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In reply to the discussion: DO NOT BE FOOLED!!! [View all]NanceGreggs
(27,825 posts)I read your comment on the "NG Fan" thread, and thank you very much. I, myself, am not a "fan" fan either, so I take your point.
It still remains, however, that you took one comment I made on one thread about "some anti-Hill posters" being trolls - and then extrapolated that into being a "pattern" of behaviour on my part, which is clearly not true. Nor have I ever insinuated that ALL anti-Hill posters are trolls.
This has become part of the toxicity that now permeates this site - posters having their comments twisted into what you're saying then is ...", or, "what you REALLY mean is ...", or having a single comment on a single issue being noted as "a pattern".
I have not advocated for Hillary at all. But I have defended her when I see bullshit being tossed around as though it were fact.
My only "advocacy", if you can call it that, for her candidacy is that she polls incredibly well against all probable GOP contenders. I am in it to win it, and my support goes to whichever Democrat is most likely to be elected. Right now, that is HRC. Should someone come along tomorrow who looks to be a more likely winner, my support will go to them.
Am I snarky and uncivil in my replies to some people here? You're damned real I am. I am not about to be respectful to anyone who has demonstrated their own incapacity to be respectful to me, or others on this board. Given the "ugly tone" that has become the norm here, altering my own tone will not change things, nor serve any purpose.
The DU rule changes of a few years ago, along with a "jury system" that is a sad joke, have turned this board into a boxing match - and I am not about to play by the rules when everyone else in the ring is armed with sledgehammers and machetes. It's that simple.
I miss the days when there actually WERE rules of engagement here, and they were strictly enforced. But those days are gone and, as I've said, this is no longer a Democratic site. It's just another free-for-all message board where obvious trolls are allowed to post without any fear of consequences.