We are eating our own.

[flamin lib]

I started a thread about how to deal with what I thought would be the RNC attack on a particular candidate. It was immediately hijacked by “thank God we don’t have to worry about ‘Candidate’ being nominated,” “’Candidate’ is a hypocrite” and “ ‘Other Candidate’ is God’s gift to America and if you don’t vote for Other you’re a facist.”
(exaggeration for effect)

Easily 80% of the thread responses had NOTHING to do with the OP and many were instead attacks, some simply personal, on the candidate I chose to comment on.

I have no problem with being passionate about your choice, we all should be. I do have a problem with petty personal attacks.

I’d so much appreciate comments like. “Aldo is not my choice because Fiscalini has a stronger stand on underwater basket weaving,” as opposed to, “Aldo sucks garbage and is a really bad person.”

As Democrats we are blessed with a choice of several extremely capable and attractive candidates. There are differences on issues and approaches to issues. There are reasons to choose one above the other without going negative on everybody else.

How about it, can we stop eating our own?

[Bicoastal]

1. Why? We taste delicious!

Mmmm, pass me some more oven-roasted Progressive Democrat! This beats dry, stringy Neo-Conservative any day of the week!

[kenfrequed]

11. So...

What does sell-out DLC dino taste like?

[BootinUp]

15. I think you should tell us. lol.

[Hekate]

16. Slow cooked as a pot-roast with spuds, Neocons aren't so dry and stringy

First you sear the Neocon in oil over a high heat. Use a cast-iron Dutch oven, surround with potatoes and onions, cover closely, and cook in the oven on moderate heat for several hours. Don't give up -- it takes a lot of cooking, but the results can be delicious.

Hekate

[Atman]

2. We taste better than they do.

Some say we might taste like chicken, but they taste like shit.

.

[BOSSHOG]

3. One positive note

We are what we eat so we all must be pretty good people. Lets hope they eat their own too.

I think its a sports mentality. Anybody/thing/team that is a threat to "my" "team" is the evil enemy ... Hopefully we all will soon know who the real enemy is.

Hang in there Mate.

[Hydra]

4. Ignore is your friend

why play in the flamewars- they only exist for an audience.

OTOH, the stakes could not be higher, so suggesting that any of our candidates would be a good idea right now is hopelessly naive.

[ronnykmarshall]

5. Would you like fries with that?

I agree with you 100%.

[Deja Q]

6. I'll get the horseradish sauce!

:9

[Myrina]

7. Its what DU does best ...

n/t

[niyad]

8. thank you!! even reading some of the thread titles has been making me ill for some time now.

it's bad enough seeing what the other sides are saying/doing about us, seeing our own doing it to our own is nauseating.

[AlertLurker]

9. What if you've actually SEEN Aldo sucking garbage?

He really IS just a BAD, BAD, BAD person.

But you're right in some respects, too.

Fiscalini DOES have a stronger stand on underwater basket weaving...

:hide:

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. I'd like to think so

but I've noticed that threads of substance, on issues and strategies, either get hijacked or drop like a stone. I guess with a membership of this size, you've got to expect people who are only interested in sniping, but it would behoove us all to step back and look at the big picture now and again.

What do we want? A Democrat in the White House and a comfortable majority of Dems in the House and Senate. We also want respect for ALL our candidates from the repukes--any repuke attack on ANY candidate, even Candidate X who I despise, should be looked at for what it is -- an attack on all Dems. That's the attitude I'd hope all DUers would take.

Hope you get some decent answers to this OP. You made some very good points.

[redqueen]

12. I don't think your plea will stop any jerks from continuing to act like jerks.

I think most reasonable people here agree with you and will continue to not use absolute screaming BS as OPs, not call other candidates names, not make sweeping generalizations about whatever candidate's supporters, etc.

:hi:

[redqueen]

13. Kick.

:D

[Cronus Protagonist]

14. mmmmm I just ate a young Obama supporter for breakfast

Tasty.

:P