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[AllyCat]

1. Cannot believe the stuff that does and does not get hidden.

[MissDeeds]

2. This used to be a great site

for intelligent, insightful discussion.

I miss DU, and everything it once was. Now it's just an echo chamber for the third way.

Yeah, yeah, I know this will be "removed" which kind of proves my point.

[840high]

3. Agree.

[AllyCat]

5. People now pushing how "great" things like the TPP

and lower wages can be. Turd Way indeed. If you call it that, you get hidden for calling names. Multiple juries every day and we don't even get to see results.

[RussBLib]

8. I've started refusing to serve on Juries

If you decline to enforce a "rule" you allegedly won't be asked to serve on another Jury that alerts on that rule. So I am systematically refusing to enforce the rules.

The fact that you cannot make a comment along with your vote bothers me too.

I wonder how many members DU has lost over the last couple of weeks now? I might be gone too if it doesn't lighten up. Too bad.

[GeorgiaPeanuts]

13. I agree with everything you say...

It has become a massive echo chamber where bashing Bernie is a-ok, and accusing Bernie supporters of being right wingers or freerepublic users is a-ok.

[HereSince1628]

20. Nature hates the void created by the destruction of the Republican Party

In a political nation dominated by two parties that the void can only be filled in one way.

I'm old enough to remember how another void was filled in after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

In 1976 assassination-by-drone warfare would have been unthinkable, outside of circles of the mad scientists at DARPA, let alone defended as good policy by a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

[floriduck]

11. I agree. I got two hides in less than 2 hours yesterday. One was for connecting CNN to Time Warner

as a Clinton contributor. The juries must be mostly opposition people who just want us to go away.

[MissDeeds]

15. How does a democracy exist in a vacuum?

Or in an atmosphere where freedom of expression and inquiry is forbidden? It doesn't. Suppression is antithetical to freedom.

[floriduck]

16. At least that's what I've always thought until a few weeks ago.

[Arazi]

18. Unfortunately this place is not a democracy, its a private discussion board

And they want the discussions to conform to their rules

[silvershadow]

4. I don't want to run afoul of the new rules, so I really won't say much.

But I will say, this place has changed, and if it to be representative of our party, then I honestly see a realignment coming in the very near future.

[Lunabell]

6. You can't even call people out for their bullshit anymore

People have become very thin skinned and alert happy. We used to have some very lively debates, but no more!

[-none]

7. You are welcome at

http://jackpineradicals.com/

[AllyCat]

9. Refigured my password and logged back in.

I don't even feel that I can post here anymore. Basic posts supporting Democratic ideas such as worker rights are routinely attacked by people I thought would support those ideas.

Thanks for the reminder.

[-none]

10. You're welcome

There.

[NJCher]

17. you would love it

It's a very happy place, with many thoughtful posters. There are some very astute thinkers and researchers there, so you will get the latest news.

Many posters kept their names, although there is a thread where people tell who they used to be here (if they changed user names). Reading the posts is just like old times.



Cher

[MissDeeds]

12. Thanks

I've been there since they launched. Lots of good folks there!

[riderinthestorm]

14. The insults and slams on Bernie continue unchecked

It's obviously what the majority want here though.

It's driven many of us away...

[4dsc]

22. funny how that's working now

yet if we speak out against the establishment we are threaten with banishment.

[senz]

23. This place is beginning to resemble a candle flickering as it slowly goes out.