Don't know who is winning the messaging war but I find the suggestion here we're losing disturbing.

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156. Nothing wrong with the way you just phrased it to me.

And I doubt that Prue would have objected to politely phrased disagreement. But your earlier choice of words was taunting and sarcastic: "If your way is better, surely you would rise to the top, right? You know how to "message" better than they do."

Other posters said, Bye Felicia, accused her of concern trolling, of lecturing, of not belonging here, and laughed at her when she said she has, with one exception she regrets, always voted for Democrats.

And your point about getting involved matters--but no one should be jumped on for posting on a message board. As it happens, I serve on my Democratic Town Committee and am active in getting Democrats elected. But for others, spending time on a political message board may be a way of becoming more engaged with politics and may lead to more concrete activism down the road.

The sad thing is, her initial post about messaging was a good one, I thought, but that got lost in the bashing. I live in a liberal, overwhelmingly Democratic city, and we support the Dreamers. But in other more conservative, less diverse areas, a message about America keeping its word would resonate.

Lastly, if Democrats don't act more welcoming than this to left-leaning unaffiliated voters, we are going to alienate a huge chunk of voters that we need.