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In reply to the discussion: When is DU going to be renamed "Pretty Far to the Right Underground"? [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)socialists who left this site or who were thrown off years ago.
We wished and hoped for a better future.
It remains to be seen how that has worked out..but, this site never was what it was supposed to be.
Admins wanted it to be a "FUN SITE for DEMS" as opposed to "Free Republic." They were young and not so serious as what they got on this site which was a bunch of RADICALS who wanted to TAKE BACK AMERICA! (Vietnam leftovers mixed with Tech Libertarians and so many who KNEW that Election 2000 was STOLEN.
It was a mixed bag. The ADMINS (imho, ..of course) never realized what would come out of this site.
It wasn't what they really wanted at that time an that age in their life.
We NEVER HAD a REAL PLACE...to go to...and this was it or "Daily KOS" the Third Way place....... IMHO though. That's my conclusion which might be up for debate by those who REALLY KNOW.. I've never been an "insider" in that group so it's hard to know...just my sense of years of traveling through all this and being actively engaged Dem particularly since Howard Dean Time...and a voter for all Dems before that and a Protestor against the Vietnam War way back...but, not a hippie or any where near what the History Channel or A&E Networks portray what went on a that time...Propaganda Crap!
Whatever...