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Showing Original Post only (View all)Re: Manny. We're not there yet... [View all]
Last edited Sun Feb 10, 2019, 05:00 PM - Edit history (1)
(Cross-posted from my locked thread in GD.)Manny should not have been PPRd based on TOS because it doesn't apply until after the general election season has begun:

"When we are not in the heat of election season, members are permitted to post strong criticism or disappointment with our Democratic elected officials, or to express ambivalence about voting for them."
"In Democratic primaries, members may support whomever they choose."
"For presidential contests, election season BEGINS when both major-party nominees become clear."
It's still primary season. General election season has not yet begun and it won't begin until after we've actually elected someone to represent us. Neither Democrats nor Republicans have yet chosen a candidate.
Manny could say he's planning to write in Atilla the Hun for president and it wouldn't be against DU TOS as it's currently written. That line doesn't get crossed until AFTER we've actually chosen a Democratic candidate to proceed to the general election.
PPRing Manny is petty, divisive DU politics run amok. I'm disappointed to see that Skinner has inadvertently been dragged into and is now complicit in the obvious chicanery of the DU primary wars. I hope he'll reconsider his decision.
Manny deserves, minimally, to be reinstated until after we have chosen a Democratic candidate and the general election season has officially begun.
TYY
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very grateful to Skinner/DU & I don't normally post on "Meta," but yes, I hope this decision is reconsidered n/t
zazen
Dec 2015
#1
Except that's not what happened here. There is no Democratic nominee as yet. The ToS wasn't violated
Bubzer
Dec 2015
#40
Considering what I've read from many others I have to admit I find the whole deal suspect..
AuntPatsy
Dec 2015
#3
he never said he'd vote for an R or a 3rd party. abstaining is not voting against.
nashville_brook
Dec 2015
#4
I wondered about that wording. Does seem to mean only in time of GE and not the Primary.
Hiraeth
Dec 2015
#9
Actually it looks like the Hillary folks are now blocking folks from their groups
PFunk1
Dec 2015
#26
Any liberal candidate that is not the Democratic nominee is a third-party spoiler.
Skinner
Dec 2015
#30
Except we're not talking about now. We're talking about the general election in November 2016.
Skinner
Dec 2015
#33
"I'm planning on winning the lottery someday... You're advocating punishment for a thought crime."
BeanMusical
Dec 2015
#45
I'll also be expecting your fine-tooth-comb to be used on your fellow hillary supporters post-haste.
Bubzer
Dec 2015
#42