2016 Postmortem
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Hearts and minds, hearts and minds. I hate the rancor on this lovely Underground.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)More on current news and propaganda...
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)is that there's an undercurrent to a lot of LBN and GD threads that are nods towards the primaries. It's becoming pervasive, as expected.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)leveymg
(36,418 posts)A campaign seems to have gamed the Jury system. If you don't hear from me for a while, you'll know why.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)If I can manage to not get many, others can too.
leveymg
(36,418 posts)I haven't changed, my posts haven't changed. The difference is there's been a change to the composition of the jury pool by a concerted effort to Alert on those who make disparaging comments about Hillary, knocking them out of jury duty, if not off the board altogether.
Second, there's an active effort by HRC campers to claim that Hillary is inevitable, so criticism of her is no longer legitimate. I'm sure you've noticed that. To some degree, that may have shifted the psychological terrain.
marble falls
(57,355 posts)Myrina
(12,296 posts).... because it seemed like it turned into a bunch of cross-posted shit from Facebook.
Came back a few months ago looking for substantive news / discussion and now not only is it a bunch of cross-posted shit from Facebook, but it's primary vitriol and poop slinging.
Sigh.
AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Obama supporters went off the deep end in 08. Air America hosts became unlistenable. Randy Rhodes ruined her career over it. Stephanie Miller became unlistenable. Obama supporters on the internet were teaming up with Republicans attacking her. It was madness.
This time around is nothing compared to then.