Hillary Clinton
In reply to the discussion: I thought the Hillary Clinton Group might find this response from skinner interesting. [View all]onehandle
(51,122 posts)They are acting Exactly like our gun trolls. Belligerently bating and belittling. Twisting the truth and amplifying lies.
By they, I mean about half a dozen or so. But they are riling up others and encouraging them to be just as nasty. And it's working.
No way would Bernie approve of their divisive actions.
Not that it's actually Bernie people. Some of them still have Elizabeth Warren badges. Many would abandon Bernie for Elizabeth. It's the 'Not Hillary' hate squad, for the most part.
I question if some of the ringleaders are actually Democrats. They attack President Obama. They attack John Kerry. They've attacked Chelsea Clinton, FFS.
Ok, I think I could go one step further... I'm beginning to liken them to a 'liberal' tea party. I think the 'aggressive anti-Republican' orientation that Skinner spoke of has in a subset become a aggressive anti-Democratic orientation.
I've been around since day one, before day one. Members of Bartcop's moderators, including myself advised them on this place. I met DU's admins at a Bartcop event in Washington DC.
In all these years, I've never seen such hostile intolerance rise up so quickly. This isn't like Obama people vs Hillary people. This is far worse.
I think Skinner could modify the forum rules to reduce the bile out there. Or at least make an announcement and give some guidance.