Vote for democrats
Here is what is says in the Terms of Service for DU.
Vote for Democrats.
Winning elections is important — therefore, advocating in favor of Republican nominees or in favor of third-party spoiler candidates that could split the vote and throw an election to our conservative opponents is never permitted on Democratic Underground. But that does not mean that DU members are required to always be completely supportive of Democrats. During the ups-and-downs of politics and policy-making, it is perfectly normal to have mixed feelings about the Democratic officials we worked hard to help elect. When we are not in the heat of election season, members are permitted to post strong criticism or disappointment with our Democratic elected officials, or to express ambivalence about voting for them. In Democratic primaries, members may support whomever they choose. But when general election season begins, DU members must support Democratic nominees (EXCEPT in rare cases where were a non-Democrat is most likely to defeat the conservative alternative, or where there is no possibility of splitting the liberal vote and inadvertently throwing the election to the conservative alternative). For presidential contests, election season begins when both major-party nominees become clear. For non-presidential contests, election season begins on Labor Day. Everyone here on DU needs to work together to elect more Democrats and fewer Republicans to all levels of American government. If you are bashing, trashing, undermining, or depressing turnout for our candidates during election season, we'll assume you are rooting for the other side.
Notice the last two sentences that I put in bold. When people come here I assume they come here to work together and elect more democrats to office, and not bash, or trash democrats, including the president, or to try and "depress" voter turnout.
The problems I see here center around these last two sentences. I feel there is way to much bashing and trashing going on here and believe that many, myself included, don't come here as often, nor post as often because if you don't agree with the bashing and trashing, or if you actually "support" the president and believe he accomplished a hell of a lot since he was elected, then you are called "Obama bots", authoritarians, or some other rude label. When a thread is started that shows just how much the president has done, or is doing, it is promptly attacked by the usual bashers who fill the thread with all kinds of negative remarks.
As others have stared on the board, we need to unite, not divide each other, but for some who post here it really seems like their agenda is to "divide" on a daily basis. I used to see real debates going on over the issues, but now it's rare to find. As another poster posted, and I agree there is a lot of things we could agree on if we took the time to actually listen and discuss.
I think we all are guilty at one time or another of losing control and saying things we probably should not have said, and we should think before we post things in anger.
Just my two cents worth.
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Opinion bully? How am I bullying anyone? I guess if stating an opinion other than what someone else has is bullying you might be right, but I don't think that it is bullying. 
