Final post -- will not post here any more

[MSchreader]

The atmosphere here at DU now is too poisoned for my tastes. I try to post a labor solidarity message (in the Lounge, in order to avoid the flame wars), and some people want to turn it into a debate about the 2004 election. This is far too undemocratic and repressive for me. Too many disruptors and provocateurs.

I have the two previous threads, "Pro-Labor/Union DUers", bookmarked, and will contact brothers and sisters separately by PM or e-mail about what's happening from now on. But there are too many "problem elements" -- both at the base level and in the echelons -- to make this place friendly to building grassroots solidarity on a non-partisan basis.

So long for now. Maybe I'll come back later. Then again, given the recent witchhunting atmosphere, maybe not.

Martin