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LAS14

(13,783 posts)
Fri May 27, 2016, 08:29 PM May 2016

Could we please let MadAboutHarry back in the HillaryGroup?

He/she made a post in GDP saying he/she was "a little mad" at Hillary "right now." He/she was then banned from this group. Please let him/her back in. We don't want to be the kind of Tea Party/Sanders people who have strict litmus tests for membership. We shouldn't require perfection of our members any more than we should require it of Hillary. This should be a safe place to discuss all things Hillary felt by her supporters. I don't agree with everything MadAboutHarry said, but I did take a day to sort out my thoughts after the OIG report. Bottom line for me.... so she made a couple of mistakes. So what? Who doesn't? It's bizarre that she gets scathing headlines and Trump lies and contradicts himself up the wazoo and folks just treat it as entertainment.

Let's model a more complex/understanding view of human nature. Both toward Hillary and toward MadAboutHarry. OK?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2065668

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Could we please let MadAboutHarry back in the HillaryGroup? (Original Post) LAS14 May 2016 OP
She needs to talk to the group host who banned her I Think bravenak May 2016 #1
That is exactly right bravenak. She could mail anyone of the Hillary group hosts to still_one May 2016 #2
Thank you bravenak May 2016 #3
I have to say though, Squinch May 2016 #4
People can post their constant Hillary Hate everywhere in DU...can't there skylucy May 2016 #5
Yes, exactly. Squinch May 2016 #13
Can any one of us going into the Bernie group or any other place on DU and skylucy May 2016 #6
Let me think...................... still_one May 2016 #7
I can't do it since I have been banned. LiberalFighter May 2016 #8
Or say that BS was paranoid, in a bubble, and needed someone to set him straight, or was the poster Squinch May 2016 #14
Woah, that turned out to be quite the Hillary bashing thread. DawgHouse May 2016 #9
And that just MIGHT be NastyRiffraff May 2016 #10
Why couldn't they have initiated a discussion here about their disappointment. Why choose GDP? grossproffit May 2016 #11
She should probably talk to a group host. SaschaHM May 2016 #12
I'm a group host but not the host her banned her. sufrommich May 2016 #15
I am not a host, but I vote No obamanut2012 May 2016 #16
I support the Hillary Group hosts 100%. yardwork May 2016 #17
+1 obamanut2012 May 2016 #18
Kick & rec!!! still_one May 2016 #19
Ugh. Being a host is hard. Been there, done that. fleabiscuit May 2016 #20
Sorry, after she complained she/he had been banned from the HRC Forum, I tried to explain Fla Dem May 2016 #21
I just read through MAHs thread in GDP realmirage May 2016 #22
Totally agree. We all need to think thru the consequences of our actions. SharonClark May 2016 #23

still_one

(92,250 posts)
2. That is exactly right bravenak. She could mail anyone of the Hillary group hosts to
Fri May 27, 2016, 08:33 PM
May 2016

appeal the decision, and that is the proper procedure.

Squinch

(50,956 posts)
4. I have to say though,
Fri May 27, 2016, 09:12 PM
May 2016

there was more in that post than just saying they were a little mad at Hillary right now. DU has become Hillary Hate central. Everywhere else on DU, people are free to push every name and nastiness about her. We really do need ONE place where we can go where we don't have to engage with that shit.

skylucy

(3,739 posts)
5. People can post their constant Hillary Hate everywhere in DU...can't there
Fri May 27, 2016, 09:26 PM
May 2016

be just this one place where we don't have to see it?

skylucy

(3,739 posts)
6. Can any one of us going into the Bernie group or any other place on DU and
Fri May 27, 2016, 09:28 PM
May 2016

say we are a little mad at Bernie? No we cannot.

Squinch

(50,956 posts)
14. Or say that BS was paranoid, in a bubble, and needed someone to set him straight, or was the poster
Sat May 28, 2016, 08:10 AM
May 2016

child for being his own worst enemy?

Nope!

I agree with the other poster who said it would be one thing to discuss her failings here rather than opening up yet another of the thousands of DU "trash Hillary" threads.

DawgHouse

(4,019 posts)
9. Woah, that turned out to be quite the Hillary bashing thread.
Sat May 28, 2016, 12:14 AM
May 2016

Not just bashing Hillary but also her supporters.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
10. And that just MIGHT be
Sat May 28, 2016, 12:17 AM
May 2016

why she was banned. She HAD to know what would happen if she posted that in GDP, aka Bernie Central.

As people here have said,she can PM one of the Group Hosts.

SaschaHM

(2,897 posts)
12. She should probably talk to a group host.
Sat May 28, 2016, 12:40 AM
May 2016

For what it's worth, she seems to be pretty anti-Bernie/pro-Hillary from her recs.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
15. I'm a group host but not the host her banned her.
Sat May 28, 2016, 08:16 AM
May 2016

She ( or you) need to appeal to that host as I feel uncomfortable unilaterally lifting someone else's ban.

yardwork

(61,663 posts)
17. I support the Hillary Group hosts 100%.
Sat May 28, 2016, 11:09 AM
May 2016

They are volunteers with a difficult job. I appreciate what they do to create and maintain a safe space to support Hillary Clinton. She's our likely Democratic nominee.

In this case, I don't understand why the poster in question would even want to be a member of the Hillary group. And their behavior calling out our hosts in GD-P confirms my feeling that it's all about the poster, not the election.

Trump is the Republican nominee. There's an election to be won.

fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts)
20. Ugh. Being a host is hard. Been there, done that.
Sat May 28, 2016, 01:28 PM
May 2016

madaboutharry seems to have reached a peak frustration point. The post in GDP may have totally backfired on the intent with the batch of vultures and haters that politics can attract. We also don't know why the kick happened, there may be something else we don't even need to know. Really didn't want to jump in. opps

Our hosts do an excellent job IMHO. They have seen a lot and seem to have good instinct.

I trust them.

Fla Dem

(23,694 posts)
21. Sorry, after she complained she/he had been banned from the HRC Forum, I tried to explain
Sat May 28, 2016, 02:32 PM
May 2016

Last edited Sat May 28, 2016, 09:07 PM - Edit history (1)

to her/him that posting their criticism for HRC in GDP wasn't the best route to take. Basically she/he stood their ground, which I give them credit for, but they didn't even acknowledge any even misstep on their part. Even whining in GDP they had been banned from the HRC Forum, opened up more attacks on our group. But they felt it opened dialogue with the Bernie supporters. So bottom line they would rather engage the BS supporters, than participate in this forum.

I'm sorry they decided to take this route, but in 2 weeks we'll all be back together again.

 

realmirage

(2,117 posts)
22. I just read through MAHs thread in GDP
Sat May 28, 2016, 07:03 PM
May 2016

And I see why she was banned. She went to a known anti Hillary forum and furthered this ridiculous GOP faux scandal by not knowing her facts. What she should have done is researched it first or asked people here what the fake scandal was all about. Instead she opened the flood gates of hate toward Hillary and this group, validating a little more in their minds this whole dumb conspiracy.

I'm not mad at her, but I get why she was banned.

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