The divide and conquer posts are out full force

[PA Democrat]

60. I took about a year off from DU and just recently returned

hoping that the divisiveness of the primaries would be long gone. It seems I was wrong. I've never gotten so many jury requests, seen so many flame wars. I do believe there are still a lot of trolls but I also see too many long time DU members involved in these nasty and counterproductive insult fests.

I just don't understand why people cannot accept the fact that NO Democrat is perfect, and to demand blind allegiance to some party standard is counterproductive. Discussions and debates are one thing but the thing that bothers me is that so many threads seem as though they are started for the sole purpose of starting a nasty argument. There are days that I get so tired of hiding threads and dealing with jury requests that I just give up and walk away. It's not worth it.

I think we all need to do some introspection and think before posting. Sometimes you may think you've "won" the argument but all you really accomplish is to alienate people with whom you probably have more in common than not. There is SO MUCH that should unite us and to waste precious time and energy on these continuous flame wars does nothing more than move us further away from our ultimate goals.