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In reply to the discussion: How did a group dedicated to discussion regarding a Democratic POTUS, on an ostensibly ... [View all]bluedigger
(17,086 posts)It's all about messaging, I think. We have a hard time reconciling tolerance and free association as mutually permissible constructs in our interactions with one another. This leads to misunderstandings and nurtured grievances over slights such as bannings. The BOG is a place where people who are the most favorable to the POTUS gather to share their views without rancor. Those who go in there and, knowingly or not, disturb that view, are dealt with summarily.
We all fall along points of many spectrums in our individual personalities, be it our politics, our sexuality, or our tastes in entertainment. Just go into any Star Trek board on the net and watch the fur fly over which was the best series. It's only natural that we here at DU have a group of our own "1%'ers" that support the President. NO candidate could advance far, whether for dog catcher or POTUS, without committed followers.
It is unfortunate that BOG has become an epithet here at DU. To me, DU has become a place of education and awareness. I know it began as a site dedicated to opposition and protest of the Bush II regime, but I always felt it represented a challenge to the power structure and orthodoxy in general, or should. Still, I appreciate the BOG, because yesterday's upstart can always be tomorrow's champion. We have all seen it happen. We need the BOG, and the next BOG to come, as well, whether it is the Hillary Group or the Warren Group, whatever...
I deplore it's use as a pejorative, which only serves to divide us as a community, and isolate us from our real goals of human rights, justice, and equality.