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In reply to the discussion: Guess what? [View all]davidpdx
(22,000 posts)sway you. Most of these people we only know by user names and have never met (for the record I have never met anyone on DU to my knowledge in person). People say dumb stuff sometimes. At the same time, what has been labeled "Hillary Clinton bashing" on DU has extended to anything negative about her (even if it is legitimate policy disagreement). That to me sounds like groupthink. This all started right before she announced and my feeling is that certain people knew and spread the word which had them pumping her up as a candidate right before she announced. This caused a lot of Hillary is the only candidate that can win spin that went on both before and after her announcement. Some of her supporters are down right obnoxious.
Regardless of what people on DU try to label me or others, I will continue to criticize her on policy not personal issues. Anyone claiming a person is bashing Hillary Clinton because they disagree on policy issues is simply trying to shutdown any debate about the future of this country. Personally I don't think that is what DU is about, but then again based on the discussions occurring lately, I guess I'm wrong.