Reply #9: Ultimately

[DannyRed]

Threads of the sort you are pointing out will

1) Turn off potential supporters of the candidate who is linked to the poster making the baseless accusations and attacking unjustly (in a most unattractive and annoying fashion)

2) Anger the supporters of the candidate being attacked

3) Divide groups that should actually be allies - at the moment allies with a different vision and a different plan, but ultimately and at root allies in terms of broad vision, goals, and aims.

in short, the examples of extremely poor party and political discipline being highlighted by some posters are doubly, or perhaps triply damaging to the individual, to the candidate he or she supports, and to the party as a whole.