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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Primary Ruined My Friendship! [View all]nolawarlock
(1,729 posts)107. Or maybe he's just bored with you. nt
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To borrow a gif from M0rpheus, one of my fave DUers ever, some of these folks here have me like this
Number23
Apr 2016
#201
Just one more example of the incivility of late--back in the day, even when we had heated
MADem
Apr 2016
#93
Could it be that the differences between candidates was never this stark? That a true leader emerged
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#227
Obama admits it. Did you "seriously" take a "news vacation" during that period of time?
MADem
Apr 2016
#407
Skinner changed the five hides rule because it was clear that Sanders supporters
NuclearDem
Apr 2016
#17
I have seen lots of abuse on DU that skinner never seemed to care about
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2016
#23
Well, if the primaries are really over, no reason to not turn the timeouts back on.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#58
I'm guessing the 5 hide won't be turned back on until the primary is declared over which Skinner
seaglass
Apr 2016
#329
I'd rather see the DU'ers who were abusing the jury system get more time to reflect.
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#355
Take a pleasant stroll around some of the transparency pages in question
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#398
Is that more Brock Dark Talk? Or are you just guessing? Either way, pretty lame.
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#225
Wow, Hilly people love to clutch at pearls inasmuch as it diverts drom the discussion.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2016
#325
You nailed it. So many people have given up voting. Independents make up the biggest group now.
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#222
the reason he has us "freed from time outs" is because that tiny minority is over represented here
KittyWampus
Apr 2016
#351
I would have to say that I am not surprised to see this from an owner admin.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2016
#6
Its not an impending "purge" ....it's a personal self administered Enema by those wilfully violating
pkdu
Apr 2016
#40
However ya wanna spin it if ut majes you mite comfortable with the outcome.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2016
#241
When the hell are the corporate loving conservatives going to start doing that?
TheKentuckian
Apr 2016
#324
Really--and there is that lovely "Discussionist" with no pesky "Support Democrats" TOS.
MADem
Apr 2016
#132
It's not my fault that you jumped in while I was editing--there was almost no time between the
MADem
Apr 2016
#307
Your silence and now your comments are all about denigration of Bernie. Why?
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#237
I am very PROUD of my transparency page--thanks for linking so I didn't have to.
MADem
Apr 2016
#409
because the Democrats supporting Clinton have been too polite to say much about it.
passiveporcupine
Apr 2016
#444
Well, I went through the first three of your hides and only one of them seemed legit
Number23
Apr 2016
#208
Have you tried forming your own political website? I say this in the kindest way possible...
Hekate
Apr 2016
#170
If Skinner starts purging people who dislike-to-despise HRC, he'd have to slash almost all of DU.
Arugula Latte
Apr 2016
#419
Um yeah, my husband and son voted for Sanders in the primary. I have family members
seaglass
Apr 2016
#336
You know damn well that there are outsider elements here manipulating both sides.
onehandle
Apr 2016
#18
This isn't just some regular primary. We are fighting for the soul of our party.
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#25
I'd rationalize accuracy as something else too were my candidate of choice dependent on it.
LanternWaste
Apr 2016
#363
The ACA is failing. Insurance companies are pulling out of the exchanges. Hello.
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#46
But some here are working for the side that has put us where we are today.
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#358
How can you keep trying? His answer, "I'm an optimist." That says it all & nothing at same time.
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#247
It's hard to remain an optimist when our economy keeps sliding backwards
passiveporcupine
Apr 2016
#448
I really think you do not understand the difference between covered and
Luminous Animal
Apr 2016
#209
No, it's succeeding. A single national insurance co dropped out that never was a major player anyway
pnwmom
May 2016
#518
Reminds me of the post we had about a friend going to the ER for a broken arm that cost mega-bucks.
Hekate
Apr 2016
#180
Hey, I'm one of those silly people who LOVE that ACA got passed and signed in any form at all!
