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it certzinly is not easy being a Hillary supporter here. hrmjustin May 2015 #1
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Correct. We can't let the keyboard warriors get us down. hrmjustin May 2015 #6
Don't stoop to their level. If they name-call, just point it out. MADem May 2015 #18
Agreed. they are looking to get posts hidden. hrmjustin May 2015 #21
And "they" wear socks even in warm weather, so they've got more MADem May 2015 #31
Don't forget the zombies that come back from ppr heaven. hrmjustin May 2015 #32
Indeed--who could ever! nt MADem May 2015 #36
Ya think! sheshe2 May 2015 #38
Alert teams i am sure are out there. hrmjustin May 2015 #39
And, they get Cha May 2015 #57
And thats what they want. Iliyah May 2015 #8
It is predictable. hrmjustin May 2015 #11
Hey, Iliyah. sheshe2 May 2015 #40
Love the president and it pisses me off how he is treated here. hrmjustin May 2015 #44
You don't mind me hanging on to my President Justin? sheshe2 May 2015 #48
He is certainly no lame duck and that pisses the gop off. hrmjustin May 2015 #50
She's a wonderful woman, and deserves our support. juajen May 2015 #51
You are a strong poster. hrmjustin May 2015 #52
I feel ya.. not easy being a PBO supporter, either.. It's like Déjà vu from 2010 when so many were Cha May 2015 #56
It pisses me off his biggest supporters treat him like crap now. hrmjustin May 2015 #66
We are the minority here workinclasszero May 2015 #2
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So true! n/t OhZone May 2015 #41
Welcome to the HRC room and.glad to see you here. hrmjustin May 2015 #42
Thank you! :) nt OhZone May 2015 #71
You're welcome! hrmjustin May 2015 #72
Agreed and i think most of the Sanders supporters will be with us. hrmjustin May 2015 #43
Yes, it is liken to stirring up a fire ant bed, they just start crawling and stinging. Thinkingabout May 2015 #3
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It's not "intimidation" alone--it's bought and paid for, some of it. MADem May 2015 #37
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Rather unlovely, isn't it? MADem May 2015 #91
Check out the 87% favorability thread okasha May 2015 #7
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They are very polite for the most part, too. You know I am of mixed mind on this. But applaud the freshwest May 2015 #12
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Totally! calimary May 2015 #16
Yes, I love that song, too. n/t freshwest May 2015 #17
"I don't engage bitter folk since I don't want to be that way. brer cat May 2015 #23
You're welcome. Sometimes, I just say: freshwest May 2015 #25
LOL I love that gif! /nt workinclasszero May 2015 #29
That is wonderfully hilarious!!!!!! nt MADem May 2015 #33
I love it! hrmjustin May 2015 #45
Yeah, brer.. I do go out of my way not to engage them. Even when they try to engage me.. Cha May 2015 #58
You know, Cha, brer cat May 2015 #63
I think I have a Cha May 2015 #76
Brilliant fresh! Good reminder! Cha May 2015 #59
You bet Hekate May 2015 #13
I hope all of us can take time.... MaggieD May 2015 #15
If we did it with your verve and passion.. yallerdawg May 2015 #22
K&R! stonecutter357 May 2015 #19
I imagine if Bernie Sanders ever took a peek at sufrommich May 2015 #20
The thing is, they don't really WANT to "help" Senator Sanders. They're just fronting. MADem May 2015 #34
Oh, wow. You're right. It's coming to the home stretch now for the freshwest May 2015 #61
Brilliant post--should be its own OP!!!! nt MADem May 2015 #105
Ah, I don't make OPs though. It's like that nasty little saying some guys say to women: freshwest May 2015 #106
I hear ya! nt MADem May 2015 #107
Great post. greatlaurel May 2015 #24
He is what's called, in the parlance, a "stalking horse." MADem May 2015 #35
I think he'd be a great Senate Majority Leader. okasha May 2015 #46
Yes I agree. hrmjustin May 2015 #47
He doesn't seem to me to be the kind of guy who would like that job at all. MADem May 2015 #53
I think he would be haydukelives May 2015 #109
HRC is the most viable candidate for a general election contest Gothmog May 2015 #26
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Bravo, Bravo! Gamecock Lefty May 2015 #27
And Isn't It Funny How . . . Gamecock Lefty May 2015 #28
I think one's down. okasha May 2015 #49
Thank you KMOD. murielm99 May 2015 #30
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Where does Hillary Clinton stand on TPP? fbc May 2015 #54
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This is the Hillary Clinton room. hrmjustin May 2015 #62
It's not permissible to ask where Clinton stands on TPP? fbc May 2015 #67
No. this is for supporters only. hrmjustin May 2015 #68
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Mahalo KMOD.. I don't have a candidate yet.. I'm still hanging onto the Cha May 2015 #60
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I admit to avoiding DU aquart May 2015 #64
Du hatred of Hillary is hearbreaking. hrmjustin May 2015 #65
"ignore this member" works great northoftheborder May 2015 #69
The problem with that is it builds anti-Hillary juries. SunSeeker May 2015 #98
That rule was changed. You can now sit on juries of those you ignore no now. hrmjustin May 2015 #99
The rules still say you are excluded from the jury if you are ignoring the alerted member. SunSeeker May 2015 #101
They never update anything. hrmjustin May 2015 #102
Good to know. Thanks! nt SunSeeker May 2015 #103
My pleasure. hrmjustin May 2015 #104
I'm on Juries frequently of people i've got on Ignore. I give them TBOD and research the thread. freshwest Jun 2015 #110
Amen shenmue May 2015 #70
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LOL I hope this supposed to be satire... bowens43 May 2015 #73
How so? hrmjustin May 2015 #74
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An advanced search sows the poster is not an hrc poster. hrmjustin May 2015 #78
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I just made the poster aware that thi is the HRC room. hrmjustin May 2015 #84
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No of course not. hrmjustin May 2015 #93
You are aware this is the HRC room? hrmjustin May 2015 #82
kicking. hrmjustin May 2015 #75
I like Bernie, and I can deal with constructive criticism of Hillary AndreaCG May 2015 #86
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i just got called a Hillary personality cultist hrmjustin May 2015 #89
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I must go to confession now. hrmjustin May 2015 #94
Name calling, bashing and attacking HRC supporters Iliyah May 2015 #96
Thanks. hrmjustin May 2015 #97
kicking. hrmjustin May 2015 #100
Ready for Hillary! yallerdawg May 2015 #108
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
1. it certzinly is not easy being a Hillary supporter here.
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:02 AM
May 2015

