lonely paranoid. That's a rather broad brush. If it's someone who only has posts to offer that are filled with hate and scorn, then yes, I, too, wish they would stick to their self-constructed cocoon. But if they have something positive to contribute, who are we to bar the door before even hearing what they have to say?

And to those who protest the OP's supposed call for banning returnees from the other site, I suggest another look at the OP. No one suggested banning anyone, and doing so twists what the OP said into something it did not. If you find it unjustified, then say so. But slamming it for recommending banning returnees is like Foxsuckers saying that Obama wants to come take your guns away. He said no such thing, and has done no such thing. If you feel directly addressed by the OP, I'd just answer with the same thing I answer to those frequent-enough posts that slam all of Texas and all Texans as if we were all Louie Gohmert: "Won't you hear me out first?" If the answer is "no," THEN let'em have it.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
154. Divided we are stronger? How did that work in the last election?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:35 AM
Dec 2016

Sometimes analysis can be painful. But simply repeating the same electoral strategies over and over while losing more and more seats nationally and on a state level is clearly not a winning strategy.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
157. What's your solution?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:37 AM
Dec 2016

I can't do much with people who can't respect me. It's like trying to help an addict who doesn't want to be helped. At some point you have to walk away. That's how I see it with the JPR types.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
164. I post here, and there, under this name.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:45 AM
Dec 2016

And yes, there is a lot of anger and nastiness in both places, but division is not the answer. Some people are committed Green voters, and there is not much anyone can do about convincing people who choose Green that they are making a poor electoral choice.

My personal view is that the Democratic Party must present a consistent alternative politics and vision from that of the GOP. Again, my view is that the DLC wing of the Democratic Party is seen by many as far too similar to the GOP.

If we can combine the economic message of Sanders with the social equality message of the Democratic Party we can convince people that we care about social justice as well as economic justice.

And again, I recognize that many at JPR also exhibit little tolerance for other views.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
210. Well, the election showed that DLC type policies simply do not resonate with many voters.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 04:58 PM
Dec 2016

So 2018 will be the next test of how the Democratic Party reframes and reorganizes.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
214. Possibly. But if the Democratic Party can wean itself from the money
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:15 PM
Dec 2016

politics and focus on actual organization, outreach, and framing a message there is hope.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
215. I was.referring to you
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:21 PM
Dec 2016

The DLC will be just fine. It's a pity you can't find it within yourself to be a part of it.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
217. Politicians generally do just fine. Most incumbents in both parties
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 05:24 PM
Dec 2016

are generally re-elected.

But if the Democratic Party does not or cannot energize its natural base, the 41% of registered voters who did not bother to vote might grow.

That 41% number should be sounding the alarm for all Democratic strategists, politicians, and voters.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
242. You seem to be mistaking an attempted analysis for some sort of betrayal
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:53 PM
Dec 2016

of what you feel is the ideal. More of the same is not really an answer.

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)
267. It is pretty simple:
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 11:35 AM
Dec 2016

either the Democratic Party will find a way to energize the 41% of non-voters or the GOP will continue to consolidate its hold on government.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
289. You discount the corrosive effect of the radical left
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 03:21 PM
Dec 2016

But for the radical left, once again, the Democratic Party would have won handily. It's a repeat of 2000.

I'm sorry but the radical left is aiding and abetting Republican lies and smears. I have had several former friends who got very aggressive and nasty with me because I couldn't go along with their "Hillary For Prison" "conservative" cribbed mantra. They repeated other "conservative" lies and smears, but that one proved to me beyond any doubt that such people are unreachable.

If the radical left holds the power to coalesce with "conservatives" and elect people like Trump then there's nothing more to say or do. I can only hope and pray that radical leftists burn in Hell, or die and are reborn as skinks and weasels.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
307. I assume he meant DNC
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 07:41 AM
Dec 2016

I really don't understand radical leftists so it doesn't matter to me what he is referring to. It may as well be those damn Whigs.

DFW

(56,461 posts)
313. I guess!
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 10:27 AM
Dec 2016

"Attack at haste, verify target at leisure."

They sound more like Republicans every day.

Kali

(55,713 posts)
158. I never joined JPR but I am a Bernie supporter
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:38 AM
Dec 2016

I find your (and others) broad brush condemnation of a lot of good DUers who happened to post on that site to be offensive and symptomatic of what went wrong with this election.

