DailyKOS sets March 15th as the end of Hillary bashing:

[sufrommich]

So here’s what happens on March 15:
No attacks on Hillary Clinton using right-wing tropes of sources. She’s had 30 years of bullshit flung at her from the Right, there’s no need to have Daily Kos give them an assist.

Constructive criticism from the Left is allowed. There’s a difference between constructive and destructive criticism. Do I need to spell it out? It’s the difference between “We need to put pressure on her to do the right thing on TPP” versus “she’s a sell-out corporatist whore oligarch.” In general, if you’re resorting to cheap sloganeering like “oligarch” or “warmonger” or “neocon”, you might want to reframe your argument in a more substantive, issue-focused and constructive matter. Again, I’m not interested in furthering the Right’s hate-fueled media machine. If that’s what you want, might I suggest Free Republic?

Saying you won’t vote, or will vote for Trump, or will vote for Jill Stein (or another Third Party) is not allowed. If that’s how you feel, but have other places in which you can be constructive on the site, then keep your presidential feelings to yourself. Those of us who care about our country and it’s future are focused on victory. If you aren’t, then it’s a big internet, I suggest you find more hospitable grounds for your huffing, puffing, and stomping of feet.

If you are going to be pessimistic, you better support it. There’s a difference between “Clinton can’t beat Trump” and “Clinton can’t beat Trump in Alabama”. There is also a difference between the blanket “Clinton can’t beat Trump” and “Looking at the polling, I’m worried that Clinton is falling behind Trump because X, Y, and Z”. Obviously, that also applies to races and issues down the ballot, not just the presidential. If you are going to be a Debbie-Downer, you better have a damn good reason to justify your pessimism. Rank, unsupported pessimism is anathema to our data-driven, reality based culture.


http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/3/4/1495813/-March-15-and-Daily-Kos-transition-to-General-Election-footing





I guess we should prepare for an onslaught of rejected kossacks in need of their daily 5 minutes of Hillary hate here at DU.

[mcar]

1. Can we do that here too?

Please?

[GusBob]

5. It's not gonna happen no.

Hillary hate has become an entrenched DU institution

It may just flip over to she is a piece of shit used car salesman type stuff

Precedent has been set about gutter level here

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

49. True that

Remember all the shit Obama got six months after being elected and onward. He just wasn't liberal enough for many on DU.

[Firebrand Gary]

50. I'd disagree with that...

I think that Skinner and the admin team care deeply about this site and are likely to detox it once the nomination is locked. People need to vent, we all get that, however if in 2008 people were talking about our first potential black president the way they are talking about our potential first female president, it would not have been tolerated.

I have faith that admin will transform this site overnight once the nomination is locked, otherwise there will be a mass migration of people who stop using DU. It's not constructive, it's not fun.

Republicans strategy, time and time again is apathy. Why would DU allow its users to do the same?

[Chichiri]

7. It will happen when the MSM announces Hillary has clinched.

But I really, really wish Skinner would take a page from kos and make it sooner.

[kstewart33]

33. He won't. I asked him twice.

No go.

[NastyRiffraff]

46. Unfortunately, no

Apparently the admins have chosen to ignore the whole thing. I'm not going to speculate as to why, but it's true that little or nothing is done.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. I haven't posted and DailyKos for years.

Looks like a Sane policy to me.

[GusBob]

3. Beware the Ides of March lol

[Tarheel_Dem]

11. Et tu, GusBob?

[Setsuna1972]

24. can you send me that GIF please?

The African Americans for Hillary one, I love it !!!

[Tarheel_Dem]

26. Check your inbox.

[Starry Messenger]

4. Someone should PM this to the admins here.

I'm definitely migrating over to the great orange Satan if shit doesn't calm down here.

[sufrommich]

6. +1. Sounds like a plan.nt

[GusBob]

18. Yeah to warn them of the migrating shit heads

They will bring their Hillary hate over here where it's welcomed

[Starry Messenger]

21. Yeah. It's going to suck even more. :(

[GusBob]

22. I read the whole link Kos has good points

He is big on HRC supporters not spiking the football in the face of BSers

That one would be hard for me after what happened recently

[Starry Messenger]

23. Yeah, I agree. Same here.

[DesertRat]

44. Arrgh!

[bravenak]

53. I plan on saving my real discussion for over there.

What a smart move by Markos.

[Starry Messenger]

54. Woot!

I'm bad about remembering to check over there, but I will try harder!

[bravenak]

56. I'll just tweet anything and post over at hcs if I write anything. Makes it easier to lure you over.

No use trying here.....

[Starry Messenger]

57. Yay!! Thank you!! XO

[UtahLib]

8. "Huffing and puffing and stomping of feet" sounds familiar.

[NurseJackie]

9. Such COMMON SENSE rules he's got planned. Wow! Seems simple enough.

I guess we should prepare for an onslaught of rejected kossacks in need of their daily 5 minutes of Hillary hate here at DU.

This thought crossed my mind as well.

[obamanut2012]

10. I think we need to PM Skinner & EarlG about this

Doing the same thing, if the math plays out that way.

Some of the comments on KOS are

[obamanut2012]

12. OMFG I didn't think about the onslaught

Seriously.

wtf

[Thinkingabout]

13. Thanks, great post, the end is in sight.

[NurseJackie]

27. Indeed it is ...

[BlueMTexpat]

31. Nice! eom

[yallerdawg]

14. Kos doesn't think “She’s a sell-out corporatist whore oligarch"...

isn't constructive criticism?

