Reply #64: Thank you for the offer, and no, I don't have it mixed up.

[Kanary]

I remember it because it shocked me.

Sorry, I didn't keep it....... I have made it a habit not to keep the "ugly" ones around, as it's just too hard on me.

And, yes, we had a pleasant exchange (actually, I believe it was a number of times, in different threads).

That's what made it so sad to me.

After that, I kept my distance. I'm dealing with enough in my life, and have to keep things as even as possible.

I truly do not know what it is about DU that people want to go on the attack here, and bring down those they need to be working with. People justify it by saying "The Democratic Party has always been like that", but I don't believe that. I've worked on MANY campaigns, and I've never had people even *begin* to speak to me the way that people do here. I also know many other political activists, and I know that nobody I have worked on campaigns with would tolerate being spoken to in the manner that peole here feel so free to do.

I also know that I haven't had to shout to get heard in campaign work, and also that people actually voice the complimentary things they feel about each other. (It's really interesting...... I've noticed that the posts I make complimenting someone rarely get a reply...... but if I tell someone to knock it off, they can reply forever........how's that for an interesting quirk?)

I strongly suspect that in not too long a time, The Kerry Kamp will be trying to figure out why they aren't getting the level of support they believe they deserve, and will be having to listen to some of the ways they've angered and pushed people away, and it will be their turn to mend some fences. With what we're up against as a nation, none of this is making any kind of sense.

*I'm* not your enemy, and I never was. But I sure wasn't deserving of the angry blast I got.

I guess it all depends how important it becomes to the Deniacs to build a strong progressive movement, whether they want to mend those fences with the Kucitizens to bring together those they didn't seem to think worthy at the time, or whether they decide to forget us, and go it themselves in the true, blue ole' US of A Rugged Individualism style.

:shrug:

Kanary