Raise Your Hands: Who has been banned from the Bernie Group?

[Metric System]

I have. I'm sure most of us have. I accidentally posted a response a few months ago without realizing I was posting in their group. There's currently a discussion over there right now about how we are too sensitive and quick to ban. Have they looked in the mirror?

[cheapdate]

1. The comments that got me banned were very mild ones,

I support Bernie Sanders for God's sake. His supporters, on the other hand, can tend to be assholes. The day is soon coming when I will be banned here, I'm sure. Why not?

I like and admire Hillary Clinton. I happen to think Bernie Sander's strong stand against powerful banking and financial interests would be good for the country at this particular time in history.

I defend Hillary Clinton against scurrilous attacks. That was probably what got me banned and labeled as a "fellow traveler" by the Bernie people.

[msrizzo]

2. I don't post there.

So therefore pretty sure I'm not banned. The one time I accidentally did I self deleted when I realized it was a Bernie group.

[Treant]

22. Ditto.

A quick glance at the top of the screen to the breadcrumb trail, see the Sanders group, close the window. I don't even bother to read the stuff any longer.

[yallerdawg]

3. I am not supporting Senator Sanders (I-VT) in primary.

I stay out of their 'safe haven' and I wish they would stay out of ours.

Unfortunately, for many of 'them' it has never been about supporting Sanders.

That's why they keep violating our lone sanctuary.

[fleabiscuit]

43. Spot on.

If I thought BS was the second coming, what I read from supporters would still have me running away. That's probably true of 70% of the 99% of half the 50% of...

[Cha]

4. BooHOO!!!! We have more intruders Blocked here because more of them come in here to disrupt..

and then they go whine about it.

I respect their private space.. I would no more go in there and disrupt like they do then go into someone else's home. In fact I trashed their group a long time ago so I don't even have to see it.

[yallerdawg]

11. This seems to be a characteristic of 'those' supporters.

If they can find a way in, they trash the place and steal the stuff they want!

[Hoyt]

5. Accidental post there too that was quite mild. But, I generally like the safe group concept.

[OregonBlue]

8. Same here. Didn't even realize it was a Bernie Sanders Group post and my response was

very, very, mild. Was banned within minutes. I actually love Bernie but I also like Hillary. I just know I will vote for the Dem so it doesn't matter to me. I think they might be a little over zealous though.

[Metric System]

29. I like the safe group concept as well. I never would have posted had I realized it was the Bernie

group.

[stonecutter357]

6. K&R!

[lamp_shade]

7. No problem here. I put Bernie in the Trash Can months ago.

Not that I dislike him or any of his supporters. I just got tired of seeing all the threads.

[upaloopa]

9. I have been banned but I don't consider it a loss

[Rose Siding]

10. I have never tried to post there, nor would I.

It's simple, really: Candidate groups are for supporters of that candidate. Unless it's an honest mistake, I don't know why anyone would want to. A little self control is all it takes.

[Thinkingabout]

12. I was and for a comment which wasn't even snarky, probably because my comments

on GD-P, alright with me, it did not even come to the level others have posted in the Hillary group today.

[wildeyed]

13. Did accidentally, but self deleted in time.

Honestly, I really have no desire to post there. It is SUPPOSED to be a place for supporters to post without interference. I do wish there was a warning for groups when you hit the post button like you get in LBN stating the rules of the forum.Cut down on honest sure errors.

[mwrguy]

14. I am

[Starry Messenger]

15. I have that group in my trash can.

I've almost posted on their threads, since they brigade their rec count and get silly crap on the front page, but I recheck before posting and have managed to avoid it thus far.

I'm sure I'd be blocked in there, no matter what I posted, but I'm an advocate of the safe haven concept, so their pool, their rules.

[sufrommich]

16. I stay out of protected groups that I don't belong in.

Frankly,I don't get the obsessive need to invade a protected group,it seems really childish to me.

[leftofcool]

17. I am pretty sure I am banned but don't give a shit!

[Coolest Ranger]

18. I haven't

I just trashed it

[FloridaBlues]

19. I have for a bland sentence but some are thinned skinned over there

[dlwickham]

20. me

screw 'em

[question everything]

21. Never been there. I think that groups should be reserved to members of the group

We don't like pro Bernie's post here and we should not post there, or on O'Malley's.

There are other groups on DU where one should not post what is against the purpose of the group.

This is why we have the DP: P where we can debate Bernie and others.

I think that if one is upsetting members of a group, an alert should be issued and the post hidden. I once did this from one of the groups - and I rarely alert - and the post was hidden because it was a group.

[Metric System]

30. Oh, I agree. I definitely should not have posted in the Bernie group and wouldn't have, had I

realized that's where I was posting. It was my mistake. The purpose of my OP was to point out that we are no more thin-skinned or quick to ban than the Bernie group.

[murielm99]

36. I posted in the O'Malley group,

but it was to voice my respect for him and his supporters. I will not intrude there of they don't want that. I don't think I need to post there any more.

[treestar]

23. Not that I know of

I posted there once accidentally. Do you get an email in the DU inbox?

[fleabiscuit]

44. Yup n/t

[treestar]

47. Thanks

I suppose they did not ban me then.

[Loki]

24. Me..... for saying that I would vote for the nominee no matter who it is.

I've been at DU since the *selection and I've never seen people who cannot tolerate a different opinion than these folks. Sorry, but you won't convince me with that kind of behavior. I like the man, but not his supporters. I refuse to have such a rigid ideology that I cannot see the forest for the trees. A republican win in a race as important as the presidency goes beyond party, it speaks directly to the health of this country and it's people. Everyone will lose if that happens.