Well, neither do I.

I do agree with: "If that’s what you want, might I suggest Free Republic?"

And this is why - any 5 comments and we are out!

We need the transition. Democrats will return and replace those others.

We got an election in November!

[debunction.junction]

42. Kos didn't say what he thinks. He said you can't say it, and we must support the Dem nomoniee

regardless of who it is because there is too much at stake. The number one priority is the Supreme Court.

[GusBob]

15. NOTE TO THE HOSTS OF THIS GROUP!!!!!

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES SOUND THE ALARM.....TO ARMS.....MAN THE BARRICADES!

We are about to be beset with an onslaught, an infestation, a plague of trolls of biblical proportion

[Cha]

62. Duly Noted!

Thank you, Gus Bob! :hi;

[stonecutter357]

16. K&R!

[fleabiscuit]

17. Most Excellent n/t

[book_worm]

19. Nice, but it won't happen at DU

I wish though if they are going to continue attacks on HRC they would at least stop using GOP talking points and websites.

[Tarheel_Dem]

20. From a business standpoint, I don't think Skinner can do it. Traffic would be impeded, thus revenue.

[Loki]

29. I've been a star member for a long time.

If it doesn't get cleaned up, I can always take my money elsewhere so I don't have to put up with this anti-Democratic
crap. I support Democrats, that's what is has always been about.

[Tarheel_Dem]

32. Until recently, I have always maintained my star status. When I see changes, I'll return to my.....

former status. I don't mind supporting causes that I'm passionate about, I always have, but what's happened here over the past few months, has disturbed me to no end. I've seen many good DU'ers silenced, as they have been alert stalked out of existence, especially AA posters.

When these things change, I hope those posters will be allowed to return, and won't face the same kind of abuse.

[joshcryer]

60. Yeah, Kos gets 22x the traffic.

DU will hold off as long as possible, may even get people from Kos coming here.

[Her Sister]

25. 11 days! ~2 Tuesdays from today

That is great! and smart

[Loki]

28. Nice to hear that the adults will be in charge over there.

n/t

#byebyebernie

[BlueMTexpat]

30. If only ...

this would happen here.

This:

There’s a difference between constructive and destructive criticism. Do I need to spell it out? It’s the difference between “We need to put pressure on her to do the right thing on TPP” versus “she’s a sell-out corporatist whore oligarch.” In general, if you’re resorting to cheap sloganeering like “oligarch” or “warmonger” or “neocon”, you might want to reframe your argument in a more substantive, issue-focused and constructive matter. Again, I’m not interested in furthering the Right’s hate-fueled media machine. If that’s what you want, might I suggest Free Republic?

Please. Please. Please.

[SharonClark]

34. Wow! Great news if that happens at Kos

How about at Salon and their tribe on Hillary-haters.

[Trust Buster]

35. Excellent OP. Thank you.

[ismnotwasm]

36. That is awesome

Been meaning to increase my participation there for some time now.

[JohnnyRingo]

37. One line stuck out...

...in reference to Hillary bashing:

If that’s what you want, might I suggest Free Republic?

It's gotten ridiculous here to the point that I suspect if I just posted a title as "Hillary is an ugly bitch" I'd get a hundred recs before the thread was rightly locked.

Six months ago I was still undecided, but the sheer hatred of Clinton (all three of them) drove me squarely into her camp. I don't want anyone to think I'm associated with such vile behavior against a Democrat. Good for Kos, it's about time.


On edit:
There's already a post on the Greatest Threads Page about how terrible this move by Kos is. He'll be compared to a Nazi soon. They miss the bigger point that Kos is officially naming Hillary the eventual winner. I bet that berns.

[NastyRiffraff]

47. It's more ridiculous:

It's gotten ridiculous here to the point that I suspect if I just posted a title as "Hillary is an ugly bitch" I'd get a hundred recs before the thread was rightly locked.

It may not be locked. Some horrible posts have been left standing with hundeds of recs despite multiple alerts and appeals to admins.

[Loki]

59. Well Kos finally said it.

The Free Republic path is open for the Bernie Bros to go and congregate. LOL thats great!

[Lucinda]

38. KNR

[malthaussen]

39. March 15 would seem to be a bit early.

To quote Mrs Clinton: "We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California."

-- Mal

[fleabiscuit]

61. Seems to me it should have been SOP all along. For everyone. eom

[Lucinda]

64. Exactly.

[houston16revival]

40. Closing ranks is part of the process

we all need to be reminded how important this election will be

3 or 4 Supreme Court justices, National Parks, Minimum wage, Union membership

and the list goes on

[Rose Siding]

41. Good luck to him

Maybe I'll register there.

[debunction.junction]

45. Nice cherry picking of the Kos post.

[MineralMan]

48. What do you mean, I wonder.

Can you elaborgte on that?

[obamanut2012]

52. Except it wasn't -- and you are in the HRC protected group

[debunction.junction]

55. My apologies. Didn't realize where I was.

Have a good weekend.

[Loki]

51. The butt hurt over there

will anatomically debilitating. Can't wait to watch.

[Hekate]

58. Good for Kos. Gods help DU. nt

[riversedge]

63. It can't come soon enough.

[Her Sister]

65. well what about this!

Today happened!