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In reply to the discussion: The issues with DU participation IMHO, are a conflict between two thoughts on how to advance Liberal [View all]VanillaRhapsody
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The issues with DU participation IMHO, are a conflict between two thoughts on how to advance Liberal [View all]
stevenleser
Dec 2014
OP
As framed, your question gives an incorrect perception. Many have already left or stopped
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#17
No, it is in decline since August, assuming one believes the Alexa stats as posted in another OP
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#26
Are you voting for whomever wins the nomination in the Democratic Primary Election?
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#30
Lieberman would not be nominated. He was "tolerated" because he was needed--not celebrated.
MADem
Dec 2014
#119
Um, no, they don't. Have you been put in charge of the Pledge Drive? Or anything? n/t
djean111
Dec 2014
#251
I'm not a gambler I want to support someone who isn't in bed with Wall Street.
el_bryanto
Dec 2014
#137
Obviously, Pub Lite didn't do well in 2010 or 2012. Yet, we are going to continue the meme
merrily
Dec 2014
#220
It's a rare "moral victory" that is delivered in the form of an electoral defeat. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2014
#205
Nope. Unless you're just elucidating on the OP strawman version of group 2.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Dec 2014
#80
No. I did not say "criticising". I said "relentlessly pillorying". Big difference. nt
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#5
Sure, criticism= I don't like the comment you made to this OP. Relentless pillorying=, I go to
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#19
I think some folks here spend much of their time preaching about how slow all change must be
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#44
I'm about to run out for a few hours, but there is a big difference IMO between
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#58
But this here present moment is not a general election, it's a pre primary holiday period.
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#88
First time I saw the police shoot an unarmed person was in the late 80's. How slow does this process
Bluenorthwest
Dec 2014
#89
I just think your argument would seem more vaild if your two descriptions were more objective
cyberswede
Dec 2014
#37
I think those things also contribute and the jury system's inability to deal with attacks in
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#49
OR outright say they WILL NOT vote for the winner of the Democratic Primary Election....if THEY
VanillaRhapsody
Dec 2014
#36
You don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows with some posters, though.
MADem
Dec 2014
#125
My advice to you as a former mirt member is to pm skinner with some examples of this behavior.
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#185
I think you are correct. What bugs me is NOT the difference of opinion, it's the name calling.
MADem
Dec 2014
#25
I name the split Pragmatist/Ideologue. Both actually help each other. Neither is an insulting term.
KittyWampus
Dec 2014
#29
"Poor baby didn't get their pony", "Firebagger", "Leftbagger", accusations of being Libertarians,
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#97
I wasn't the one whining. You folks are massive hypocrites and started the snark early and often.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#129
I was going to hand you a shovel to make your work easier, so long as you keep digging a hole,
MADem
Dec 2014
#135
As does clinging to privileged perspective fallacies and intellectual dishonesty.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#282
You should take your own advice, there. And maybe try for civility when you converse, too.
MADem
Dec 2014
#286
Name calling isn't nice, but you really equate "purist"--which can apply just as well to a
MADem
Dec 2014
#116
I equate it with the the pearl-clutching over being called a 'centrist' or 'Third Way' or 'New Dem'.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Dec 2014
#139
I'm sorry, but your argument just doesn't pass the smell test. Or the reality check.
MADem
Dec 2014
#161
In essence, then, anyone who does not agree with YOU is "Third Way" and should be "disregarded."
MADem
Dec 2014
#117
I don't object to your POV--I object to your LANGUAGE, your rudeness, your incivility and
MADem
Dec 2014
#157
I cannot recall seeing a single poster here called Turd Way. Segments of the party, yes, but
merrily
Dec 2014
#215
Oh, so your argument is "Someone was mean to me, so I'm-a gonna get BACK at 'em?"
MADem
Dec 2014
#276
I didn't call progressiveS "pie-in-the-sky." But interesting that you would fake a frame to
MADem
Dec 2014
#290
Elections of candidates are the most clear, direct & immediate way to affect the Democratic process
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#69
It is the responsibility of the people in a democracy to hold public servants accountable.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#82
Steven, we don't believe just that progress is too slow and incremental but that it is mostly in the
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#100
Thank you. Third Way talking points about wanting the same liberal outcome are absurd.
woo me with science
Dec 2014
#105
Yeah and I think that ridiculous claim is why I believe a lot of these folks are malicious
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#133
No, we have to change the supposed Democrats who can't wait to press the Republican agenda.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#233
Yeah, you gotta puff, puff, pass. Otherwise, at some point the brain is deprived of oxygen.
TheKentuckian
Dec 2014
#235
lol Reading these responses, most of which have absolutely nothing to do with what you wrote,
Number23
Dec 2014
#110
Notice how folks are saying Steve is calling for a purge (when he isn't) and calling everyone Third
Number23
Dec 2014
#120
I think I am seeing less than half the responses. I'm not seeing purge posts
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#138
I don't use ignore so I see everything. Including the folks jumping like kangaroos around in your
Number23
Dec 2014
#221
So you say Hillary is impeding democracy, let me see if you think these are true.
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#222
I am also getting sick and tired of seeing Hillary supporters being called third way.
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#174
You understand that the Clintons don't think third way is an insult, they invented it.
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#245
I will Support her but I am not third way and don't appreciate when they call me that.
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#246
You are what you vote for. If you support trangulation you are third way
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#247
I am not DLC and I don't appreciate you calling me that. you know nothing about me.
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#248
You support Clinton the First Lady of the DLC, that is all I need to know
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#249
65 percent of Democrats polled said they would vote for her in a primary in a poll I seen recently.
hrmjustin
Dec 2014
#250
What should I call someone who supports third way DLC democrats like HRC?
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#265
I'm sure you'll be back soon, maybe then you can answer my question.
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#275
DU has always been this way, but I want to address all the third way nonsense
BootinUp
Dec 2014
#219
We shouldn't criticize the president because...he's part African American? Are you kidding me?
Zorra
Dec 2014
#224
The middle class has not done well under this president and the AA community has done even worse.
CentralMass
Dec 2014
#230
The radical right has kicked ass since Dean was fired, the worst happened
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#241
Ain't it the truth. There may be a half dozen AA's who post here anymore. The hate is palpable.
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2014
#253
Your kidding me, I'm one of 6 black people left here, you could have fooled me.
Exultant Democracy
Dec 2014
#283
There's Probably at Least a Dozen Mutually Incompatible Ideologies Going on Here
daredtowork
Dec 2014
#254
Plus the fact that we could nominate the mummified senile corpse of St. Ronnie
XemaSab
Dec 2014
#287