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In reply to the discussion: You know, Obama has disappointed a lot of people..... [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)It's important to remember that when those ones get their pizza, it's not BECAUSE they support the administration, but often they use it as a cover to push a more rightward position - craftily too or they wouldn't be here for years.
I get what you are saying but I do think DU is in a bit of denial to think that a large website like DU isn't on the Democrat's radar and that they don't have paid posters. It's just good PR (It's in marketing 101 I may add). I think because of their position on the administration and because they are good at staying within the rules perhaps you haven't seen anyone bite the dust for it. And it's not like there's a lot - it just takes one or two vocal ones (sometimes with more than one account). There will always be followers. I could probably come up with some ridiculous right wing position and find a few loyal followers here on DU. It's a large site.
Bottom line is there will always be trolls who disrupt (RW and LW trolls here) but it's gotten to the point where some DUers are acting like trolls in order to avoid discussion. That's where the frustration originates, IMO.