DU was set up to support Democrats (D) and the Democratic Party. I can see why they did that but have always sort of had a problem with it because it essentially mandates faith. Just like with religions, the people who are high up in the organization can get away with a lot of shit without being questioned because of that faith. See Cathoclicism.
The same can now be said of the Democratic party: Hillary is pretty much a republican in what she believes - at least as far as we can tell with her changing her positions every microsecond. DWS and the rest of the party machinery are dedicated to supporting Hillary and will bend however they need to in order to support her. They expect and to a large extend get people to blindly follow them anyway.
It seems like the majority of people on DU support Sanders. They do so because Sanders actually has the values that most of us associate with being a Democrat, being liberal, being progressive. I've often thought that people who are high up in religious organizations don't believe a bit of it and just pretend to because it's their job. Similarly, a lot of people high up in the Democratic party probably don't believe a bit of this crap. It's their job to win elections and those of us who do hold Democratic/liberal/progressive ideals are their market.
So the admins here are in a difficult spot. Hillary and the Democratic party don't share our values - don't have our faith, if you will - but they have the magical (D). It's in the mission statement at DU to support the (D). Maybe this is why Discussionist was created. Maybe all us Bernie supporters (traitors!) should go there and continue our discussions, and leave this place as the safe place for Hillary supporters.
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