Hekate
Apr 2016
#255
So do I get your post as saying we should accept what we've got and shut up?
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#467
Well, isn't that the point. It isn't working whether because people can't afford or other
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#254
That points out the basic flaw in the ACA -- Private health insurance is a bad business model
Armstead
Apr 2016
#323
The ACA provided health care to me, a person with severe medical conditions.
musicblind
Apr 2016
#140
Thank you for letting us know. I hope the increased access helps you a whole lot.
Hekate
Apr 2016
#183
Wrong. CBO numbers show it is slowing the rate of cost increases. We need to do more, but
pnwmom
May 2016
#519
+1. The soul of the party is exactly right. Very few of the convos here are about who we like
JudyM
Apr 2016
#112
Sadly when we say we are fighting for a fair break for the 99% we get ridiculed.
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#174
You've 800 posts and been here since march and you are telling us what's for?
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#179
You don't win if you have to sell your soul. Clinton wants to amass a huge fortune.
rhett o rick
Apr 2016
#195
If anything good came out of it, at least we know for certain who the fakes are.
onecaliberal
Apr 2016
#427
I love my family, friends, the planet. A candidate tepid or agnostic on climate change fucks us over
riderinthestorm
Apr 2016
#36
So having friends is more important than saving the planet, getting kids out of poverty, providing
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#267
I used to live in Nawlins in the early 80's, climate change is gonna be a real drag there
Fumesucker
Apr 2016
#210
Noted that so changed but you saw it too quickly. Like me, you're addicted. :)
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#277
Well, good point. But if the GOP has the Presidency AND Congress, they will be unstoppable.
randome
Apr 2016
#411
There are a whole bunch of people in the ME and Afghanistan who would say different
PaulaFarrell
Apr 2016
#284
You're right in that primaries - save 2012, for obvious reasons - are always ugly as hell here.
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#294
It absolutely cannot be said any more perfectly than you just said it. Every word.
arcane1
Apr 2016
#62
Ya, and one of those hides. A Sanders supported jury, just as Joe stated. Nt
seabeyond
Apr 2016
#343
Every once in a while one post catches your eye, stark in its realness...authenticity.
RiverLover
Apr 2016
#71
Agreed. It did not go unnoticed who was allowed to return with lots o hides. Not Bernie supporters
corkhead
Apr 2016
#111
Says you who attack new members here both as paid trolls and on personal levels...
nolawarlock
Apr 2016
#125
Suggestion, Sir: Go ahead and "call it", but reinstate the timeouts for those w/transparency showing
Warren DeMontague
Apr 2016
#54
This campaign has tested my identity as a lifetime Dem. That never happened before.
leveymg
Apr 2016
#66
It wouldn't be nearly as interesting. Preaching to each other would get old fast.
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#287
Okay, I'll have to admit I enjoy a little verbal fisticuffs myself, but around here
senz
Apr 2016
#309
Appeal to his financial side and join me in asking him for a new site *Progressive Underground*
JimDandy
Apr 2016
#163
Setting up a site that directly challenges a Hillary presidency that would likely
Luminous Animal
Apr 2016
#224
I've found, to my horror, that some "committed progressives" are all too willing to
MADem
Apr 2016
#85
Did you read the article? It was balanced fairly between both Sanders and Clinton supporters. n/t
musicblind
Apr 2016
#157
IIRC you're happy to vote for HRC in the election. You're a HRC supporter now.
aikoaiko
Apr 2016
#319
If she makes it to the general, of course I will support her. I support the democratic party.
musicblind
Apr 2016
#441
Either way Skinner's article in the OP is still heavily weighted against Bernie's supporters.
aikoaiko
Apr 2016
#446
That's why that poster thought it was unfair, because it wasn't biased towards Bernie
stevenleser
Apr 2016
#451
Are you saying that you are unaware of any specific lies that Hillary has told?