Kali

(55,713 posts)
165. because I know and respect some of them
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 11:49 AM
Dec 2016

do you understand the concept of broad brush attacks? there are assholes everywhere - in every group. including there and here. condemning everyone who joined that site is arrogant and stupid. we need all the allies we can get. the lack of self awareness that some super-Clinton fans suffer from is part of why we lost.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
171. Seems to me that the category of "JPR returnees" is specific
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:09 PM
Dec 2016

It's not "broad brushed" at all. There are a finite number of people and the reasons behind the opinion expressed by Dream Girl could not be more clear. She has a reasonably objective argument. Even you seem to get it: "there are assholes everywhere." So you know she is referring to specific behavior and you know exactly what that behavior is. Therefore your claim that it is "broad brushed" is not well-taken.

Further your own comment that "the lack of self awareness that some super-Clinton fans suffer from is part of why we lost," is at least as broad and probably far more so. So that too is not well taken.

The honest part of your post is that you know and respect some of them. You're entitled to that, but those of us who don't respect their actions are entitled to not be as tolerant as you are with them.

That said, they have every chance to alter their attitudes.

sheshe2

(87,324 posts)
228. I would have a hard time respecting anyone...
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 07:17 PM
Dec 2016

that posted on a site where the mods allowed Hillary to be called the C word, the exception to that rule? You call another member that, you will be banned. Yes, I read that there and yes, they were a member here.

That is just me...

Kali

(55,713 posts)
236. blame everybody for one or a few?
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:03 PM
Dec 2016

I have a hard time respecting dead horse-beating, broad brush attackers anywhere I encounter them.

maybe obsessing about other websites is the real problem.

sheshe2

(87,324 posts)
237. It was a rule on the site,
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 08:08 PM
Dec 2016

sort of like our TOS.

Obsessing? I answered your post on DU. That is obsessing?

 

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)
287. People on this site called Bernie a racist....
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 02:31 PM
Dec 2016

Yet we keep posting here.

Is calling Hillary the "c" word any worse than calling Bernie a racist?

I think they are equally bad. Yet i wouldnt stop posting on this site because of it. Id use the opportunity to voice my opposition to using slurs and slanders such as these.

Response to Dream Girl (Original post)

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
175. I have no love loss for JPR but there are some who are members who rejected the anybody but Hillary
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 12:20 PM
Dec 2016

stance they took.

Skinner said the software will eventually get rid of those who can't abide the TOS and once flagged it is up to him. Several members who were flagged after the new to are still flagged.

My point is while I agree this place is not for some of them I don't think it can be said uniformly.

Response to stonecutter357 (Reply #186)

Response to Dream Girl (Original post)

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
190. Yes indeed. I'm nobody important; it doesn't matter what I think.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:08 PM
Dec 2016

For that matter, I'm not the type to barge in to a "discussion" forum like 2016 Postmortem and start new threads to do nothing more than make dramatic announcements of my personal antipathy towards resident adversaries.

Peace to you.

BainsBane

(54,729 posts)
192. No, you just tell them to keep their mouths shut
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:16 PM
Dec 2016

because they aren't important enough to express their opinion.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
195. You kind of can't have it both ways
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:21 PM
Dec 2016

Either you oppose "divisiveness" and you have patience and tolerance "towards resident adversaries" or you favor "divisiveness" and you excoriate someone for "barg[ing] in to a 'discussion' forum like 2016 Postmortem and start new threads to do nothing more than make dramatic announcements of my personal antipathy."

I could think of a million ways that I would approach someone with whom I was seeking a rapprochement, and all of them would be an attempt to empathize and to find the common ground. None of them would be like what you posted.

Reactions like yours are why I have lost hope of a rapprochement.

 

closeupready

(29,503 posts)
197. Whatever. She went there. I replied.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:36 PM
Dec 2016

We (essentially) agreed to disagree.

This is a message board. Election Day is behind us. The very title of the forum implies it's done. Skinner himself posted he personally feels another Hillary run in 2020 is a bad idea. I've been on DU almost since its inception.