Response to hrmjustin (Reply #1)

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
6. Correct. We can't let the keyboard warriors get us down.
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:18 AM
May 2015

MADem

(135,425 posts)
18. Don't stoop to their level. If they name-call, just point it out.
Fri May 22, 2015, 03:01 AM
May 2015

Don't return fire. Correct their mistakes and point out their rude language.

They'll end up shooting themselves in the foot.


It's pretty obvious that we've got people here with an agenda that is not consonant with the goals of the DNC, and who haven't read the TOS either. They get joy out of causing upset--don't give 'em the thrill, I say.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
21. Agreed. they are looking to get posts hidden.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:21 AM
May 2015

MADem

(135,425 posts)
31. And "they" wear socks even in warm weather, so they've got more
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:48 PM
May 2015

room to be snarky.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
32. Don't forget the zombies that come back from ppr heaven.
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:49 PM
May 2015

MADem

(135,425 posts)
36. Indeed--who could ever! nt
Fri May 22, 2015, 03:02 PM
May 2015

sheshe2

(97,627 posts)
38. Ya think!
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:01 PM
May 2015
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
39. Alert teams i am sure are out there.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:06 PM
May 2015

Cha

(319,076 posts)
57. And, they get
Sat May 23, 2015, 03:59 AM
May 2015

by with it too.. because the site is inundated with them.

Good Advice, I think.. what I've been doing. Nothing like you though.. you're brilliant.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
8. And thats what they want.
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:20 AM
May 2015

Positive HRC thread get attacked, followed by many threads positive towards their candidate which obviously gets clicks to get to the GD, meanwhile negative ones against HRC and Pres O is non-stop.

Nevertheless, HRC and her supporters will survive - LOL

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
11. It is predictable.
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:24 AM
May 2015

sheshe2

(97,627 posts)
40. Hey, Iliyah.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:20 PM
May 2015

I am with you on this, though I would say their posts are not just negative about Hillary and Obama. They are down right ugly.

