People, remember what you say

and nothing ever changes except the level of anger and fratricide. I hate it, but it kinda comes with the territory.

that a discussion board sometimes seems like a junior high school.

As I've said before, we should be able to disagree without being disagreeable.

"In the local literary traditions, such as it is, Washington is said to mimic high school. ... There are plenty of bullies and nerds here. Familiar tableaus, like the floor of the Senate and the White House briefing room, are set up like classrooms. Congress goes out on 'recess.'"

DC and DU both.

That statement is sadly true I'm afraid.

It'd be nice if we could all try and stay a bit more civil. It's gonna be a long election season.

Until there is a candidate the vast majority of us can support.

Just stating the facts.

Is there some reason you feel like you should be able to control the votes of everyone on the site? There is something bizarre about the idea that you think people have to agree with you on everything to be acceptable. No one is forcing you to slum it with the awful Democrats who refuse to vote like you want. Imagine the party having the nerve to allow someone to run that you don't approve of. Who do they think they are anyway?

I ask the question because what you wrote has nothing whatsoever to do with anything I wrote.

I just stated a simple fact. I wasn't telling anyone to do anything. I wasn't even making a suggestion; just an observation.

and you cited that as a reason for animosity toward other DUers. That is what I was responding to.

I made a simple, direct statement that I believe to be true -- that DU will not "unite" until there is a candidate that all DUers can support.

Do you think I'm mistaken about that, and DUers will in fact unite behind a candidate that many can't support?

I had no specific candidate in mind, did not express animosity, and was not suggesting anything beyond that simple observation.

I think most DUers will "unite" (vote for) the Democratic nominee in the general election, though with a community this large there will always be dissenters and complete unity will never be achieved.

I'm not saying that's a good thing or bad thing. Diversity of opinion exists.

Period.

You, on the other hand, seem very eager to take offense where none was given.

seems like people even get flamed for trying to be civil during the election cycle and we can't blame it on trolls all the time .

however, I have cultivated a small but effective ignore list. I only have a half dozen or so on it. I was looking through their profiles last night and one was TS'd and 2 of the others were on "vacation" due to hidden posts.