Please don't turn DU into an echo chamber.

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I get that most people here want President Biden to remain on the ticket, and are frustrated that other Democrats think there's a better chance of defeating Trump with a different candidate. That is completely reasonable.

What seems less reasonable to me is trying to squelch any information or information source that contradicts this.

Based on the the most recommended posts, it appears majority opinion on DU is this:

* The following news sources are right-wing corporatist tools that are trying to destroy Joe Biden: NYT, WaPo, CNN, HuffPo, and large parts of MSNBC. I'm not even sure what remains after all that.

* People who are worried that Biden may not be able to beat Trump are rats (picture helpfully included), trolls, traitors, Russian agents, stupid, ratf**kers, and literally want Trump to win.

* Polls by reputable firms are rigged and not predictive. Except the ones that show other Democratic candidates running behind Trump.

* Elected Democrats that were highly respected last week-- Schiff, Nadler, Healey, etc-- are misinformed, gullible, and deserve to be boycotted.

A real case-in-point example came when longtime DUer brooklynite posted an article from the NYT in which a radio host said that the Biden campaign had sent her the questions for an interview in advance. These were the reactions:

* The NYT is full of lies, so it must be false. (Never mind that there was video of the radio host saying it herself.)
* CNN, which also ran the story, is also full of lies.
* This is standard practice in journalism. (Does this mean the NYT and CNN weren't lying?)
* Personal insults against the person who posted it, and questions about their motives.
* Arguments that such articles should not be posted at DU.

After hardly ever being called for DU jury duty, I'm getting requests every day now, on the most innocuous posts.

I understand that tensions are high. But we can't close ourselves off so that every news source, every poll, and every dissenting opinion-- even by people we admired-- is ascribed to some conspiracy against one man. That's the way Republicans think about Trump. It's not worthy of us.