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In reply to the discussion: What I believe [View all]beerandjesus
(1,301 posts)Here's an example of you equating cali with the baggers:
"Associating with Democrats at DU must be a most disagreeable experience for you. [...] But really what you believe is that it really is all about you, kind of Ted Cruz perspective from the left."
I didn't have to look very hard. That said, although I thought your other personal attacks were unfair, it's only the bagger-equation attacks that I want to call out. So I probably should, in fact, retract the "s" from the word "posts" where I said that your "posts suggest that (etc.)"
I mentioned the recent Terry McAuliffe pieces to point to a likely impetus for the OP, not to start a battle on a second front. Cali has also posted extensively, and in a similar spirit, about the TPP, but those posts have been less controversial. I believe this OP stands alone as an overarching statement, but in case it seemed to come out of nowhere, I though the reference to other recent posts might help.
Regarding the tone, I think most of us would agree that cali's stating the obvious about the role of money in the Democratic Party. You came up with one line that you find "apocalyptic".... Do you really not see the influence of big money on the party? I looked at your journal before posting this, and read thoughtful, well-reasoned pieces about, among other things, your admiration for FDR.
Because of that, I'm genuinely baffled as to why you would impugn cali's motivations over such an innocuous post. I'm not being sarcastic: Quite frankly, if I thought you were an idiot or a troll, that would be one thing, but I generally enjoy and appreciate your contributions here very much, and although I don't always agree with you, your support for Democrats strikes me as measured and well-reasoned, not fanboy-ish at all.
I don't see what cali did to deserve such an attack--that OP was no higher than maybe the 60th or 70th percentile on the online-forum-narcissism scale, and cali was talking about strengthening the Democrats, not about voting Libertarian. So now that I'm over my initial huff ( ): Seriously, am I missing something?