Buzz kill

[HughMoran]

I have a large web of people whom I associate with and I often reflect what I have read recently here and elsewhere. Lately there has been little good to repeat and my mood has been down because of it. I still fight the good fight, but I no longer feel like anybody has my back. If DU is no longer a place for liberals to gather and formulate strategy (and instead is a dumping ground for every brand of hate-speech you never thought you'd see here), then we are lost. And the Democrats are lost because we're the leading edge of thought for the party. What have we offered the Democrats besides "you suck" and "I give up" and "fuck you"? Not much.

We reap what we sow.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Don't let DU define the left. The recent DU represents a subset of the left, nothing more.

And parts of this subset are living in a dream world of willful misinformation, indulging in a type of negative thinking that should be included on the DSM IV, and working their collective ass off to ensure Republican victories in the future, even if this last feature is unintentional.

DU does not define the left. It's just another discussion board.

Hang in there.

[donco6]

2. Don't you two have your own room to console each other in?

Or is the BOG empty and you have to have your tantrum out here where mom and dad can see?

[NYC_SKP]

3. Yay- Classy!

Nothing like calling yourself out as one of the pack I described.

Nice.

[HughMoran]

4. Oh

Some DU features minimize the hate - TG.

[JohnnyLib2]

5. Not just another----

we gots apartheid! :sarcasm:

[TexasObserver]

6. I've been a liberal 40 years in this party, and it's always been this way.

We fight the rightwingers in the general elections, and we fight our own party in between, because there are always Democrats who don't really care about the larger social issues we hold dear.

The party always gets its teeth kicked in when its leaders try to be GOP Lite. Those of us on the left know this. Those in the middle have to learn it over and over.