New guidelines going forward for the Bernie Sanders group Edited

[Autumn]

Last edited Fri Jun 17, 2016, 10:55 AM - Edit history (3)

The admins have made the rules clear as to what direction discussion on this board will be allowed to take beginning on the 16th.

Edited out the guidelines, like Skinner says. You take your chances.

[Skink]

1. We'll have to go underground

Infiltrate.

[truedelphi]

6. AND we will have to promise to ignore

the Disturbing FIndings:

http://www.trunews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/HSCB-Cummings-2016.06.05.pdf

[Baobab]

29. “Factionalists or enemies of class, whoever they are; their seed must be eliminated through three ge

“Factionalists or enemies of class, whoever they are; their seed must be eliminated through three generations.”


-Kim Il-sung (1972)


And he wasn't kidding.

Is that the road the Democratic Party wants to take?


"The Road to Hell is Paved with good intentions"

-Old Proverb

[truedelphi]

31. When love of,

Or rewards from, any one candidate allow people to embrace a totalitarian method of vital discussions' suppression, you really have to wonder...

And I am loving your remarks.

[RoccoR5955]

2. No complaining about the Queen's coronation.

Or it's off with your head, huh?
I get it.

[Autumn]

3. I wouldn't say "it's off with your head" but Skinner's draft of the rules is very clear

and we are guests in his house.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1013&pid=6548

[RoccoR5955]

4. Well than it's time for me to go!

Just as I have firm plans to permanently leave the country in a year when I retire, I shall leave here.
America is not what it used to be even 30 years ago. In a lot of ways it has gotten more harsh, and authoritarian. If that's what people want, so be it. I do not want it, so I shall leave.

[demosincebirth]

11. Sour grapes are tough to swallow.

[Autumn]

13. So go spit the seeds somewhere else.

[2banon]

20. ....

[RoccoR5955]

12. How many "guests in your house,"

do you require payment for "special privileges?" This is what we have here. The more money you give, the better access you get. That being said, I feel that I am a paying member, not a guest.

[Skink]

14. Pay to play

Has some perks.

[Autumn]

15. That it does.

[truedelphi]

7. Regardless this or that - what happens August 14th? Or soooner...

When both Fate and the Public put the Admins into a situation wherein they are forced to realize not everyone's head can be cut off?

[atomingai]

5. .....

"We hosts have decided that as of today we will no longer allow discussion or complaints in this group of what goes on with other groups of this board or about other candidates supporters."


I guess treasonous statements like poisoning Bernie's food is ok at the other side, but talking about Hillary's record here is not!? Pathetic.

[Autumn]

8. It is what it is. nt

[atomingai]

9. Utterly disgraceful. n/t

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

27. Yes, don't have to like it... just have to accept it.

[ALittleBirdie]

10. Bernie's supporters are regrouping somewhere else.

This is not the end. The internet has vast unexplored possibilities. The future holds countless opportunities. Take a deep breath, square your shoulders, lift your chin up and carry on!

This. Is. Just. The. Beginning.

[DI Freighter Watcher]

16. Ok

Peace out. BUB BYE! Nice to have known you. GOOD LUCK with that!

[CTPatriot]

17. Bernie Supporters Are Welcome to Join DKos Exiles

Hey folks...

I stopped coming to this site quite a while ago but word is out about the new rules here and that some of you may choose to leave as a result. We faced the same dilemma at DKos and many of us chose to move on and start a new site where we weren't so constrained by Democratic Party loyalties and edicts. In other words, places where we could actually spread our wings and be un-apologetically progressive.

Feel free to join us Kossacks for Bernie at our new hangout on Reddit if you like. There are also people in our group willing to help you start your own sub-reddit if you'd rather do that. Please spread the word to the Bernie supporters on here as it doesn't look like too many will see this thread.

Our new hangout: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kossacks_for_Sanders

Also here: http://caucus99percent.com/

[dragonlady]

24. Kossacks for Sanders is a good group

I've been reading it for a while. Lots of fine stuff there.

[Puglover]

18. Speaking as a former host.

Not sure why the venom is being directed at Autumn. There are other groups on this boatd that have become nothing more than nasty meta club houses providing a forum for their members to spew smack about other DUers. It's ugly and we have always tried to discourage that.

Now she simply clarifying that. So chill please.

[2banon]

19. Thank you for all your work Autumn.

see ya over there <-----------

[felix_numinous]

21. We are learning to work around

censorship in it's latest form. I think the intelligence of the public is truly being underestimated. Climate change and millions of suffering people will break through their pathetic matrix sooner than later..

[LiberalEsto]

22. Sore winners bother me

Even though they've won, they seem to feel it's necessary to grind the faces of the losing side into the dirt.

[DhhD]

25. Have they? California is yet to be certified. It will happen as soon as all the votes are counted.

Puerto Rico is not ready to certify as they are really behind in the counting. There are weeks till the D-Convention.

Then there is the Law Suite for racketeering. I read about these three topics on a jack pine radicals web site.

[senz]

30. Foreshadowing of a Clinton or Trump presidency. Stamp out dissent.

[HassleCat]

23. Thank you.

Bernie Sanders accomplished a great deal, and his candidacy represents an opportunity to do something positive, something to reclaim what's left of the Democratic Party. We will accomplish nothing by getting upset at all the gloating and baiting coming from (ahem) "some other groups." I'm pretty sure Bernie wants us to continue to work for progressive activity in the Democratic Party, as well as in other venues. What others say in their groups about Bernie and what he represents is (mostly) of no interest, and should be ignored.

[brewens]

26. Illaryhay isyay an orpay annidatecay! We could just type al our messages in pig Latin

couldn't we?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

28. Oundssay ikelay a anplay!

[totodeinhere]

32. I had thought that at least we would have a haven in the Bernie group but I guess not.

When even this group sells out then i guess it's time to head to that other forum.

[Autumn]

33. Posting in a group protects you from attacks from non members but that's all it does.

A safe haven is an illusion, many of our members have had hidden posts and OPs and have been alert stalked in this group.

[merrily]

34. We've always been taking our chances. The alerts and results seem to get sillier by the day.

[Autumn]

35. I can't wait for Monday.

[sangfroid]

36. Before we get shut down

Let me ask. I'm voting in Jersey (Morris County) and this will be the first time I'm writing in. Do I just write in "Bernie Sanders" or "Bernard Sanders (Vermont)" or some variation?

[Miles Archer]

37. Skinner's right. You take your chances.

A month ago, I had four people on my ignore list. Right now, I probably have 100.

I've also been clicking "hide thread" like never before.

The "I can't wait for Monday" meme is popping up in pretty much every thread that isn't 100% pro-Clinton.

One Clinton supporter, who shall remain anonymous, posted that they "have to get to 1000 posts before Monday so they can be on a jury." It doesn't matter that posts will clearly have to violate the TOS. Based on what I am seeing, my guess is that Monday will be the most alert-happy single day in DU's history.

Any Sanders posts are going to have an automatic bulls eye painted on them, even if they follow the rules and don't promote him as "the nominee."

And even after I asked Skinner about "BernieBros" and all of the other garbage and he confirmed that disparaging posts about Sanders will not be allowed, nor will nicknames, I'm not expecting that to dry up and blow away tomorrow night at 11:59 PM.

I'm probably going to take a few days off starting Monday because I think the "new DU" will probably be significantly more than the average Sanders supporter will be able to handle.

It is what it is, folks. "Taking your chances" means a few ugly days, maybe weeks, until Skinner puts his foot down and reminds everyone that while Clinton may be the "presumptive nominee," what a lot of people are expecting isn't what he laid out at all.