2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear Sanders Supporters [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... the PMs don't fly around here suggesting who to "target" for hides, who to "go after", who is ripe to be swept into an argument that will lead to something "alertable".
You are either incredibly naive, or unbelievably - well, let's just leave it at incredibly naive.
Here on DemocraticUnderground, President Obama has been called every vile name one can think of. It has been posted here that he is "on the take", has made secret deals with corporations for money to be paid to him after he leaves office, is a "secret Republican" set-up in the WH to do their bidding, a Trojan Horse, a Manchurian Candidate - even a "piece of shit used car salesman", a lovely piece that adorned the Home Page of this "Democratic" site.
There has been no Democrat spared - Reid, Pelosi, Dean, etc. It's difficult to take DemocraticUnderground seriously when it's been a repository for every anti-Dem comment conceivable - and now even includes links to RW bullshit profferred as valid reportage.
What's amusing is how many posters here are livid over the idea that DU members are being talked about on another site, while they have absolutely NO problem with how Democrats are talked about here on DemocraticUnderground. You'd think that Democrats would be more concerned with what gets said about their fellow Party members and elected representatives. But then how many actual Democrats are even active here anymore?
Given what's been posted here - and continues to be posted here - about the President, our Dems in office, and the Party as a whole, getting your knickers in a twist over comments on another site about DU's posters is beyond ludicrous.
Hey, you people wanted the HRC supporters off this site. Well, congratulations! A lot of us have gone elsewhere, and the fact that you are obsessed with what gets said there as opposed to what gets said here speaks for itself.
The real problem people here are having is that HRC supporters are leaving DU - which means there's no one to bully, call names, intimidate, and harass. Unfortunately for many DUers, that's taken all the fun out of posting here at all. It's a classic case of be careful what you wish for.
Again, take a look around DU, and look at what's been said about HRC supporters, Obama supporters, Democratic Party supporters - and then tell me how anyone who posts that bullshit is in a position to comment on the "hatred" that gets posted elsewhere.