Obama Privately Tells Donors That Time Is Coming to Unite Behind Hillary Clinton

[MADem]

133. There's been a rule change that will make it easier for you to express yourself.

I've had four posts hidden for saying that Bernie Sanders isn't my first choice for POTUS, so I can understand your frustration. I didn't insult any DUers, call names, use profanity or vulgarity, I simply expressed a view that he wasn't the best candidate in my view, and that "earned" me swarm-hides.

So long as you don't go after individuals, with name calling and invective, you'll be OK, I think. No longer are the HIDES -- particularly the unfair ones, at any rate -- having the ability to silence people. It's a good thing.

Here--if you haven't seen this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1013&pid=5098


That said, you have to be careful about how you talk about states or regions around here. Some people are proud of their home states, and know many "enlightened" people in them. If you insult their state, you insult them. You've got to use nuance, or caveats ("Present company excepted" might work). And given the increasingly mobile nature of society today (I have relatives in CA, NM, TX, GA, FL, PR, NY, NJ, ME, NC, SC and a few other states I'm sure I've forgotten about!!!!) you can't always assume that the person who LIVES in State X was RAISED in State X--or subscribes to the historical biases of that location. In your case, you lived and worked in the state--but did you make that clear in your post? There are so many new people here, who have signed up in the last six months, that they might not know you, understand where you are coming from, etc.

And in some cases, like I said, hides are partisan. But check that link above--that partisan bashing is going to be harder to sustain, here, because both alerters and juries are going to be judged in addition to posters.