I support Hillary...yet I still am focusing on Obama. I love the man, I love our President. Not ready to let go yet.

When she starts really campaigning, I will have more to post here. Lol~ for now I have mostly posted pictures, ya gotta know what some here think of my pics.

On that note~





 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
44. Love the president and it pisses me off how he is treated here.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:38 PM
May 2015

sheshe2

(97,627 posts)
48. You don't mind me hanging on to my President Justin?
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:51 PM
May 2015

Yes, he has been treated with so much disrespect.

Our first African American President. Boggers have been ridiculed for years. We are called bogscum and more. Yes, it has been ugly. You are seeing it as well with Hillary. It will get worse.

I will be here for you.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
50. He is certainly no lame duck and that pisses the gop off.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:55 PM
May 2015

And you are always welcome.

juajen

(8,515 posts)
51. She's a wonderful woman, and deserves our support.
Fri May 22, 2015, 11:04 PM
May 2015

I do not find it hard in the least to support her, whenever I can.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
52. You are a strong poster.
Fri May 22, 2015, 11:05 PM
May 2015


Keep giving them hell!

Cha

(319,076 posts)
56. I feel ya.. not easy being a PBO supporter, either.. It's like Déjà vu from 2010 when so many were
Sat May 23, 2015, 03:56 AM
May 2015

Screaming against ACA/AKA/Obamacare.

It was just the most Horrible thing ever! You couldn't talk to them reasonably. And, they're still whining and posting propaganda about it.. "Single Payer!"

He got what he could.. we were very fortunate to get that.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
66. It pisses me off his biggest supporters treat him like crap now.
Sat May 23, 2015, 09:02 AM
May 2015

Just heartbreaking.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
2. We are the minority here
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:12 AM
May 2015

But we will be the majority when we get Hillary the nomination and the presidency!

Response to workinclasszero (Reply #2)

OhZone

(3,216 posts)
41. So true! n/t
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:31 PM
May 2015
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
42. Welcome to the HRC room and.glad to see you here.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:36 PM
May 2015

OhZone

(3,216 posts)
71. Thank you! :) nt
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:34 PM
May 2015
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
72. You're welcome!
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:35 PM
May 2015

Glad to have you here.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
43. Agreed and i think most of the Sanders supporters will be with us.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:37 PM
May 2015

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
3. Yes, it is liken to stirring up a fire ant bed, they just start crawling and stinging.
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:14 AM
May 2015

Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #3)

MADem

(135,425 posts)
37. It's not "intimidation" alone--it's bought and paid for, some of it.
Fri May 22, 2015, 03:14 PM
May 2015

If you happen to notice the same crew swarming a thread, and it's the same few, always together, always turning up, like clockwork, at the same time, that's not serendipity--that's someone operating several devices working a shift. Similar punctuation, similar misspellings, and sometimes, they'll answer for one another because they forget which persona they were using--oopsie!

If your radar starts pinging, there's a reason for it.

I can't imagine anyone taking money--probably paid poorly, too--or acting as a "political volunteer"--or even doing extra duty as a political staffer--feeling good about engaging in that kind of conduct. It takes "true believer"-ship a bit too far. It's a soul-selling exercise, I should think. And really, it's the behavior of a losing team, when people have to be paid to "catapult the propaganda."

Then, too, there are always the loser trolls, like that nasty looking cretin on reddit who used to publish the upskirt pictures and would drool over 'barely legal' material. When he was finally 'outed' he whined and cried and sobbed and went on about his sick wife and how he lost his job, blah, blah, blah...and what did people say to him? They said "Fuck you, ya PIG!" He'd spent too many years being a total asshole, trolling, baiting, being a nasty-ass, disgusting jerk...and he reaped what he sowed.


I like to think what goes around eventually comes around. Mean, stupid, spitting and nasty is no way to go through life!

Response to MADem (Reply #37)

MADem

(135,425 posts)
91. Rather unlovely, isn't it?
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:20 PM
May 2015

Some people can't help but show their true colors, as well.

I've found that, whenever I see an oddball topic rearing its ugly head here--for no real rhyme or reason, it's always a good idea to Google that topic and see what one can learn. It's amazing how many "non-DU-friendly" sites will pop up, and sometimes, comments seen here look just like comments at places a respectable DUer wouldn't be caught dead!

