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Boldine

(86 posts)
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:14 PM Jun 2016

So I was just blocked from Hillary's group

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by one_voice (a host of the General Discussion forum).

I would like to know that why is it that that group can chose to call Bernie supporters "Bernistas", and sput untruths about Bernie and denigrate anyone not supporting HRC, but they can't take criticism. As I pointed out there is much worse to come their way from the GOP and they need to be prepared - alienating fellow DU'ers is not the way to go.

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So I was just blocked from Hillary's group (Original Post) Boldine Jun 2016 OP
don't bother asking mikeysnot Jun 2016 #1
Everybody with a grain of sense Aerows Jun 2016 #2
I was blocked from the CherokeeDem Jun 2016 #11
It all descends to the same place. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #15
I know CherokeeDem Jun 2016 #20
And I don't want to go there, either. n/t Aerows Jun 2016 #24
I was blocked for questioning the use of a source from a Russian site. LiberalFighter Jun 2016 #22
You are in great company. Don't sweat them. Who cares. yeoman6987 Jun 2016 #3
Thank you all - nice to know I belong to a great group Boldine Jun 2016 #4
Ha, I was blocked from the Bernie group without even posting there. cwydro Jun 2016 #5
You can't be blocked from a group without ever posting in it. Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #10
Perhaps, but I even looked back through my posts after getting the email. cwydro Jun 2016 #13
Here: Nye Bevan Jun 2016 #18
Hey thanks! cwydro Jun 2016 #25
You and I have a lot in common. Aerows Jun 2016 #12
I wasn't aware I was in the HIllary group because I was on latest threads & not paying attention womanofthehills Jun 2016 #26
welcome to the club from #1 Duckhunter935 Jun 2016 #6
Congratulations! Jackilope Jun 2016 #7
for the same reason that the bernie group kicks out anyone who isn't supremely in niyad Jun 2016 #8
I was blocked from Bernie's group for the same thing Beaverhausen Jun 2016 #9
Who cares Matrosov Jun 2016 #14
2 more days....2 more days.... chillfactor Jun 2016 #16
It's so much better Aerows Jun 2016 #21
.. Purveyor Jun 2016 #23
Cool story, bro. nt onehandle Jun 2016 #17
For the same reason I got banned from the Bernie group for calling out his lacking policies. CrowCityDem Jun 2016 #19
Oh, Yes Worldly Traveler Jun 2016 #27
Locking.. one_voice Jun 2016 #28

mikeysnot

(4,909 posts)
1. don't bother asking
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:14 PM
Jun 2016

william won't tell....

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
2. Everybody with a grain of sense
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:15 PM
Jun 2016

has been blocked from there.

Don't take it personally, it just means you have a shred of principle and intelligence.

CherokeeDem

(3,735 posts)
11. I was blocked from the
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:22 PM
Jun 2016

Bernie group early on for questioning their use of quotes from Ann Coulter to denigrate Hillary. Don't speak to me of integrity, principle or intelligence when a group consistently uses rightwing media as one of its tools to attack a Democratic candidate.

It is insulting to label a group of people as lacking principle or intelligence because they don't agree with that's group's opinions.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
15. It all descends to the same place. n/t
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jun 2016

CherokeeDem

(3,735 posts)
20. I know
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:28 PM
Jun 2016

where it descends.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
24. And I don't want to go there, either. n/t
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:29 PM
Jun 2016

LiberalFighter

(53,544 posts)
22. I was blocked for questioning the use of a source from a Russian site.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:28 PM
Jun 2016

The host that blocked me is no longer a host.

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
3. You are in great company. Don't sweat them. Who cares.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:15 PM
Jun 2016

Boldine

(86 posts)
4. Thank you all - nice to know I belong to a great group
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:17 PM
Jun 2016
 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
5. Ha, I was blocked from the Bernie group without even posting there.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:18 PM
Jun 2016

So don't tell me about thin skins.

However, you may not realize your post is meta. And will probably be locked.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
10. You can't be blocked from a group without ever posting in it.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:21 PM
Jun 2016

It's pretty easy to post in a group without realizing it.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
13. Perhaps, but I even looked back through my posts after getting the email.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jun 2016

I could never find any post in that group.

It certainly would have been accidental; that's for sure lol.

I couldn't be arsed to research it further however.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
25. Hey thanks!
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:29 PM
Jun 2016

Yeah, I remember that thread, but didn't realize it was the BS group.

So there ya go.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
12. You and I have a lot in common.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:23 PM
Jun 2016

On this matter - we don't. I am not sure if there is a group anywhere on the internet that is as incapable of tolerating a hair of anything short of absolute fawning over a candidate as that group.

It's the 4chan of political discourse.

womanofthehills

(10,750 posts)
26. I wasn't aware I was in the HIllary group because I was on latest threads & not paying attention
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:30 PM
Jun 2016

to what group I was in - got blocked from the Hillary group few months ago just for sayng Bernie had momentum.

 

Duckhunter935

(16,974 posts)
6. welcome to the club from #1
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:19 PM
Jun 2016

they are very thin skinned and use their little club to try and safely attack others. In fact they get pissed when they get hides due to breaking community standards, they think they should be exempt.

Jackilope

(819 posts)
7. Congratulations!
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:20 PM
Jun 2016

With as toxic an environment in there, better to escape via boot anyway!

niyad

(130,503 posts)
8. for the same reason that the bernie group kicks out anyone who isn't supremely in
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:21 PM
Jun 2016

awe of bernie.

works both ways, dear heart.

Beaverhausen

(24,689 posts)
9. I was blocked from Bernie's group for the same thing
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:21 PM
Jun 2016

You'll survive.

 

Matrosov

(1,098 posts)
14. Who cares
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jun 2016

As a Bernie supporter myself, I'd say Hillary vs Trump is like a tap on the shoulder vs getting shot in the head.

chillfactor

(7,694 posts)
16. 2 more days....2 more days....
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:25 PM
Jun 2016

and you will be blocked permanently if you keep trying to put Hillary down and support bernie

This is a Democratic site and we SUPPORT our nominee here...if you cannot do that....bye, bye.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
21. It's so much better
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:28 PM
Jun 2016

to be incapable of having a conversation about anything that doesn't revolve around a political figure.

Christ, this is getting dragged into here and I'm actively avoiding the hell out of GD:_P because it serves no purpose other than to snipe at one another.

Thank you for dragging this shit into GD.

 

Purveyor

(29,876 posts)
23. ..
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:28 PM
Jun 2016

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
17. Cool story, bro. nt
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:25 PM
Jun 2016
 

CrowCityDem

(2,348 posts)
19. For the same reason I got banned from the Bernie group for calling out his lacking policies.
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:27 PM
Jun 2016

Worldly Traveler

(34 posts)
27. Oh, Yes
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:32 PM
Jun 2016

it happens to any of us for the slightest references to the truth. Feel honored, like I did, when I was blocked, it told me everything I needed to know about the Hillary group's character.

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
28. Locking..
Sat Jun 18, 2016, 01:32 PM
Jun 2016

disruptive meta is not allowed

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