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cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:05 AM Mar 2016

Ask a question in the Hillary group

no matter whether it attacks Hillary or not in their group and you can't get a straight answer.

Someone said that they ran out of ballots in Michigan and implied that it was Governor Snyder's fault - all I wanted to know is, aren't the parties responsible for their own primaries in Michigan? In Texas the parties are responsible for running their own primaries and if they were short of voting machines in Texas it would be because the Democratic party didn't ask for enough voting machines from the county. Instead of an answer they went and looked at my profile and tried to get me to comment on my posts. I told them I wasn't taking the bait.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=69112

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Ask a question in the Hillary group (Original Post) cannabis_flower Mar 2016 OP
99% of us are blocked in the Hillary group. They'are a bit obsessive about revbones Mar 2016 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author MisterP Mar 2016 #2
I didn't even attack Hillary cannabis_flower Mar 2016 #4
Getting a straight answer from Camp Weathervane sarge43 Mar 2016 #3
Well cannabis_flower Mar 2016 #5
You get a message from admin n/t sarge43 Mar 2016 #6
You receive a PM from one of the group mods... mak3cats Mar 2016 #7
I brought up the issue of fracking seekthetruth Mar 2016 #8
They are in their safe zone. No posts that don't kiss Hillary's posterior are permitted. BillZBubb Mar 2016 #29
You are insulting Jello Impedimentus Mar 2016 #10
Ha. sarge43 Mar 2016 #11
Doing the math again eridani Mar 2016 #18
LOL!! monicaangela Mar 2016 #26
I never go to the Hillary Group - Anti-depressents are too expensive for someone trying to ... Impedimentus Mar 2016 #9
^Right there with ya', Impedimentus StandingInLeftField Mar 2016 #13
Tricare's paid for mine VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #21
Get yourself banned. It's the best way to go. TheCowsCameHome Mar 2016 #12
No cannabis_flower Mar 2016 #14
A lot of what they post there is stuff they make up Cleita Mar 2016 #15
I got banned by asking a question that was in no way an attack on Hillary. Gore1FL Mar 2016 #16
You need the badge of honor RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #17
Got mine last night, #691 VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #22
How did you find out your number? n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #23
Under group info, you can see the whole list of people they've blocked. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #24
Thanks. RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #25
#544 checking in here. mac56 Mar 2016 #19
You should use an IMax camera sarge43 Mar 2016 #20
The state party likely estimated the number of ballots needed for Dems expected to vote blm Mar 2016 #27
Straight answers??? It's the HILLARY camp! Plucketeer Mar 2016 #28
I have that forum trashed truebluegreen Mar 2016 #30
 

revbones

(3,660 posts)
1. 99% of us are blocked in the Hillary group. They'are a bit obsessive about
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:10 AM
Mar 2016

keeping things as far from reality or any even remotely possibly negative thought about their Hillary...

Response to revbones (Reply #1)

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
4. I didn't even attack Hillary
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:27 AM
Mar 2016

I just asked if the Democratic Party in Michigan runs their own primary like they do in Texas. If so it would be the Democratic Party's fault for not having enough ballots, no Governor Snyder. As much as I dislike Snyder, he can't be blame if the Democrats are in charge their own primary. Instead of an answer I got asked about my Henry Kissinger remarks. Still no answer. I told them if they wanted to question my posts they should question them where I post them.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
3. Getting a straight answer from Camp Weathervane
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:25 AM
Mar 2016

is the equivalent of trying to nail jello to a wall.

I am surprised you weren't block on the spot.

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
5. Well
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:30 AM
Mar 2016

I never post there. But I do go there and read. I haven't posted anything there criticizing Hillary. Do you get anything telling you that you are blocked, or do you just try to post and you can't?

mak3cats

(1,573 posts)
7. You receive a PM from one of the group mods...
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:34 AM
Mar 2016

...I know because I got one on my only post in that group. All I did was ask for a link for something anti-Bernie that someone was alleging.

 

seekthetruth

(504 posts)
8. I brought up the issue of fracking
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:38 AM
Mar 2016

....regarding Hillary's roundabout answer during the last debate in Michigan, and was promptly banned. All you receive is a message in your DU inbox that yyhave been banned. You can't even view the thread any longer.

