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[BigBearJohn]

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[HarlanPepper]

1. ...

[Squinch]

30. This gif is proving very useful.

[Codeine]

34. That's this entire forum

in one easy-to-post GIF.

[rzemanfl]

2. Bookmarking. n/t

[dansolo]

3. Find all the faults you want

Just don't be like Bernie and insult the rest of us because we don't agree with you.

[left-of-center2012]

4. "finding fault"

it depends upon how you 'find fault'.

[SidDithers]

5. Take your shot. See if a jury agrees or not...nt

Sid

[NCProgressive]

6. lol

[PubliusEnigma]

7. As long as you still vote for Biden in the General.

Also, Bernie is not a Democrat.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Sure, why not?

[customerserviceguy]

9. I would rather

that you confine yourself to finding fault with Joe Biden's positions, rather than the man himself.

I do worry that the primary process, which is designed to prepare our eventual nominee for a general election campaign, has been compressed unnaturally from half a year to half a month.

[Codeine]

10. Give it a shot. What's the worst that can happen? nt

[BigBearJohn]

12. The worst is they kick me off DU. I've been here since 2003

[drray23]

14. John ,nobody will kick you off DU.

You would need five hides in a short succession and even then it would be reviewed by an admin.

[Celerity]

24. it isn't short succession, it is any time you hit 5 in a rolling 90 day window

[drray23]

35. True but upon review by admins you are more likely to be kicked

If this was in a short succession because this means you blew a gasket.

[Celerity]

41. yes I can see that

I REALLY want to say something else about the entire subject, but I shall keep it to myself.

[Codeine]

16. Won't happen unless you say something truly egregious.

You may get a few posts hidden; you’ll survive that. During the Sanders Alert Swarms in ‘16 I had many posts hidden, mostly all bullshit hides. I’m still here. If you’re not a dick about it you’ll still be here.

[TwilightZone]

28. It takes a concerted effort on one's part to make that happen.

It doesn't generally happen by accident, contrary to claims.

[tritsofme]

11. Well, one is the presumptive nominee, and the other is waging a quixotic vanity campaign.

There’s not much of an equivalence.

[Codeine]

18. Yes, Mr. Sanders does not have a lifelong stuttering problem.

Glad we could clear that up.

[tritsofme]

19. He'll have plenty of time on the Senate floor to practice.

[nolabear]

20. All his are carefully scripted.

[Skya Rhen]

21. And still got rejected.

[treestar]

38. This

[msongs]

13. discussing policies and personality's effect on policies are all fine nt

[Buzz cook]

17. It has to be alerted on

So if no one alerts the mods, there's no response.

So if you think a post is an attack on a Democrat, hit the alert button. I have found that if you respond in kind, someone will hit the alert button on you. Even if the alert is warrantless.

While there is an appeals process, it takes time.

Even making factual statements is fraught, because some people apparently take umbrage easily.

So if you are going to criticize Biden, give lots of citations and dot every i and cross every t. Even then prepare your appeal a head of time.

[MyNameGoesHere]

22. I don't see any attacks

On the loyal and true Democrat Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.
I see some small and insignificant jabs at the Independent Senator from Vermont. Nothing that will leave a mark.

[Cozmo]

23. The rules have changed

sanders doesn't have a hope in hell of winning the nomination, all bets are off and it's time to come clean. All this guy is doing is agitating people and reminding of us of how he's NOT a team player. I am sick and tired of hearing about how loyal some Democrats are to sanders, especially when in they are actually working against the party. Need we relive 2016? Yeah, I'm liberal but I'm pragmatic and I don't feel the need to try to impress anyone with my progressive thinking. If we don't win, we will only have ourselves to blame.

[NYMinute]

26. Knock yourself out

Give it your best shot

[Codeine]

27. Turns out his best shot was a nasty jab

at Joe’s stuttering problem. The judges were unimpressed.

[NurseJackie]

32. ...

[handmade34]

29. Sanders is not a Democrat

[sammythecat]

37. Serious question here.

What is it about the Sanders platform that goes against traditional Democratic principles? That isn't to give
REAL help and aid those among us who are struggling? That doesn't run completely counter to Donald Trump and his cowardly, self-serving, and sycophantic republican assholes in Congress?

I come from a Democratic family, been a Democrat all my life and will never be anything but a Democrat. Bernie Sanders is the most
real Democrat I've seen since Paul Wellstone. He's a firebrand for the least among us. He's not a "reach out to my asshole friends on the other side of the aisle" guy and that's what I like about him.

[Demsrule86]

39. Sanders lost and should concede.

[Demsrule86]

40. Sorry no.

Sanders is not a member of the democratic party by choice.

[CentralMass]

31. Probably not.

[Codeine]

42. All the OP wanted to do

was talk shit about the fact that Biden stutters. Not cool.

[Blue_true]

33. If a person brings up policy blind spots and explain why they

are blind spots, then that is not attacking.

[NNadir]

36. Did Bernie Sanders become a Democrat? Who knew? I always thought he was an existential threat...

...to Democrats, but not a Democrat himself.