If your goal is to destroy Clinton, then ciao. If your goal is to make her a better candidate or president, then please proceed. It’s actually not so difficult to determine which is which and not so difficult to stay on the acceptable side of this equation. This has nothing to do with “protecting” Clinton from damage. She’s faced far worse elsewhere. It has everything to do with making this a constructive place for those fighting against the Trumpism conquering the GOP. If you want to get your Hillary hate on, there are a depressingly large number of places on the internet that will be happy to indulge you. This just won’t be one of them. I have no interest in becoming Fox News Annex.

That’s pretty much it. You can still advocate for Bernie Sanders to your heart’s content. You can still criticize Clinton if you are trying to push her to the left or trying to make her a better candidate (and yes, that even includes sober discussions of news events that might negatively impact her candidacy). Ninety-nine percent of people discussing the primary the last few months will be fine. Another one percent will either evolve, or they’ll have to find greener pastures elsewhere. And any Clinton supporter that tries to use these rules to shut down acceptable criticism will face their own sanctions.