Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Which of our candidates, other than Harris, have made statements defending Joe Biden by name? [View all]Bongo Prophet
(2,642 posts)Swarming is a group behavior where defenders of a cause, politician, philosophy, etc come out in numbers to defend and attack perceived threats to their cause, etc.
WE have done this together, defending Obama from attacks, or Hillary, and so on. It can be somewhat coordinated, via texts DU messaging, other websites and such, or just an organic thing that comes up in a forum such as this one.
It is not really a bad thing in itself. A hornet is just protecting its nest. A flock of crows will group together to run off a hawk, porpoises to orcas, you get the idea.
The downside can be when we allow ourselves to get so into it that we start dumbing down as a group. One good example is when uber-progs kept saying Obama said he agreed with Reagan in a famous quote where he was just pointing out how repubs now opposed thing they agreed with a few years prior. It was clear what he meant, but no matter how I tried to get them to consider a fairer interpretation it never really mattered at all, even when they said, "oh, you make a good point about that." An hour or more later, they repeat the same mischaracterization, right in the same forum.
Tribalism has strong and weak aspects, and I try to check myself from so much that it becomes self defeating. We need unity in 2020, and we both remember what happened last time.
Mahalo, Cha, and thank you for being a good supporter of our (best) prez and 1st family!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden