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In reply to the discussion: I really disagree with Skinner's statement about who is welcome on DU [View all]plimsoll
(1,682 posts)OK, my post counts here are small. I dont post very many places since 2005. I dont like the troll culture, and it has used the free speech argument to pollute and degrade the society since at least 2003 (from a personal ethnology perspective: Can we stake them out in a field and wait for sunrise?) That said Ive been reading here since 2002, its the first place I visit in the morning. If the people here are incensed I visit TPM and Crooks and Liars to see if theyre bent too. DU is my bellwether
I may not entirely like HRC, and actually I supported BS (unfortunate initials) in the primary, but in the general election you had a choice, and Im sorry no matter how you sugarcoat it the choice was this, "Do you vote for the status quo, flawed as it may be, or do you opt to let the apparent fascist win?"
Not voting for the status quo with all its flaws was a tacit vote for the apparent fascist. I say apparent because at the time he was limiting himself to fascist curious behaviors. He never really came out against the fascists, but he didnt say anything negative either. Im seldom adopt Manichean positions on things, but this was a case that you either voted for HRC or you accepted a proto-fascist leader. There really isnt much room to wiggle out here.
At our district caucus, there was another Bernie supporter who said that she wouldnt vote for HRC. I told here that in our state that might be a safe decision, but in general for an essentially binary system like ours a non-HRC vote would be a vote for the opposition. She gave me a disgusted look and walked off. My 25-year-old son said, Thats why well lose.
So, I dont want to say you cant come here, but I am going to ask was it worth it?