Pro Nader post and Posters should be BANNED

[TrueAmerican]

Nader is not a Democrat and the people that support the nutcase are not True Democrats so if they post they should be banned!

[Sean Reynolds]

1. That is so American of you...

You're really a 'true American'!

[JHBowden]

3. If you want to support Bush, be honest about it.

Hiding behind Ralph Nader won't fool anybody.

[HFishbine]

14. Usually it's the newcomers who are suspect

not the other way around. Welcome to DU!

[JHBowden]

20. I've been around for a while.

This is the handle I used at deanunderground.net.

[TrueAmerican]

4. DU is here to support Democrats, not Bush and Nader

Thank you.

[Sean Reynolds]

21. I thought this was here for ALL liberal minded folks.

I've been here since this place basically opened and from as far as I could remember EVERYONE was welcomed, just as long as they were liberal. Well I'm a liberal and don't think it's 'Democratic' of you to say that people should be banned because they don't support the Democratic nominee.

[TrueAmerican]

2. Also Please hit the ALERT function when they post

Send them cowarding to FreeRepublic.

[legin]

18. Forget it

if you guys think you can do to me what you did before the 2002 election then you can think again because I am not just leaving this time I am fighting you guys tooth and nail.

I have never hit the alert button since I've been here, but you post one more of these fucking wind-up threads and I will do.

[legin]

29. Because it is a hot peroid here

we are getting infiltrated by freepers, who are stiring things. I have got a few suspects.

[liberalhistorian]

32. That's right, fight us

and not the RW fascist theocrats who've taken over the country and who are fast destroying it. Fight those of us trying our damnest to fight them and rescue the country, and not those responsible for taking it over and destroying it beyond recognition. Yeah, that's the ticket, fight us and not the real enemy!

And I wonder what it will take for people to realize that he's being funded by the repukes and that he doesn't give a shit about this country or its citizens and that we simply will not survive another four years of the Bushistas. But no, that's all OUR fault and not St. Ralph's, so fight US and not the real enemy. Yeah, that's the way to do it. In case you haven't noticed, this is called DEMOCRATIC Underground, not Support-third-parties-who-will-throw-the-vote-to-the-Bushistas-and-destroy-the-country-Underground! We are not obligated to allow support of third parties on the forums. And, as a historian, I will bluntly say that third parties have NEVER, and WILL NEVER, make any real headway in this country for reasons far too numerous to get into here.

In this country, a third-party vote is and always has been a wasted vote, frankly, whether that's right or not that's just the way it is historically, and anyone who votes for Nader knowing the stakes in this election, and how the very future of the country is at stake and that we simply won't survive more of the Bushistas, and especially knowing the damage and destruction the Bushistas have wrought in just three short years, is a traitor as far as I'm concerned.

[Forkboy]

23. is cowarding even a word?

[Cooley Hurd]

35. Calling other posters "freepers" or insinuating so...

...is also against the rules, TA. :eyes:

[West Coast Democrat]

5. I don't know about banning people

but it may be off-limits per DU rules to post anything pro-Nader, at least while he is in the presidential race running against the Democratic candidate. We don't allow pro-Bush* posts. Maybe the mods have an opinion?

[SeveneightyWhoa]

6. This is bloody ridiculous.

I truly believe that Nader is doing what he's doing for all the right reasons. He destroyed things in '00, now all is forgiven (remember, Gore lost by himself), and I really think he's trying to patch things up. What better than a two-front attack on Bush--from Nader, and Kerry (or Edwards)? Nobody's going to vote for Nader because they know what the consequences will be, and Nader does not have the huge support base of the Greens as he did last time. He won't get one-twentieth of the votes he got last time, I guarantee it. I'm happy he's running--I know he's doing it to HELP the Dems win this thing.

There, ban me.

[EXE619K]

7. Oh, cool!

If you don't stand with the President, you stand with the Terrorists...right?

Let's send all the opposition to Gitmo....that'll solve all the problems!

Ralph Nader is the enemy of progressive politics?

WOW!

No wonder the Dems are worrying about "attrition" from their own ranks to other third-parties!

