Has anyone checked in on the "Hillary is no better than Trump" gang lately??

[Bleacher Creature]

Now that Trump is officially the nominee, and after last night's terrifying display of hatred, fear, paranoia, and xenophobia, has anyone checked in on our dearly departed former DU posters to see how they're holding up?

It must be a tough day for anyone seriously trying to keep a straight face while arguing that there's no difference between the two candidates (or the two parties), but you certainly have to give them credit for trying. At this point, I'm not sure how if it's worth devoting any more time to that crowd, but if anyone has any insight feel free to share.

[giftedgirl77]

1. Please, let's just enjoy the silence.

[Renew Deal]

38. lol

Exactly

[giftedgirl77]

46. That's like listening to a toddler finally winding out of a tantrum

then peaking your head in the room reawakening the monster.

[apnu]

50. I am strongly temped to link to the Depeche Mode song now.

But I will resist it.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. Enjoy your stay

Gary Johnson is a libertarian. If you think that is comparable to Bernie Sanders, you really should not be voting.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Suicide by MiRT?

[MoonRiver]

37. Hahaha!

[GulfCoast66]

5. Enjoy your stay, short as it may be

Let me guess, your main issue is...Legal Pot?

Please answer quick because you will soon be gone.

[lapucelle]

13. At least he's not voting for a woman.

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. Gary Johnson? That dumb head?

Wow. Takes courage to admit something like that.

[tallahasseedem]

9. I smell pine and pizza!

[lapucelle]

10. This Gary Johnson?

http://www.ontheissues.org/Gary_Johnson.htm

[LynneSin]

12. Really?

You do know this is a democratic website that supports democrats and that Bernie did endorse Hillary.

Posting this before the lock

[whistler162]

6. Nope! So how are you doing?

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. I learned in Queens New York as a young boy

Dumbshits ain't gone change.

[LonePirate]

14. I peaked over there earlier today. Some vow to vote Trump if he promises to arrest the Clintons.

I said a few weeks ago that place was nothing more than a Hillary hate site and I have seen nothing to change my mind since then.

[840high]

15. Why don't you check for us.

[giftedgirl77]

47. Lol

[bettyellen]

53. We already know they revel in the hatred of Hillary as much as any ignorant Republican

[LynneSin]

16. I've unfollowed many on facebook

Bernie has endorsed Hillary so to me these Bernie supporters are essentially saying 'Fuck You' to Bernie.

And Jill Stein is an asshole. What little respect I had for her I lost after Stein's Mothers Day comment insinuating Hillary as a bad mother. I'd vote for Trump before I'd vote for Jill Stein and that's saying a lot! Thankfully I can vote for Hillary instead - and that is a vote I have no difficulty in making!

[Demsrule86]

22. I saw that thread...if Trump arrests all the Clintons...

You suppose they want Chelsea and the babies slapped in handcuffs too? I have never seen such anger and bitterness.

[Bleacher Creature]

26. I saw some of them advocating for a GOP House

On the basis that they would vote to impeach Hillary

Hence, my reluctance ever to venture into that sewer again.

[Demsrule86]

49. The stupidity is surprising

The Senate actually removes the president which has never happened.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. They are probably in a drunken stupor

Driven to said stupor from shame and embarrassment

[LyndaG]

18. Ugh

Still haven't recovered from the : "Bush and Gore are the same" nightmare.

[Demsrule86]

23. That is the truth. nt

[joshcryer]

27. Never ever forget. Tweedledum and tweedledee.

Nader's rally call.

A million lives murdered. A decade lost. All because purists didn't give a fuck about real lives.

[GulfCoast66]

19. They now consider her worse than Trump and many of them plan on voting for him

Even though their Lord and Savior has endorse Hillary. The ones arguing that the they should follow Bernie's advice run the risk of being banned. Supporting Stein is still acceptable, but many of them are all in for Trump.

I am glad many of the DU members kept their names over there. I do not keep up with that stuff and have not been here long enough to really get to know members. But plenty of member here do know who is who and when they come trolling here they get called out.

I predict that after Hillary wins in a landslide we will have an influx of new members who sound somewhat familiar. And will soon start criticizing her administration.

[Demsrule86]

24. I have seen the DU folks too...

They are always so 'concerned' when they come here.

[GulfCoast66]

25. Right you are.

It is surprising the ease one can discern concern overlaid with glee.

They just cannot help themselves.

Which is why I predict after the election there will be an influx of several hundred new members who really seem to know the ropes.

[Demsrule86]

36. I agree.

I can't see that other site surviving...where are they going to go? The Greens ...don't make me laugh or Trump or the libertarians?

[Squinch]

32. I've seen some come here just to post strawmen to make DU look bad. It looks

coordinated, because when one posts their lies, many others flock to the thread to support their statements.

It's very bizarre behavior.

[Demsrule86]

35. Very true

They can't accept they lost. Some still hold out hope that something will happen...won't admit the truth until after the convention.

