Remember when DU was all about this?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

Those were the days.............

[loudsue]

1. Nowadays, you'd think DU was HALF republican!

That is the best!

[Rowdyboy]

2. At the risk of "whining", DU has never been less appealing or less fun....

I originally had high hopes for DU3. No longer.

[stevenleser]

3. Nothing like an obvious common enemy to unite people. Course by then its too late.

By the time the left unites to fight a 'W' or 'Reagan' or, lets get even more to the point, a Mussolini or a Hitler, they have usually failed to unite to do so at least once at the ballot box and then you are relegated to sniping from the sidelines if at all.

I'm sure the German Communist Party and the German Social Democrats each felt they had important ideological reasons for not uniting to oppose the Nazis in 1933. The Communists and Social Democrats who continued to oppose the Nazis got plenty of time to think about that in Concentration camps.

Its not quite as serious in the US today, but what 'W' did because we couldnt unite to stop him was still pretty bad.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

7. Agreed. I was referring

to so many other things that seem to occupy a lot of our attention and bandwidth. Reference the GD 'discussions' going on about staring, feminism, men etc..........

[Matariki]

21. Just out of curiosity

do you think discussions on racism or homophobia are appropriate on DU?

I kind of wonder why discussions of women's rights are often trivialized. If you answered yes to the above, why do you think that discussions about the rights of women are an 'occupation of bandwidth'?

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

24. Discussions on racism, sexism, homophobia

and any of the other ills that plague our world are fine if they are a direct result of a political party platform or action. In my opinion. My opinion doesn't run DU of course, but that is my answer to your question.
Discussions of the rights of women, the rights of people of color, of immigrants, of the disabled, of the poor, of ex-convicts, of veterans, of elderly, of children etc etc etc are all well and good. It's just my observation that many (or most) of the discussions that take place here don't involve dialogue on what it will take to move the country to the left or even to the center.
We argue amongst ourselves, it seems to me, on issues that could be best addressed by having a more liberal and compassionate government. Qualities, generally speaking, Republicans do not seem to have. That's all I mean.......

[A-Schwarzenegger]

5. Hating Republicans does not necessarily a Progressive make.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

6. Saying I'm not Republican

doesn't equate to hate. That may be part of the issue here. We seem polarized.......

[A-Schwarzenegger]

9. But being Progressive means more than not hating.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

10. What does Progressive have to do with anything?

and where will I find a universally accepted definition of progressive?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

17. What does Progressive have to do with DU, Dyedinthewoolliberal?

That's exactly my wayward point. Merry Christmas.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

18. then maybe this place should be renamed to:

Progressive Underground?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

19. You seem to be looking for an argument.

No, thanks. I was just trying to respond to your OP
and give my point of view. Again, merry Christmas,
happy holidays, peace out.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

22. Not really :)

Peace to you A-Schwarzetc

[A-Schwarzenegger]

23. ...

[last1standing]

11. I've been here since 2001 and never remember that time.

Mostly, because it never existed. DU has always been a place to discuss issues across the Democratic spectrum; it has never been an echo chamber for the DNC.

That's where the "underground" in the name comes from.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

13. As stated earlier

Saying 'I'm not Republican' doesn't mean I'm echoing the DNC.

[maced666]

12. Still is but it was never ONLY that - Judging others only is what RWers do.

Nothing wrong with improving yourself, there's always room for improvement.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

14. Judging others is hardly

an exercise limited only to RW'ers.............

[Egalitarian Thug]

16. The inevitable result of the Democratic Party abandoning the people and principles

that gave it appeal. The label Democrat doesn't mean anything beyond a preference for the color blue, anymore.

[Number23]

20. You just won DU with this post. My God...