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In reply to the discussion: "This site only welcomes people who voted for HRC in the GE." (EDIT: Skinner clarifies his comments) [View all]drmeow
(5,171 posts)176. I voted for HRC
What about people who genuinely regret their decision and won't do it again? Seems to me if they are willing to commit to vote for Democratic candidates moving forward they should be part of the site. On the other hand, if they defiantly would do it again then their values do not match the site's values.
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"This site only welcomes people who voted for HRC in the GE." (EDIT: Skinner clarifies his comments) [View all]
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
OP
Yes, while I was a strong Bernie supporter in the primary, voting for Hillary was a no-brainer...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2017
#261
That would be wise, but that's not the feeling I get from reading the comments of some here...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2017
#363
That is not what Skinner said...someone posted it yesterday and Nurse did above.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#381
Well... seeing that I started this thread, it's a safe bet that I wasn't fooled. :-D
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#52
The "purity tests" that refer to Democratic candidates sticking with the Democratic Platform?
ehrnst
Aug 2017
#221
I'm not really concerned with non-Democrats. I get out the vote of Democrats who
MineralMan
Aug 2017
#170
We're in a solidly blue state and we have a dear friend who simply did not vote in
CTyankee
Aug 2017
#218
Rather disingenuous framing. Democrats vote for Democrats. You act as if this is some foreign
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#99
The 2016 election will never die. Nonetheless pretending that criticism of the minority of Sanders
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#137
One vote in one election in which their vote gave us Trump(R). I have NO problem with
Squinch
Aug 2017
#146
If you want to call it purity to be expected to vote Dem WHEN IT FU_KING COUNTED...
brush
Aug 2017
#165
Stop with the purity test crap. If they didn't have enough sense to vote for Hillary...
brush
Aug 2017
#155
Even after watching first hand what happened by not voting for HRC, you sit here
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#229
Did those people vote for Trump, Jill Stein or skip the President selection? n/t
PoliticAverse
Aug 2017
#84
Anyone who voted for Trump is a POS...but they would not want to come here anyway except to disrupt.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#385
Good question. Voting for the Dem presidential candidate is the no-brainer of no-brainers.
brush
Aug 2017
#181
Putting aside whether the folks you know should be allowed here, I can't understand that decision.
D23MIURG23
Aug 2017
#285
If you didn't vote for the Democratic candidate for president...you are not a Democrat.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#384
16 was a different sort of year...and I have not seen any of the so called progressive (Greens)
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#463
I know 2 people who did that, and we don't really speak any more. One's always been an arrogant pill
Hekate
Aug 2017
#379
Those who did not vote for the Democratic candidate in the general are not Democrats.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#263
There has been a litmus test for quite some time... it's called the Democratic Platform
LanternWaste
Aug 2017
#80
Correct, every one who is on the left is welcome here. With just a couple of caveats
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#160
Sigh...not voting for HIllary is not opposing some portions of the platform,
Eliot Rosewater
Aug 2017
#232
Are you sure you're on the correct board for your political views? You are on DEMOCRATIC underground
ehrnst
Aug 2017
#82
One counterpoint would be that no one is obliged to share who they voted for.
D23MIURG23
Aug 2017
#289
no, no, no -- hell *dot com*. he just said they can go to another website, that's all.
unblock
Aug 2017
#15
Absolutely! She has the right to vote for whomever she wishes. But that is not what this thread is
lunamagica
Aug 2017
#81
Well, you have my respect, as a fellow Bernie supporter who also voted for Hillary in the primary...
InAbLuEsTaTe
Aug 2017
#366
You guys are getting splashed with a lot of blame meant for those who didn't vote for our candidate.
Hortensis
Aug 2017
#454
Exactly. Some 90%, at least of Bernie's GENUINE primary supporters voted Hill in the general.
Hortensis
Aug 2017
#449
That is correct. If you are a Democrat...once the general is over you fall in behind the candidate
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#386
That is it...as I have said before I voted for anti-choice Tim Ryan in Ohio
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#465
God, I hate this shit. Hey, let's pick a fight with each other, that will be so useful.
flibbitygiblets
Aug 2017
#20
They do in-fight. Plenty. But they don't give a platform to spoilers and saboteurs. nt
Maven
Aug 2017
#34
If you openly announce you voted for someone other than a Democrat...you are
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#388
If Sanders had won the nomination, I would have been happy to vote for him
Steven Maurer
Aug 2017
#31
I would vote for any Democrat who was the candidate. Some say Hillary was this or that.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#390
Too stupid to vote in your own self interest? You're part of the problem.
Steven Maurer
Aug 2017
#48
Say I made that horrendous mistake and came here after deciding to vote for Democrats.
