I have never seen such outright nastiness for fellow Democrats as what is being displayed here.

[Bluebear]

A day after the United States announces that it DOES torture:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4423437

on a day when people should be THRILLED that either a woman or an African-American will be our historical nominee, on a day when we find out our opponent will be a hair-trigger tempered Bush-hugging warmonger, here sits General Discussion: Primaries, still behaving like this is a high school football game.

[rinsd]

1. People here are assholes.

It doesn't matter which candidate they "root" for.

[tammywammy]

4. Ditto

[magatte]

7. I never seen such outright nastiness in someone repeatedly calling Obama an "homophobe" just because

...one supports Hillary. That was Low, the lowest of lows. This is not an epithet you should throw about willy-nilly unless you want it to lose its importance.

[Raine]

22. I TOTALLY agree

they're assholes on both sides and I'm really getting sick of it. I try hard to not get into it but admit that a couple of times I've lowered myself into the gutter in frustration.

[rinsd]

24. Few who have participated can claim innocence.

I don't expect us to be better people but sometime I wish we would would try.

[Bluebear]

29. We've all been frustrated

and most have said things we shouldn't have, but the bottom line is there is so much DIRT being immortalized here against people's favorites, it belongs on FR, not here.

[NJSecularist]

2. Why take the high road?

You've been contributing to this nastiness too.

We haven't had this close of a race for decades.

[Bluebear]

8. "You've been contributing to this nastiness too."

I assure you I haven't called anyone a goddamn idiot and I have pledged my vote to the Democratic nominee which is more than I can say for many here.

Also, you have been a member here for three weeks, for whatever reason. This has been an online community for years, I don't think you can understand this post.

[NJSecularist]

12. You've called alot of people alot of things

You've been contributing to this nastiness. You have no grounds to play the high road.

[Bluebear]

18. Fine, you made your snide point, move along.

[countingbluecars]

3. Wow

It really is getting out of control.

[Elspeth]

And we have many more months of this to go....

:(

[billyskank]

5. Oh just wait.

:7

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. Oh you're one to talk.

Pff.

[NashVegas]

9. Please Get Over Your Sense of Insult

Nimrod made a wisecrack you took seriously and castigated him for it. This forum is under attack by drive-by posters who will disappear as soon as the election is over. If you don't have a thick skin right now, use the ignore feature and / or hit the alert key.

[Bluebear]

11. Thank you for your support

[Warren DeMontague]

10. Yeah, it's bad. Someone called me "dog fucker" yesterday.

Hey- I don't even have a dog.

And let's be REAL clear, it's both sides.

There are some seriously fucking unhinged "supporters". The blind rage is beyond me. We're making history, we have two smart, capable candidates. Either way, we win.

[Bluebear]

14. >There are some seriously fucking unhinged "supporters".< That's it in a nutshell.

Either way we win, indeed. :toast:

[goodgd_yall]

27. GASP!

That's a new one for me.

[Warren DeMontague]

34. It was sort of funny, because the level of the exchange didn't come close to meriting that.

I mean, I've had way more heated arguments here in the past.

This is just, like, people ready to snap at the drop of a hat. Weird.

[kestrel91316]

28. IMHO, many "supporters" are are semiprofessional disrupters.

Who knows if they are paid to sit here all day and slime the board up, or if they are merely rewarded with cabinet positions.........

I now have about 50 on ignore. I don't have to put up with near as much crap now that their voices are silenced for me.

[Warren DeMontague]

35. Yeah. I have trouble believing people are that personally invested

unless there's a paying gig on the line somewhere.

Very odd.

[derby378]

13. The GOP is threatening to self-destruct - but so are we

What we should be having is an honest if fervent discussion about the future of the Democratic Party. Instead, what we have is a shouting match between centrists and progressives that often borders on incoherence.

I'm siding with the progressives, but that doesn't mean we can't turn the heat down a few notches.

[Mass]

15. This is small compared to the thrashing of various progressives because they do not endorse who you

like. But yes, the first post is more important.

[JackRiddler]

16. Yes you have.

That is, if you've paid attention to any prior elections. You have.

[mondo joe]

17. Agreed. I can hardly see the difference between Free Republic Circa 2001 and GD:P today.

!

[Bluebear]

19. What will people do when their "opponent" wins the nomination?

I mean, one will. Are these unstable posters going to just bolt from the party and vote for McCain?

[tammywammy]

20. Some posters, well I doubt they're really democrats anyways

They're just here to stir up trouble.

[Bluebear]

25. You may be right.

We may have different candidates, but we must be able to get behind the eventual nominee, which means not burning down bridges by posting filth about them!

:toast: tammy

[tammywammy]

37. Yep

I'm suspicious of anyone that says they won't vote for so-and-so if they get the nomination in the General.

Also, anyone that only posts negative threads, while supposedly "supporting" the other candidate.

[goodgd_yall]

31. I wonder about that too

Allowing oneself to get all riled up in opposition to a candidate is just not smart tactically because you may just have to support them eagerly in the future.

[Bluebear]

33. That's one thing the GOP always did well....

"Never speak ill about a fellow Republican" was their mantra for years. This year, they can't help themselves because their candidates are all so ridiculous!

[King Coal]

21. You should talk. I have seen you be awful nasty at times.

:smoke:

[ProSense]

23. You are a hypocrite! n/t

[Bluebear]

26. Thank you, now run along and find some more Monica Lewinsky links or something

[ProSense]

36. See, told you! n/t

[Bluebear]

38. Ooh yes! You told me! Talk about irritating.

[donheld]

39. I'm an Obama boy saying your acting like a jack-ass

Do you not care about the waterboarding?

[EFerrari]

30. My high school football games were never this ugly. n/t

[Bluebear]

32. :nodding:

and :hug:

[Firespirit]

40. Politics is a blood sport.

The Republicans have all but torn their party apart, regardless of the "victory" McCain took. It's fitting, in a really dark and cynical way, that the Democrats do the same. Otherwise the US wouldn't remain a 50/50 nation.