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SunImp

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43. There is also a group of obnoxiously hostile anti progressives here too

Fri Mar 18, 2022, 09:58 PM

Mar 2022

Even in threads just praising a Progressive Democrat these people feel the need to trash & downplay anything good that progressives have done or want to do for the Country. Many good & intelligent Duers have left or stopped posting here because of how abusive these people tend to be.

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Remember when Hillary won the primary and we lost a bunch of obnoxious voices here [View all] pnwmom Mar 2022 OP

Bad memories. Hoyt Mar 2022 #1

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #2

When did Hillary "acknowledge she is toxic"? Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #7

Never. The toxicity is all on the other side, which will continue to invoke her name ... Hekate Mar 2022 #11

I am curious about this also LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #13

This isn't about Hillary running again. It's about a site that appears to be a Russian asset, pnwmom Mar 2022 #8

We also lost many great Duer's because of them. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #15

Anyone with a functioning brain stem iemanja Mar 2022 #65

I don't think the OP is about Hillary at all.Mentioning her places the discussion at a point in time Hekate Mar 2022 #10

Yup...tantrum is the correct word. Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #17

Exactly, Hekate. You've read my mind! n/t pnwmom Mar 2022 #19

You got that right, Hekate mcar Mar 2022 #22

She did no such thing...she barely lost and won the popular vote...don't get me started on why she Demsrule86 Mar 2022 #14

Stop. Just stop. mcar Mar 2022 #18

+1 spooky3 Mar 2022 #20

Wow that's some twisted logic there FakeNoose Mar 2022 #3

What logic is that? yardwork Mar 2022 #46

I think maybe the poster was referring to the quotes from JPR. n/t pnwmom Mar 2022 #79

There were never very many of them. TwilightZone Mar 2022 #4

There were dozens of DUers who signed up on that site. yardwork Mar 2022 #47

Last time I looked they were pushing Ivermectin AZProgressive Mar 2022 #5

Yep, some did a full Glenn Greenwald/Jill Stein and are essentially Trump supporters now. Bleacher Creature Mar 2022 #9

OMG iemanja Mar 2022 #66

I've looked in there, though rarely. There are the terrible voices, but there are one or two Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #6

I have been ignoring that site for a while LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #12

I agree -- DU became a much better place when they left. n/t pnwmom Mar 2022 #23

I looked and I had saved another post from that site on John Lewis LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #26

That's really gross. pnwmom Mar 2022 #80

Good gad, they're still around? mcar Mar 2022 #16

The same group goes back farther than jpr. Mosby Mar 2022 #21

I remember that poster LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #29

I took a look at the successor to PI, "the Bell Forum", a few days ago muriel_volestrangler Mar 2022 #34

I remember all those posters defending Russia in 2014. I'm glad they're no longer here. yardwork Mar 2022 #86

I read something recently ymetca Mar 2022 #24

Thanks for posting that! It's terrifying. yardwork Mar 2022 #87

Folk over at JPR often slur Biden as a neoliberal, to mean a hard-core Hortensis Mar 2022 #106

Cambridge Analytica. They slinked off into oblivion after they manipulated Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #117

I have Christopher Wylie's "Mindf*ck, Cambridge Analytica And The Plot To Break America" betsuni Mar 2022 #122

And we aren't talking about it any more! It's astonishing! Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #125

Apparently they have gone full Tulsi. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #25

The horseshoe theory of political extremes has some merit LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #28

I think they make the rest of the left look bad AZProgressive Mar 2022 #30

I've never thought the JPR members are really "left." yardwork Mar 2022 #88

True, it's not about politics. Pessimism, cynicism, needing to be a victim, resentment, emotion. betsuni Mar 2022 #91

Misogyny absolutely played a role. "Who does she think she is..." yardwork Mar 2022 #92

Misogyny was the central basis of JPR in my opinion jcgoldie Mar 2022 #96

They do seem to like authoritarian men, eh? yardwork Mar 2022 #97

Bingo! We now know a lot of Sanders' were LW authoritarian followers, Hortensis Mar 2022 #114

Half misogyny, half "misogyny, once removed" I think bobacatt Mar 2022 #107

They swore up and down they loved Elizabeth Warren, would totally vote for her. betsuni Mar 2022 #111

I have seen Native Americans critical of Warren for that AZProgressive Mar 2022 #113

JPR called her Pocahontas, just like Trump. betsuni Mar 2022 #115

They only liked her as long as she played handmaiden to Bernie bobacatt Mar 2022 #128

"I think you called me a liar on national TV." betsuni Mar 2022 #129

They certainly do. pnwmom Mar 2022 #78

It's the past, and that is where I leave it.. ms liberty Mar 2022 #27

We need to learn from the past. It's not like Putin has stopped trying to spread propaganda here. n/ pnwmom Mar 2022 #31

Unfortunately, it's not safely in the past. yardwork Mar 2022 #93

LW authoritarians are still as real now as trumpist authoritarians are. Hortensis Mar 2022 #105

They drove me off DU for about 6 months. And as bad as that time was, Itchinjim Mar 2022 #32

I think it was worse in 2016, because Hillary had endorsed Obama within 4 days pnwmom Mar 2022 #104

