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Post removed (Original Post) Post removed Jun 2016 OP
Cannot believe the stuff that does and does not get hidden. AllyCat Jun 2016 #1
This used to be a great site MissDeeds Jun 2016 #2
Agree. 840high Jul 2016 #3
People now pushing how "great" things like the TPP AllyCat Jul 2016 #5
I've started refusing to serve on Juries RussBLib Jul 2016 #8
I agree with everything you say... GeorgiaPeanuts Jul 2016 #13
Nature hates the void created by the destruction of the Republican Party HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #20
I agree. I got two hides in less than 2 hours yesterday. One was for connecting CNN to Time Warner floriduck Jul 2016 #11
How does a democracy exist in a vacuum? MissDeeds Jul 2016 #15
At least that's what I've always thought until a few weeks ago. floriduck Jul 2016 #16
Unfortunately this place is not a democracy, its a private discussion board Arazi Jul 2016 #18
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #19
I don't want to run afoul of the new rules, so I really won't say much. silvershadow Jul 2016 #4
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #21
You can't even call people out for their bullshit anymore Lunabell Jul 2016 #6
You are welcome at -none Jul 2016 #7
Refigured my password and logged back in. AllyCat Jul 2016 #9
You're welcome -none Jul 2016 #10
you would love it NJCher Jul 2016 #17
Thanks MissDeeds Jul 2016 #12
The insults and slams on Bernie continue unchecked riderinthestorm Jul 2016 #14
funny how that's working now 4dsc Jul 2016 #22
This place is beginning to resemble a candle flickering as it slowly goes out. senz Jul 2016 #23
 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
2. This used to be a great site
Thu Jun 30, 2016, 11:22 PM
Jun 2016

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.

AllyCat

(17,158 posts)
5. People now pushing how "great" things like the TPP
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 03:10 AM
Jul 2016

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

(9,684 posts)
8. I've started refusing to serve on Juries
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 08:39 AM
Jul 2016

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

(2,353 posts)
13. I agree with everything you say...
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 10:51 AM
Jul 2016

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

(36,063 posts)
20. Nature hates the void created by the destruction of the Republican Party
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 07:08 AM
Jul 2016

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

(2,262 posts)
11. I agree. I got two hides in less than 2 hours yesterday. One was for connecting CNN to Time Warner
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 09:44 AM
Jul 2016

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

 

MissDeeds

(7,499 posts)
15. How does a democracy exist in a vacuum?
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 02:06 PM
Jul 2016

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

Arazi

(6,985 posts)
18. Unfortunately this place is not a democracy, its a private discussion board
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 07:10 PM
Jul 2016

And they want the discussions to conform to their rules

Response to Arazi (Reply #18)

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
4. I don't want to run afoul of the new rules, so I really won't say much.
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 01:44 AM
Jul 2016

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.

Response to silvershadow (Reply #4)

Lunabell

(6,999 posts)
6. You can't even call people out for their bullshit anymore
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 03:39 AM
Jul 2016

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

AllyCat

(17,158 posts)
9. Refigured my password and logged back in.
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 08:49 AM
Jul 2016

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.

NJCher

(38,080 posts)
17. you would love it
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 03:34 PM
Jul 2016

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

 

riderinthestorm

(23,272 posts)
14. The insults and slams on Bernie continue unchecked
Fri Jul 1, 2016, 01:52 PM
Jul 2016

It's obviously what the majority want here though.

It's driven many of us away...

 

4dsc

(5,787 posts)
22. funny how that's working now
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 09:41 AM
Jul 2016

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

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