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Hydra

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Thu Jul 25, 2013, 11:43 PM

Jul 2013

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You know something else that struck me about your post? The sheer joy a lot of us have at being Democrats. Living our principles and looking forward to a better and more open world.

I don't see that same joy among republicans or others like them. They live in fear or anger, looking down rather than looking up. Angry at progress or things that make a brighter future, while glorifying hatred and ignorance/small-mindedness as civic virtues.

I love being a Democrat. I love being here among Democrats working on projects, discussing news and d'awwing over kittens or aww'ing over wonders that people bring here.

There are times that I forget that joy when there is the need to fight, but thank you for reminding me

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Something I Noticed regarding the Difference Between Democrats and Republicans [View all] sabrina 1 Jul 2013 OP

DURec leftstreet Jul 2013 #1

I agree.... We need to keep speaking out on bad policies.... midnight Jul 2013 #2

Yes, we do, despite the concerted effort to try to stop people from doing so. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #3

Very well put sabrina. nm rhett o rick Jul 2013 #4

I agree!! bvar22 Jul 2013 #85

Without our principles, we have no party Hydra Jul 2013 #5

Yes, one Republican party is more than this country, in fact the world, can handle. I get pretty sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #6

N/P Hydra Jul 2013 #8

Beautiful post, thank you hydra. I totally agree with you. One of the things that shocked me most sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #16

Wonderful post, Hydra, responding to Sabrina1's awesome OP. Post separately? chimpymustgo Jul 2013 #67

Here I have to part ways with you. Most are not telling people to sit down and shut up Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #15

Well, I don't see the blaming of everything on Obama, probably everyone who is a Democrat sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #20

if all arguments against Obama's record were made in the fashion yours is... Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #22

And if everyone were as willing to discuss things, even when they don't necessarily agree, as you sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #25

But you have an OP about Obama haters, that is kind of odd HangOnKids Jul 2013 #54

If you call that a thread about "Obama Haters" Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #70

Obama unilaterally imposed a 3 year moratorium on drilling in new Progressive dog Jul 2013 #103

THANK YOU Skittles Jul 2013 #7

I'll agree with this. I'd much rather be debating on here about Pretzel_Warrior Jul 2013 #9

Me too, as I said to you above in another comment. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #53

knr forestpath Jul 2013 #10

Blind faith in any leader is stupid. Rex Jul 2013 #11

Lol, I had to read your last sentence twice, but I got it, I'm a little slow sometimes. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #35

Thanks sabrina 1 you've been knocking these topics out of the park lately! Rex Jul 2013 #87

Hey, thanks Rex! sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #90

I agree. I've been discouraged previously to note the authoritarian element Marr Jul 2013 #12

True, it is a minority, just prolific and very loud, but definitely not a majority thankfully. If sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #17

K&R liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #13

Beautiful post, Sabrina. woo me with science Jul 2013 #14

Hi Woo sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #30

Hi Sabrina, woo me with science Jul 2013 #42

We certainly have many good progressives, heck, patriots actually, who have true moral backbone quinnox Jul 2013 #18

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. - Thomas Paine Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #19

oh, I like that. That is beautiful. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #41

Wonderful quotes from Thomas Paine. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #83

I rarely agree with you but I am going to kick and rec this because it is true arely staircase Jul 2013 #21

Thank you. I have no problem with people disagreeing with me, and I often learn more from sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #24

We're better than them. Most of us, anyway. DirkGently Jul 2013 #23

We are Democrats, Tiredofthesame Jul 2013 #26

Nice. Safetykitten Jul 2013 #27

Repeat from earlier: ''Everything's divided. Always was.'' DeSwiss Jul 2013 #28

Authoritarian goose-steppers. ErikJ Jul 2013 #29

If you think that DU Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #31

Lol, I spend most of my time in the real world, across the country, and I KNOW DU is a microcosm sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #34

the real world is full of people making minumum wage or just above it. They know what is up and most liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #36

And out comes the Label-Maker TM* Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #37

What? The Third Way is very proud of their position in the Democratic Party and proudly posts their sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #38

Give it up, sabrina1 Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #44

Which opinions would those be? Provide some examples of these 'RW and Libertarians and wingnuts you sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #48

So not playing this fucking game. Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #49

I said DU was representative of DEMOCRATS as a whole. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #50

Like I said at the outset ... Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #51

I will keep telling myself. I know democrats, and DU is representative of them, sorry you don't like sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #52

Oh, honey, I KNOW you like it! Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #56

That comment is so full of nonsense I wouldn't know where to begin. Starting with sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #58

"So not playing this fucking game" Maedhros Jul 2013 #137

Really? Please, enlighten me. What are Democrats in the "Real World" saying? cheapdate Jul 2013 #112

seems pretty much like our DEC to me. nashville_brook Jul 2013 #80

No, really, all you have to do is actually interact with real Democrats in the real world Zorra Jul 2013 #124

DU now has very little to do with Democrats ... Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #130

Please read this link: Maedhros Jul 2013 #138

What you said sabrina. avaistheone1 Jul 2013 #32

Woot Woot. great white snark Jul 2013 #33

Me too 'first of many'. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #40

Great post! Dragonfli Jul 2013 #39

I must admit the vote in the House on the Amash/Conyers Bill which would have at least put breaks Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #43

Yes, we lost that by only 12 votes and according to reports from some of the members, the pressure sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #46

appropriations vs authorization -- the fight isn't over. authorization is next. nashville_brook Jul 2013 #79