JPR is just another message board. Like Reddit, Topix, Straight Dope, and any one of thousands of other websites.

seaglass

(8,176 posts)
235. In reality he doesn't like us
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 07:45 PM
Dec 2016

closeupready (133 posts)
November 30, 2016 at 8:47 am

JPR has become my go-to site for news and disc. of current events

All the cool kids are here, and we are more truly democratic than other discussion sites which claim to be so. IMHO, of course.

I see no point in hanging out where 1) I don’t like other members; 2) I am abused; and 3) I’m diminished by the stupid gossip.

 

BlueProgressive

(229 posts)
194. I would love it if people on DU stop bitching about JPR
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:21 PM
Dec 2016

If I gave a shit what was on JPR, I could go over there and read it.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
222. I don't care what they post on JPR
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 06:16 PM
Dec 2016

I won't give that hate site any clicks to find out, either. I DO care when they slither back here to spread their venom.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
201. we need all hands on deck to resist Trump-Ryan-Pence-Bannon
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 03:44 PM
Dec 2016

I don't care if people are JPR or Green or Communist or DLC or Connecticut for Lieberman or DU.

Plenty of time for petty rivalries when the enemy has been driven from power.



Cary

(11,746 posts)
221. We. Have Seen This Movie Too Many Times, Geek
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 06:08 PM
Dec 2016

The snake agrees to let the scorpion ride on its back, the scorpion stings the snake half way across the river and they both die.

The end.

Tarheel_Dem

(31,443 posts)
209. Agreed. When will people figure out that they have absolutely nothing in common with these cretins.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 04:35 PM
Dec 2016

They are NOT democrats, and I suspect most are comfortable financially, so it doesn't matter that DT will be president. Doesn't matter who the president is as long as they have their ideals to see them through the next four years.

mnhtnbb

(32,029 posts)
264. Hey, Blue!
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 09:18 AM
Dec 2016

I'm having a tough time, too as you can see by my many posts in this thread (and I alerted on it).

I may have to confine myself to hiding out in the Photog group, which always was the best of DU.

LostOne4Ever

(9,592 posts)
224. I agree w/ you for those who voted for anyone but Clinton
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 06:34 PM
Dec 2016

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999] But I have no issues with the minority of Clinton supporters from there.[/font]

.99center

(1,237 posts)
227. They've endangered peoples lives.
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 06:53 PM
Dec 2016

That place is a cesspool of links to sandy hook CT's, pizzagate CT's, and other alt-right CT's. If you allow your site to be flooded with links to fake news sources that are intended to cause violence and hate against people that support the Democratic party, don't be shocked when your site gets labeled as fake news.
It wasn't a case of the moderators not being able to keep up with the links to extremist sites, moderators were involved in fueling these theory's.

I get it though, right wing fake news sells and they're in the biz of getting clicks. They didn't want to appear too progressive to all those nuts on the right flooding the site providing add revenue.

Gothmog

(154,214 posts)
232. The number of conspiracy theories that are discussed on that site is amazing
Wed Dec 7, 2016, 07:37 PM
Dec 2016

The posters on that site really have issues with reality and will buy any crazy conspiracy theories

aikoaiko

(34,201 posts)
262. I'd like to see most return as long as they don't support Trump or...
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 08:35 AM
Dec 2016


continue the primary wars or proxy primary wars.

seaglass

(8,176 posts)
263. Unfortunately - for you - most of them did not vote for Hillary which is a requirement for posting
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 09:01 AM
Dec 2016

here.

JI7

(90,462 posts)
299. as they have been doing during Obama's presidency
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 01:54 AM
Dec 2016

it's not just about bitterness from the primary itself. we have had that before . and it was understandable people left and came back.

but these people are about tearing down the party.

seaglass

(8,176 posts)
306. Yes.
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 06:42 AM
Dec 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1013&pid=7542

In case it hasn't been completely obvious to everyone here, I would like to make clear that since the extremely divisive Democratic Primary ended in June, the DU Administrators have been committed to making sure that Democratic Underground is a friendly community where politically liberal people can support Democrats. That commitment will continue after the election season is over. My greatest regret is that over the last eight years I allowed Democratic Underground to become a haven for people who treated Barack Obama and their fellow DU members with contempt. I don't intend to make that mistake again.

