Reply #182: Better turn myself in for re-education

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Got to this thread really late but had to check in.

After all I am one of those Boomers who can't let go and move forward. Just another aging Boomer still caught up re-fighting those same old tired battles. Another dirty stinking lazy hippy who hates his country and who should just shutup or leave. Those fights are ancient history.

Just realized I can't remember the "last" time I spit on one of our proud fighting men and women returning from war. Maybe the next I see one of my family members fitting that description (and also a DUer) we can take care of that. Should get a laugh from him.

I have been discussing what I see happening at DU and around the country a lot over the past several years. Check out my journal topics including the archive going back to at least 2007.

Most DUers over the years have been more dedicated to the core beliefs of human rights, individual rights, civil rights, workers rights, equality, justice, open and fair elections, providing for the general welfare and the common good, responsible stewardship of our collective "wealth" -- natural resources, environment, public institutions and services, infrastructures, ... -- and to protect and provide for the weakest, the frailest, the poorest, the most vulnerable among us from the relentless onslaught by the richest and most powerful.

During the primary campaign of 2007 and 2008, Edwards was an early favorite at DU because many here thought he had the best thought out, most detailed, policies and programs and these were often used here as a starting point for debate. Dennis also had strong support at DU back then.

I am a liberal, a populist, a Wellstone Democrat, an angry white male southerner besieged on all sides. After over 50 years working to make a real difference (to the best of my ability), to improve the lives of everyone in NC, the US, and the World, I shall not shut-up and I will not back down.

At DU, I have been labeled a racist, a sexist, an apologist for slavery, a disruptor, a self-absorbed selfish Boomer, a PUMA, a birther, a Republican, and more. But I have been called much worse other places, as an individual and as a member of a group, sometimes by masters at divisive labeling including Jesse Helms.

I care about getting results, not getting credit; about the American reality, not the dream; about the Constitution and laws being for all, not for protecting the wealth and power of the same few; about WE, not ME; about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all mankind.

The OP that started all of this rant makes a claim that is not supported by most of his examples, and only marginally by a couple. The one involving the so-called PUMAs was mostly orchestrated by members of our own party, although Repubs were happy to help it along just as Dems did by letting the Birthers become the public image of the Repubs. The label PUMA was used to discredit those from states whose delegates were at risk because of actions by HC supporters that are now documented as mostly the work of supporters of Obama. I was in neither camp, but those kinds of games should not be how we do things.

I have not been around much lately and really hate seeing this BS prominently on the home page.