The "I won't vote for Hillary" Issue [View All]

DU is an incredibly open forum; the best of its type anywhere. You can say just about anything here. I have about 30,000 DU posts over the years, and left quite voluntarily only because it was making me pissed off all the time. I returned only to express my incredulity that DU has become a free-fire zone for hatred of Democrats, driven in large part by the most obvious sort of recreational disruption by republican interlopers.

The Iraq War and the Bush reich in general have sharpened positions, quite properly encouraging absolutist positions. What has been obscured in the fray is that DU is primarily conceived as a vehicle to advance the election of Democratic candidates to office.

It is fine to bash in the context of a contested primary. It is fine to say, "Anyone who votes for Hillary in the primaries is a fucking NAZI!" It is fine to say, "Hillary wants to bomb Iran."

The only line that ought not be crossed on DU, the only primary tactic that is beyond the pale, is advocating the defeat of ANY Democratic nominee in the general election, or advocating actions conceived to diminish support for ANY Democratic nominee in a contest with a republican or independent.

It's an incredibly minimal standard.