When GDP closes, why not have one forum to support the nominee and one to trash the supporters?

[rug]

[lisa58]

1. lol

[DJ13]

2. Those who want to trash Obama already have 'Hillary is 44" for that

:shrug:

[NJSecularist]

8. And for those who want to trash Hillary, they already have DU. n/t

[Kittycat]

11. Hillary isn't the nominee, she barely qualifies for a democrat these days.

[EmilyAnne]

3. Maybe they can take it to Craigslist?

[rug]

4. Political trashers are not interested in seeking sex partners.

[Cali_Democrat]

5. At least you are in the stage of acceptance

The last and final stage of grief

:thumbsup:

[rug]

10. No, I just don't want to read anti-Clinton posts in August.

[Warren Stupidity]

6. If you consider all of DU 'one forum' - sounds good.

Or are you referring to the One Week Hate?

[EFerrari]

7. I hear Free Republic is welcoming new registrants. n/t

[Writer]

9. Smells like candy to me.

:P

[SoCalDem]

12. Within a week Obama becoming "official", the Hil'ites

will peel away, and DU will come together again.. In '01 we had a lot of "Nader-wars" and we survived..

People who don't "play nice", will get a granite-chip cookie and we'll all be fine again:)

[Mags]

14. Your right, everyone can swoon over BHO and there will

be laying down at his feet, ignoring anything that is not praising him, no one will have to worry about anything, they can just lie back and dream . Shut everything anti BHO out of their innocent minds and all will be well with the world.
Sounds sooooooo relaxing.

[stillcool]

18. Well now see....

where would you post something like that? I think we should have a drive by smash and bash forum, for posts such as yours. I mean, what is there to discuss in what you've written, other than your high opinion of yourself, and your low opinion of everyone else?

[Raine1967]

13. I am assuming your post is Tongue in Cheek...

But the DU rules make it pretty clear that won't happen. AND... It should NEVER happen.
From this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4798898&mesg_id=4798898
(I am sorry if I am breaking rules, but this is a key point, imo...)

WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE ON DU WHEN WE HAVE A PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.

Let me be clear: We expect our members to support the Democratic nominee for president. This expectation has been written into our rules since as far back as 2002, and we aggressively enforced this rule in 2004 after it became clear that John Kerry was the presumptive nominee. In other words, this is not a secret. If you are at all shocked or surprised by this, then you have not been paying very close attention. Don't even bother trying to convince us otherwise. This was decided long ago, we've already heard all the opposing arguments over and over a thousand times, and we're not going to change our policy. Here is how this will work:

At some point between now and the Democratic convention in August, one of the two remaining Democratic front-runners will drop out of the race, and the remaining candidate will become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. When we have a presumptive nominee, the time for fighting on DU will come to an end. The squabbling will not drag on until the "official" nomination at the convention in August. The transition to general election mode begins when we have a presumptive nominee. And we have no doubt that the vast majority of our members -- regardless of which candidate you support in the primaries -- will be glad to move forward and support the nominee.

We understand that not everyone will be prepared to immediately put the primaries behind us. There will be some jerks on the winning side who insist on gloating. And there will be some sore losers on the other side who will want to keep attacking the nominee. Once we have a presumptive nominee, those people will have one week to get it out of their systems. We believe that a one-week transitional period is more than fair for those of you who cannot switch gears easily or quickly. After this week-long adjustment period, we're done.

At that point, the moderators and admins will step in and shut down the primary infighting. The vast majority of people on this site will be glad to be done with the primaries. Sadly, a very small number of bitter partisans will not be able to let it go, and will likely be removed from this community. Few people will miss them when they are gone.

As usual, we will continue to permit constructive criticism of the Democratic nominee and of other Democratic candidates and officeholders. We will also continue to permit sincere, non-disruptive expressions of ambivalence toward the nominee. But we will not permit politically motivated attacks designed to tear down the Democratic presidential nominee.

Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope it addresses many of the questions that you have about the presidential election. If you have any questions, please feel free to post them in this thread and we will do our best to respond.

Thank you for your understanding, and thank you for being a part of our community.

David Allen ("Skinner")
Democratic Underground Administrator

[rug]

15. Ah, it says to support the nominee, not that we can't continue to attack the supporters.

That distinction has ever been made here.

[Raine1967]

17. Would you want that?

You want a place to attack other people? WHY? you did not get enough blood in GD-P?


I think the idea of attacking ANYONE once we have the nominee, is wretched, and to tell you the truth... quite Foxnews-like.

WE should not embrace that kind of thing here on DU.

[Raine1967]

19. For the record...

It does.

[Raine1967]

16. Plus, why create a place for more

hatred and division?


The GD-P rules are clear. Right now we are in a gray area,,, "When we have a presumptive nominee, the time for fighting on DU will come to an end." Once that is decided ther will be no place for people to trash ANY DEM.

In the mean time, This is DU, and these are the rules.

:peace:
Raine