Something to keep in mind, folks.

[Arkansas Granny]

Link to tweet

Let's not fall into that trap.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Hear, hear!

[GeoWilliam750]

4. Hear, hear, hear, hear!

[Left-over]

10. It plays into the opposition's hands!

[Snotcicles]

32. I'm with Bernie. We need healthcare Assurance not healthcare Insurance. nt

[snort]

41. On cue.

Busy?

[LiberalLovinLug]

43. Wow you walked right through the door

There is a difference between fighting for a letter in the alphabet just because...and fighting for principles that have and will in the future, define that party with that letter. Kamala Harris and other prominent Democrats are on board so either you jump on or be left behind.

[riversedge]

2. k for visibility

[lastlib]

6. k2 for more. Keep this in mind.

Don't go there.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

3. +1000 nt

[Butterflylady]

5. Exactly

[flygal]

7. So true!!

[AllyCat]

8. Yup. We need to quit reacting to it and fight the real issue!

Out with 45 and the GOP

[Raster]

9. It's called DIVIDE AND CONQUER...

...and has worked astoundingly well in the past, and seems to be well on its way yet again.

[Kleveland]

27. I hope that there are activists doing the same to the Repugs! n/t

[volstork]

11. +100,000!

Thank you for reminding us.

[The Wizard]

12. During the campaign

I started suspecting posters who were fanning the flames of division. When I went to their Groups and Likes on FB I found almost all Groups and Likes were in the Cyrillic / Russian alphabet .
But the questions are: Why do the Russians and Republicans see the world through the same prism? Have Pox News and the right wing media poisoned Republican minds to the point where they turn on fellow Americans, friends, neighbors and families for the benefit of a hostile state?

[world wide wally]

18. I'm not sure Russia and the GOP see the world in the same way although there are some similarities.

I think that what Russia is doing is fanning the flames of divisions that already do exist in America to create confusion, disunity, and mistrust among us. This makes for a much easier target to take down. It's not so much "how" we go down, it's just that we DO go down.

[The Wizard]

20. Are Pox News and right wing media

responsible for turning Americans against each other for political gain? Is the Right wing media acting as an agent of a hostile State?

[world wide wally]

23. Yes to the first question. This has always been their goal.

To the second part of the question, I think they are what Russia calls "useful idiots"

[Duppers]

38. +10 Indeed they are "useful idiots"

Thank you.

[Progressive dog]

36. Extremists of all types don't like

our system of government.
The T-party extremists want top down government with them on top. Like all extremists, compromise and negotiation are against their principles. Putin is the kind of leader they want for us.

[rwsanders]

59. Some similarities:

Former soviet states heavily polluted = same under repugs
former USSR heavily authoritarian = same under repugs
former USSR win for MIC = same under repugs
former USSR rule by oligarchs with no say for peons = same under repugs
former USSR advance by bootlicking = same under repugs
why do repugs yearn for a royalty here, and can't handle the idea that WE THE PEOPLE run the country. The piggy billionaires run around hoping to be accepted as royalty in Europe. The whole bunch are really F***ed in the head.

[TubbersUK]

13. K & R n/t

[bronxiteforever]

14. Thank you-k & r

[CanonRay]

15. Kick it.

[woundedkarma]

16. I've been saying this for weeks

And you guys still post these articles/rants constantly. Or jump on the bandwagon with a me-too.

Clearly, it's only real when some guy on twitter says it.

This is, of course, how we get fake news.

Instead of thinking for yourself, you wait for twitter-folk or business insider etc to tell you stuff.

[Arkansas Granny]

26. I have deliberately stayed out of the Hillary/Bernie arguments. It serves no purpose but to divide.

And while Democrats are bickering amongst themselves, Trump and his ilk are doing damage to our country.

[Skittles]

17. I don't think much influence was needed

[Javaman]

19. I'm glad you posted this. I'm getting really tired of the circular firing squad here on DU. nt

[haveahart]

21. Yes, we do know but the infiltrators are still at it.

[HootieMcBoob]

22. Thank you!

This is everything

[disillusioned73]

24. There you go...

time to fight for single payer!!

[Jakes Progress]

25. Don't fall for crap

that blames Hillary for being a corporate stooge or attacks Bernie for being disruptive. The bots know your weaknesses. Don't let them do it.

Hillary is an honest, hard-working force for the poor and used. She has spent her life trying to do good.

Bernie is a committed leftist. He has spent his life working for the poor and used.

If you can't agree with both of those statements, they you are a victim of troll-bait working.

[Saviolo]

37. This could be an OP

Let's abandon tribalism and band together to stand up to the actual enemy: The white supremacist in the White House and the legions of -actual nazis- who are emboldened to come out of the closet and wave their nazi flags and shout their nazi slogans in public without masks. Those are the people we all need to stand together against.

[Duppers]

39. +100

[Chemisse]

42. Thank-you.

We need to climb out of the rut dug during the primaries. It doesn't have to be one or the other. They both are important voices at this time.

[rwsanders]

60. You should be a moderator, I think you could calm this place down.

[Nitram]

28. Exactly!

[MelissaB]

29. I wish I could recommend this more than once.

[Locrian]

30. +1

and not just dem vs dem. Also left/right, black/white, dem/gop supporters etc.

Divide and conquer is VERY effective.

[C Moon]

33. THANK YOU!!

[riderinthestorm]

34. Agreed 100%. K&R nt

[Duppers]

40. K & R

[lunatica]

44. That's why I refuse to be drawn into a fight about them.

[Arkansas Granny]

45. Yes, me too.

[Warren DeMontague]

46. Come on...this shit isn't gonna stir itself!

Kick and Rec.

[Roy Rolling]

47. Thanks!

You are giving me some hope, after reading so many divisive posts. Those of like mind should remain focused on the propaganda targeted at DU members, and call it out for the threat such hyperpartisanship is.

[Honeycombe8]

48. I agree. nt

[Paka]

49. Thank you!

Shout it from the rooftops.

[MrScorpio]

50. I completely agree.

As someone who vote for Bernie in the primary and HAPPILY voted for Hillary in the general, I find this entire Bernie v. Hillary nonsense ridiculous.

[Vinca]

51. The deeper our split, the longer Republicans are in office.

[Willie Pep]

52. Very true.

Keeping liberals fighting over their relatively small differences allows the Republicans to win.

[Mike Nelson]

53. Hillary and Bernie...

...don't exaggerate their differences anymore - the campaign is over. She doesn't need his tax returns and he doesn't need her speech transcripts.

Hillary had some honest opinions about Bernie and put them in her book. They had their place and, frankly, she made a lot of sense.

Bernie says negative things about Hillary and the Democratic Party and much of what he says about the latter, at least, is worth thinking about.

Neither of them have a major beef about the other... the media picks up and magnifies their words. Hillary gets to write a book and have her say - she's earned the right. Bernie has caught on to the media game and says less about Hillary and more about furthering progressive ideas. Media overplays this friction story.

[dchill]

54. K&R.

[al bupp]

55. just, thank you /nt

[SCantiGOP]

57. Amen, Granny

[LAS14]

58. Russia wins if we think we can't talk about whatever we damn well want to.

I'm a dedicated Hillary supporter. But I don't want to participate in this sort of censorship.

[joet67]

61. And Ground Zero of that influence operation is right in this very neighborhood, if

you get my drift. I do so hope that has been rectified by now, but time will tell.

Personally, I'd prefer she go more low-key with her road show. We need some breathing room so the party can sort it all out. 2018 is right around the corner, and we have candidates stepping up right now who feel they have a finger on the political pulse of this moment. I know she has an ox to gore, but we have to get this right.