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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother Manny post - Underground?
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Underground?
merrily
(45,251 posts)before he was banned? If so, do you have the link?
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)or something like that... pretty funny actually
valerief
(53,235 posts)steve2470
(37,457 posts)Yes, I know the SCOTUS installed him which makes it "legal", but we all know that was a BS decision.
That's where the Underground part comes from.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)just think it is a little dated
Skittles
(153,169 posts)I searched the internet for people who felt the same way I did - I found DU via a William Pitt mention and lurked for a few months - I joined a month before 9/11 - yes indeed.
betsuni
(25,544 posts)It's like The Smirking Chimp site. Still has the same name, but Bush is long gone. I guess these days people like to insist on their own definitions for things.
BumRushDaShow
(129,128 posts)sibelian
(7,804 posts)There aren't very many of them, in the end.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)It is very sad that they want a one percent candidate
sibelian
(7,804 posts)The current pattern in play is actually quite subtle. Even die-hard lefties are getting confused by it.
Many left-wingers vote purely fron the heart. Unfortunately the value of doing so is now rather difficult to establish.
BumRushDaShow
(129,128 posts)easttexaslefty
(1,554 posts)Anarchist underground. As if.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Which had anarchist leanings back in the day.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,235 posts)out the difference. You Better Believe It!
steve2470
(37,457 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)and to know that you know that difference that we talked about before
TheProgressive
(1,656 posts)I'll leave it to you to figure out the difference....!
Tarheel_Dem
(31,235 posts)FSogol
(45,491 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)Where the "underground" is as important as the "Democratic"
Cause that's not the case on DU, hasn't been for some time.
Manny (and several other longtime DU members who happened to be outspoken and popular Sanders' supporters) being banned while Hillary supporters are given free rein has made the biases perfectly clear.
And I'll say it: I have no intention of voting for Hillary. I actually was open to it, but no longer. I can't enable this broken system any longer. I also will say I live in a deep blue state and my vote in the general will not be decisive. I would not encourage others to make the same choice, particularly if you are in a state that is even remotely up for grabs, but many of us are actually in positions where we can vote our conscience for President in the General without doing any harm, and if it crosses a line to say so, so be it.
If this ends up being my last post here, So Long and Thanks for All the Fish.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)It's hard to punch the buttons when your hands are full.
I've always said that I vote D because there is no viable socialist option but it's getting harder and harder to make that choice with every election.
Gman
(24,780 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)And complaining about the name of a site that was named 15 yrs ago is rather wtf.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)they are already winning big everywhere - they even have a big part of the Democratic party
Andy823
(11,495 posts)Because people sit on their ass and won't vote because they want to teach the democrats a lesson. Anyone that thinks letting one of the idiots in the GOP clown care take the WH because "their" idol is not the nominee needs their head examined. Sure I want my guy to win because I think he will do the best job, but I will still vote for Bernie if he wins the nomination, and I will vote for Hilary is she wins. It's not rocket science here. Our 3 candidates are better on their worst day than the whole clown car combined.
Those who come on here and try and promote NOT voting for the nominee are breaking the rules, and are showing that their agenda is not the same as the owners of this board. The right wing talking points I see here everyday about Clinton should make any real liberal, progressive or democrat sick to their stomach. Those who got banned knew that, yet they tried to game the system because they have a huge following and felt they were untouchable. Well they were wrong.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,130 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)I'm sure it's all someone's else's fault, though. That damned Debbie, for instance. She's so mean.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]"If you're bored then you're boring." -Harvey Danger[/center][/font][hr]
JustAnotherGen
(31,828 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)It's downright weird.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)I am sure the whole world is holding their breath
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)were supporting unnecessary wars for corporate wealth and being against that personally made me feel outside the box.
Pretty soon the only people left will be those who salivate at the bells of war. Some call it progress.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)the trillions wasted hurts deep
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)But hey, all is not lost, those once maligned mainstream Democrats are now the darling of those unburdened by conscience.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)the human suffering - for me - goes without saying
"unburdened by conscience" - word that strike
Paka
(2,760 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)was the catalyst for that. Now we've had the Presidency for 8 years almost. And the TOS hasn't changed, has it? It was thought in 2000 that the Democrats were underground. We turned that around. So this complaint seems silly. It's never been site for anarchists or whoever wants to actually overthrow the government.