Can we all please play fair?

[MineralMan]

Anyone can go hunt up ancient negative stuff about presidential candidates. The Internet is full of right wing attacks on prominent Democrats. Bringing such stuff to DU for whatever purpose is self-defeating and ugly. I would hope that no DUer would sink so low.

The right wing has gone after many Democrats over the years, often bringing up conspiracy theory-style nonsense in its attempts to slander candidates. That crap is easy to find with a simple Google search. Bringing it here, though, is abhorrent to everyone who takes politics seriously. It will not work out well at all.

So, if you're tempted to try to discredit a candidate by posting right wing crap about that candidate, think twice and then just don't do it. Please.

Thanks for reading.

[tularetom]

1. Well, I sort of agree, although I think your definition of "right wing crap" differs from mine

[greatlaurel]

2. Great post, MM. Thank you!

[Hollingsworth]

3. What Brock/Clinton did to Bernie with Chavez is exactly right wing craplike.

It's appalling, that and Bernie being sympathic to ME terrorists? That is RW crazyness. I am glad you are pointing that out, if you are doing that.

[Agschmid]

16. Do you have a copy of the email?

I'd really like to read it.

[passiveporcupine]

22. Is this the new meme?

[frylock]

29. Will a video of David Brock copping to the email suffice, or do you need the long-form email?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251596835

[Agschmid]

30. I would like to see the email.

I'm sure it will come out, just wondering why it hasn't yet.

[SidDithers]

18. ...

Sid

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Play fair?? Hell's bells, man, it's primary season!

What fun would it be if we all played fair? We wouldn't be able to succumb to fits of high dudgeon and post furious rants about how mean and unfair "the other side" is! And, of course, your "unfair" might be my "totally rational and justified criticism," while your "merely pointing out a few facts" is my "OMG, you are totally lying and are probably a Republican!"



But seriously, I agree with you about dredging up crap from RW sources; but don't hold your breath.

[jeff47]

5. You better send the Clinton campaign a copy of your post. (nt)

[Paladin]

6. How about we send the Sanders campaign a copy of the GD thread that was locked today?

The one where a Bernie person is dredging up the death of Vince Foster? Nobody has clean hands, around here.....

[cyberswede]

8. Yes, because that poster is in charge of Sanders's campaign.

That obnoxious post was rightly hidden. It reflects 0% on Sanders or his supporters.

[jeff47]

9. Yeah, random DU poster is exactly the same

as the PAC that is not-quite-illegally coordinating with the Clinton campaign.

Exactly. The. Same.

[merrily]

13. Maybe you want to distinguish between what a Democratic Presidential hopeful does to another

Democratic Presidential hopeful and what some anonymous poster does on a message board. They're not anywhere near equivalent.

[passiveporcupine]

25. threads like that should not just be locked

They should be tombstoned.

[MineralMan]

23. I'm not talking about candidates or campaigns.

I have nothing to do with those. I'm talking about DU.

[MrScorpio]

7. Damn Skippy! nt

[Hortensis]

10. Good post, thanks. Also, swallowing RW propaganda is...not smart.

[frylock]

11. And don't compare voting records either, because that's not fair.

[merrily]

14. Facts have a liberal bias.

[frylock]

15. Hillary's policies don't.

[merrily]

17. The facts about her votes make that clear.

[jfern]

12. Hillary doesn't play fair

[MineralMan]

21. Hillary is not on DU, so I'm not

talking to her, actually.

[HereSince1628]

19. You mean one campaign should quit coordinating with it's superpac, right?

[MineralMan]

20. I'm talking about DU, not the

campaigns, PACs or anything else. I'm talking about how we post here. I have no role outside of DU. I'm pretty sure I was clear about that.

[HereSince1628]

24. Yes, there's really bad examples out their in the real world of democratic campaigning

we've got to keep that out of the conversation.

[zipplewrath]

26. Any particular examples?

Especially say from someone who's been posting longer than a month?

[MineralMan]

27. This is not about a particular post.

It's a general request. A polite one, too. I'm asking that people ease not do something. Thanks for your reply.

[zipplewrath]

28. Just isn't clear what "it" is.

You make vague references to inappropriate claims without any guidance upon what those claims might be.