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It was simply an observation about the vast difference between the principled and positive tone Sanders has sought to establish for his campaign and how so much of what goes on here is negative. Now you choose to ignore the leadership of the man you support for president in favor of your own goals. That is of course your right, but in the process you do damage to his campaign. It is unfortunate you don't care about that.

As for fixing juries, how do you suppose a minority of a few people can fix juries? Clearly juries are heavily skewed in favor of Sanders so there is absolutely no point of alerting on any bad behavior by a Sanders supporter. 90 percent of the site supports Sanders. Most of the Clinton supporters have been eliminated due to alerts, alerts judged by juries you bizarrely claim are manipulated by Clinton supporters. I don't know how you can claim to KNOW something that never happened and all evidence, in terms of the results of juries, shows is not happening. Given that I am one of about 10-15 Clinton supporters on this site, I think I would have been cued into this conspiracy. If it exists, they are obviously leaving people out and having absolutely no effect.

Even Sanders supporters are leaving this site every day because the environment is so incredibly toxic. Some people who supported Sanders long before the rest of you got on the bandwagon have decided to support Clinton because what they see here terrifies them. None of that concerns you. Ultimately this comes down to a profound disrespect for differing opinions and the democratic process more generally. The fact that there are few people on this site whose votes you don't control clearly inflames you to the point where you write posts like the one above or the one where you DEMANDED that I vote for Sanders, as though you had any right to control my vote.

I would suggest that rather than targeting Americans who see politics differently and choose to exercise their own democratic rights independent of your control, you focus on creating a positive message that might actually attract people to support your candidate rather than drive them away. People like to take part in movements where they feel they can accomplish something worthwhile, make a contribution to make society a better place. The discourse around the primary campaign here provides none of that, very much the opposite. You have to ask yourself why you are so determined to turn your back on the leadership of the candidate you support in favor of targeting an internal enemy--the lowly Democratic voter. Clearly something in you sees that as more important than working to get Sanders elected. What you don't realize is that the person most harmed by that, in addition to yourself, is Sanders.