[Squinch]

40. Which is fine, but then they should stay in their self-made cage like they said they would

when they flounced out of here.

[Demsrule86]

51. I have gone there and it is really boring...I didn't sign up or anything

but honestly, the level of discourse is somewhere between self-delusion and self-pity. Some actually believe Jill Stein will win or so they say.

[stevenleser]

41. They think DU is a "dying website" because after the nomination was settled, traffic and visits

dropped.

Little do they realize this happens every time the Dem nomination is contested. Anyone with more than a single brain cell in their head should be able to figure out why.

They are coming here expecting to see no one here each time and are clearly upset when that isnt the case.

[Squinch]

43. They have to believe that.

[Demsrule86]

52. Some left during the primary because it got so ugly and

have just now come back.

[Squinch]

55. I walked away for a long time during the primary. It was surreal here. The new rules are better.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

20. Why bother...seeing how a petty party is going on right here?

[genna]

39. I agree with Jimmy Dore

The way to help people who don't agree with you is not to insult them, concern troll them, or say you had better do....

I think what is instructive from the Republican party convention is when you shut out debate and create fake rules to look unified while people in your party actually disagree; everyone can tell you are still divided.

When Hillary takes on the mantle at the convention, will posters still be kicking Bernie in the teeth for not being 100% on board with the issues Hillary chooses to de-emphasize for general election audience?

The problem is some democrats are non conformists on specific platform issues. Is the Democratic party big enough to tolerate more than one take on the issues?

[Squinch]

42. Or maybe we should ask this: When she takes the mantle at the convention, will

posters still be kicking her in the teeth for not being 100% on board with the issues where she does not agree with the piners?

The problem is that ALL Democrats are non-conformists on specific platform issues. Clinton has made a number of significant concessions to that fact. Are the piners big enough to realize that no one gets everything they want, especially not the primary loser, and that she has been perfectly reasonable with her concessions to them?

The answer to that, by their posts here and at their site where they are honest about their positions, is a clear "no."

[zappaman]

21. Nah, let the pinebaggerz do their hating.

It's nice they have their own site.
It's like a clearinghouse for trolls!

[nolawarlock]

29. Someone once told me ... it's good to get all the poop in one toilet.

You can be rid of it in one flush.

[nolawarlock]

28. You mean the ones that say Trump wouldn't be the nominee?

I haven't looked in a bit. It was like the same ten people posting last time I peeked.

[nolawarlock]

30. Ug. Just peeked.

They're defending Melania at JPR by accusing Michele Obama of copying some book for her speech simply because she used the terms "your word is your bond" and "you work hard." Really???? those are terms lots of people use. Melania went far beyond that to copy sentence structure and style and used many of the same terms.

What kind of progressives defend the far right wingers first? They ask why some of us are more irritated with them than we are with Trump. Here's why. Because they should know better.

[Agnosticsherbet]

31. I see a few at Facebook. I don't check in on them.

They are friends who I hope will return to my world when their grief has run its course.

[geek tragedy]

33. Best to not mention the pinebaggerz

They have their own little idiot pond to swim in, they left instead of trolling here.

Not worth the energy.

[DemonGoddess]

34. I absolutely refuse to pollute my brain with that garbage

so I don't visit there, and won't. No need. They're going to do what they're going to do, regardless of what anyone here says.

[WhollyHeretic]

44. I looked the other day out of morbid curiosity and saw them discussing how Snopes is now a

Clinton mouthpiece because every time they go to look up a conspiracy theory about Hillary Snopes says it is false. This was in thread title something like Clinton Body Count. I'd call that place a cesspool but I think it has shot way past cesspool.

[stevenleser]

45. Don't be so hard on cesspools. They have a purpose...

... pinebaggers, not so much.

[VulgarPoet]

48. After seeing some of the things I've seen thus far,

it's safe to say I don't know what I am anymore. Will I ever trust Clinton, highly unlikely, but voting anyone else is tantamount to shooting myself in the head and being done with it. Threatening to vote Trump even after this RNC showing... I simply have no clue who I am anymore, looking at people I thought had the right ideas till now.

[Demsrule86]

54. The president is one person and can only do so much.

I told the Obama haters...you want a liberal president, elect a liberal Congress and don't abandon the president the first time you don't get what you want (2010). We need a house and a Senate...I don't know if we will get the House ...the Senate probably. But you have to be realistic. All this hysteria over Hillary's position on TPP...Obama ran on trade agreements...I voted for him in spite of this...you have to pick the best candidate and hope for the best. But not voting only plays into the GOP hands especially in the off-year elections which is how we lost governorships and the House.

[NCTraveler]

56. They are mentally unstable as a whole.

We will continue to fight for their betterment as they continue to work against the best interests of the 99%. They are tools of the 1%. Corporate America lives off of these people. They are simpletons.

[Orsino]

57. I rarely turn on CNN anymore. n/t

[Sheepshank]

58. There's a whole lotta "Trump is better than Hillary" over there

they can stew in their own juices