You Do realize there is opposition to Pelosi don't you.

[strangedaysindeed]

What's with the suppression of free speech?!

[blogslut]

1. What speech is being suppressed?

[LanternWaste]

2. I don't think arguments in favor of her leadership is suppressing anyone's speech.

[Gothmog]

3. Why? What are the reasons for this opposition other than the GOP hates her?

There is also a large number of Democrats who support Nancy Pelosi.

I know that the GOP hates Pelosi but I am not sure that is a good reason to change leadership.

[Rhiannon12866]

46. That's a great reason to stick with her, means she must be doing a good job!

[TreasonousBastard]

4. I do. What I don't realize is why.

[Little Star]

5. Yes, I wish people would stop trying to stop us from...

supporting Nancy Pelosi. Stop the suppression of our free speech.

[hlthe2b]

6. You are speaking along with your Anti-Pelosi compadres, are you not?

supporting the aim of booting the most experienced and accomplished Speaker for one that is RW-approved, apparently. So, I hardly see evidence of anyone suppressing your "free speech"....

We all can look forward to the "success" that will bring after our hard-fought efforts to reclaim the House.

[Maru Kitteh]

18. Can't help but laugh at the small hands/short fingers in that photo

Small shoe size for that matter.

Oh, so many metaphors wrapped into one little package.

[hlthe2b]

21. Save the jpg--might come in handy for commenting on another public figure we know...

[bearsfootball516]

7. Free speech is fine, but read the TOS. There's no bashing Democratic figures here.

As you were with her in your now-removed post. That's where the problem was.

[Eliot Rosewater]

10. Lots of people from another country are paid to tell us Nancy is bad.

Lots of people from THIS country are as well.

Now I am not making ANY allegations about any person here, of course, just making a FACTUAL statement.

[catbyte]

8. And what is YOUR opposition to Pelosi? You obviously have a problem with her.

What is it, exactly?

[Eliot Rosewater]

13. Well I can tell you what I object to about her.

First, she is from

wait

oh yeah, San Francisco...do you know how ugly their politics are ? Wait, cross that out, I didnt mean that, SF is one of the most liberal places on earth... wait, be right back...


Oh yeah, she is rich! Isnt she? And all rich people are bad, wait I dont mean that either as I just remembered

Soros
Reiner
Clooney
Streep
DeNiro

Dammit, I had it here , my list of why Nancy Pelosi is bad and my fucking dog ate it I think.

[catbyte]

30. Exactly.

[SaschaHM]

9. I mean... 63 people voted for Tim Ryan in 2016 to be majority leader.

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Let's not pretend like this is some new Russian plot or that these folks really just hate women. Pelosi is not without her flaws and she's slowly losing her caucus.

And honestly, the entire fact that we're worried about no one being able to take her place, no woman specifically, is a huge black mark in my book against the entire leadership. They've all been there long enough to groom successors. This shouldn't even be a point of contention in 2018.

She needs to stop the bleed or work out some exit speakership package with them because the folks that want her gone or want someone new aren't going to go away peacefully. They're just going to wait until their numbers grow.

[brush]

24. Let's see how it plays out. More want her as speaker than don't.

[SaschaHM]

27. That's definitely true.

There still isn't an alternative out there campaigning against her formally yet. I doubt that she loses, but this definitely has to shape how she handles her upcoming speakership.

[OAITW r.2.0]

28. You meant Minority Leader, right?

I suppose some of the Democrats in Congress in 2016 blamed Pelosi with the election results, but I think, to be fair, she should get a lot of credit for the success for the big House gains in 2018.

[JHB]

11. Articulation of oppostion is not "suppressed"...

...but how one does so might veer into directions that DU member juries may think qualify as bashing Democratic public figures.

Ask yourself: Did the "suppressed" speech consist of loaded terms?

[dlk]

12. Disagreement is NOT Suppression of Free Speech by Any Stretch of the Imagination

Neither is pointing out weaknesses with an argument. Seriously...

