2016 Postmortem

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48. It's just not true

Sun Feb 21, 2016, 08:59 AM

Feb 2016

The reason I lurk here is because of the intelligent conversation and inclusion of ideas and differing opinion. There are a lot of other places I could choose to get my information from, but there are many good reasons why I still come back here.

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The DU is a place of seething disgust. No wonder dems aren't [View all] applegrove Feb 2016 OP

There's something positive to say about Hillary? daleanime Feb 2016 #1

I don't know which I hate more, things as they are or roguevalley Feb 2016 #17

Seemed appropriate Dem2 Feb 2016 #2

The GOP is not the problem. Kalidurga Feb 2016 #3

DU doesn't have that kind of influence. CJCRANE Feb 2016 #4

For some reason posters on Internet discussion boards vastly overestimate the influence of them. n/t PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #8

D U is no more a reflection... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #26

"it reflects the prevailing mood rather than creating it." Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #35

Your error, my friend is thinking this site is a mirror of reality. It never was and isn't. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #5

Your error is in thinking it doesn't reflect anything meaningful. cali Feb 2016 #12

Yep. bvf Feb 2016 #18

It's a closed ecosystem ... a coral reef ... NurseJackie Feb 2016 #22

More like a unharvested vineyard where the grapes are souring... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #23

Is that how we get raisins? ;-) NurseJackie Feb 2016 #25

I am straining to make a sour grapes metaphor at 3:00 A M. Off to sleep DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #27

You're much more clever than I. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #28

Sour grapes Laha Feb 2016 #37

My views are my views. I need not seek nor do I require validation for them. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #50

Lol. And so is kos and reddit and well, the internet cali Feb 2016 #41

So why do you come here, Art_from_Ark Feb 2016 #46

Thank you for asking me. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #51

The Democrats had this; but the Demo- trolls are going to hand it to the republicans. NBachers Feb 2016 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2016 #7

" this posts has been hidden by a DU Jury" DanTex. stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #13

You can't expect people to be really interested in a contest if a winner has already been anointed. PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #9

and the anointed one displays contempt NowSam Feb 2016 #10

I've voted Democratic in every election since I could vote. Spider Jerusalem Feb 2016 #11

How is Hillary the "seethee" when she's the one starting all the smear campaigns and lying cui bono Feb 2016 #14

This Revolt Has Been Building For Years - The DWS, DNC, DLC, Third-Way Has Only Themselves To Blame cantbeserious Feb 2016 #15

And yet, here you are. bvf Feb 2016 #16

Social network that releases hormones of social connectedness. applegrove Feb 2016 #19

That wasn't what you said. bvf Feb 2016 #21

I believe that if one out of two candidates is dehumanized applegrove Feb 2016 #24

Dehumanizing your candidate is an early step to a holocaust? Laha Feb 2016 #40

Holy shit, but that's a stretch. bvf Feb 2016 #55

The turnout... Mike Nelson Feb 2016 #20

I agree. narnian60 Feb 2016 #53

Turnout was pretty good at my (Iowa) precinct. stone space Feb 2016 #29

Someone posted it on the DU. applegrove Feb 2016 #32

And somebody replied on DU as well. (nt) stone space Feb 2016 #33

The Left is used to being told to get in behind sahel Feb 2016 #30

why would anyone EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #31

You don't need trolls to be disgusted with Hillary. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2016 #34

Yep Lazy Daisy Feb 2016 #36

+100000 Paka Feb 2016 #43

Yeah, well, she has that effect on people. ChairmanAgnostic Feb 2016 #38

WE LOVE WALL STREET AND THE THIRD WAY!!! mhatrw Feb 2016 #39

I have been a lifelong Democrat The Traveler Feb 2016 #42

Disgust posts here? Ken Burch Feb 2016 #44

I think you see that the response to your post, which should give us pause, is equally disgusting. Jitter65 Feb 2016 #45

DU is an intolerant place. djg21 Feb 2016 #47

It's just not true Laha Feb 2016 #48

DU has little influence over how a large majority votes bigwillq Feb 2016 #49

Up thread, somebody asked why I come here... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #52

Thank you bigwillq Feb 2016 #54

I am a nice guy. I just am passionate about what I believe in. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #56

I like voting in polls bigwillq Feb 2016 #57

I don't want to pry but I believe you said you are a sportswriter. That's my other passion. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #59

I am. bigwillq Feb 2016 #60

Mostly watching DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #61

No, we mainly get Big Apple sports from the AP bigwillq Feb 2016 #62

I liked A. J. Liebling. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2016 #64

I think you're giving DU way too much credit. Vinca Feb 2016 #58

The disgust is at the status quo. But thanks for still being tone-deaf. Betty Karlson Feb 2016 #63

Locking... BooScout Feb 2016 #65