Reply #33: It's our duty

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We're looking to nominate the best Democrat to run for the President of the United States. Every single candidate for this highest office should be individually vetted by every single one of us. That takes candidate advocacy as well as candidate critique. We must do this for our democracy. I'm fine with it being done in GDP and not GD, that's fair enough, and I would certainly want any discussion to be issues-based, because it's the greatest value. GDP was founded for the purpose of campaigns, anyway. To those who object to criticism of their candidate, I say, as long as it's true, as long as the race is among Democrats, then negative or positive, we should discuss all our candidates, including warts, in carrying out our duty to democracy. We STFU for the GE, not for the Primaries. I particularly would like to say to those who shout "Right Wing Talking Points!!" to true points of criticism, not the false ones, the right wing does its own oppo research and doesn't rely on Democratic Underground for its talking points. We must tell the TRUTH, that's all we have to worry about.