[Squinch]

19. I have never known the admins to say your comments "endanger

your ability to post here." Your offending posts are either removed by a jury or not. I've never known the admins to give anyone a talking to. So how did the admins communicate this to you?

Also, free speech doesn't mean what you seem to think it means. Maybe you should look it up before you refer to it again

[LovingA2andMI]

22. FYI...

Complaining about the TOS is a DU TOS Violation.... #FYI

[strangedaysindeed]

15. Hell, I was just telling it like it is!

[Squinch]

20. Inside your head.

[LanternWaste]

35. More accurately: "I was simply expressing the oppression I feel when people disagree with me"

More accurately: "I was simply expressing the oppression I feel when people disagree with me"

Say outta the rain, kiddo.

[kydo]

16. Yeah it's called the republican party

don't understand what free speech has to do with it other then repugs don't like free speech but you are on a dem site and are free to say you want.

[Squinch]

23. Sorry but you are full of it. That's not how its done here.

Screenshot of the admins chastising you (which they have never done before to anyone) or it didn't happen.

Edit to add: I see you've had 3 posts hidden. That's not the admins talking to you. That is three different juries saying whatever you posted is obnoxious and doesn't belong here.

[Hortensis]

25. Strangedays, hear about "buying a pig in a poke?"

Some people have committed to removing the highest ranking woman in American political history -- literally without having the slightest idea who or what would replace her.

The people gave Democrats the house majority for the new 116th congress. It could fail. It could be made to fail. Taking out experienced, proven leadership is the first, critical step. The second is substituting a weaker, less competent substitute.

Another part is simple misogyny, of course, on right AND left. Where're the noise and passion for taking out 79-year-old Steny Hoyer (Stanny who?) in this supposed year of the woman?

Then there are the #FiveWhiteMen who are also against Pelosi, but all mostly for selfish reasons of personal benefit. None have the leadership experience or admiration of their colleagues that they should, but with support of clueless ideologues and Republicans as necessary one could conceivably manage to make enough deals to get elected.

Btw, the rest of the caucus is gravely concerned. This is their business, and they're not all innocent tools and underprincipled opportunists by any means. They know all that's behind this.

[FSogol]

29. Translation: I don't understand the term "free speech."

[marble falls]

31. Ever hear of terms of service. There's no free speech here if its incivil or knocks Democrats ...

and that's the way the biggest most of us want it.

[marble falls]

32. Looks like ol' strangedays took a fifth hide and is now ffr.

[boston bean]

33. Stop trying to curtail free speech by people you don't agree with when

they use theirs to speak back and then accuse them if infringing upon yours.

You got something to say, say it.

Don’t like what someone says back, too bad. It is not an infringement on your speech.

[NurseJackie]

37. Elvis has left the building.

[Cha]

40. Yep.. Adios

Nancy Pelosi

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

34. Who cares?

The choice of the Speaker isn't up to us. I don't know why people are getting so worked up about this. The Representatives make that decision........

[Maxheader]

36. I got nothing...

Just that, concerning nancy..Just hear mumbling about her not being pro-active on some issues.
The house minority leader has been accused of the same thing on occasion.

[NastyRiffraff]

38. Did you get arrested?

If not, your free speech hasn't been suppressed. Having a post hidden on DU doesn't count. Neither does someone arguing with you. Having an opinion different from yours doesn't count either.

[Cha]

39. He's gone somewhere.

[NastyRiffraff]

42. Maybe he got arrested after all!

But I doubt it.

[ananda]

41. Whose free speech is being suppressed?

I can't see any, really.

IMO, Pelosi deserves the speaker job.

And she has the votes to get it.

More power to her!

But anybody with a different opinion
is always free to speak.

[Raine1967]

43. This OP:

Strange Days Indeed.

[Cha]

44. ..

[workinclasszero]

45. Whats with drunk posting?

I know some conservative white male democrats...lovers of white Trump voters...want to deny the Speaker's chair to Nancy Pelosi but it's a fail from the start.