Doctor_J
Apr 2016
#141
My whole family and my friends are all for Bernie, so that was not a problem for us.
JimDandy
Apr 2016
#106
why not just go to jackpine radicals? A poster suggested that for me . . . or will I be hidden now?
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#295
There will be a big change at JP soon. We are moving to a more user friendly software.
Autumn
Apr 2016
#432
I had the devils own time getting used to that software and I still only reply.
Autumn
Apr 2016
#457
Oh please, those were some nasty ass comments and they are there to see courtesty
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#439
Why all the anti-Bernie graphics? Mean spirited? Kind of in-your-face isn't it?
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#389
Perhaps it is because some individuals are made up entirely of invective and snark:
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2016
#338
Why not go to Discussionist? All bets are off over there, and you can muster your
MADem
Apr 2016
#263
Seems like a good destination for conservatives. You all can discuss the evils of "free stuff",
TheKentuckian
Apr 2016
#340
It's a free for all over there--all bets are off. Uber-left/Ultra-right, it's all good in that yard.
MADem
Apr 2016
#415
Absolutely serious. There is a clear fracture line in the Dem party now and on DU
JimDandy
Apr 2016
#218
Good reply. Totally accurate. Right-leaning and passive-aggressive. A lot of that in HRC grps.
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#299
You have a legacy to be proud of. I'm looking at here and now and that's what I see.
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#388
If you lost a friendship over the primary I need to know your definition of "friendship"
UMTerp01
Apr 2016
#135
"The people who came to hate each other over the Democratic primary are a small...
herding cats
Apr 2016
#149
Some people need to grow up. I have friends that are Trump supporters. Friendship is
jillan
Apr 2016
#156
In the first sentence I can tell this BS supporter doesn't know what he's talking about .. who knew?
Cha
Apr 2016
#173
Me either. One of my closest friends is a Republican. A Log Cabin Republican at that.
Luminous Animal
Apr 2016
#188
I can't imagine being a Republican and having to choose between "Lucifer" Cruz and Trump the buffoon
Beacool
Apr 2016
#190
I've been trying to convince him to change his party affiliation to unaffiliated before the
Luminous Animal
Apr 2016
#200
See, we can all come together after the primaries is over to support the candidate that we like!
akbacchus_BC
Apr 2016
#248
K & R. I've tried to take some solace in noticing that most of the truly belligerent feces-throwers
Maru Kitteh
Apr 2016
#192
Disagree. Taft was clearly progressive, but more conservative than the other two.
andym
May 2016
#524
But skinner didn't stand by and do nothing. He opened the gates for the HRC supporters
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2016
#280
Oh, perhaps bigotry on the part of those who aren't in the majority on DU
R. Daneel Olivaw
Apr 2016
#326
That person you're responding towas a victim of the jury system to the point they got a timeout once
Capt. Obvious
Apr 2016
#370
Nope, and you created a straw man in your attempt to accuse Nance of using a logical fallacy
stevenleser
Apr 2016
#471
On the contrary, this primary has restored lost friendships with many of my RW family members
tularetom
Apr 2016
#260
What a read. Two things: task analyzers and relational bloggers; if graphics matter, HRC most rude
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#308
You are describing "institutional memory." Now that I'm older, I see how fast it can be lost.
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#404
Is it just a label for you? Don't you care that your party has moved so far right?
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#405
Takes time to wind down. Teams represent principles and values. It is intense. Shouldn't it be?
snowy owl
Apr 2016
#406
How disappointed would you be if 1/4 of your Democrat friends gave up and decided to support Kasich?
Attorney in Texas
Apr 2016
#424
With Sanders supporters controlling juries that's the equivalent of two hides
stevenleser
Apr 2016
#466
Yep, and they are the first to cry "censorship" if something nasty gets hidden- but alert stalk
bettyellen
Apr 2016
#499
And the irony is, in order for a Sanders supporter to get something hidden, at least two
stevenleser
Apr 2016
#506