If I can make a suggestion, why don't we all just ignore the anti-Bernie/anti-Hillary posts.

[MuseRider]

11. After all these years

I am almost done here. For long periods of time I could come in and read at least the "Latest Page" and not see too many replies so I could at least read the topic. Then the popular threads started popping up frequently so I stopped looking at them because I knew they would just be crap fighting and nothing of any value. I used Ignore generously during the primaries, never had to do that before this year. Now for the first time today I am going to start trashing threads for the first time.

This site used to include lots of very intelligent discussion. Now it is just hyper personal, rock star love fighting. I was a Bernie supporter, 100% behind him even though he had a few issues I did not agree with. The other day I posted that although I have confidence he supports women and would never vote to take our rights away I was angry with him for his support in Nebraska. You would have thought I was a Bernie hater from day one. Nothing I said about understanding the issue but still wanting an explanation because I was angry brought discussion. Stating again that and stating I still supported him was not enough. I was challenged to provide links about feelings? Aside comments about how people never stop with the Bernie hate just made me realize that some people here do not even read before they start to jump on you.

Fight club was never my desire here. My way or you suck was never my desire here. I came to read and learn, to hear different view points so I could consider and grow. We used to do that but that is so long gone and so bad now that I just have no desire to even come look at anything anymore except a few groups I am interested in. When it devolves into "I fell in love with xxxxxxx" or "I HATE xxxxx" we have lost it all.

It was a good place for a long time, too bad to lose it. I will likely continue for a while but not very actively. I read the Latest today and about half way through I was so bored with the crap that when I saw this thread I felt like adding my opinion. Not that that ever matters except to those who choose to continue the fighting.