We know them by their works, I guess.

okasha

(11,573 posts)
7. Check out the 87% favorability thread
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:20 AM
May 2015

in GD. There are a number of truly awesome Hillary people doing some schooling there.

Response to okasha (Reply #7)

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
12. They are very polite for the most part, too. You know I am of mixed mind on this. But applaud the
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:04 AM
May 2015
support of a strong Democrat. Some here aren't gong to vote or prefer other parties, so be it. I don't engage bitter folk since I don't want to be that way. If they get me feeling that way, I will have not been true to myself.



Response to freshwest (Reply #12)

calimary

(90,021 posts)
16. Totally!
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:55 AM
May 2015

I love The Alan Parsons Project! "Eye In The Sky" too. Used to play that one frequently on my radio show in college.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
17. Yes, I love that song, too. n/t
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:59 AM
May 2015

brer cat

(27,587 posts)
23. "I don't engage bitter folk since I don't want to be that way.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:33 AM
May 2015

If they get me feeling that way, I will have not been true to myself." I need to frame this and put it by my computer. Wise words, freshwest. Thanks!

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
25. You're welcome. Sometimes, I just say:
Fri May 22, 2015, 11:25 AM
May 2015


 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
29. LOL I love that gif! /nt
Fri May 22, 2015, 01:17 PM
May 2015

MADem

(135,425 posts)
33. That is wonderfully hilarious!!!!!! nt
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:49 PM
May 2015
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
45. I love it!
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:39 PM
May 2015

Cha

(319,076 posts)
58. Yeah, brer.. I do go out of my way not to engage them. Even when they try to engage me..
Sat May 23, 2015, 04:01 AM
May 2015

a lot of times I just ignore them. Talking to brick walls has never been my forte.

brer cat

(27,587 posts)
63. You know, Cha,
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:57 AM
May 2015

there are a few prolific posters here who never miss an opportunity to post negative comments about PBO no matter what the subject is. Whatever he has done is either wrong, a "lie", or dismissed because it is not enough. They are taking shots at Hillary in the same manner. I rarely engage them, but they do get under my skin. I need to do better about letting it roll off.



Cha

(319,076 posts)
76. I think I have a
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:47 PM
May 2015

lot of them on ignore. They had their chance.. but, years of the same ol thing gets deadly boring after so long and it's like .. C-Ya!



Cha

(319,076 posts)
59. Brilliant fresh! Good reminder!
Sat May 23, 2015, 04:02 AM
May 2015

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
13. You bet
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:04 AM
May 2015
 

MaggieD

(7,393 posts)
15. I hope all of us can take time....
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:28 AM
May 2015

To post positive OPs about HRC in GD. Wear out the attackers if nothing else.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
22. If we did it with your verve and passion..
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:32 AM
May 2015

there wouldn't be room for anything else!!!

You can't stop positivity! Keep up your great work, please!

stonecutter357

(13,045 posts)
19. K&R!
Fri May 22, 2015, 06:06 AM
May 2015

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
20. I imagine if Bernie Sanders ever took a peek at
Fri May 22, 2015, 08:12 AM
May 2015

the way his fans behave on DU he would be appalled. The anti Hillary brigade here is a perfect example of:



MADem

(135,425 posts)
34. The thing is, they don't really WANT to "help" Senator Sanders. They're just fronting.
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:55 PM
May 2015

I can say with confidence that at least some of the "Bernie!!!" supporters don't support him in the slightest. They are not genuine "fans."

You can tell by the way they trash Clinton. Real Sanders supporters would take their cue from their favorite, and not diss, trash, insult or lie about opponents, particularly ones with whom Sanders has had a friendship for a quarter century, and one who donated to his Senate campaign.

These troll-sock-disruptors are trying to drive a wedge between Democrats--and they are counting on people who are not too discerning, who are overly enthusiastic, and who have an aggressive and over-developed sense of team epirit de corps to "catapult their propaganda," repeat the bullshit, take up a hostile and confrontational "tone," and leave the website in dissarray.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
61. Oh, wow. You're right. It's coming to the home stretch now for the
Sat May 23, 2015, 06:53 AM
May 2015

Ready For Someone Else!™ types. It has been nothing but a search for ANY anti-HRC candidate, not caring what the person is really about. They fail to acknowledge that Sanders is neither anti-Obama nor is he anti-HRC, that would be bad for the mantra. It's the echo chamber at work.

