2016 Postmortem

w4rma

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69. You are not very creative at name calling. I've been here a long time.

Mon Jun 20, 2016, 07:07 AM

Jun 2016

I'm surprised that someone who has been here as long as you have can't come up with a more substantive post than that. BSS are very skilled at ad hominems. You sound like a very bitter loser.

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Trying not to add to the vitriol, but I'm angry and sad. [View all] Mother Of Four Jun 2016 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author itsrobert Jun 2016 #1

K&R Always a bit sad to go but there are better places in our future. nt Live and Learn Jun 2016 #2

Indeed, come here from somwhere strongly red and DU hasn't been a respite in a while Fumesucker Jun 2016 #3

Not trying to sound dramatic but... jcgoldie Jun 2016 #4

You don't sound dramatic. You sound cold hearted. jillan Jun 2016 #6

You could have just said nothing at all and walked away to the next thread. Alex4Martinez Jun 2016 #8

ok jcgoldie Jun 2016 #13

Welcome to ignore. TDale313 Jun 2016 #32

whatever jcgoldie Jun 2016 #48

---> Jury results Petrushka Jun 2016 #70

More than one DUer has posted that no set of principles makes us Democrats, no litmus merrily Jun 2016 #57

I always thought it was a committment to fight GOP and excessive Corporate Power Armstead Jun 2016 #100

That is the type of post DU bans were made for. nt Live and Learn Jun 2016 #9

Exactly. I see it as a personal attack. B Calm Jun 2016 #68

I echo what you said. demosincebirth Jun 2016 #102

I think you should reconsider GP6971 Jun 2016 #5

Nowhere near as much good info as there used to be. merrily Jun 2016 #60

I agree. n/t GP6971 Jun 2016 #82

You're not being driven out. geek tragedy Jun 2016 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jun 2016 #12

Well put geek-We are trying to win an election. The stakes are enormous redstateblues Jun 2016 #16

Pay careful attention in the months to come. peace13 Jun 2016 #19

Your wishes will not come true. Trump will be the nominee. Hillary won fair and square redstateblues Jun 2016 #21

Thank you. I'm sick of the saboteurs and their passive aggressive feigned concern. grossproffit Jun 2016 #25

The media has never been gracious to Hillary. Cool story, otherwise. grossproffit Jun 2016 #24

And here's three things for you. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #29

One might be true peace13 Jun 2016 #34

Of course the Rethugs will spend the election smearing her. That's what they do. pnwmom Jun 2016 #55

You think message board posts win and lose Presidential elections? merrily Jun 2016 #59

Let's claim that the rules are detailed explicitly, never articulated only after someone has merrily Jun 2016 #58

pretty simple to avoid third party/republican advocacy geek tragedy Jun 2016 #71

Maybe, but people have been banned for other things as well. merrily Jun 2016 #83

yes, but a person has to work pretty hard to get banned here nt geek tragedy Jun 2016 #88

I understand what you're saying. I think a lot of us came here because of the Bush administration. jillan Jun 2016 #10

I hope you'll visit jackpineradicals.org many here are also there. Alex4Martinez Jun 2016 #11

So do they still ban anybody who doesn't participate in bashing Hillary and the Democratic Party? Lord Magus Jun 2016 #43

They never did that, but being an authentic supporter of Sanders is still a condition of joining merrily Jun 2016 #61

Saying "I am a Democrats and support Democrats" would get you banned at JPR. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #91

Short answer? Yes they do. It's a total echo chamber there where every anti-democratic party stevenleser Jun 2016 #78

I'm going to love watching the meltdown there HarmonyRockets Jun 2016 #51

That says a lot about you.nt merrily Jun 2016 #62

OT but could you please beg them to increase their font size because I can't read it zazen Jun 2016 #76

This is how many of us Clinton supporters have felt here for months. I've been waiting to exhale grossproffit Jun 2016 #14

The board owner supports Hillary. No one had to hold their breath making a pro- merrily Jun 2016 #64

You're really out of touch with what the primary experience was for Clinton supporters. shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #98

Felt like you couldn't breathe a word without harrasment or being alerted. No matter how inane. shadowandblossom Jun 2016 #99

Spoken from the heart. Many here understand your feelings. EndElectoral Jun 2016 #15

Beautifully put. peace13 Jun 2016 #17

I'm sorry to see you go radical noodle Jun 2016 #18

My best to you. The Democratic Party is torn apart by the Big Money that has used their wealth rhett o rick Jun 2016 #20

