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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: So, DUers - What are we doing here in GD:P, and why are we doing it? [View all]Algernon Moncrieff
(5,780 posts)36. Discussion is only useful if there is someone to convince or persuade
We appear to be fresh out of that
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So, DUers - What are we doing here in GD:P, and why are we doing it? [View all]
Algernon Moncrieff
Feb 2016
OP
We're being hard on one another. Some of it is worthwhile discussion. Some of it is just ugly.
Algernon Moncrieff
Feb 2016
#14
That makes too much sense to go over well here. Thanks for the thoughtful OP though . . .
brush
Feb 2016
#2
Well, if Bernie is elected, hopefully he'll ship me to a FEMA camp in Vermont
Algernon Moncrieff
Feb 2016
#4
I remember '08; I remember the Lounge Wars; I remember the '09 Purge
Algernon Moncrieff
Feb 2016
#10
For the most part, it is the same people over and over again who are causing all the drama.
demmiblue
Feb 2016
#38
That really was a bad time at DU, as well as for the party generally.
Algernon Moncrieff
Feb 2016
#51
Sorry Algernon Moncrieff, but there are *contradictions* between the candidates.
delrem
Feb 2016
#20
Bill Clinton got in trouble for comparing Sanders supporters to the Tea Party
Algernon Moncrieff
Feb 2016
#22
Generally speaking, Hillary stands for more wars, fracking, the TPP, increased H-1B visas,
djean111
Feb 2016
#33
Discussion is only useful if there is someone to convince or persuade
Algernon Moncrieff
Feb 2016
#36
That's a good observation - but your dismissal of Bernie and Hillary as being pretty much the same
djean111
Feb 2016
#39
Clinton's camp is on a belittling marathon, but somehow Sanders supperters have to be the first
Betty Karlson
Feb 2016
#24
There's also the most important use of an Internet discussion board in a functioning democracy:
Orsino
Feb 2016
#48
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. Bertrand Russell
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2016
#57