Reply #31: That is pretty much what I said, isn't it? Someone is reading DU. [View All]

[Hekate]

And DU is not pleasant. In fact, half the time these days DU is downright toxic.

Back in the day I used to get a lot of thoughtful reading out of DU, and I learned quite a bit. Sure we all bitched about BushCheneyInc -- but that was to be expected. The point is, there were well-researched posts here that transcended garbage like Obama=Bush.

It was here at DU that I learned about Depleted Uranium, electronic surveillance, electronic voting machines, and the Christian Reconstructionists/Dominionists. I was inspired to do my own research, and I have shared the results of that research with many people since then.

At this point, I can't remember the last time I actually LEARNED something new at Democratic Underground.

We elected a Democratic president. We should be happy about that outcome. We should be thinking of ways to help him get his agenda through Congress. We should be thinking of ways to get more Dems elected.

Disagreements are fine. But constantly treating Obama, his administration, and the Dems in Congress as if THEY are the ENEMY is counterproductive in the extreme. Accusing those of us who don't want to treat fellow Dems as The Enemy (whether in Congress or the WH) of locksteppery and cultism is counterproductive.

Anyone looking in from outside DU's sandbox and reading the flamefests here has got to be dismayed, if not outright appalled.

Unless, of course, they want to see Obama and the Dems fail.

Hekate



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