Reply #61: You know, Auntie Bush, I agree that we should treat each other better. [View All]

But all I can control is my own behavior, just the same as you.
Maybe if we do it, along with others, we can become the change we seek.

Last fall I got attacked by Clinton supporters who said that she was so inevitable that they didn't need progressives at all - I told them I thought we should welcome progressives, because a broad based party is far more capable of the deep changes we need now. It did not go over well at all. This was when I was still hoping for Gore to step in, and I was not rude in any way, nor arguing for or against a candidate - just saying we didn't need to "cut off" any part of our party.

I have seen rude posters across the spectrum here over the years, from DLC centrists to radical left fringe. Some folks just get so deep into ideology that they forget they are talking to real people. I hope we can change the tone for the better, Auntie Bush, I really do.

And you are quite right - not all of them are operatives.