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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is there a Bernie Sanders group?
The last post there was February 18, yet the board is littered daily with OPs recounting his every move.
There are no major declared candidates for the 2020 Presidential election, nor is there a forum for said election. The Bernie Sanders group exists for the same reason as those for Hillary Clinton and the rest of the former Presidential candidates. Why can't the several obsessed posters respect the agreed-to rules and relegate inconsequential conversations about individuals to their respective groups, thereby returning GD to its intended use?
Is it asking too much?
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Here's the Hillary Clinton group SOP:
The last post was yesterday.
mythology
(9,527 posts)I really wish people would let the primaries go.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Nor, if there were, would that excuse those posters of violating the same standard.
melman
(7,681 posts)Demsrule86
(68,667 posts)quickesst
(6,283 posts)They believe it will not get the attention they think it deserves, which it probably would not. They all show up in the latest threads which I check multiple times daily, so it's not like I don't have a chance to see them anyway. The bigger question is why is there still a Lincoln Chaffee group? When was the last time anyone saw a Lincoln chafee post?
elleng
(131,102 posts)Joe Biden and Martin O'Malley.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)They sure do have itchy alert fingers, though.
Funny, that.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)with itchy alert fingers. Seriously.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)My point was about abiding by rules. It's obviously selectively passe' for a limited few.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)... the forum named after that politician?
Last I checked, GD was for politics, issues, and current events.
Has there been some rules change announcement?
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Lotsa rules here are unwritten, but well understood. Last I checked, this was discussed ad infinitum, and it's in most posters' DNA.
Most.
Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)There is no rule, unwritten or otherwise, that suggests posts about a politician should only go in the that politicians named forum. Not even close.
The groups are safe-havens where pro and con discussions are not allowed. Only pro discussions.
I never cared much for safe haven groups. I almost never post in them.
Du as plenty of tools at your disposal to tailor your OWN experience. You are going to get much better results using those tools instead of pleading for enforcement of nonexistent rules.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)Some former GD hosts have been PPRed. It means squat to me.
BTW, I don't need "tools" to hide from the irresponsibility of others - even were it possible.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Some say
melman
(7,681 posts)Some do.
And both have the possibility of being true...some say
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)DiverDave
(4,887 posts)You aren't anymore. Blocked.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)GeorgeHayduke
(1,227 posts)Because it's not schtick. Im sure you likely have a point but your chosen method of delivery comes across as gruff, terse and a little bound-up. I'm certain that there is a more mellifluent voice within you to be harvested.
But.
My point is that I'm blocking you too until you can find a constructive method to deliver your thoughts that invites readers to hear your voice.
Cheers and be well.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)How will you ever know?
Adrahil
(13,340 posts)FSogol
(45,525 posts)progree
(10,918 posts)I count 30 OPs since April 14 (the latest being today, 303 PM ET). You might be looking at the pinned posts. Please look past the pinned posts, and sort by "start time" (or use the link above)
Although 95% of the OPs are from the same person.
I agree though, in GD and elsewhere there are far too many "Bernie just kissed a baby" posts.
But there's a great excess of gratuitious Bernie-bashing posts too. I wish both sides would give it a rest.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)I do note, however - with a cursory glance - that these are mostly cross-posts from GD (or the other way around).
progree
(10,918 posts)That's my impression too.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)dlk
(11,576 posts)aikoaiko
(34,183 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,337 posts)OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)UTUSN
(70,740 posts)And I agree with both.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)We all love Donkees.
philly_bob
(2,419 posts)Another attempt at maneuver for factional advantage.
Admins, don't grant this request.
Sanders group is a safe space for progressives.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)What a heavy and ominous burden you carry.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Maybe you can get them to close it down if you ask ?
nini
(16,672 posts)They can't help themselves.