I've followed Sanders with interest for a dozen years, but never thought he planned to run for POTUS. Then suddenly his long lost lovers come out of the woodwork, huh?

They clearly didn't know this, as it destroys their anti-Democratic Party fantasies. Their love is not credible. Enjoy this, from the Democratic Socialists of America:



Q. Aren't you a party that's in competition with the Democratic Party for votes and support?

A:No, we are not a separate party. Like our friends and allies in the feminist, labor, civil rights, religious, and community organizing movements, many of us have been active in the Democratic Party. We work with those movements to strengthen the party’s left wing, represented by the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

The process and structure of American elections seriously hurts third party efforts. Winner-take-all elections instead of proportional representation, rigorous party qualification requirements that vary from state to state, a presidential instead of a parliamentary system, and the two-party monopoly on political power have doomed third party efforts. We hope that at some point in the future, in coalition with our allies, an alternative national party will be viable. For now, we will continue to support progressives who have a real chance at winning elections, which usually means left-wing Democrats. 


http://www.dsausa.org/

That's how Bernie identifies himself.

Bernie Sanders Is Proudly Defending His Democratic Socialism From Ignorant Attacks

By Jason Easley - May, 4th, 2015

STEPHANOPOULOS: I can hear the Republican attack ad right now. He wants American to look more like Scandinavia.

SANDERS: That’s right. That’s right. And what’s wrong with that? What’s wrong when you have more income and wealth equality? What’s wrong when they have a stronger middle class in many ways than we do, higher minimum wage than we do, and they are stronger on the environment than we do? Look, the fact of the matter is, we do a lot in our country, which is good, but we can learn from other countries. We have, George, the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on earth, at the same time as we are seeing a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires. Frankly, I don’t think that is sustainable. I don’t think that’s what America is about.

According to the Democratic Socialists Of America,

Democratic Socialism does not mean government control of the economy, “Democratic socialists believe that both the economy and society should be run democratically—to meet public needs, not to make profits for a few. To achieve a more just society, many structures of our government and economy must be radically transformed through greater economic and social democracy so that ordinary Americans can participate in the many decisions that affect our lives.”

The problem is that Republicans have defined everything that isn’t trickle-down economics as socialism. Republicans define liberalism as socialism. Republicans think progressivism is socialism when in reality, they have no idea what socialism is.


http://www.politicususa.com/2015/05/04/bernie-sanders-proudly-defending-democratic-socialism-ignorant-attacks.html

No one is going to find HRC against any of that! Her record does not show it. Nor does her rhetoric. Really, what is a more useful pursuit than Equality? Why dedicate years of one's life to the offal spewing from the GOP and Libertarians?

She doesn't, and neither should we spend our time that way. Make no mistake, wholesale denigradation of the Democratic Party and every single member such as that spewed, is not about getting a Democratic Socialist, a liberal or progressive in office.

It's just about destroying the organizing mechanism of our party to create change, and leaving a vacuum for the Koch brothers to fill up with more Libertarianism. Who's kidding who here?

Supporting Bernie does not mean destroying the Democratic Party as a whole/ refusing to vote for any Democrat/ or attaching oneself to another brand in an act of self-righteous rebellion. Or posting how much the Democratic Party betrayed one or how one will never vote Democratic again, etc. Pull my other finger. No, really. Do it.

Barney Frank was once admired on DU for his accomplishments, but is now maligned, after he ran against the media mold and said this:

Understand that the more deeply you hold your ideals, the more you are morally obligated to be pragmatic...

Idealism without pragmatism is just a way to flatter your ego.


With 'friends' such as those who toss good Democrats under the bus for every media generated poutrage, who needs enemies? And does anyone remember this from Barney?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/17/barney-frank-elizabeth-warren_n_6886862.html

And from Warren herself?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/31/elizabeth-warren-hillary-clinton_n_6977466.html

*sound of bus approaching*

How quickly she was discarded and now is forgotten. You were really onto something when you said they weren't really Sanders supporters. They just put on the robe for the time being. Sad, isn't it?

