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Peacetrain

(22,877 posts)
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 08:33 PM Feb 2016

When it starts to turn this bad.. I am out of here

seriously.. I love politics and commenting and reading.. but some of you have let yourselves go to the dark side.. I would rather remember you as rational and even passionate posters than people who have let their politics drag them down into a deep hole of loathing..

I will tune back in when the bile settles down..(and I thought religion chat could get brutal)

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When it starts to turn this bad.. I am out of here (Original Post) Peacetrain Feb 2016 OP
Please don't leave! I know, I feel the same, but I'm hanging in trying to bring some balance in my RKP5637 Feb 2016 #1
Yep RobertEarl Feb 2016 #2
how about the hate coming from bernie's supporters? DesertFlower Feb 2016 #4
No it isn't RobertEarl Feb 2016 #5
I try to be civil. but I got my first ever alert this morning. Gregorian Feb 2016 #8
so sorry you had to experience that. i posted something DesertFlower Feb 2016 #12
False equivalence. cui bono Feb 2016 #10
Lol! zappaman Feb 2016 #13
You're not alone in missing the good old days when we mostly all got along renate Feb 2016 #3
We'll all be friends again very soon. NurseJackie Feb 2016 #6
It's important to stay optimistic... tk2kewl Feb 2016 #7
you are very observant mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #9
Meh bigwillq Feb 2016 #11

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
1. Please don't leave! I know, I feel the same, but I'm hanging in trying to bring some balance in my
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 08:35 PM
Feb 2016

own small way. I do get really fed up with the bickering and trashing, it's so damn immature and unproductive.

 

RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
5. No it isn't
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 08:44 PM
Feb 2016

The hate for war and banksters and big money and bad politics is not personal. H just happens to represent wall street so she's getting hit. She should just step aside, like jeb did.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
8. I try to be civil. but I got my first ever alert this morning.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 08:57 PM
Feb 2016

So I feel responsible for bringing the level of discussion down a little. Some seem to not want to discuss the core Dem visions, and would rather keep voting in ways that don't help those who need help. And it feels as if it's being flaunted in the face of it. Emotions do cause trouble.

DesertFlower

(11,649 posts)
12. so sorry you had to experience that. i posted something
Mon Feb 22, 2016, 01:26 AM
Feb 2016

once that didn't even defend hillary -- just a link that colin powell had used private e-mail. i can't even repeat the things that were said, but the worst was i was called "undemocratic".

the weird thing was i was a bernie supporter at the time. had his picture as my avatar.

some people are just so full of hate.

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
10. False equivalence.
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:21 PM
Feb 2016

Bernie supporters are not outright lying about Hillary and waging swiftboat attacks and smears and charges of racism based on lies.

It's not the same thing at all.

renate

(13,776 posts)
3. You're not alone in missing the good old days when we mostly all got along
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 08:37 PM
Feb 2016

I just can't help coming back, though. Old habits die hard

 

bigwillq

(72,790 posts)
11. Meh
Sun Feb 21, 2016, 09:30 PM
Feb 2016

Folks on both sides take a message board way too seriously.
I like when it's "this bad". Makes it fun. Politics is dirty afterall.

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