As a matter of curiosity, has DU rescinded its rule about not bashing Democrats?

[niyad]

[shrike3]

1. I was thinking the same thing. We've got a few new posters doing their thing right now.

[niyad]

3. I am sorely disappointed.

[shrike3]

5. As am I.

[Lancero]

7. A few new posters? If only - Most of the anti-Biden topics and comments are from older members.

[shrike3]

11. I've seen a few new ones.

Who seemed to be disruptors taking their opportunity. I'm fine with older DUers voicing their opinions. Opine away.

[BigmanPigman]

34. This "older member"

has the same perspective as when I was a "younger voter" at DU since 2017 and I am pro-Biden /Dem all the way. Nothing has changed except I am even more pro-Biden. I do not listen to short sighted BS, I look at the achievements of a democratically elected POTUS. Fuck the media.
Fuck the both sides BS.
Fuck anyone who can not be an educated and responsible citizen and voter.

[marble falls]

36. MIRT is on top of it, for at least now.

[shrike3]

37. Yes, I'm impressed. They bounced a poster I alerted in record time.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Sickening isn't it?

[niyad]

6. Yes.

[wnylib]

4. Then alert them.

[shrike3]

9. I just did.

[wnylib]

12. Thank you.

[shrike3]

21. One down. MIRT is on the job tonight.

[wnylib]

28. Good.

[shrike3]

31. I don't mind true DUers voicing their opinions.

But a few disruptors showed up to do their thing.

[TheProle]

8. Few if any posters here

Are being as brutal as DU’s beloved first-name-basis MSNBC pundits.

[Irish_Dem]

18. I am getting emails and texts from liberal friends that are brutal.

People here on DU are being very nice and polite.

[shrike3]

20. I am on a chat with people whose hair is on fire.

[Irish_Dem]

27. I am getting the same.

[gab13by13]

44. My daughter sent me a brutal text, I can't repeat it.

Is there a difference if David Plouffe on MSNBC says that Joe lost the debate or if someone here says the same thing?

David Plouffe is a staunch Democrat and so are people here who feel Joe lost the debate.

I am sure the usual polls will have a field day in the coming days, glad I ignore polls.

[Irish_Dem]

46. Similar from my daughter in law.

Dyed in the wool Dem.
Attorney in liberal law practice.
Sharp and in the know.

Tomorrow we should know more.
The dust will settle.
We will see how things look.

[TexasDem69]

10. Does the rule say you can't speak the truth about a debate performance?

And I see lots of longtime DU members speaking the truth about Biden’s debate performance. That’s significantly different than attacking Biden’s policies. Nobody is doing that.

[wnylib]

26. Trump came across as confident and forceful.

I wish that Biden had started out that way, too. But he did get stronger.

Trump lied hugely throughout the entire debate. Our strength will come from attacking those lies ruthlessly and relentlessly. Use Trump's lies in campaign ads to trash him.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

13. Saying Biden had a poor performance isn't bashing Democrats.

If this site means that we have to smile and say he killed it tonight, then it has no purpose. We need to be able to talk about what is clearly going to be a problem. He needed to knock this out of the park, and he markedly did not.

[demmiblue]

24. +1

[Irish_Dem]

14. I have not seen anyone bashing Dems.

But understandably there is a tactful post mortem on the debate performance we witnessed.

What I am reading here is much more tame than comments being made on other online
liberal sites.

So the rules are holding here on DU.

Just to let you know, I think tomorrow is going to be a difficult day.

[question everything]

15. This was a debate and the reality is that Biden did not do very well

He is mild mannered his voice was raspy, his stuttering and Whiny was doing what he does best: lying and deflecting

Interesting, he is a lot more animated now, facing his supporters

[mopinko]

16. growing my ignore list.

bedwetters. a bunch of bedwetters.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

40. ...

[BigmanPigman]

17. Hear, hear!!!!!!!

[Grasswire2]

19. I don't blame Biden.

I blame whoever was charged with writing for him and prepping him.

[Irish_Dem]

22. Happy talk in the face of adversity is not a good coping mechanism.

We face reality so we can fight the good fight and keep going.

[Ferrets are Cool]

30. I have seen it in the last 10 mins.

[obamanut2012]

33. Seriously?! It's all over GD

[violasays]

38. Sorry but it's everywhere here

No less than five threads advocating for President Biden to be replaced on the ticket.

[brooklynite]

25. Criticizing a candidates performance is not "bashing"

From the TOS:

Do not post disrespectful nicknames, insults, or highly inflammatory attacks against any Democratic public figures. Do not post anything that could be construed as bashing, trashing, undermining, or depressing turnout for any Democratic general election candidate, and do not compare any Democratic general election candidate unfavorably to their general election opponent(s).

[obamanut2012]

41. Saying to replace Biden is against tos

[Ferrets are Cool]

29. Yeah, pretty maddening.

[Raven123]

32. Alert them

[ismnotwasm]

35. An excellent question

Because goddamn

[ForgedCrank]

39. If I could

make just one suggestion (general statement to all, not OP), I would say that we all need to take a deep breath and relax a bit. I don't want to derail someone else thread but it needs to be said.
Joe Biden made excellent points tonight, his delivery was just lackluster, bordering on bad. But that doesn't mean the end of anything, it's just a stinking debate that no one will remember in a week. Joe Biden is doing good work, and many people like myself will judge him on his job performance, not his articulation in a live debate.
No, we don't need to replace him or abandon him, it's just a debate. We've seen terrible ones before that changed nothing, and this one will be the same. I'm firmly standing by Joe Biden til the end, one way or another. He's a decent guy and he's doing decent work. My vote is to continue that. I don't care if he messed up his lines, it means absolutely nothing to me or my vote.

[Crunchy Frog]

42. Legitimate criticism is not the same as bashing.

[MaryMagdaline]

43. Does self-flagellation count?

I sometimes yell at myself to do better. And I do. Already going to donate again tomorrow. Got work to do.

[DemocraticPatriot]

45. NO, unless you are bashing congressman Bowman....

that gets a pass by DU juries.