Some places are not about the people they claim to be in love with, those people are being used as tools for another plan. They're anti-HRC groups doing opposition research for the GOP. They are manufacturing media consent for what a GOP stolen election in 2016. After all, if the Democrats hate them, they can say we didn't show up to vote, thus their guy really did win. And if they get a lot of hits here, that 'proves it' and these posts are being spread like the POS thread on RW sites to 'prove even Democrats are not supporting their Party.' And the polls are attacked saying otherwise. Gotta keep up the meme, oh, yeah.

Bernie and Obama called out CU and the Koch brothers, as did Reid, Hartmann and other figures that have the public ear. The voices have become more insistent since Obama defied them in 2009 and said that a grass roots movement to pass a Constitutional amendment was required as soon as CU crippled fair elections thanks to:



Which has some real corporatists, not what HRC/ Obama/ Democrats are called here, richly enough, by those who follow the ultimate in corporatism, Libertarianism.

How Freedom Became Tyranny

By George Monbiot - 19th December 2011

Freedom: who could object? Yet this word is now used to justify a thousand forms of exploitation. Throughout the rightwing press and blogosphere, among thinktanks and governments, the word excuses every assault on the lives of the poor, every form of inequality and intrusion to which the 1% subject us. How did libertarianism, once a noble impulse, become synonymous with injustice?

In the name of freedom – freedom from regulation – the banks were permitted to wreck the economy. In the name of freedom, taxes for the super-rich are cut. In the name of freedom, companies lobby to drop the minimum wage and raise working hours. In the same cause, US insurers lobby Congress to thwart effective public healthcare; the government rips up our planning laws(1); big business trashes the biosphere. This is the freedom of the powerful to exploit the weak, the rich to exploit the poor.

Right-wing libertarianism recognises few legitimate constraints on the power to act, regardless of the impact on the lives of others. In the UK it is forcefully promoted by groups like the TaxPayers’ Alliance, the Adam Smith Institute, the Institute of Economic Affairs and Policy Exchange(2). Their conception of freedom looks to me like nothing but a justification for greed.

So why have we been been so slow to challenge this concept of liberty? I believe that one of the reasons is as follows. The great political conflict of our age – between neocons and the millionaires and corporations they support on one side and social justice campaigners and environmentalists on the other – has been mischaracterised as a clash between negative and positive freedoms...


Article really goes into depth after that and is worth reading:

http://www.monbiot.com/2011/12/19/how-freedom-became-tyranny/



MADem

(135,425 posts)
105. Brilliant post--should be its own OP!!!! nt
Sun May 24, 2015, 10:54 PM
May 2015

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
106. Ah, I don't make OPs though. It's like that nasty little saying some guys say to women:
Mon May 25, 2015, 01:17 AM
May 2015
He's just not that into you.

Use 'DU' for 'you' and that's it.

I spend more time here than I should, really,

But there are some interesting folks, still...

MADem

(135,425 posts)
107. I hear ya! nt
Mon May 25, 2015, 03:12 AM
May 2015

greatlaurel

(2,020 posts)
24. Great post.
Fri May 22, 2015, 10:43 AM
May 2015

Bernie is really helping Hillary by focusing on the issues. It has got the news media in a real snit, because their tactic of focusing on ridiculous issues is being hijacked by Bernie and Hillary. Those two are really smart. A great team.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
35. He is what's called, in the parlance, a "stalking horse."
Fri May 22, 2015, 03:00 PM
May 2015

I think he knows what he's doing, and I think she knows, too. Of course, we won't know until the song is sung!

okasha

(11,573 posts)
46. I think he'd be a great Senate Majority Leader.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:41 PM
May 2015
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
47. Yes I agree.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:42 PM
May 2015

MADem

(135,425 posts)
53. He doesn't seem to me to be the kind of guy who would like that job at all.
Fri May 22, 2015, 11:08 PM
May 2015

It's not about taking a position so much as it is articulating a consensus, speaking for the group as a whole, as well as herding cats, placating hurt feelings, making deals, and using parliamentary tricks to outwit and outlast the other side. Also, that's an elected position, and the entire Dem crew has to vote for their choice--I don't think Sanders has the seniority (he is new to the Senate) or has put in the time as an "officer" (whip, caucus leader, assistant enforcer, or what-have-you) to get the votes from his fellow senators. The job does come with a big office and extra staff--but you need them, because the workload more than doubles.