Sorry-but we are not corporatists. I'm a life long Democrat and Union member redstateblues Jun 2016 #22

There are two wings to the party the progressive wing and the corporatist wing. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #23

Sorry dude-that's bullshit. You don't tell me what I am redstateblues Jun 2016 #26

You sound like you're just another authoritarian. (nt) w4rma Jun 2016 #27

Pretty funny. I'm pretty much the opposite. The Democratic Socialists have been the ones redstateblues Jun 2016 #36

No, you actually sound like a neoconservative troll. (nt) w4rma Jun 2016 #37

You are not very creative at name calling. I've been here a long time. redstateblues Jun 2016 #46

You are not very creative at name calling. I've been here a long time. w4rma Jun 2016 #69

No need to get testy. There is a good reason that there has been so much bitterness rhett o rick Jun 2016 #28

A LOT of the bitterness comes from people like you trying to claim ownership of progressivism. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #30

A LOT of the bitterness comes from people like you trying to claim ownership of neoliberalism. w4rma Jun 2016 #38

We're NOT neoliberals. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #39

Hillary is. And people who attack progressives from a neoliberal point of view are neoliberals. (nt) w4rma Jun 2016 #40

No. She isn't. -nt- Lord Magus Jun 2016 #44

Clinton Email: We Must Destroy Syria For Israel dana_b Jun 2016 #47

Hillary Clinton was not a the helm of the Obama administration. lapucelle Jun 2016 #67

I get it now. "Neoliberal" is the replacement insult for "Third Wayer." It all becomes clear. Hekate Jun 2016 #54

'Neoliberal' is a very common political term, in the US we said 'neoconservative' but the rest of Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #75

"Third Way" and "Turd Way" have become insults at DU, shorthand for ... Hekate Jun 2016 #92

Does anyone fit the term in your opinion? TheKentuckian Jun 2016 #97

"The Democratic Party is more diverse that your simplistic definition." Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #65

Unfortunately that is the shtick of that poster. To tell you what you are stevenleser Jun 2016 #79

I really doubt that you've been a Democrat more than 50 years. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #85

The "split" is about to be repaired. There are a small number of far-lefties who will always whine. YouDig Jun 2016 #86

Life, and politics, are much more complicated than you think. n/t pnwmom Jun 2016 #56

Affectations of complexity are also often acted out as a way to avoid making changes which are Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #80

Dear mom of four MFM008 Jun 2016 #31

The "tick tock" and "one more day" posts aren't about glee. Lord Magus Jun 2016 #33

+1 Lucinda Jun 2016 #45

+2 Hekate Jun 2016 #49

Cosign this 100% obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #73

Very well stated 'Mother Of Four' laserhaas Jun 2016 #35

Hillary's people just don't get it All in it together Jun 2016 #41

All in it together Buzz cook Jun 2016 #50

Seriously, dude? Donors send money to the DNC and the DNC helps down ballot candidates..... Hekate Jun 2016 #53

False premise. You don't know how mmuch $$ going down ticket or to whom by DNC. George Eliot Jun 2016 #96

Don't go. Eko Jun 2016 #42

Many more than you suspect understand your pain. Obama supporters were exiled to the BOG... Hekate Jun 2016 #52

They were not exiled anywhere. The board owner supports Obama and merrily Jun 2016 #63

Wish I could K & R this post. SO WELL SAID...How about reposting it as an OP? Surya Gayatri Jun 2016 #66

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The BOG abused the name Obama by among other things banning anyone who advocated for Bluenorthwest Jun 2016 #77

+1000 Lisa D Jun 2016 #84

~~~~ Hekate Jun 2016 #94

Right down to backing "Clean Sir Gene" in 1968... VOX Jun 2016 #89

~~~~ Hekate Jun 2016 #95

Perfect words! Thanks Hekate! Her Sister Jun 2016 #103

~~~~ Hekate Jun 2016 #104

lolz you guys! obamanut2012 Jun 2016 #72

Everything is going to be ok. Sunlei Jun 2016 #74

In other words take your ball and go home? stonecutter357 Jun 2016 #81

Me too. Adrahil Jun 2016 #87

My primary candidates rarely make it to the General. emulatorloo Jun 2016 #90

Good grief.... Good, good grief! TheDebbieDee Jun 2016 #101