How has the Hillary supporters' boycott affected GDP?

[senseandsensibility]

I'm a labor activist, and I understand the purpose of boycotts very well. Is this one achieving its purpose?

[jakem]

1. who are all these ridiculous Hillary shills on the board then?

are they back, or did they miss the memo?

[question everything]

18. Why are all these ridiculous Obama shills on this board?

Are they so unsure of their love that they need to reassure each other?

[jakem]

21. shush you, you are on stike.

damn hillary scabs!

:hug:

[bigtree]

57. we're called supporters

at least, that's what I call the Obama activists here.

And, most of us are here independent of any organized effort outside of trditional support for a campaign, like I assume Obama folks are.

[blogslut]

2. seems to me boycott was a bust

n/t

[stellanoir]

4. Okay dumb question. . .

I guess I missed this.

What boycott?

[blogslut]

14. Oy

I'm too tired and/or lazy to dig up the old threads. But I will give you the rundown as best I can remember.

Apparently some Clinton supporters have their own message board outside of DU. Word has it that they conspired to boycott GD-P for a week and then plan a return to, I don't know, do stuff. Some made goodbye posts and some never really left.

[stellanoir]

20. thanks and don't bother

You explained it really succinctly and Oh joy.

[bunnies]

3. What boycott?

Seriously.

[RiverStone]

12. Same here - must be out of the loop - boycott???

[Coexist]

5. did that start already?

[ronnykmarshall]

6. Other -

Obama supporters have another topic to bring up over and over and over and over and over and over.

[damntexdem]

7. What boycott?

I've seen little evidence.

[JoFerret]

38. Silly Obama fan invention

There was no boycott.

[tammywammy]

40. There was a planned boycott

It's not an invention of Obama supporters. Tuesday was going to be their last day here for a week. That's why quite a few Hillary supporters were posting a Maya Angelou poem Tuesday night right before midnight.

I've noticed that a few of the more prolific Hillary supporters have been missing since. They have another board that a DU Hillary supporter started to congregate at now.

[JoFerret]

51. Congratulations then. GD-P has been "cleansed" of impure elements

Thank goodness - everyone aligned in the one true position. "Our time" has arrived. No more "them" to have to deal with.

[tammywammy]

52. Could you add a little more hyperbole?

:eyes:

They chose to leave by themselves. If they're that upset with some of the Obama supporters on here, then maybe it's good that they have a place for themselves to congregate.

[JoFerret]

53. Yes. Much better

We don't want to have to bother with that sort. It's much easier for us to be able to swoon in unison without snide remarks from them and their ilk.

[tammywammy]

54. Good, you added more hyperbole

Good work.

Again, I didn't encourage anyone to leave. But if someone doesn't want to stay at DU then it's their own decision to leave.

[JoFerret]

56. Absolutely

So much better all round.

[Megahurtz]

42. Right.

:eyes: We already saw it for fact. Nice try.

[k8conant]

8. I noticed a slight difference for about 2 hours...

now SSDD.

[andym]

9. You should have both as a choice as well

One prediction would be that loss of one polarizing force may diminish the other.

[Buzz Clik]

10. The only way to make a rock float is to buoy it up. Let it sink.

[NOLALady]

11. I must confess,

my ignore list is so long I didn't really notice.

[Cameron27]

13. What's this all about?

When did Clinton supporters stage a boycott?

[crispini]

16. About four days ago?

According to the threads I saw, it was mostly planned over at that Capitol Hill (sp?) message board. In response to the supposed super-secret ignore list that the Obama supporters were passing around. I didn't get the ignore list, so I guess I'm out of the loop, LOL.

[Cameron27]

19. I didn't even know about

the super-secret ignore list ROFL. Good God, it sounds like one of those grade school snubs.

[TomBall Democrat]

32. It's an urban legend.

There is no list.

It was a joke taken literally.

[tammywammy]

41. Oh you missed out on all the good fun

LOL

It beyond stupid. Total middle school DRAMA. I'm glad it's subsided.

[CTyankee]

35. Wow, and I thought I had too much time on my hands!

I'm retired and have mucho time every day, but even I wouldn't be at all interested in conspiring for a boycott on DU. That's over the top IMHO.

Also since so few people seem to know about it, what good was it? A boycott has to be acknowledged to work...