Vinca
Aug 2017
#209
Well, it is what it is. IMO someone who voted for trump can't be that fucking sensitive...
brush
Aug 2017
#214
If you mean "DU voters," I don't think so. Persuasion outside DU is what MinMan does & all should do
Hekate
Aug 2017
#445
No doubt, many naive people will pretend the Democratic party platform is illustrative of your point
LanternWaste
Aug 2017
#88
We're not accommodating political blackmailers, spoilers, and saboteurs any longer.
Maven
Aug 2017
#112
Exactly, a new group turns 18 every year and only half the country votes anyway.
FSogol
Aug 2017
#129
BS! Stop ignoring the elephant in the election room. The election was stolen by...
brush
Aug 2017
#204
Maybe Skinner should just say: This site is for those who voted for the Democratic candidate for
OregonBlue
Aug 2017
#105
No one is criticizing the majority of Bernie voters, as we voted for HRC in the general
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#120
I'm sorry did you just 'Brazil-splain' American Democratic Party politics to us? No thanks. (n/t)
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#144
Stay or go, I don't care what you think and I care less for your presumption that it matters. (n/t)
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#152
I'll think, "if only that Brazilian person had voted in our election illegally?" GIVE ME A BREAK.
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#159
It's not xenophobia at all - it's not your place to presume to advise US on Democratic politics. Nt
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#167
When we are talking about Brazilian politics I will listen gladly to your unsolicited opinion...
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#175
Wow, really? Comparing me to the KKK for pointing out that Americans don't need your opinions ?
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#180
Yep, and I'll call you more things if you insist in your xenophobic remarks. n/t
OBenario4
Aug 2017
#190
It's not xenophobic to ask non-citizens to avoid explaining Democratic politics to Americans.
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#191
You should not speak for other citizens in telling this poster not to post here.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2017
#195
Great point, thanks! And, if you voted for HRC in the GE, welcome to DU! (n/t)
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#276
Why would you mock this excellent, intelligent poster by saying 'Brazil-splain'? Hate-speak.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2017
#202
'"Mansplaining" is not mocking manhood, it's mocking presumptiveness & privilege.
FreepFryer
Aug 2017
#205
Sadly you've shifted the goalposts. . Of course we will try to convince them.
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#151
No brass band, cake, and ice-cream? Oh, it means "This site welcomes ONLY those who...."
WinkyDink
Aug 2017
#116
I have no interest in winning them back ...this is not intervention underground but Democratic
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#392
Anyone could claim to be an Obama voter. People often lie. The people here in Ohio
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#470
You have no provable facts I can rip holes in the slate article as big as Texas...let's
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#475
If you look at the numbers, they don't work. About 7% more votes for Pres. Obama
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#488
I can't read through all the pros and cons. But if this site becomes an absolutist either/or
erronis
Aug 2017
#136
You understand that this is just an online forum and not the actual Democratic Party, right?
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#138
Everybody who is progressive is welcome here. You see a post that insists on lockstep, alert on it
emulatorloo
Aug 2017
#171
The actual choices were as follows: Vote for Hillary, Vote for Trump(R), enable Trump(R).
Squinch
Aug 2017
#163
If a DU Member is not a 'Trump-enabling moron' and voted for our candidate in the election:
Raine1967
Aug 2017
#224
It's really just that simple, isn't it? All this hemming and hawing, whining, complaining...
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#255
If you didn't vote for Hillary, you stood by and let a madman assume control
RhodeIslandOne
Aug 2017
#283
Personally, I think its a dumb statement. I understand drawing lines so that you can narrow or focus
JCanete
Aug 2017
#288
If they failed to vote for the Democratic candidate, they don't belong here.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#387
And some and we know pretty well who they are ...still at it...with snide comments about Democrats.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#471
Not sure if that is wise....People have been known tochange their minds....
alittlelark
Aug 2017
#306
I think the country is WAY too far gone for the ideal of coddling "like-minded liberals."
Sparkly
Aug 2017
#327
This is NUTS!!! How can you expand the vote the next time???????????????????????????????????????????
LAS14
Aug 2017
#315
The question isn't "HRC GE voters" the question is ideologically blinded people.
plimsoll
Aug 2017
#324
Am I correct in assuming this does not apply to non-US citizens, or ex-cons, or others
Dark n Stormy Knight
Aug 2017
#328
HRC is the only legitimate candidate that won the Presidential election.
democratisphere
Aug 2017
#339
I'm just the "messenger"... I didn't say it, I just spotted it and brought it here.
NurseJackie
Aug 2017
#350
Good. If you were too much of a holy roller to stop the Klan-endorsed candidate, what use are you?
Starry Messenger
Aug 2017
#344
As a seen-the-light progressive who was until 2012 registered Libertarian...
TommyCelt
Aug 2017
#402
I will never forgive the Greens, Saradon,Jill Stein (personally)...and Nina Turner for the role they
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#483
They are smug and please with the outcome and continue to attack Democrats and the Party.
Demsrule86
Aug 2017
#491