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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI am going to leave DU for awhile...
I am a newbie here but I have had about all I can stand of DUers ripping each other at the throat over Hillary....when did posters here quit acting like adults....you sound like kindergartners fighting over a ball on the playground and calling each other names.....no wonder so many people have left DU....there must be more sane blogs out there in cyberspace then what DU has become..
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)I agree with you that there's too much fighting & discord here. There's a lot of really cool people here though, and I haven't found anywhere else to discuss the democratic party & current topics with other democrats. I like reading here too, and tend to read more than I post. I hope you find some civil discourse somewhere else, or contribute to some of it here. Either way, I wish you well.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Come back after primary season--they'll be scrubbed out if they don't behave.
It's a shame they only do a clear-out every two years, and a deep cleaning every four.
If you find a sane blog with a vibrant and positive discussion board, come back and tell us.
Warpy
(110,913 posts)There was a real cult of personality thing going on back then that seems to be just warming up now. I'm afraid we're all going to be making major use of "TRASH THREAD" unless the admins come up with another Election 2016 forum to get it out of General Discussion, allowing the rest of us to hide that particular forum.
DU got fairly civil after that happened, so I hope it happens again.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)Live long and prosper.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)I called the 2008 primary "Food Fight at a Monster Truck Rally." Stick around. Enjoy the show.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)That's awesome. I was a huge Obama enthusiast. I'm proud of how he's been as President. I still love my Monster Truck! I doubt I'll ever be as enthusiastic about a candidate. I'll despise the republican candidate by the time the general election rolls around.
I don't expect I'll ever be as lucky on my presidential choice. Right now if I had an ideal candidate it would be a cross between Warren, Sanders, Naomi Klein, Jay Z and Thomas Piketty.
I'd especially like a majority of democrats in Congress to take over the big banks, tax the heck out of the rich, stay out of wars, double the minimum wage, launch universal health care and create jobs jobs and more jobs. More than half of them women, people of color, youth. Anything but the old stuffed shirts!
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)If the Democratic candidate would run on your proposals they would win in a huge landslide.
*Well, could I replace Jay Z with Neil Young or David Crosby?
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)People are fed up. They want peace and prosperity. How damn long will it take for local democrats to get the message? Right now too many of them on local and state levels act dull & smug & corporate. Replace them with our ideal candidate. They will win.
Yeah, let's add Neil. I want to keep Jay Z. (Nothing against Crosby, he can be an ambassador or something.)
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)most part. I am exited that people are focusing now much more on local and state elections. Many liberal/progressive organizations chose candidates for local elections AND put progressive issues on ballots wherever they could last November and mostly they won.
The progressive Dems in Congress retained their seats while the Third Way candidates did not.
Now they can build on all the work they did to elect MORE progressive members of Congress and on School boards.
There's a lot of work to do to get the kind of Congress that will represent the people but the good news is it began last November and was mostly very successful.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)That's good news those who ran on these issues for the most part WON in the midterms. To all organizing for truly progressive representation, thank you!
azmom
(5,208 posts)Las Vegas. He was a wild man.
Skittles
(152,967 posts)between the over-the-top Hillary hatred and the sterotyping of all law enforcement folk is has indeed become quite nauseating
justhanginon
(3,287 posts)some of these really nasty posts don't even bother to check to see if their facts are correct. I stay away from these subjects because it is pointless to even try to discuss it rationally.
Skittles
(152,967 posts)mahina
(17,506 posts)wishing you the best. Ta!
pampango
(24,692 posts)some want to do here, either don't click on the thread or hide it.
The vast majority of the 'bashing' threads are aimed at Hillary, but some target Warren, Sanders and others. I have not use for those either.
Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)I suspect there are a good number of are just trolls.
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)And sockpuppets.
Whether as a response to mental/emotional disabilities, product advertising, propaganda, or political message manipulation, the Internet, and especially DU, is rife with phonies and users that I think of as "other motivated".
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)Cha
(295,929 posts)have candidate yet.. that will fun!
Take a break, chillfactor.. see ya when you're back.
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)There is value here.
Vattel
(9,289 posts)If there is a serious challenger to HRC in the primary, I expect a lot of the same sort of ugliness. But if there is no serious challenger, it probably won't be so bad. I am against HRC, but I wish people would stick to attacking her poor record and leave the nonsense to the Republicans.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)but I don't click on any OP title that annoys me. Problem solved.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)marble falls
(56,371 posts)misterhighwasted
(9,148 posts)Why we use Private Rooms.
marble falls
(56,371 posts)here on DU and I avoid them. I get called onto a LOT of juries on these topics and I curse both of their houses.
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)Take a break and come back home to us.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Try not to take a message board so seriously.
Enjoy your "leave".
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Same as the first.
