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KMOD

(7,906 posts)
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 08:46 PM Aug 2016

Are there any Green Party members on DU

who plan to support Hillary Clinton, or are considering voting for Hillary Clinton?

Since this seems to be the topic du jour today, I thought I'd ask.


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I am a Green Party member who is supporting Hillary Clinton
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I am a Green Party member who will support the candidate who shares my values which may or may not be Hillary Clinton
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Are there any Green Party members on DU (Original Post) KMOD Aug 2016 OP
kick KMOD Aug 2016 #1
I'm a Green who registered Dem to caucus for Bernie. Will vote against Trump via Hillary. GreenPartyVoter Aug 2016 #2
How honorable of you to stick your head up Hortensis Aug 2016 #3
I've been here since 2002. This latest go-around of Green Freak-out doesn't scare me and neither GreenPartyVoter Aug 2016 #4
Latest go-round? I've been here one year, Hortensis Aug 2016 #5
Well, when you have Green Party right in your user handle, it does tend to GreenPartyVoter Aug 2016 #6
Oh, I meant all the other posts directed at others. Hortensis Aug 2016 #7
I've been here for 12 years PatSeg Aug 2016 #9
Oh, interesting perspective, PatSeg. Hortensis Aug 2016 #12
A lot of people seem to have PatSeg Aug 2016 #13
Huh. If the agenda was to lift the Greens into Hortensis Aug 2016 #14
My first reaction was PatSeg Aug 2016 #15
+1000 to that last. Hortensis Aug 2016 #16
A few people keep this up, I guess it is their hobby. Rex Aug 2016 #20
I've noticed that a minority is often PatSeg Aug 2016 #21
There are much bigger things, like Dump calling for HRC's head or her SCOTUS picks. Rex Aug 2016 #22
Mayor Richard Daley would have agreed with you PatSeg Aug 2016 #23
Extremely consistent and upfront. Not that you need to be told that. NCTraveler Aug 2016 #8
Thank you. KMOD Aug 2016 #17
Not Green party... LP2K12 Aug 2016 #10
Awesome! KMOD Aug 2016 #18
I have environmental concerns, but I'm not Green... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #11
I think we are all more united than people believe. KMOD Aug 2016 #19

GreenPartyVoter

(73,189 posts)
4. I've been here since 2002. This latest go-around of Green Freak-out doesn't scare me and neither
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 07:41 AM
Aug 2016

does being honest about my intentions.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
5. Latest go-round? I've been here one year,
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 09:52 AM
Aug 2016

and this is the first time I've run into Green Party Derangement Syndrome. One would think being Democratic was a religion and the greenies mistaken for apostates.

Whatever.

GreenPartyVoter

(73,189 posts)
6. Well, when you have Green Party right in your user handle, it does tend to
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 11:47 AM
Aug 2016

dredge things up at times. Not that it was ever intended to be flaimbait. I was just trying to be open about who I am, so that people wouldn't think I was skulking around under false pretenses.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Oh, I meant all the other posts directed at others.
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:14 PM
Aug 2016

Last edited Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:48 PM - Edit history (1)

You probably get some respect for your honesty.

But some people seem to think Greens "out there" are all just Democrats in a snit. Or something.

Now, me, I'm more interested in knowing how many Democrats have gone to the Libertarian Party. Many Dems are conservatives who never vote for our presidential candidate after all, no "loss" there, it's who they are, but even more are conservative economically and liberal socially, making them ripe for wooing by Johnson.

Btw, I saw your garden in the making in your journal. Bet it's lovely about now. I grew a lot of flowering shrubs and perennials for years, but with climate change and petal-crisping summer heat (and occasionally drought) here in Georgia, I now back off all but a few real toughies in summer and just enjoy the green. When the trees around the house finally grow large enough, I'll go to ferns, mosses and woodland ephemerals under them.

PatSeg

(49,847 posts)
9. I've been here for 12 years
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:35 PM
Aug 2016

and I've never seen anything like this before. I find it very suspicious and disruptive.

Some people seem to think that there is a purity test to be a Democrat. I think that would apply more to republicans.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. Oh, interesting perspective, PatSeg.
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:44 PM
Aug 2016

It's not just my own first-timer's reaction.

My own anxiety over what's at stake is directed firmly to the right.

PatSeg

(49,847 posts)
13. A lot of people seem to have
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:59 PM
Aug 2016

noticed the unusual reaction to the Green Party and Stein in this election. Some of the rhetoric has been so abusive from the Green haters, that it suggests an agenda, but I cannot figure out exactly what it is. Many of us never paid attention to this 1-2% candidate until some agitators made it some kind of mission.

A handful of the loudest and most irate people seem to comment primarily on Green party threads.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
14. Huh. If the agenda was to lift the Greens into
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 01:30 PM
Aug 2016

prominence so they could be stoned better, I could see it. Is this happening outside DU?

My first assumption was that the Greens were surrogates for a proxy war after the one here was forcibly suspended with the end of the primary. Psychologists say hostility and aggression become addictive.

PatSeg

(49,847 posts)
15. My first reaction was
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 01:44 PM
Aug 2016

as you said, a proxy war after the end of the primary. Emotions tend to stay elevated for a while after a primary, but some of the behavior is very odd, such as attacking DUers for things they have not done or said and often quite viciously. Basically picking a fight for the sake of fighting. In that sense it could be an addiction to hostility and aggression I suppose.

They have succeeded in giving too much prominence to a party and a candidate who do not warrant this kind of attention, but could actually benefit from it.



PatSeg

(49,847 posts)
21. I've noticed that a minority is often
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 11:15 PM
Aug 2016

louder and more profane.

They seem to have settled down some though. Knock on wood!

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
22. There are much bigger things, like Dump calling for HRC's head or her SCOTUS picks.
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 11:22 PM
Aug 2016

Really hard to say with King Word Salad. Been around a long time like you and I know you've noticed there a fringe groups for just about everything. Diversity is better then exclusiveness, even the ones that get on my nerves sometimes say something I totally agree with. Given enough years, we all are bound to agree on something.

Hell I remember arguing once why at least a few authoritarians were necessary to have around; otherwise our drum circles would overtake the cities!



 

NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
8. Extremely consistent and upfront. Not that you need to be told that.
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:18 PM
Aug 2016

While not a member of the green party myself we have discussed them in a positive manner in the past. They consistently support a number of items that perfectly align with my ideology.

LP2K12

(885 posts)
10. Not Green party...
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:37 PM
Aug 2016

However, I've been open in the past about how I lean/identify Libertarian. That being said I vote in the best interest of everyone, not just me. As such I voted for Obama twice. I voted for Bernie in the primaries, and I will vote for Hillary to keep Trump out of office. Sure, I don't align/agree with her on everything, but the alternative would be devastating.

Buckeye_Democrat

(15,126 posts)
11. I have environmental concerns, but I'm not Green...
Tue Aug 9, 2016, 12:43 PM
Aug 2016

... especially with Jill Stein as their candidate.

I took an online "issues" test for fun, and Stein supposedly matched me the most. Sanders was second and Clinton was third.

The test didn't ask questions about vaccinations and other stuff that would've surely separated me from Stein immensely!

Also, despite me LOVING Elizabeth Warren, there's no way that I would vote for even her on another party's ticket if I thought it could mean a Trump win.

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