If you are going to vote for the establishment candidate why are you on Democratic Underground?

[NanceGreggs]

192. DU started ...

... as a "sanctuary" for Democrats - ALL Democrats - at the beginning of the BushCo years and the ensuring onslaught of RW propaganda that flooded the MSM.

There was no stipulation that only Democrats of a certain stripe, a certain mindset, a certain leaning, a certain school of thought were welcome here.

It was a place for ALL Democrats to discuss their views and express their opinions.

Half the Party did not move left nor right. That is simply an oft-proferred excuse for the divisiveness that now gets promoted here - often by people who were never Democrats to begin with, but are now nonetheless permitted to post here.

I note that many of those self-declared, far-left, "progressive" posters these days are often the ones touting RW talking points when it serves their purpose, and are constantly affixing labels to people in an attempt to segregate those Democrats they deem to be "not worthy" from those deemed to be True Progressives TM.

It's laughable that DU has gotten "more liberal" when one reads the posts linking to RW sites as though they are the purveyors of left-wing idealogy, or when one sees RW bloggers, pundits and authors being praised as "having good points".

This site has been taken over by posters who promote dividing Democrats one from the other, who attempt to pit centrists against moderates, moderates against far-leftists, and encourage more liberal Dems to see the more conservative Dems as "the enemy" - while the Republicans get a complete pass in the process.

But, hey - don't take my word for it. Why don't you post in the ATA forum and ask Skinner if his purpose in setting up DU was to divide Democrats, and encourage them to "leave behind" those who don't meet your personal criteria. I'm sure we'd all be interested in hearing his take on the matter.