beware of those looking to shore up the purge list (xpost from gdp)

[restorefreedom]

i am sure this will be locked as meta, although, if we can see thread after thread by posters (some might call them trolls), posting bait threads asking bernie supporters if, under about a thousand freaking different circumstances, we would ever consider voting for hillary in the ge in order to get names for an upcoming purge list, i think it is equally fair to leave a thread warning people about it.

you are being baited. they are looking to clean out bernie supporters in the exceedingly unlikely event hillary becomes the nom.

don't fall for it.

[Scootaloo]

1. I don't pay attention to loyalty pledges from the people who brought us the PUMA movement.

[restorefreedom]

4. excellent point. nt

[djean111]

2. I like the thread-jacking "But are going you going to vote for Hillary if she is the nominee",

repeated relentlessly.

I kinda have the feeling that there may be an exodus, not a purge, the way folks are behaving.

[restorefreedom]

5. also, some seem to be getting a reality check

that if she is the nom, she can't win a ge.

[PatrickforO]

3. You know what? I hear what you're saying and I like

DU just fine. It's fun posting on here and talking to, and sometimes arguing with, all of you.

However, I will vote for who I want in the primaries and in the GE. As you describe it, restore, I'm probably on the purge list already.

So I'll say this. I made it 55 years without ever having heard of DU and if I get purged, well, I won't let the door hit me in the butt on the way out. DU is great, sure, but it isn't important enough to me for me to lie in order to have the privilege of staying.

In other words, why should I compromise my morals to have posting privileges on this site?

[djean111]

8. To add to that excellent post - do you realize that the DNC chairperson, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz,

would not be allowed to post at DU, because she has openly supported and fund-raised for her GOP cronies down here in Florida? Amazing, the hypocrisy, innit?

[PatrickforO]

12. This is why I so fervently support Bernie.

He doesn't have a trail of hypocrisy like this. Instead he's got a consistent record of saying the same things, and standing for the same things for 40 years. We need Bernie.

[restorefreedom]

10. very well said.

i think the reason this is such a topic is that many of us are tired of having ideas and candidates shoved down our throats and told to shut up and like it.

and like you, my life will go on and i will visit elsewhere, probably at jpr, where many of us are likely to mert up again

[revbones]

6. I would suggest

choosing your phrasing to avoid absolutes with them. They are absolutists and cannot stand anyone not agreeing with their annoited one.

I can't 100% speak to whether I would not vote for her if some cataclysmic event were to take place in Nov. That's months from now. I can say though that at this point I would have issues pulling the lever for her.

[restorefreedom]

11. that is certainly more in line with the tos, esp in primaries. nt

[Faux pas]

7. I just giggle

and not engage. So much easier than playing their game.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

9. they tried in 2008 too

It seemed to work for awhile, but i just came back after near two years away... I must say that i was thrilled to see real progressives back in the majority here.

[rhett o rick]

13. They would like to turn DU into the Hillary Group, but as we can see, having the safe haven

isn't enough for them or they would stay in there. They like it in GD: P but if they purge all Sanders supporters, GD: P would become the Hillary Group.

As far as warning people not to fall for it, I don't think their "clever" ways of administering their loyalty pledges is fooling anyone. Most here can't be threatened by banning. And the purge has already started. Some have been banned and others bullied off.

Your OP most likely won't get "locked" because a alert against the Statement of Purpose of this Group will go to the Group's hosts.

However, a hide is possible if there is an alert against Community Standards. Anything goes there.

[LiberalArkie]

14. Group information

One of these groups has a problem.

Group Bernie Sanders

Number of posts, 30 days: 28,569
Number of posts, All time: 145,156

Number of subscribers: 932
Number of people trashing: 169

Number of members blocked: 287
-----------------------------------------------------

Group Hillary Clinton

Number of posts, 30 days: 26,029
Number of posts, All time: 71,920

Number of subscribers: 357
Number of people trashing: 283

Number of members blocked: 709

-----------------------------------------------------

Group Martin O'Malley

Number of posts, 30 days: 86
Number of posts, All time: 5,652

Number of subscribers: 54
Number of people trashing: 23

Number of members blocked: 0

[restorefreedom]

17. very intersting. nt

[LiberalArkie]

18. I thought so myself when I looked at it a little bit ago. I would imagine that most of the

Hillary supporters are members of their group. I would all imagine that there are a lot of Bernie supporters who do not have this as a group. I didn't for a long time myself.

[restorefreedom]

19. me either. i just subscribed a couple of months ago

so glad i did though!

[LiberalElite]

15. I don't

do loyalty oaths anyway. And as far as looking for a way to purge us - we're on that "list" now - the Bernie Sanders Group. Also with all these Bernie avatars and slogans and - the memorial fly... we're pretty obvious already.

[rhett o rick]

16. I am sure that they are making a purge list at their "Think Tank" site.

"Think Tank", I know the irony is palpable. Some think its cute to plot and conspire like in jr high.

There is a tactics list which includes:

Obsessive alerting, of course. Including multiple SOP alerts.

Using the alert system to put pressure on specific hosts.

Getting the first response slot for threads they don't agree with. This takes some dedication to monitor new OP's by hitting the refresh button over and over and then banging out a very quick message.

Pretending to be a Bernie supporter BUT being constantly disappointed (I like Bernie, but....), called Bernie Buts.

[Ivan Kaputski]

20. That crap is so childish. Seems that a lot of members have nothing better to do.

There is a world out there with nature and real people and lots of fun things to do. I'm sorry if some members are shut in and can't get out and feel like DU is the only source of interaction with others. It's kinda sad but going to the point of making list of the people you hate is bordering on a serious mental problem and should be addressed by a professional ASAP. If you are one of these members please get help, it will only get worse if you ignore it ...and Hillary adoration is not a healthy solution IMO.