Somewhere a bridge has gained its Troll back.

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187. Edward Snowden, Greenwald - and those obsessive about "Third Way" Dems like Bill Clinton

and Obama. Basically their issues are NSA spying and the shitty economic treaties Dems have been involved in since NAFTA.
There is another treaty TPP, in the works, which will probably suck for everyone but corporations. While I do largely agree with them, I have stayed out of those threads because there is a lot of nasty hatred spewed, and a lot of "I will not ever vote for this Dem" and rudenes that smells of trying to divide DU, and the Dem party. Some compare Obama to Republicans.

And apparently the divide has effected moderation here since a host told me I was one of "those people" who never post in those threads. So I read up some more, and it appears there is some belief that people who care about feminism and racism are "being played" by Hillary and Obama and that caring about social justice is something people were tricked into, so they would support more corporate friendly politicians like Obama and Hillary, instead of Elizabeth Warren (who is not running) or Bernie Sanders who are more lefty. So when racist an sexist stuff gets posted, they ignore it- assuming people who care are not with them against NSA spying.

Yep, a few hosts look down on posters who alert on sexism and racism here, discounting the fact that it is because of our personal experiences, and things have immediate concerns about. I believe they wrongly assume that means automatic support for everything Obama and Hillary have done, which is ridiculous. Some make it worse by mocking concerns about feminist and racial issues too, furthering the divide here.

Meta is just complaining about DU, and used to be forbidden in GD. Now anything goes, as long as enough hosts like you they will ignore alerters. They openly admit judging the alerters instead of the content of the OP. Hopefully, the admins can put a stop to that.

Hope this helps- and welcome!