Will the Acrimony and Defeatism STOP once we have a nominee?

[bluewater]

Serious question.

Or will the "I'll vote for them but hold my nose and we'll lose anyway" type posts continue?

[TwilightZone]

1. I love the smell of irony in the morning.

[bluewater]

3. LOL Hey, I will be ALL IN for our nominee!

And the deflection is noted.

But, will the "I'll vote for them but hold my nose and we'll lose anyway..." posts actually STOP once we have a nominee?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Why should they, and why should it matter if people are holding their noses when they vote

as long as they vote? A reluctant vote counts just as much as an enthusiastic one. I will be enthusiastic about defeating Trump no matter who the Democratic nominee turns out to be, and therefore I will vote for that person.

[bluewater]

13. Why should people stop posting acrimonious/defeatists posts about our nominee after we choose one?

I think that is self-evident.

Because it is not helpful to getting our nominee elected is why. Quite the contrary.

[Turin_C3PO]

2. DU usually unites

after the primaries. This primary season is nothing compared to 2016 and 2008. This site was much more divided. But we came together after the nominee was declared.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. ...and that nominee

lost.

To make things worse, the stakes are even higher this time.

[bluewater]

6. And your point is that uniting behind our nominee was a bad thing?

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. Not necessarily..

..but maybe it was the WRONG one, after all.

[FBaggins]

9. Huh?

Seems like you’re hinting that Bernie should have been the nominee instead of Hillary...

... but now you’re supporting Bloomberg?

[Saviolo]

8. So let's not try!

Let's not have the primaries and just put a ham sandwich up there! I've heard a bunch of people say they'd vote for a ham sandwich over Trump, so that should work, right? Or someone's cat! Yeah, people love cats!

The way Trump goes down is if people tell their friends, have tough conversations, knock on doors, work phone banks, and support the nominee in the general. Build enough enthusiasm to have an interference-proof electoral college win.

[bluewater]

5. Good. I'll take the pledge to do that myself.

Whom ever our eventual nominee is, once the primary battles have been fought, we must come together to defeat Trump.

[Laelth]

10. Welcome to DU.

I've seen a lot more acrimony here in the past. I've seen a great deal of defeatism. This year is on par, I suppose. You'll get used to it.



-Laelth

[Walleye]

12. I stood in line for an hour in NYC to vote for Dukakis

With a hangover, so I will vote for the nominee of the Democratic Party, no matter who, if I’m alive. I am getting a tiny bit tired of being nagged about it, though.

[abqtommy]

14. It'll be alright if we unite but it won't stop the defeatism and acrimony coming from tRUMP,

sPutin and their cultists.