I have been on DU for almost nine years now.

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30. There are posts in this thread implying that an undefined minority viewpoint was ganged up on

until those sharing that minority view could no longer stay.

I don't know if people have short memories, or are willfully blotting out what happened, but these so-called "minority viewpoints", were viewpoints that people were disagreeing with each other on. Those who felt they were being "ganged up on", identified themselves as the victim.

It happened on both sides, and each group was as defensive as hell as being the aggrieved party.

In the beginning 2016 on DU, one group outnumbered another group 5 to 1. At the end of 2016, that 5 to 1 ratio disappeared. A large part of that was because the TOS were made explicit with less ambiguity.

There have been those on both sides that have probably been unfairly forced out, and that is sad.

However, as far as I am concerned, anyone who refused to vote for the Democratic nominee in the general election, encouraged people to either vote for a third party candidate, or not at all, I say good riddance.