Dr. Strange
(25,898 posts)I know you're not talking about me. 'Cause if you are, I will kick you in the butthole!
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Dr. Strange
(25,898 posts)bigwillq
(72,790 posts)Number23
(24,544 posts)Romeo.lima333
(1,127 posts)TerrapinFlyer
(277 posts)Who has time to argue with people on the internet?
Make your case in 30 min. If you can't convince the other person in under 30 min, you never will.
Go outside and take a walk. Much more enjoyable.
JI7
(89,182 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)Not all, of course.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)That and the wars.
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HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Bye then.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)To be fair, there are seven posters (three for, four against) who are consistently rational when discussing Clinton... which may or may not outweigh the other 87 posters who saturate the threads about her with irrational and melodramatic allegations and shrill imputations.
blue neen
(12,308 posts)Jane Hamsher likes to take over a lot of Democratic blogs.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)and people become very angry if you defy the group think, which in this case is anti-Clinton. It's nothing but noise. I can see why you're turned off.
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)When I've gotten fed up with the Hillary dust ups, or the Putinistas, I just give those threads a rest until my blood pressure drops.
Paladin
(28,204 posts)If you find it prohibitively distasteful, you're probably doing the right thing by leaving.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)People like Hillary, people don't like Hillary.
This place is pretty much exactly the same as it has always been.
Hope you find someplace that suits you better.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)Every primary is like this at DU. The fact that nobody has even officially announced a candidacy, as far as I know, tells me that this primary may heat up even more than the last, and that one was horrific.
Democrats like to think that they can fight dirty during the primaries and suddenly become one big happy family when the nomination is done. DU is no exception. I haven't been ripping anyone at the throat, but I am not a happy camper.
The primaries are the only opportunities I have, at least for president, to vote for a candidate I'd actually like to see in office. Nobody I ever want in office is ever actually nominated. I want a broad, deep, equal playing field. I don't see that happening. It didn't happen last time, either, as there were only two candidates left standing literally MONTHS before my primary ever arrived, and those were the two I didn't want to support at all. I didn't care who won by that point.
The idea that I got 8 years of one, and now some think I should have 8 years of the other, pretty much killing all hope the Democratic Party might once have offered, leaves me almost not caring right now, before the campaigns have even started.
Thankfully, Hillary is not the only thing to talk about here, lol.
BainsBane
(53,003 posts)It only affirms the OP's decision. I know how s/he feels. We don't even have a single declared candidate yet!
It's one thing to fight dirty, but when all that fighting is directed at other Democratic voters, it doesn't promote any of the goals people claim to care about.
I suggest the way to bring about the changes you want in terms of choices in candidates lies in working to pass a constitutional amendment to require public financing. Absent that, only the names and faces change, while the power remains in the hands of big money.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)I've advocated for public financing for decades now. It's going to take more than me, but I'm there for that effort.
I was appalled during the '08 primaries when a party that is supposed to champion the underdogs drew lines in the sand between gender and race. I'm also, I have to admit, not very happy with Democratic voters who keep forcing candidates I don't like on my ballot in the general election. I'm active in the real world during primary season, but sometimes I can't even keep a candidate I like going long enough for my state's primary to arrive. I'm up for an energetic primary season...if we can have a broad, deep pool of candidates to consider.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)took over the party back in 2008. The same ones who keep telling us only conservative Democrats can run and keep losing elections with their bullshit attitude. If they did not have such a losing record with their insistence that only conservative Democrats should be even allowed to run and that god awful attitude that they are better than the rest of us, people would not be so pissed off. When you have to put up with bullies, you fight them back. That is the only way to ever make any progress. Watching the sausage being made is nasty work. Take as much time as you need. The rest of us hate each other enough that we will continue to fight this imaginary primary war before anyone even announces IF they are going to run or not. All of the people saying Hillary WILL BE running for sure are full of shit. She has said repeatedly she won't run again. So, all of this is just the left wing and the right wing of DU hating each other and having a-NOTHER stupid ass circular firing squad, because that is what we do. Others will say they don't hate each other, but they do too. They just want to think they are morally superior. It's bullshit. The right wing of DU hates the left wing of DU and vice versa. The difference is I am one person on the left who will admit it.
Turbineguy
(37,212 posts)but there's a lot more to DU than these petty squabbles.
In addition, a lot of that sort of thing is being provoked by trolls.
Generic Brad
(14,270 posts)If you think it is insane, provide some sanity to the rest of us. If you think it is an immature place, take a mature stance and elevate the tone.
I don't agree with everyone here and not everyone agrees with me. If we were 100% the same there would be no need to post anything and this would be a really boring place.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Beausoir
(7,540 posts)DU detests Hillary. Always has..always will. Even when she is President.