In any event, I think the new guy has already been all but named to replace Harry.

haydukelives

(1,237 posts)
109. I think he would be
Mon May 25, 2015, 10:45 AM
May 2015

A great President.

Gothmog

(179,869 posts)
26. HRC is the most viable candidate for a general election contest
Fri May 22, 2015, 12:01 PM
May 2015

She has the most expierence and will be a truly great POTUS

Response to Gothmog (Reply #26)

Gamecock Lefty

(708 posts)
27. Bravo, Bravo!
Fri May 22, 2015, 12:29 PM
May 2015

I just put a Hillary sticker on my car - right near my Darwin fish!

Gamecock Lefty

(708 posts)
28. And Isn't It Funny How . . .
Fri May 22, 2015, 12:39 PM
May 2015

our side is talking issues, meeting with the people to hear their concerns, yet the Repubs are talking about – well, Hillary!

They’ve been trashing her for years and are now stepping it up a notch because they are running scared. They are going to get their asses kicked by a girl and this guy will love every minute of it!

okasha

(11,573 posts)
49. I think one's down.
Fri May 22, 2015, 09:54 PM
May 2015

Huckabee committed political suicide today, and it wasn't a pretty sight.

murielm99

(32,988 posts)
30. Thank you KMOD.
Fri May 22, 2015, 02:29 PM
May 2015

Thank you for speaking up in the face of many, many insults.

It is amazing how many DUers are doing the right-wing's work for them.

Response to murielm99 (Reply #30)

 

fbc

(1,668 posts)
54. Where does Hillary Clinton stand on TPP?
Sat May 23, 2015, 01:18 AM
May 2015

It's kind of important, isn't it?

Response to fbc (Reply #54)

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
62. This is the Hillary Clinton room.
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:51 AM
May 2015

As host i ask you to self delete.

 

fbc

(1,668 posts)
67. It's not permissible to ask where Clinton stands on TPP?
Sat May 23, 2015, 10:27 AM
May 2015

in the Hillary Clinton room?

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
68. No. this is for supporters only.
Sat May 23, 2015, 10:32 AM
May 2015

That is what gd is for.

Please delete your posts.

Response to fbc (Reply #54)

Cha

(319,076 posts)
60. Mahalo KMOD.. I don't have a candidate yet.. I'm still hanging onto the
Sat May 23, 2015, 06:31 AM
May 2015

Obama Presidency.. one of these months I will make a choice.

I didn't choose Obama until late December of '07.. and then less than a year later..

Good Luck to Hillary.. I see the whole forest.. not a one issue person. Say like the TPP.

Response to Cha (Reply #60)

aquart

(69,014 posts)
64. I admit to avoiding DU
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:59 AM
May 2015

because nothing Hillary has done deserves the outright viciousness I've seen posted here.

The woman awes me, to keep her ambition so clear and bright knowing what she knows about campaigns and the presidency itself? My God, what courage. What energy. What an apprenticeship.

They try to make sins of her strengths just like Karl taught them. I'm not buying it. Glad none of you do, either.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
65. Du hatred of Hillary is hearbreaking.
Sat May 23, 2015, 09:01 AM
May 2015

northoftheborder

(7,637 posts)
69. "ignore this member" works great
Sat May 23, 2015, 03:40 PM
May 2015

SunSeeker

(58,283 posts)
98. The problem with that is it builds anti-Hillary juries.
Sun May 24, 2015, 03:19 AM
May 2015

When you put someone on ignore, you can't be on their jury. So the very people we really need on these juries are excluded. That is why it is getting increasing vicious around here; hides are harder with such a jury.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
99. That rule was changed. You can now sit on juries of those you ignore no now.
Sun May 24, 2015, 09:22 AM
May 2015

SunSeeker

(58,283 posts)
101. The rules still say you are excluded from the jury if you are ignoring the alerted member.
Sun May 24, 2015, 04:35 PM
May 2015
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=modsystem
I just checked (see above link) and this is what the rules say:

Detailed Explanation of the Jury Selection Process

For those who are interested, this sections provides a detailed breakdown of the Jury selection process.

