Nothing good comes to Democrats from divisiveness

[lies]

70. To be clear

I'm insulted almost daily on Democratic forums. Or attacked.sure I was today. And yesterday. On DU.

Hard to ignore that.

My attitude is two fold:

- honest criticism is how you get better... Trump is thin skinned and Democrats mock him for that, but on here and a few other supposedly liberal places being thin skinned seems to be a prerequisite.

Any criticism is seen as an attack and critics - even one that vote Democrat and always have - like me - are on a daily basis made feel unwelcome, or undeserving of an opinion.

It's bad enough that I have to self-censor, but to have to walk on eggshells even discussing policy, making sure I toe the party line so I'm not attacked is pretty unbearable.

And of course even saying that is probably enough to get some folks to tell me to leave.

Anyway... I don't feel welcome here most of the time.

It probably means that I should just take the hint and... Well I'd say support another party, but there's not one for me seemingly... So just vote for a few random people I like and ignore the rest.

Which is a shame, not that anyone here gives a shit.