When is DU going to be renamed "Pretty Far to the Right Underground"?

[the Weird Liberal]

121. I couldn't agree more with this...

I used to think this was a pretty proudly liberal site, I am not on it and as active on it as I used to be as there are so many "centrist" (conservative) "Blue Dogs" and "New Democrats" on here that it's hard to tell them from the Republican trolls that are still on this site.
I know people who've been pretty much removed on here due to disagreeing with the Democratic Party's more conservative views (any of you remember 24EvelJustin24 who used to be pretty popular on here?) and some of my more controversial posts and even videos have been censored for not kowtowing to DLC/"Third Way" politics.

I don't think we should have purges like the UnFreeRepublic, but I think that devilgrrl is right, and DU should be more tough on conservatism (even conservative/moderate Democrats) and more friendly to liberalism and other left-wing ideologies. Otherwise people like me will move on or continue to move on to other sites.

This is Democratic Underground. True Democrats are liberal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Progressive_Caucus

These are Republicans pretending to be Democrats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Dog_Coalition

These are corporate/Wall Street-controlled Independents who pretend to be Democrats:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Democrats
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Way_(think_tank)

I live in a very conservative area, and I can tell you that liberalism works even where I am, with Democrats having success in the (historically) Republican main city and increasing success in the rest of the county. But the National and State parties are angry at local Democrats here for having supported Joe Sestak over Arlen Specter and we get little help in terms of Congressional candidates and the like (not sure if it's due to our liberalism, but Joe Pitts is not invulnerable especially after redistricting, but I digress...)

I may be a young volunteer for the local Democratic party where I am, but I do know this: true liberal Democrats support WE THE PEOPLE, and moderate/conservative ones generally are more interested in taking money (I talked to a young paid conservative Democratic employee who admitted he would likely switch to the GOP if they paid him more than the Democrats).

The point is that if true liberal patriots like us do not control these sites, how can we possibly retake our party and help make America what it can be?

Forgive my rant... and I may or may not be on here in the future, but devilgrrl, if you are for real, thank you for your brave post and stance, but beware... higher ups will not take your comments too kindly...

For the rest of you: continue to work hard, and fight for those less fortunate than you, or you are not worthy to call yourself an American, much less a Democrat, a liberal, or a progressive.