2016 Postmortem
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I suggest that such things are a waste of time.
The HRC crowd does not care in the slightest, and will use such posts as an opportunity to insult, taunt and/or belittle the writer. They are not going to ask/beg us to come back, so each time such a post appears, they will cheer and count it as one more scalp acquired.
They have made it quite plain that they have this in the bag and that they do not need, nor want our vote. Let them have their gleeful grave dancing, but it should be met with silence.
Don't leave, just lurk and avoid talking to HRC folk, who will be easy to spot. Deprive them of the pleasure they get from a reaction of anger or sadness.
In fact, my suggestion is that if you agree with this view, you simply post a silent assent. If you want to discuss the issue, PM me.
Of course, it is still months away from the election and a lot can happen in that time. So, their victory dance may still be quite premature.
SheilaT
(23,156 posts)for a very long time.
It has always struck me that a huge amount of ego is involved, and even though periodically someone does it whose posts I'll miss, most of the time my feeling is one of "Don't let the door hit you on your way out."
People choose to leave for lots of reasons.
redwitch
(14,944 posts)I have been here since 2003 and DU means a lot to me as do many of the posters.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)Why are you posting this shit here?
peace13
(11,076 posts)Your post is rude and disruptive. I'm just saving the jury to say...if you don't like it ignore it.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)I anxiously await the terms of services being enforced and an end to the constant trashing of Democrats. If that means some people need to leave... Bye, Felicia. And if they need to be dramatic in the way out, I'll snark as I see fit.
brush
(53,776 posts)Do you think they get that reference?
IamMab
(1,359 posts)out in a similar immature manner somehow.
Plus, all of the "cool" DUers are doing it.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)brooklynite
(94,528 posts)Classy...
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)Because such a thread would set a new record for occurrences of the words "door", "hit", and "ass".
brush
(53,776 posts)betsuni
(25,492 posts)or how we're supposed to set our hair on fire because of emails or something she said twenty years ago. A goodbye post at least has a point.