Another bill is about to be introduced I believe and I just read that Al Franken is sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #84

This shit is keeping people up at night! I was writing about this at 2:59 am when you posted carolinayellowdog Jul 2013 #81

House Democrats live up to this despite their leaders carolinayellowdog Jul 2013 #45

Yes, and as I said in the comment above on the Amash/Conyers Amendment, they were under great sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #47

Excellent Post! DU has always been a "critical mass" in my eyes. True democracy! nt adirondacker Jul 2013 #55

You didn't read conservative activist forums, then Recursion Jul 2013 #57

Not everything is about the President. I can speak only for myself, but everything is about sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #88

Sadly, Recursion, you speak truth... ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2013 #104

Do not speak for me, I do not know you. I spent years interacting with Bush bots and not one sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #110

Sabrina, you are misinterpreting the "they" in my post ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2013 #119

If you know these kind of 'extremists' then speak for yourself. Most DUers don't hang out with sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #121

Sabrina... ConservativeDemocrat Jul 2013 #123

Now I get to repeat what I always do when someone has nothing, which you can always tell. How? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #133

K and R bigwillq Jul 2013 #59

This is where the argument breaks down ProSense Jul 2013 #60

You just linked me to two of your own posts. I don't have time to wade through all that. Were YOU sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #61

I guess you're going to pretend not to understand the point. ProSense Jul 2013 #62

I'm not pretending not to understand the point. I'm not here to take a college course in sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #64

"You just linked me to two of your own posts." Capt. Obvious Jul 2013 #63

Lol, you're right, it doesn't! sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #65

If the links are a problem ProSense Jul 2013 #66

Needs more links Capt. Obvious Jul 2013 #68

I'm not principled, progressive and self-righteous enough to oppose "links" ProSense Jul 2013 #69

Only two blue links? Capt. Obvious Jul 2013 #71

Oh my ProSense Jul 2013 #72

"Oh my" Capt. Obvious Jul 2013 #73

I'm impressed. ProSense Jul 2013 #74

"I'm impressed" Capt. Obvious Jul 2013 #76

Link? Fuddnik Jul 2013 #99

+1 nashville_brook Jul 2013 #78

I think that it sometimes a matter of picking our battles Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2013 #75

I definitely agree with this: sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #82

You raise important points that the so-called "pure" democrats, as they call themselves, have bluestate10 Jul 2013 #98

Here we go again with that false claim about Democrats 'sitting at home' in 2010. That is completely sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #114

excellent, cogent analysis of discourse here on DU. nashville_brook Jul 2013 #77

Excellent! bvar22 Jul 2013 #86

Thank you, there are a lot of reasons to come to DU, people like eg, are among them. sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #89

Thank you for speaking for so many of us, for speaking for me Sabrina Catherina Jul 2013 #91

And we have noticed that you ... 99Forever Jul 2013 #92

Sabrina's a true DU treasure, someone whose positions have remained constant Catherina Jul 2013 #93

Her strong principles and... 99Forever Jul 2013 #94

Yeah, I know what you mean ... Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #100

And you took that seriously, did you? Actually my real position on those comments is that no one sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #116

I took your comments seriously Summer Hathaway Jul 2013 #118

As I've said so often before, deciding whether or not one is being complimented or attacked can be sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #122

knr Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #95

well said sabrina stupidicus Jul 2013 #96

Completely wrong treestar Jul 2013 #97

You're literally talking to a brick wall. You can't reason with people who think bluestate10 Jul 2013 #102

"The far left" YoungDemCA Jul 2013 #126

I suspect treestar's notion of far left hootinholler Jul 2013 #131

People so far to the left that they think treestar Jul 2013 #136

Great post. (n/t) spin Jul 2013 #101

That "For King and Country" misplaced loyalty is justly ridiculed here. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #105

A Democrat is an old guy on a park bench who feeds the pigeons crumbs. valerief Jul 2013 #106

Never heard that before, but I like it! sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #113

Thanks. I thought of this a few years ago and have posted it here a few times. valerief Jul 2013 #120

Wonderful post, Sabrina. K&R myrna minx Jul 2013 #107

Hello Sabrina, this is Drew from the NSA, I see you got a new tablet with windows 8 recently Drew Richards Jul 2013 #108

Hi Drew, this is Sabrina from the TSA. Do you recall passing through the Rapiscan on your last sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #111

Hahahahaha have I told you lately that I love your sense of humor? Drew Richards Jul 2013 #115

Lol, likewise. Wait, you WERE kidding, weren't you? sabrina 1 Jul 2013 #117

Well said and just look at the names that cropped up to try and detract from it. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #109

Look at the names, just look at the names! Bobbie Jo Jul 2013 #125

What a thoroughly typical non-reply from one of the most steadfast. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #128

I gotta admit, their dedication in trying to move DU and the Dem party as far to the right Zorra Jul 2013 #127

Well, I'm not sure that would help, but then I'm a cynical leftist bastard. Egalitarian Thug Jul 2013 #129

Like there is a real left, left in the US. hootinholler Jul 2013 #132

I'm of the opinion the ptb knew the 'bot psychology' would be similar on the democratic side whatchamacallit Jul 2013 #134

Hahaha! I talk about that here Catherina Jul 2013 #135

K&R blackspade Jul 2013 #139

Late to the thread, but here's another K&R suffragette Jul 2013 #140