No matter what our opinions are, we have to be fact-based here.

[Ms. Toad]

84. First - I don't recall a declaration that the primary season was over.

There is not an announcement posted in the Announcements section, as there was in 2020. None in the Democrats forum. There is no Primary forum any longer. And a quick search for EarlG and primary, primaries, or season didn't turn up any such announcement.

And, as EarlG also said at the end of that post, "At least, that's my opinion."

In my opinion, even if I missed a declaration that the Primary Season was over, I don't see a violation of the TOS:

Do not post support for Republicans or independent/third-party "spoiler" candidates.

Nope.

Do not state that you are not going to vote, or that you will write-in a candidate that is not on the ballot, or that you intend to vote for any candidate other than the official Democratic nominee in any general election where a Democrat is on the ballot.

Nope. Pretty much every post I've seen suggesting Biden should consider stepping down (or that Democrats should consider replacing him) includes a statement along the lines that "If Biden is on the ballot, I will vote for him.

Do not post anything that smears Democrats generally, or that is intended to dissuade people from supporting the Democratic Party or its candidates.

Raising concerns about Biden, specifically, is not smearing Democrats generally, and the discussions I've seen are focused on getting more people to support a Democratic Candidate because, in their view, replacing Biden would result in more support for the Democratic presidential candidate.

Don't argue there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats.

Not even close.

Personally, I think the time for changing candidates passed when Biden declared his candidacy. Do I wish he had made a different decision - yes. Although I didn't express it here at the time - I even wished at the time that he had made a different decision. I wish it even more after he decided to toss trans individuals under the bus in order to gain favor with people who don't believe trans people deserve autonomy over their own bodies.

I don't personally see any benefit in discussing changing candidates. But I won't hide any post suggesting it because we haven't yet nominated a candidate, and - as noted above - I see nothing in the TOS that prohibits it.

And, in case there's any doubt - as angry as I am right now, I'll still vote for whoever the Democratic presidential candidate is, because the alternative is exponentially worse. But I'm not going to be silent about LGBTQ+ people, yet again, being sacrificed by Democrats because we're inconvenient.