On GD:P someone posted "be aware of any Democrat supporting a corporatist Democrat"

[kerry-is-my-prez]

Then they encouraged people not to vote for Hillary. Plus they posted all kinds of Republican-type attack material.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511865643

I warned them that someone would probably alert on it since they insulted all Hillary supporters. I guess someone did send an alert.

I see the thread is still there but everyone stopped posting on it at least.

[Buzz Clik]

1. That particular person is a charter member of my ignore list

His big thrill is crapping in the well.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

4. They need to stop that shit. I'm just going to start posting on every inappropriate thread "you will

probably have an alert sent on this."

[workinclasszero]

2. If its the thread promoting a third party it was alerted on more than

once I'm sure but packed BS juries let it go.

The owner knows and does nothing when his TOS is violated 100 times a day.

[Buzz Clik]

5. My ignore list exploded in size this week because of this issue.

Skinner won't shut them down, so I shut them off.

[workinclasszero]

7. The vast amounts of right wing lies posted here everyday is staggering

No need to check redstate/freakrepublic or Hate radio to see what the republicans are up to.

Its all right here in GDP and the front page of "Democratic" Underground!

[Buzz Clik]

8. +1

I had the audacity to call Sanders a socialist, and they were lining up to call me a "dittohead".

[workinclasszero]

11. WTH he calls himself that?!

Some of these people have lost their minds, damn.

[KewlKat]

3. So sad if people really feel this way.

What a cesspool DU has become. No more thoughtful discussion. Just lies, inuendo, smears, RW posts........etc. And what is sadder still is that some people really think like this............words can not express.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

6. I usually just stay on here for my sanity because I go berserk on GD:P. But enough is enough!

Maybe we should send an alert or warn that they will probably be alerted on for all the horrendous posts.

[Hekate]

15. Don't tell them they'll be alerted on--just do it. They don't care, it's a badge of honor, and....

....chances are they will get away with it due to packed juries. But if more than one person alerts, it ends up on the Admin's desk.

I am SO sorry I visited that link. What a horror show.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

17. No actually that stopped the thread cold last I had checked. I have been on several juries where

the Clinton person has won (by a slight margin) and a handful where the Sanders person has lost or has come close to losing so things may not be as bad as they were.

[spooky3]

9. One sad thing is that HRC was the original target of the Citizens United smears, etc. She doesn't

like the big money in politics system any more than Sanders does - and Obama has frequently decried the decision.

Most of us probably also share the same concern.

HRC may differ from Sanders in believing that as long as the current corrupting system exists, you cannot put your head in the sand and pretend that money does not matter. You have to be capable of competing with the GOP machine.

[kjones]

10. The people like this who are long time members and such, how have they stayed on here so long?

I mean, has none of this ever come up in the past X years they've been here?

[Hekate]

16. Not with this level of sheer venom, altho supporters of Obama were long ago driven into the BOG....

ie the Barack Obama Group. Literally driven out of the main forums if we had anything kind to say about the POTUS.

As for Hillary herself, this Group has existed since the 2008 campaign and she took sufficient flack then that a lot of people got blocked. The BSers keep whinging that the Hillary Group has blocked soooooo many people -- well, soooooo many people have no manners and can't maintain a civil discussion.

This past year has been something special. Perhaps Skinner has had a lot going on in his personal life that he is certainly not required to share with us, but the series of hands-off decisions he has made about this site have had seriously deleterious effects. He created Discussionist as a sort of safety valve -- I thought he could have clamped down here and let the poo-flinging monkies have free rein over there. As administrative decisions go, kind of a mystery, but it does demonstrate once again that on the Internet any site without strict enforcement quickly devolves into Lord of the Flies Redux.

Yet we are still here, hoping for redemption.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

18. If you are supporting a particular candidate (like Sanders this primary) you have much better odds

I joined here in 2000 or 2001, got kicked off during the Dean vs Clark wars. Then allowed to come back during the General, I think.

[UtahLib]

12. They reside in never never land.

Let them have their nasty little circle jerks. They've become the wah, wah, wah, it will be my way or I will make you pay, faction of the Democratic party,

[SharonClark]

14. They aren't Dems

Dems don't treat other Dems like that.

[yallerdawg]

13. Terms of Service - Don't Press Your Luck

"It is the responsibility of all DU members to participate in a manner that promotes a positive atmosphere and encourages good discussions among a diverse community of people holding a broad range of center-to-left viewpoints."

[otohara]

19. How Does This Manage To Stay Afloat On DU?

I don't get it!