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In reply to the discussion: Here is the REAL enemies list - and it doesn't included anyone at DU [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)But those last swipes negated that. I often vent here about President Obama and what I see as the failure of the Democratic Party to support the things I believe in -- which are nothing more than the principles that liberals generally believed and actively supported when I was a young pup.
So I winced and felt a bad taste in my mouth when you took an unnecessary swipe at those like myself who vent about that here, as well as venting against the GOP and the right-wing.
And therefore, it was one more chink in the wall against unity on our side....A personal, tiny sub-microscopic chink, but a chink nonetheless. And they add up.
I don't expect to agree with everyone here on everything. But it is frustrating to see all of us (yes, me at times) failing to acknowledge the distinction between disagreements on issues and policies, and making those differences cause for personal animosity and factionalism.