The price of admission to DU after this election is your vote for Hillary Clinton (or your support for her if you are not eligible to vote in the United States). If you are able to vote, but you can't bring yourself to vote for Hillary, then I'm not particularly interested in listening to your bullshit for the next four-to-eight years. I don't care if you live in the bluest of blue states or the reddest of red states, if you are looking for excuses to vote for Jill Stein or Gary Johnson or god forbid Donald Fucking Trump, then this isn't the place for you. Fortunately for you, there are plenty of other places on the Internet where you can get your Hillary-hate on, and some of them are even filled with former DU members.

aikoaiko

(34,201 posts)
310. Thank you. It is true that if you didn't vote for HRC, you are unwelcome to post on DU
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 09:19 AM
Dec 2016

That seems so weird to me -- it's not even about fidelity to party or issues but to HRC.

Hopefully, DU Admins will revisit their HRC above all else stance. The party is bigger than her and she would be the first to say so, I'm sure.

seaglass

(8,176 posts)
312. I disagree it is not just about HRC, it is about supporting Democrats. I guess you didn't read the
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 09:50 AM
Dec 2016

part about 8 years of abuse against Obama and Obama supporters on DU.

The very LEAST anyone had to do in this election was to vote against Trump. If someone claims to be left of center but could not bring themselves to this most minimum of effort why should they have a voice here? They have no credibility. There are plenty of other places on the internet where they can spread their poison.

 

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)
282. Thanks. Yes, I violently opposed HRC in the primary, but
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 01:32 PM
Dec 2016

Did support and vote for her in the general.

I make absolutrly no appologies for this and confidently maintain that she was too hawkish, too beholden to corporations, and too elitist for a Dem candidate. I believe with every fiber of my being that Bernie would have CRUSHED trump had he won the primary.

I will do everything in my power to ensure we dont make these mistakes again. The futute of our country depends on it.

 

RonniePudding

(889 posts)
288. Still feel that way about Trump?
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 03:00 PM
Dec 2016

As to your point on Bernie, I agree. Maybe not crush, but I believe he would have won. And I didn't support him in the primary, to be clear.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
290. Bernie would not have won and I can walk you through why.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 03:21 PM
Dec 2016

Bernie did not have the support/enthusiasm in the African American community needed to contest Pennsylvania, Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas or Florida.

Hillary trounced Bernie in all those states. Bernie loses all of them to Trump big, not even close. That's one more state than Hillary lost. Bernie was generally stronger in Michigan and Wisconsin, sure. But Trump can pour all the resources he used in the above states into those two. I think he wins one or both against Bernie. But Trump wouldnt need to win either Wisconsin or Michigan if he wins Virginia plus the other states he won against Hillary.

 

ProgressIsLeft

(59 posts)
308. Let's walk through that
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 08:01 AM
Dec 2016

because......



Can you show us please where Hillary's numbers went up? Bernie would have beaten Trump and keep in mind that 50% of Dem voters stayed home. I'm willing to bet that most Hillary supporters would have voted for Bernie though, the same can't be said for a lot of Bernie supporters however. That alone indicates he was a stronger candidate.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
316. I already walked you through it. Show how Bernie contests any of the states I mentioned.
Fri Dec 9, 2016, 11:53 AM
Dec 2016

Bernie does not have the support in the Demographics he needs to contest PA, VA, NC, SC, GA or FL. Hillary trounced him in those states in the primary. Look up the results.

Hillary even with the better support lost all of those states to Trump except VA which she barely won. With that, we can easily conclude Bernie would have also lost VA.

With that being the case, Trump would have 270+ EVs against Bernie and would have beaten him as well.

But its worse than that. If you understand Presidential elections at all, you know that a state that you cannot contest means that your opponent can reallocate resources, time, money, etc. that would have otherwise needed to be spent on that state elsewhere. That means every other swing state. He wouldn't have needed it, but he would likely have won Michigan and Wisconsin against Bernie as well, and possibly other swing states.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
279. I think Andrew Lloyd Weber in his Evita lyrics said it best.
Thu Dec 8, 2016, 12:50 PM
Dec 2016

"So go, if you're able, to somewhere unstable
And stay there
Whip up your hate in some tottering state
But not here, dear
Is that clear, dear?"

yardwork

(64,117 posts)
326. They disgust me. They helped Hillary lose and now they're back here.
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 03:47 PM
Dec 2016

Sanctimonious assholes harrassing people.

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