It amuses me to no end that some folks want

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57. Let me put it this way, BainsBane...

The people most vocal about "loyalty" are, one and all, the people who should have the very least say in anything that goes on on this site. It's a drive by right-wing trolls and neocon moles to turn DU into their very own little Republican-lite website, where liberal voices are booted to the wilderness, and party loyalty - defined as DLC loyalty and non-questioning of policy - is defined solely by the sorts of people who have all the ethical beliefs of the average drunken cockroach.

Some are even the same people you describe as making this place hostile for women and people of color. Some were some of the nastiest transphobic bigots I've seen. A recent one who made the demand is on record mocking the mentally disabled.

Look at it this way. Most of us here vote for Democrats because Democrats are the best fit for our beliefs. We're with the democrats because of shared principles

But there are also posters who simply want to play a team sport - Democrats, right or wrong (but always right). They will change position on a fucking dime, dependant on the current position of democrats, They just coast along for the hope of "winning" and have no principles or positions whatsoever.

it's the latter group demanding blood tests as a prerequisite to submitting posts for approval by their inner councils, or whatever the fuck is foing on in their pointy little fascist heads.