Are these people liberals? When did people from the Democratic party begin silencing someone when they question the support of a candidate that supports fracking? Just seems crazy to me. Anyway, after last night I hope Hillary gets shown for the fake she is. If she gets the nomination, and I'm just curious about responses from others, who wouldn't vote for her and would either abstain or just write in Sanders?

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
29. They are in their safe zone. No posts that don't kiss Hillary's posterior are permitted.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 04:15 PM
Mar 2016

Even somewhat neutral material gets you ousted.

Real profiles in courage in that group.

#246 on the blocked list!

eridani

(51,907 posts)
18. Doing the math again
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 08:33 AM
Mar 2016

Sanders group
Number of subscribers: 924
Number of people trashing: 165
Number banned: 283
Ratio of subscribers to banned: 3.27

Clinton group
Number of subscribers: 347
Number of people trashing: 279
Number banned: 660
Ratio of subscribers to banned: 0.53

Impedimentus

(898 posts)
9. I never go to the Hillary Group - Anti-depressents are too expensive for someone trying to ...
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:45 AM
Mar 2016

get by on Social Security.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
21. Tricare's paid for mine
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:35 AM
Mar 2016

and I find I still don't have a high enough dosage to weather the Stepford aura that place radiates.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,168 posts)
12. Get yourself banned. It's the best way to go.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:53 AM
Mar 2016

Their country club is very stuffy, anyway.

___________________
HRC Group exile #607.

cannabis_flower

(3,764 posts)
14. No
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 11:58 AM
Mar 2016

I like looking at their links and reposting them in GD-Primaries and here where they get discussed. Of course, that might get me banned but shouldn't.

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
15. A lot of what they post there is stuff they make up
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:14 PM
Mar 2016

or facts that are twisted. I suggest you put up a post in GDP directly asking if there is any proof Gov. Snyder was behind them running out of ballots in Michigan and see if anyone has any sources to back up that allegation.

If they are trying to imply that Hillary would have won if there were enough ballots, the math says no. Bernie was running a steady percentage above Hillary throughout the night and more ballots would have yielded the same percentage IMHO.

Gore1FL

(21,132 posts)
16. I got banned by asking a question that was in no way an attack on Hillary.
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 12:57 PM
Mar 2016

One HRC moderator banned me for "trolling," another hid me for asking why.

It's a grave-dancing echo chamber that is best avoided.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
17. You need the badge of honor
Thu Mar 10, 2016, 01:24 PM
Mar 2016

and get banned from Camp Weathervane already.
They seem to live in their own world over there.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
22. Got mine last night, #691
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 10:37 AM
Mar 2016

Took long enough, tbh-- I'm sorry but that maudlin-ass fit pitching that really belongs the hell on other less enlightened social networks served as my pilot light last night. Reminds me of my sociopath of an ex, in a way, you're either doing things her way, or you're a racist/sexist/misogynist/-ist of the day and deserve to be dragged through the streets.

VulgarPoet

(2,872 posts)
24. Under group info, you can see the whole list of people they've blocked.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 01:42 PM
Mar 2016

And they call us the authoritarians.

mac56

(17,569 posts)
19. #544 checking in here.
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 08:43 AM
Mar 2016

I can't even read the comments over there. The "dying swan" threads about how the Bernie group is so mean and oppressive and quick to block people.

blm

(113,065 posts)
27. The state party likely estimated the number of ballots needed for Dems expected to vote
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 03:58 PM
Mar 2016

in the primary plus the crossovers. Sanders shattered that expectation via the crossover votes. No sense in trying to find blame for something that defied expectations, especially since it worked out so well in the end.

I'm noticing a lot of posts trying to find reasons to smear Dem process as well as the Dem party. I think it stinks, especially since I think it diminishes us and our credibility, overall, when it comes time to call out REAL problems that occur.

 

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)
28. Straight answers??? It's the HILLARY camp!
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 04:13 PM
Mar 2016

They're just emulating their idol. No YES or NO answers - just questions in response to questions. It's a strategy - a DUMB strategy - but a strategy nonetheless.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
30. I have that forum trashed
Fri Mar 11, 2016, 04:49 PM
Mar 2016

but the other day my computer shut down (power surge) and of course when it was turned back on I had "logged out" of DU. So when I clicked on the site I saw a whole buncha crap I've been "missing." I had to laugh: I clicked on one thread, in the Hillary group (unbeknownst to me) and found about 5 of my least favorite posters talking only to each other. It was pathetic, really.

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