Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:49 PM
Official "Goodbye DU" postLast edited Fri Aug 4, 2017, 01:50 PM - Edit history (1)
I was going to wait till the 15th, but it is clear that the wolves are howling at the door and the DU I knew will be pretty much toast after tomorrow, regardless of the results in CA. Better to just start settling into a new home now (that would be JPR of course).
--- Edit: JPR = Jackpine Radicals: https://jackpineradicals.com --- Official "Goodbye DU" Post 1. We won't let the door hit us on the way out -- thanks for your concern. 2. We won't be returning while Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the presumptive or actual Democratic nominee -- and perhaps not even after her inevitable fall. That should comfort many of you, which I guess just goes to show you were never really our friends. 3. We won't be voting for Trump, but have fun with that talking point. 4(a). We may not be voting for Hillary -- deal with it. If that means we were "never Democrats anyway", so be it (just ignore all our previous votes for Obama, Kerry, Gore, Clinton, et al.) 4(b). Oh, and Bernie Sanders and Ralph Nader are in fact two completely different people. 5. We're not magically going to disappear, nor are the many others who showed up to Sanders' rallies, phone banked for him, put up bumper stickers and/or lawn signs, or just honked at people standing on the corner with a Bernie sign. We will grow more numerous and more powerful, and we will eventually win. (And we will do so without throwing chairs.) You are on the wrong side of history. 6. Many, many of us are African American, women, Latino, elderly, LGBT, you name it. And some of us are young white males, not that there's anything wrong with it. Oh, and some of us are young independent millennial women with our own minds who don't choose a candidate based on who young men our age are supporting. Lol. 7. We leave sadly, not gleefully or spitefully. We sincerely wish more of you had not become so blind, deluded, jaded, fearful, peer-pressured, militant, or whatever it was that could cause you to support such a flawed individual or candidate for the Democratic Party nominee for President. For you, not for us. 8. Mostly, we leave because there's no use even talking to you anymore. We know you feel the same way about us. Call it irreconcilable differences. (If I missed anything, please add it below.) Well... Bye! 
