General Discussion

Buddyblazon

(3,014 posts) Fri Feb 26, 2016, 11:12 AM Feb 2016

DU has died...

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Nye Bevan (a host of the General Discussion forum).

DU is no longer the DU that I gave me refuge during the 2004 campaign. Opinions are squashed by mods regardless of being polite and civil in your writings.

Obviously things would change after that amount of time. But stifling opinions laid out in a polite manner...well...that's the last place I ever thought this board would be.

Skinner...EarlG...you need to get up out of the day to day and take a step back from it all so you can actually see what's happened with your board. Opinions stomped on....posters called names and victims blamed...popular threads locked.

I am a liberal. I have never voted for anybody with an R next to their name. And there are a lot of people here just like me. This is THE place I've gone for liberals and progressives to have conversation about politics. After 12 years, I'm obviously no troll. Why is my opinion...even when presented in a polite and respectful way, no longer welcome here?

To quote Rick and Morty:

Get your shit together, Summer.

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DU has died... (Original Post) Buddyblazon Feb 2016 OP

i absolutely agree. posts get hidden for because someone doesn't agree with the opinion MariaThinks Feb 2016 #1

The lecture I get from many (not the admins) Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #2

Locking thread. Nye Bevan Feb 2016 #3

MariaThinks

(2,495 posts)

1. i absolutely agree. posts get hidden for because someone doesn't agree with the opinion

Reply to Buddyblazon (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 11:16 AM

Feb 2016

its used to bully.

I won't donate money. I'm sure they're making money on ads though.

Let's see how long it takes for this thread to be locked.

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

2. The lecture I get from many (not the admins)

Reply to Buddyblazon (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 11:16 AM

Feb 2016

is that this is DEMOCRATIC Underground, not LIBERAL Underground. So, if they have a "D" they are supported, no matter how odious they are.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)

3. Locking thread.

Reply to Buddyblazon (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 11:17 AM

Feb 2016

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