[bitchkitty]

8. If you really wanted to hurt their feelings, you'd

just ignore them and not start yet another silly Nader thread. There is an ignore feature, you know.

edit: oops

[mmonk]

9. It's true he isn't a democrat this year

but we should allow others be they republicans, independents, greens, etc. to post. However we reserve the right to spar.

[TrueAmerican]

10. Not if they are supporter Bush via Nader

They need to be ban.

[Catch22Dem]

30. Negative

I don't want DU to become a debate forum between pukes and us. Debating amongst ourselves is one thing, but debating pukes has it's own place, and that place isn't DU.

[pacifictiger]

11. how very un-democratic of you

and a tad elitist. Democracy is about choosing the best path from the views of all. Any discussion that is constructive and wise is valuable no matter what the source.

[West Coast Democrat]

13. This is a Democratic website, though

and we don't allow posts from disruptors.

[Sean Reynolds]

22. No it isn't.

It's a democratic website.

NOT Democratic. This place has always been open to EVERY liberal, no matter if they were a member of the Democratic Party.

[HFishbine]

12. Care to define "support?" (nt)

[EXE619K]

16. Yeah....

Is this a "Democratic" Underground or "Democrats" Underground?

Perhaps the people need to clarify this issue first.

[grytpype]

15. "banned," not "ban."

[cryofan]

17. Regular BAN roll-on, or new BAN Extra-Dry?

Run, Ralph, Run!

tee hee

[TrueAmerican]

19. From the rules:

"If you wish to contribute to the defeat of the Democratic candidate for president, then you are welcome to use someone else's bandwidth on some other website. As the election season draws closer, we may expand this rule to include Democratic candidates for other political offices.

Democratic Underground may not be used for political organizing activity by supporters of any political party other than the Democratic party. Supporters of certain other political parties may use Democratic Underground for limited partisan activities in political races where there is no Democratic party candidate."

Trying to sell your justification for voting on a third party progressive ticket is paramount to organizing opposition to the Democratic Party Candidate.

[mmonk]

24. what you say is true

[mandyky]

25. How childish

Just plug your ears and shout I can't hear you, why don't you?
Or make us pledge that we hate Nader or we're not real democrats. Silly, just plain F%^&ing silly and childish.

[TrueAmerican]

27. Vote Bush if you want. But please adhere to the rules..

From the rules:

"If you wish to contribute to the defeat of the Democratic candidate for president, then you are welcome to use someone else's bandwidth on some other website. As the election season draws closer, we may expand this rule to include Democratic candidates for other political offices.

Democratic Underground may not be used for political organizing activity by supporters of any political party other than the Democratic party. Supporters of certain other political parties may use Democratic Underground for limited partisan activities in political races where there is no Democratic party candidate."

Trying to sell your justification for voting on a third party progressive ticket is paramount to organizing opposition to the Democratic Party Candidate.

[EXE619K]

33. So, if ...

Supporters of John Kerry is attacking John Edwards for whatever reason, does this not constitute as contribution to the defeat of the Democratic candidate for president?

As far as I know, John Edwards IS a Democratic Candidate for President.

[mandyky]

36. I am not orangnizing

I merely support Nader's right to run, and will listen to his issues. I think all the hysteria and name calling is childish. I am voting Dem in Nov., but I am distressed how much supposed Liberals have such a closed mind when it comes to nader. To me being a liberal means having an open mind. I stand up for my right to dissent even when it is in ooposition to my party (Dems).

[Forkboy]

26. Well,who could question a true American like yourself?

[unfrigginreal]

28. Thank God for the FOX viewers defining true Democrats

we'd never know the difference without them.

[MsDemeander]

31. Define True Democrat if you can

I may not support Nader in the election but he above all the current anointed Dems has a better idea about democracy. Calling supporters of democracy 'nutcases' seems like a bit over the top to me.

[mmonk]

34. depends if you mean a member of the Democratic party

or democrat with a little d as far as this issue goes.

[BigMcLargehuge]

37. locked

questions about the policies of operation of DU should be posting in the Ask the Administrator Forum.

Thanks

Big McLargehuge
DU Moderator