[shenmue]

25. I was

[chillfactor]

26. I have....

seems pretty petty of Bernie supporters..they are very thin-skinned.

[redstateblues]

27. Same for me. Didn't realize

I was in Bernie world. I posted something very tame. Boom!

[Gothmog]

28. I was banned from Sanders group

[Historic NY]

31. Yup, they don't allow any discourse.....

[TSIAS]

32. That's rich

From a Group that has more blocked users than subscribers.

[fleabiscuit]

45. Might want to copy & past that to 4.

Just saying...

[Cha]

55. LOL.. i finally saw it.

You're funny! Thank you, flea..

[Cha]

53. Yeah, you got the Block. It's because more BS supporters come into our Group and Disrupt..

that's the reason we have more BLOCKS.

I would never dream of going into the BS Group.. I respect the boundaries.. BS supporters do NOT respect our boundaries.. so we have more Blocks.

Do ya see how that Works?

[NastyRiffraff]

33. I don't, and will not, post there.

Unlike some Sanders supporters, I respect a safe haven. I wish everyone would.

I don't post, or read, the cesspool that GD-P has become either.

[Gloria]

34. Ages ago, immediately after one post that waffled on Sanders

They were "hurt"....and I also had mixed up the forums...so it was a mistake....and that was that!

[murielm99]

35. I have only gone there by accident.

I haven't posted there.

I respect their space, even if they don't respect ours.

[Agschmid]

37. Hell I got banned when I was a Bernie supporter.

It's out of control.

[NurseJackie]

38. Also an accidental post from me.

I'd previously thought that "hiding" their group would ALSO hide it from this web site's home page. (IT DOES NOT.) So, one of their threads in the "hidden" group was visible to me from the home page, I clicked and commented and was banned.

Oh well. No biggie. Why does this bother them so much? They ban, we ban ... big-whoop ...

[SusanCalvin]

39. Me.

For posts that weren't even in the Bernie group.

[SusanCalvin]

48. Has anyone else been banned

For posts that weren't even in the Bernie group? (Granted, I was complaining about some "supporters'" behavior, but it was not in the Bernie group. Just happened to draw the attention of a host.)

[Cha]

51. I bet.. you're too nice.

[NCTraveler]

40. My only post in the Sanders Group. No joke.

Was banned by smokey nj fifteen minutes after posting this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/128069099

[dlwickham]

60. you weren't on the approved posters list or something?

some odd ducks over there

[riversedge]

41. not long after the gd-p got set up

twice I did not realize I was in the bernie group

[fleabiscuit]

42. Yup. One & done. And I was't trying to be snarky, much. BFD n/t

[Politicub]

46. Me, too

After posting a reply to a thread. I wasn't able to go in and defend my pov after the ban. The post itself didn't get hid - it was just me being pushed out the exit.

[the_phantom_dennis]

49. Hey, I Just Got Here

No damn WAY am I venturing in that viper pit!

[Cha]

50. Well welcome to DU.. It's always nice to see a Hillary's supporter's smilin' face.

[the_phantom_dennis]

61. Youi're not Dennis Miller are you?

You know the way he says "cha-cha" in that fake Philly accent? What the hell happened to him?

[Cha]

62. I have no clue about dennis except he turned rw asshole.

[the_phantom_dennis]

63. Yeah

There was a time when he was actually funny. Then, like you said, he turned to the Dark Side.

[RandySF]

52. I was banned right away

[MADem]

54. Keep in mind, this group was exported from DU2. The Bernie group was only

formulated after he declared his candidacy. This group goes back to the 08 primaries.


Any numbers differences have to do with one group being here for almost eight years, and the other being here less than a year.

I was kicked out of that group for telling the group that coverage of his candidacy announcement WAS being covered (despite those riots in Baltimore that were interfering with the event) by the television media, and providing links to prove what I said. I was the 2nd person banned. I didn't say a word against the candidate, either. They just didn't want that particular fact corrected.

Here's a list of those of us who have run afoul (scroll down a bit):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=about&forum=1280

If they want to shape their membership, that's fine with me. We do the same.

They shouldn't be throwing rocks in a glass house, though.

[pnwmom]

58. I was also blocked after two fact-based, non-confrontational posts. They are sensitive over there.

[BlueStateLib]

56. Me too

Pointing out each candidate gets equal tickets to the debates got me banned

I asked smokey why I was banned and the response I got was "You were blocked because you are a Hillary supporter"

[ConservativeDemocrat]

57. I believe I posted a link... showing that an assertion made was wrong

That was it for me.

I hope - hope - that it was just my login handle that made them decide to do that. But given how much they're falling into conspiracy theorizing these days, I'm not so convinced.

Angrily not wanting to hear anyone else's opinions is one thing. Completely rejecting reality is, well, flat out being an extremist nutcase.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

59. I don't go to the Bernie group.

I'm not banned from anything that I know of. How would I know? I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be because I never go there.

[BlueCaliDem]

64. I'd been immediately banned.

I accidentally wandered in the Bernie group and posted the cardinal sin of sins..."...when Hillary Clinton is elected". I was notified that I was banned for being arrogant and using the word "when".

I've since trashed the group and don't see any of their posts.

[workinclasszero]

65. Me...but I don't know why

I might posted on accident there before but its probably that Hillary H on my posts LOL

Who would want to go over and post in that fever swamp of propaganda and disinformation anyway?

Not me!