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In reply to the discussion: I believe there is merit to the argument... [View all]quinnox
(20,600 posts)Generic Other wrote in post #65 -
I have been on DU long enough to have discovered I do not like sycophants. I don't like two-faced people, liars, bullies or people who always feel the need to purge someone from among our number for unorthodox thinking. The tactics of these individuals include intimidation, acidic mockery, extreme self-righteousness (ready to cast the first stone and every one thereafter if need be), and eager willingness to brutally attack vulnerable people when they are down. All of those sound like Republican qualities to me.
What we have here is a hardcore, tiny, cheer-leading squad that is hopelessly outnumbered, and they want to drive DU into ghost town status by trying to enforce their narrow, extreme, near fanatical points of view on the rest of us.
A recent poll is an excellent example, they asked if Fox news-style bashing of Obama and the Democrats should be added as prohibited to the official rules. Interesting poll, right? It lost by a 70% - 20% margin. Think about that, 70% to 20%. That kind of margin, in a nutshell, says it all.