Immediately after a Community Standards alert is sent our software begins to seat a Jury by randomly flagging members who are currently browsing DU. Members are excluded from serving if:

•they have their "Willingness to serve on a DU Jury" option set to "Unwilling"
•they are ignoring the alerted member
•they are blocking DU mail from the alerted member
•they have replied to the alerted member within the last 24 hours
•they have alerted on the alerted member within the last 24 hours
•they have posted in the thread which contains the alerted post
•they are on the alerted member's Jury Blacklist
...


However, I notice at the link it says it was last updated 7/23/13.

Do you have a link to the notice of the change?
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
102. They never update anything.
Sun May 24, 2015, 04:44 PM
May 2015

He addressed this in ata a whike back.

When i used ignore this year i still sat on a jury for a member i had on ignore.

SunSeeker

(58,283 posts)
103. Good to know. Thanks! nt
Sun May 24, 2015, 04:52 PM
May 2015
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
104. My pleasure.
Sun May 24, 2015, 04:54 PM
May 2015

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
110. I'm on Juries frequently of people i've got on Ignore. I give them TBOD and research the thread.
Thu Jun 11, 2015, 12:30 AM
Jun 2015

Unless they are clearly breaking the TOS or flaming, they have nothing to fear from me being on their Jury. I can be impartial even if I find most of their posts galling.

However, that is not the case with some, I've seen Jurors comment that they will or will not leave a post based on the poster in question or the one who is assumed to be under attack. I wish there was an option for outright lying and distrortion, but that is not in the TOS, and even hiding for RW sources, outrageous ones, is not against the rules.

More things like that go to the Hosts (no mods anymore) and some of them won't hide things that match their ideological bent. At least I've been told that. I have no interest in being involved with that.

I look at the list of Hosts and can tell which way they are likely to go on anything, sad to say. Many things have been locked that don't violate forum SOPs. Things have been getting out of hand here.

shenmue

(38,598 posts)
70. Amen
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:01 PM
May 2015

Very much looking forward to volunteering.

Response to shenmue (Reply #70)

 

bowens43

(16,064 posts)
73. LOL I hope this supposed to be satire...
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:40 PM
May 2015
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
74. How so?
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:45 PM
May 2015

Response to bowens43 (Reply #73)

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
78. An advanced search sows the poster is not an hrc poster.
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:54 PM
May 2015

Response to hrmjustin (Reply #78)

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
84. I just made the poster aware that thi is the HRC room.
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:58 PM
May 2015

Sometimes they don't realize it.

Response to hrmjustin (Reply #84)

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
93. No of course not.
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:22 PM
May 2015

There is always someone to nit pick at us.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
82. You are aware this is the HRC room?
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:56 PM
May 2015
 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
75. kicking.
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:46 PM
May 2015

AndreaCG

(2,331 posts)
86. I like Bernie, and I can deal with constructive criticism of Hillary
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:10 PM
May 2015

It's the repeating of republican talking points that's annoying. And worse, the declaration that they won't support Hillary if she's the nominee. Why not just go to the voting booth and pull the lever (ok fill in the oval) for Jeb or Scotty or Paul the younger or whichever nasty idiot runs on the R line? Like these people weren't around in 2000 to remember Florida. And frankly, dumb as W was, these creeps are way worse. It makes me nuts.

Response to AndreaCG (Reply #86)

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
89. i just got called a Hillary personality cultist
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:16 PM
May 2015

Response to hrmjustin (Reply #89)

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
94. I must go to confession now.
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:23 PM
May 2015

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
96. Name calling, bashing and attacking HRC supporters
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:32 PM
May 2015

very much sounds like RWers. On RWer sites everyone must toll the line, if not, you're kick out and ban for life.

DU represents progressive and democratic ideals, civil pro and con, civil agree to disagree. That won't change. Maybe veer off a bit, but I do see signs of the DU waking up and not liking what has transpired this past month. To suggest that HRC supporters get it means a whole lot!

hrmjustin, keep up the good fight, you are never alone.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
97. Thanks.
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:33 PM
May 2015

I do feel a little more hated of late but i will be ok.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
100. kicking.
Sun May 24, 2015, 11:33 AM
May 2015

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
108. Ready for Hillary!
Mon May 25, 2015, 08:44 AM
May 2015

After Ireland became the first country to vote for marriage equality, Hillary tweeted:

Well done, Ireland. -H

I'm sure the Republicans and our friends on GD have a spin for this!

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