You know what I'm not seeing in the Bernie group?

[Chichiri]

I'm not seeing "I'm back!" threads, or "Welcome back!" threads.

Almost like they didn't lose anyone . . .

[Stuckinthebush]

1. Interesting

I wonder why? Hmmm....

[workinclasszero]

2. Gee couldnt see that coming eh?

Just shows what the old jury system was all about.

[cosmicone]

3. They didn't lose any posters because they controlled the juries n/t

[workinclasszero]

8. Bingo!

[fleabiscuit]

4. Some of them might have been nuked by Skinner & Co. eom

[SunSeeker]

6. Yes, but those nukes were PPR tombstones (Posting Privileges Revoked) not time outs.

Those trolls aren't coming back.

[Her Sister]

5. getoutofhere!!

hmmm interesting! what does it mean? jk

[Firebrand Gary]

7. Exactly

I feel the doors were just opened and a rush of fresh, clean air just blew in. Instant change in the atmosphere. Thanks again Skinner!

[72DejaVu]

9. I took a look earlier

Most of them seemed pretty pissed off. I can understand that, they put a lot of time and effort into getting Hillary's supporters booted.

[lamp_shade]

10. I noticed. I also noticed no celebration of Skinner's new rules. Strange, eh?

[SunSeeker]

12. Not so strange.

The thought police did not win. So they're not happy.

[brer cat]

13. I saw whining in Skinner's thread.

What they are saying is it's unfair if we can't act like bullies and jerks; it's no fun if we can't be rude, crude and ott. I really can't understand people like that, and frankly I'm glad not to.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

25. I did too

Especially a few from one who used to do drive by postings in this group. He/she would write something offensive, let it stand for several minutes hoping someone would read them then self delete.

[spooky3]

14. I'm very curious to see what the later changes will be.

I hope they'll return to some guidelines and standards for juries.

[Starry Messenger]

16. A lot of whining about the 5-post-hide suspensions being stopped.

I guess that hit them right where they live.

[Chichiri]

17. I don't think they mind them, actually.

But no, they're not celebrating them like we are.

[SunSeeker]

11. Very telling, isn't it?

[UtahLib]

15. Think I just saw one for cali.

[Tarc]

18. They are too busy raging over the banned pro-Bernie posters not being granted amnesty

Y'know, the ones that tried to get people to pledge support for Sanders and only Sanders in the fall, whether he was the nominee or not.

[bravenak]

19. They controlled the juries so, no, they lost nothing.

Glad to see that some of the alert abuse might slow down.

[Cha]

21. Hey brave!

Awesome that you all got out of du jail early!

But, I was just a damn jury for a frivolous alert on Maggie.. so nothing's changed?

I was hoping there would be a new system in place that only posts against the TOS could be alerted on.

So here we go again?! it was a 5-2 Leave on Maggie but it could have gone the other way.

[radical noodle]

23. Welcome back bravenak!

[bravenak]

24. Thank you!!!

[Lucinda]

20. Funny innit?

[DarthDem]

22. LOL. I'm Still Wondering . . .

. . . how many of these people are paid RW trolls. Their behavior is appalling. Props to Skinner for recognizing that and making sure that DU was no longer enabling it.

[Chichiri]

26. We may never know.

Maybe if Elad goes and looks at the IP addresses, but there are so many . . . shrug.

[DarthDem]

28. True!

Just hard to believe that so many people suddenly went near-insane. I mean, some of them did, with long tenures here, but others without the pedigree? I smell dirty tricks. The Goopers badly, badly wanted Bernie. Badly.

[Agnosticsherbet]

27. I saw one comment asking if Manny would be back.

As I recall, he was kicked out permanently, not given a time out.

[Cha]

30. that's right for promoting not voting for the Dem candidate in the GE.

[Basic LA]

29. Lots of pain thereabouts.

Some have burned so many mental calories creating a fictional demon of Hillary. Now the whole effort is collapsing. Tough stuff.

[Fla Dem]

31. What there is bitching that Skinner pardoned all the Hillary supporters.

People actively advocating for others to move to that jack the radical site, except no one likes the format. Sad little people because their daddy told them to play nice with everyone and stop being bullies.

[Gothmog]

32. I noticed this also

[Haveadream]

33. You would think

You would think that the disparity between the number of HRC vs Sander's members released from DU jail would cause them to feel some shame for gaming the system and abusing innocent people but they don't.

Every member who raised objections to Skinner's rules for reasonable discourse was a Bernie supporter. One even went so far as to ask for a time extension to continue lobbing personal attacks because Sanders has not yet suspended his campaign. It appears some people become addicted to the adrenaline rush of power tripping and hate. Looks like some are going through withdrawal right now.

[Lil Missy]

34. Very telling that a call for civility pisses them off.

And I saw where the lifting of the 5 hide timeout is a conspiracy to pardon Hillary supporters. These people are embarrassing.

[KittyWampus]

35. Generally I don't like threads talking about the Sanders Group-

They deserve a space to let loose and enthuse freely over their candidate etc.

But in this particular instance, the fact there's not a whole lot of "welcome backs" does indicate something.

[Walk away]

36. Yes, they say we had "legitimate" hides!

My last two hides were for saying that Bernie looked tired out and that I doubted that he would make it through the entire primary. Not only did they alert me on them but they were unanimously hidden. And both posts were in the middle of Hillary Group threads.
I have never alerted on anyone in the ten years I have been here. I have never hidden a thread. I don't need to get revenge by playing silly games with losers. My fun will come the day that Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton for President of the United States. I can hardly wait!