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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe wisdom of the Great Orange Satan
The latest flare up comes from two groups who have been at loggerheads for some time -- those who think Obama is a closet Republican, and those who think he walks on water. (And I'm not even exaggerating that much.)
To the Obama Rox crowd: you've been really freakin' annoying the last couple of years.
To the Obama Sux crowd: you've been really freakin' annoying the last couple of years.
I'm not sure what either of those two groups think you're accomplishing, but it's nothing constructive. I just recently banned a long-time community member in good standing because she accused progressive critics of being racist. If you don't understand that there are legitimate reasons for progressives to be upset at the White House, then you're an idiot. Plain and simple.
On the other hand, I just banned someone else full of conspiracy theories about how Obama is on a crusade to destroy Social Security and that anyone who disagrees is a sellout DLC corporatist Democrat. If you don't understand that there are legitimate reasons for progressives to be happy by things this White House has accomplished, then you're an idiot. Plain and simple.
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But here's the thing -- through Election Day, we need to have a single purpose in mind. I won't say you can't bitch about the Democrats or the president, but if you don't like Obama, you're going to like Mitt Romney even less. So what do you think you are accomplishing besides satiating some apparent need for absolute purity? Feel free to unload on Obama the day after he is reelected. But for now, seriously, what do you think you're accomplishing? If Obama offends you so much that you consider him irredeemable, then become a Green and go somewhere else, because you're pretty much hopeless and a waste of everyone else's time here.
As for you Roxers -- being an aggressive dick doesn't help build support and excitement for the president. He's got a record that you can't change, and a campaign that you can't control. Keep it positive, and keep it productive. That's how you help a campaign. Because when you are a dick, people will hate the campaign just to spite you. It's human nature -- if a dick is for something, we want to be against it. Don't play into that dynamic.
We've got an election to win. That's what's important until November.
If you can't focus on that, then get the hell off this site. Seriously
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/17/1092482/-Another-tiresome-meta-update
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The wisdom of the Great Orange Satan (Original Post)
pscot
May 2012
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freshwest
(53,661 posts)1. Thanks Kos.
librechik
(30,673 posts)2. Oh, THAT great orange Satan. I always think of Boener as The Orange One.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)6. I thought it was referring to him too. n/t
BadgerKid
(4,549 posts)7. Looks like I was two posts too late. n/t
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)3. THANK YOU WELL SAID
I would elaborate but you said it very well. We must get our priorities in order or we will be facing 4 years of President Rmoney.
Confusious
(8,317 posts)5. Is KOS the satan?
I missed something.
I also just realized, in gameze, KOS is "kill on sight."