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VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:03 PM Apr 2016

Lookouts and obvious slandering.

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by mcar (a host of the 2016 Postmortem forum).

So let me get something straight. The primaries are not yet over, Bernie has said multiple times that he intends to carry this to the convention, and the convention's not for a decent while-- so why is the slander coming already? "Be on the lookout for "Democrats" who still post negative things about Clinton" we're posting negative things because we have been given no reason to trust her. Maybe the high road is accepting on blind faith that Clinton's track record won't be followed if she were to get the White House. But I've learned on this site, taking the high road doesn't mean a good goddamn thing anymore. "Be on the lookout". To sum this up:

"If they don't believe sunshine and rainbows fall from Clinton's lips every time she speaks based on an arbitrarily decided time limit that somehow doesn't jive right with the actual end of the primaries, then they're not just not a democrat, but a right-wing operative who deserves to be silenced"?

Excellent dividing of an already fracturing party. Just-- bravo. Ratfucker Rove couldn't do a better job.

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Lookouts and obvious slandering. (Original Post) VulgarPoet Apr 2016 OP
say what you want. vote for who you want. btw its more liable to be libel nt msongs Apr 2016 #1
I see this common tactic here daily: sufrommich Apr 2016 #2
Well said. Bobbie Jo Apr 2016 #3
Exactly! tonyt53 Apr 2016 #4
"...lost interest"? After waiting decades for a serious liberal to show up, I'd lose interest? lagomorph777 Apr 2016 #6
Exactly Andy823 Apr 2016 #5
That poster didn't say anything about not voting for HRC. aikoaiko Apr 2016 #12
Thank you! I'm sick of having to walk on eggshells. grossproffit Apr 2016 #13
They have ruined our online community felix_numinous Apr 2016 #7
The Love it or Leave it, Loyalty Oath, wing of the party demands obedience and silence. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #8
Remember - evil is evil. 840high Apr 2016 #9
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Tierra_y_Libertad Apr 2016 #10
+1 Unicorn Apr 2016 #11
I missed something Old Codger Apr 2016 #14

msongs

(67,395 posts)
1. say what you want. vote for who you want. btw its more liable to be libel nt
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:06 PM
Apr 2016

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
2. I see this common tactic here daily:
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:13 PM
Apr 2016

Clinton is pure evil and anyone who fights that narrative is "dividing the party"


Fuck that shit. You don't get to slap Clinton supporters around and then cry "you better be nice to me or I won't vote for Clinton" when they respond.

Threaten all you want,I'm not buying this juvenile passive aggressive bullshit. Don't vote for her if you don't want to.Problem solved.



Bobbie Jo

(14,341 posts)
3. Well said.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:22 PM
Apr 2016

All of it.

 

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)
4. Exactly!
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:40 PM
Apr 2016

And that is what Bernie-ites try to do. Most wouldn't even vote for him in the general election because by then they will have lost interest.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
6. "...lost interest"? After waiting decades for a serious liberal to show up, I'd lose interest?
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:44 PM
Apr 2016

Perhaps politics is just a football game to you, but to me it's about moral principles. That is how I vote and why I vote. It's not entertainment.

Andy823

(11,495 posts)
5. Exactly
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:41 PM
Apr 2016

Those who make those threats never were going to vote for her, no matter what. Hell most of them probably work for Karl Rove.

aikoaiko

(34,169 posts)
12. That poster didn't say anything about not voting for HRC.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:23 PM
Apr 2016

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)
13. Thank you! I'm sick of having to walk on eggshells.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:29 PM
Apr 2016

felix_numinous

(5,198 posts)
7. They have ruined our online community
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 03:55 PM
Apr 2016

we may recover, but may not. This is what will happen to the country X1000000.

 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
8. The Love it or Leave it, Loyalty Oath, wing of the party demands obedience and silence.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:04 PM
Apr 2016

They're frustrated and angry that some of us won't hold our noses and settle for the "lesser of two evils" on demand.

 

840high

(17,196 posts)
9. Remember - evil is evil.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:11 PM
Apr 2016
 

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)
10. A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:13 PM
Apr 2016
A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. Thomas Paine
 

Unicorn

(424 posts)
11. +1
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 04:14 PM
Apr 2016
 

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)
14. I missed something
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 06:06 PM
Apr 2016

where are they saying that? Have they called it as far as DU is concerned? and now we need to bow and scrape to al of her minions?

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