Reply #29: This middle DU member agrees with you, and thanks you for your service.

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I joined DU right around the time of the 2004 primaries and they were bad, but nothing like this. I read a lot of things on the internets that aren't worthy of another thought, but there are a couple of trends here on DU that are especially silly.

One is the tendency of some posters to express their negative feelings about Hillary Clinton and her campaign in completely over the top terms. It's one thing to write "I'm mad at Hillary" or even (if they must) "I hate Hillary" but comparing Hillary Clinton's campaign to lynchings and the Nazis is absurd.

Equally pathetic is the tendency of some posters - supposedly representing one campaign or the other - to insist that they won't vote or will vote Republican if the other Democratic candidate is nominated. That kind of behavior is what got us chimpy in the White House for eight years. Yes, he was helped along by the Supreme Court and rigged voting machines, but way too many people decided that "Al Gore is just as bad as George W. Bush!" back in 2000. I would hope that Democrats don't make that mistake again.