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Author | Time | Post |
 Official "Goodbye DU" post (Original post) |
Flying Squirrel | Jun 2016 | OP |
| LiberalElite | Jun 2016 | #1 | |
| grasswire | Jun 2016 | #2 | |
| Corruption Inc | Jun 2016 | #3 | |
| HubertHeaver | Jun 2016 | #12 | |
| AZ Progressive | Jun 2016 | #17 | |
| Enthusiast | Jun 2016 | #37 | |
| merrily | Jun 2016 | #52 | |
| brewens | Jun 2016 | #4 | |
| merrily | Jun 2016 | #53 | |
| djean111 | Jun 2016 | #5 | |
| Gregorian | Jun 2016 | #6 | |
| merrily | Jun 2016 | #54 | |
| rhett o rick | Jun 2016 | #7 | |
| DI Freighter Watcher | Jun 2016 | #8 | |
| Skink | Jun 2016 | #9 | |
| felix_numinous | Jun 2016 | #10 | |
| Jester Messiah | Jun 2016 | #11 | |
| Dyedinthewoolliberal | Jun 2016 | #13 | |
| Flying Squirrel | Jun 2016 | #15 | |
| Cobalt Violet | Jun 2016 | #14 | |
| mvd | Jun 2016 | #16 | |
| CobaltBlue | Jun 2016 | #18 | |
| Flying Squirrel | Jun 2016 | #20 | |
| captainsardonicus | Jun 2016 | #36 | |
| AikidoSoul | Jun 2016 | #19 | |
| restorefreedom | Jun 2016 | #21 | |
| Zorra | Jun 2016 | #22 | |
| noiretextatique | Jun 2016 | #23 | |
| Babel_17 | Jun 2016 | #24 | |
| Hiraeth | Jun 2016 | #25 | |
| slipslidingaway | Jun 2016 | #26 | |
| TreasonousBastard | Jun 2016 | #27 | |
| Silver_Witch | Jun 2016 | #29 | |
| TreasonousBastard | Jun 2016 | #30 | |
| trudyco | Jun 2016 | #32 | |
| Enthusiast | Jun 2016 | #38 | |
| chwaliszewski | Jun 2016 | #42 | |
| sandyshoes17 | Jun 2016 | #47 | |
| Silver_Witch | Jun 2016 | #43 | |
| nilram | Jun 2016 | #28 | |
| lonestarnot | Jun 2016 | #31 | |
| Binkie The Clown | Jun 2016 | #33 | |
| davidlynch | Jun 2016 | #34 | |
| LovingA2andMI | Jun 2016 | #35 | |
| jimlup | Jun 2016 | #39 | |
| davidpdx | Jun 2016 | #40 | |
| snooper2 | Jun 2016 | #45 | |
| Mary Mac | Jun 2016 | #41 | |
| snooper2 | Jun 2016 | #44 | |
| robbedvoter | Jun 2016 | #46 | |
| chervilant | Jun 2016 | #48 | |
| sangfroid | Jun 2016 | #49 | |
| LiberalEsto | Jun 2016 | #50 | |
| peacebird | Jun 2016 | #51 | |
| The Blue Flower | Jun 2016 | #55 |
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:54 PM
2. Those who depart do so with honor.
Response to Corruption Inc (Reply #3)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 03:37 PM
12. The admins from DU are able to read on those sites also.
Response to HubertHeaver (Reply #12)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 04:41 PM
17. Bullies are the foot soldiers of the status quo
Response to HubertHeaver (Reply #12)
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 09:12 AM
merrily (45,251 posts)
52. I am not sure why they would want to. However, all posters did not use their DU names elsewhere/
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 02:58 PM
4. I won't be making this post. I plan to soldier on and make the movements presence known
Response to brewens (Reply #4)
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 09:14 AM
merrily (45,251 posts)
53. If Trump is the nominee, down ticket Democrats won't need much help.
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 03:04 PM
6. Count me in, although I'm still here in body.
Response to Gregorian (Reply #6)
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 09:15 AM
merrily (45,251 posts)
54. Wondering: at what point will you consider the Party to have been taken over?
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 03:10 PM
8. I will miss your posts
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I too will make my exit, without a final word. Knowing that I will see you and many others at JPR is a positive thought. Moving can be difficult but sometimes you find you like your new place over what you left behind.
Peace!  |
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 03:22 PM
9. Where are we going to find another Flying squirrel
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 03:22 PM
10. Maybe we'll all meet elsewhere
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on the net, who knows
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Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 03:50 PM
Dyedinthewoolliberal (15,048 posts)
13. JPR?
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 04:35 PM
mvd (64,972 posts)
16. I'll see you over at JPR
Response to Flying Squirrel (Reply #20)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 03:21 AM
36. Jackpine Radicals!
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See you there. Thanks for this amazingly clear and on-point summing up of what's happened at DU. I've been lurking since the early (quite dark) chimpy/cheney years, and found much comfort & insight here. No more. Of the Clinton supporters, you said: "You are on the wrong side of history." Yes.
Thanks and see you at Jackpine Radicals. |
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 05:07 PM
19. I will be joining you soon. I just donated $5,000 to another site
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 06:08 PM
21. see you in the nice place! nt
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 6, 2016, 06:30 PM
22. We're going to make history at JPR.
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Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 12:09 AM
26. See you there, signed up a few months ago. nt
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 12:33 AM
TreasonousBastard (42,882 posts)
27. Ahh, the glorious sounds of sour grapes squishing into the floorboards...
Response to Silver_Witch (Reply #29)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 01:09 AM
TreasonousBastard (42,882 posts)
30. That's bullying?
Response to TreasonousBastard (Reply #30)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 01:43 AM
32. So sour grapes squished into the floor boards
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 12:49 AM
28. Bernie Sanders and Ralph Nader are in fact two completely different people
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 02:08 AM
33. Look at any institution you care to name. The longer it goes on, the more corrupt it gets.
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 02:20 AM
34. I created an account at JPR for myself n/t
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Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 02:40 AM
35. Absolutely Perfect....
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As written. See ya over at JPR!
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Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 07:37 AM
40. I've decided I'm going to go out with a bang
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 01:06 PM
46. From your low post count, you only came here to push BS anyway
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Been here from the start. Seen many "movements" come and go and many good byes like this. Good luck to you!
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Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Tue Jun 7, 2016, 02:30 PM
48. I might be right behind you.
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 09:03 AM
51. Some of us are older women, like me. A solid D voter for 41 years! See you over at JPR!
Response to Flying Squirrel (Original post)
Mon Jun 20, 2016, 10:44 AM
The Blue Flower (5,301 posts)
55. You speak for me as well.