2008 was pretty bad though. Elessar Zappa Mar 2022 #108

I like how awkward it is for the pro-Russia anti-America (meaning anti-Democratic Party) crowd betsuni Mar 2022 #33

It's important to be reminded of Cha Mar 2022 #35

I am curious about the trajectory of JPR bobacatt Mar 2022 #36

Most of the sane people left AZProgressive Mar 2022 #37

This site IS welcoming to progressives, as long as they're not advocating pnwmom Mar 2022 #40

There is also a group of obnoxiously hostile anti progressives here too SunImp Mar 2022 #43

I haven't seen that here -- and DU is a progressive site. pnwmom Mar 2022 #48

I don't agree with everything I see on DU or anywhere else. yardwork Mar 2022 #94

JPR was always an altar to demigods. It was formed specifically to worship one politician. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #38

Ah. That is true. Makes sense. bobacatt Mar 2022 #109

My guess is that some people who were normal Bernie supporters got suckered into pnwmom Mar 2022 #39

It was never about policy or political ideas. Turned into something else. betsuni Mar 2022 #41

JPR is where the trolls went... Spazito Mar 2022 #42

what does "JPR" stand for? Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #81

jackpine radicals jcgoldie Mar 2022 #95

Oh i remember that name Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #98

Actually jackpine radical had died, he wasn't the founder... Spazito Mar 2022 #99

Thanks my mistake jcgoldie Mar 2022 #101

I never left DU but I also posted at JPR for a while during its first 6 months Tom Rinaldo Mar 2022 #49

Thanks for sharing this, Tom. pnwmom Mar 2022 #53

I visited JPL a few times, too, but quickly got bored and annoyed. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #102

Manny really trashed Hillary relentlessly here, though. And anyone who supported her. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #118

He waited until the very last moment to state that he was voting for Hillary against Trump. Tom Rinaldo Mar 2022 #120

SMDH. I think he had a following. Which means he may have lost us votes. And anyone who Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #121

Like The Young Turks' Cenk Uygur and Michael Moore, the types who spent all year betsuni Mar 2022 #123

Seriously. It's so irresponsible. And it was all sexism, pure and simple. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #126

Imagine a fly on a modius strip taxi Mar 2022 #100

That's the same shit they were posting when they were here JI7 Mar 2022 #44

Ah, yes. The good ol' days when RT was argued as a valid source here. herding cats Mar 2022 #45

Well, I also remember another forum called... Xolodno Mar 2022 #50

I disagree with this, "at the end of the day, they vote with us." herding cats Mar 2022 #51

They insisted Trump was better than Hillary iemanja Mar 2022 #62

Many on JPR do NOT vote with us at the end of the day. My impression is that the majority don't. pnwmom Mar 2022 #52

👍🏼 herding cats Mar 2022 #54

Well, I'm not completely happy with Biden either.. Xolodno Mar 2022 #57

I don't think most of them were ever Democrats. Some of them were even trolls. pnwmom Mar 2022 #59

Disagree Willto Mar 2022 #69

Thank you. betsuni Mar 2022 #73

I agree. Well said. yardwork Mar 2022 #89

Yes. That's them. Hortensis Mar 2022 #124

You are WRONG-Biden has no power to forgive student loans LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #70

The problem with the comments I "cherry-picked," as you say, pnwmom Mar 2022 #75

They had no problem voting for Trump iemanja Mar 2022 #63

See post #49. Attacking Trump, saying you'd vote for the Democratic nominee not popular. betsuni Mar 2022 #55

They were ground zero for the Russian anti-Clinton propaganda iemanja Mar 2022 #64

I checked them out right after the 2016 election, when DU was down. Crunchy Frog Mar 2022 #56

I lurked at HillaryClintonForum. StevieM Mar 2022 #58

Hillary led the way to having her supporters switch to Obama. pnwmom Mar 2022 #67

Absolutely true. StevieM Mar 2022 #72

Well, that's certainly a bizarre attack. As I'm sure you remember, pnwmom Mar 2022 #74

I still see that, saw the other day: Sanders campaigned harder for Hillary than Hillary did. betsuni Mar 2022 #76

What a crock. Sanders waited till September to have his first campaign event for Hillary. pnwmom Mar 2022 #77

Yes. Writing a book about the revolution. betsuni Mar 2022 #83

Radical Left? iemanja Mar 2022 #61

I don't Believe that Willto Mar 2022 #71

LOL, no they don't vote with us. W_HAMILTON Mar 2022 #82

Based on my occasional visits to JPR, their members voted for Trump. yardwork Mar 2022 #84

No. They don't vote with us. And it is a point of honor with many that they don't Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #119

Nothing has changed iemanja Mar 2022 #60

I'd forgotten that name, but I remember it now that you mention it. pnwmom Mar 2022 #68

OMG! I had forgotten all about her! Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #116

Looks like a Trump-Putin-GOP troll farm to me. Roisin Ni Fiachra Mar 2022 #85

That's what I thought it was at the time. yardwork Mar 2022 #90

Not Everyone Left DU, I Believe. MineralMan Mar 2022 #103

I think many of those JPR-types were/are Russian trolls. Elessar Zappa Mar 2022 #110

I agree AZProgressive Mar 2022 #112

Same with my friends Tree Lady Mar 2022 #127