[jgraz]

15. Other: I think it's been a rousing success and it's really put the Obama supporters in their place

In fact, I think they should continue it for another few months -- years, even. That'll teach us!

[TomBall Democrat]

34. I think they should extend it until early December 2008.

give me extra time to celebrate election results.

:party:

[rucky]

17. "Boycott" is a sexist term. n/t

[jgraz]

24. Wait -- I thought it was racist

:shrug:

[apocalypsehow]

27. On edit - leaving link for HRC boosters lurking during their Boycott:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Boycott&oldid=184700135

[jgraz]

29. yes, we know

We were just engaging in a little something I like to call "humor".

[apocalypsehow]

31. Sorry! I'm a little dense today. My humor meter needs some tweaking...

:blush:

[Renew Deal]

44. Picnic boycott is racist

[City Lights]

22. I haven't noticed any difference.

:shrug:

[DearAbby]

23. Frankly I miss "the Poem"

I thought it was sweet. I could used 10 or 12 repeat posts of the same poem. That should teach me! :evilgrin:

I am gonna hold my breath, until I get my way, type of boycott!

[ecstatic]

25. Coincidental troll infestation?

:shrug: :rofl:

[apocalypsehow]

26. I don't really see any decrease in the rancid bile of the HRC boosters, but it may just be that the

nastiest of them have simply ratcheted up the noise in order to pick up the slack for their absent comrades.

:shrug:

[Sparkly]

28. I wasn't aware of there being a boycott.

:shrug:

[anonymous171]

30. Well, the anti-obama threads have certianly gotten more civil.

Just before they boycotted I was seeing a bunch of posts that implied Obama was a terrorist or had terrorist connections. Disgusting and desperate.

[Name removed]

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[Catherina]

36. I think the tombstones had more effect than the imaginary boycott n/t

[skater314159]

63. True dat. nt

[Ysabel]

37. the purpose of boycotts is to try to get the opposition to change it's stance...

to comply with the stance of the boycotters so no it has failed miserably... :D

[JVS]

39. The poetry was fun, but it doesn't feel like that many actually left. At least the "list" BS ended

[Renew Deal]

43. Are the Hillary supporters gone?

Is there an official boycott?

[EFerrari]

45. I don't know. I was already boycotting most of them. n/t

[TheWraith]

46. The screaming, irrational hatred they brought has decreased somewhat.

It's not gone, but GDP has become a far more civil place since they left.

[Name removed]

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[Alexander]

48. Other: The Freeper invasion has increased.

I can't imagine why.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

49. A lot of us have been invited to other "more sane" boards....

which is where I'm going to try to force myself to go.... Du is a bad habit that needs to be broken.

[senseandsensibility]

50. I am amazed at how many people did not know about this

Usually, I'm the one out of the loop.

[PresidentObama]

55. The board has been a bit, shall I say...reality based and sane.

I love DU Hillary supporters for there kind hit-and-run of me.

[skater314159]

58. My opinion...

... the rhetoric has cooled considerably - but there are still a hard-core cadre of Hillary supporters here who are, in my opinion, delusional.

I don't mind honest debate with members of DU who support Hillary... what I hate are the people who have a "agree with me or I will attack you!" mindset. I also don't appreciate the http://journals.democraticunderground.com/skater314159/168"> emotional blackmail I see Hillary and some of her supporters here on DU employing. The whole way the boycott was handled smacks of the traits of emotional blackmail and BPD.

I think that the "boycott" has had the opposite effect than what the boycotters wanted... it has made us appreciate their absence... which is never good in a boycott situation.

[Maddy McCall]

60. Ppfffft.

Honest debate in GDP?

LOL. YOU are the one who's delusional.

[skater314159]

61. Projecting. nt

[Maddy McCall]

59. Why does this bother some of you so much?

So what? They took a break from DU. Do you miss them so much that you must start a thread calling attention to it?

You don't know why they decided to walk away for a week...I find it funny that some bamabots are so intrigued with them that they have to keep posting threads on the subject.

Don't worry....I know you miss them. They'll be back soon.

[skater314159]

62. They'll be back soon?

Damn.

[PylesMalfunction]

64. My reply was....

Who the fuck cares? Why are you paying them any attention? If they want to take their toys and go home, let them. Let them sulk all by themselves. All you're doing is encouraging them. They want attention and you're playing right into their hands. Honestly - I thought this was a message board for adults. :eyes: