Reply #9: No, that person is calling you a concern troll

[Zodiak]

in an off-handed way. It is a way to signal to others that you are not out in the interest of the Democratic party and are only here to cause trouble by feigning "concern" over a mis-step that a Democrat makes. Calling someone a troll overtly is against the rules, so this poster is simply practicing an exercise in brinksmanship. And no, it isn't considered nice.

I happen to agree with you....appointing Jefferson to that committee is pretty stupid and I do not see it as a brilliant strategy that will pay off down the line.

Why? Because we have been told that pablum for six years. "Oh don't worry about Democrat X voting with the Republicans, acting like Republicans, or being as corrupt as Republicans. It is really a rope-a-dope strategy that will eventually win the day for us".

It has never happened. We saved the filibuster so the Republicans can use it against us (we stopped using it after that) and still got the right-wing judges we were opposing, plus Alito, of course. Bush continues unchecked. People are still dying of war and neglect. As a result, I have taken a "believe it when I see it" approach to these things.

Some have passed that test, like Al Gore, Howard Dean, Kucinich etc.
Many have not.

Party loyalists demand absolute purity of loyalty to the Democratic party (my party can do no wrong). Idealists want purity of morals and principle. I'm sure the best course is somewhere in the middle, but if I were to say I was an advocate of one or the other, I would definitely say I am of the latter. I will take an idealist any time over a loyalist.