Top 20 signs you might be a counterproductive left wingnut

[MADem]

475. Yes, I am aware of that project.

I'm not talking about that kind of support, though that is a nice charitable opportunity for those with deep pockets to help out those in need. Nor is this poster talking about that kind of thing.

I'm talking about the days when DUers actually knew one another, went to meet ups, organized, and provided support of a POLITICAL nature. You know, the kind of thing that takes TIME, not money.

I don't know if TB asked for help or not, we'd have to ask him that question--but he might have been put off by the attitude around here of late.

Lately, it seems as if a large contingent of DU is doing the GOP's work for them--bashing the POTUS and taking every opportunity to nitpick and tear down politicians on our team. They create a nasty, divisive atmosphere here that makes safe-havens like the BOG necessary.

You aren't going to get a super-liberal candidate elected in conservative states, so shitting on the best candidate who can win in places like Missouri or Nevada or Texas is just hubris. But I see that kind of ignorant ranting here all the time. And then, there's the "So and So Doesn't See My POV on (FILL IN MY FAVORITE ISSUE), so fuck him!!! I'm voting for Jill "Perpetual Loser/Stage Hog" Stein!!!" People who make the perfect the enemy of the good help us LOSE elections.

I also see--and am exhausted by--preachy diatribes from people who think POTUS is king, who don't understand where appropriations come from, who don't even understand how a bill becomes law. It doesn't stop 'em from mouthing off, though, insulting people who paid attention in their civics classes in school and who don't see things their way, and it just well, to beat a phrase to death, makes DU suck.

It is possible to disagree without being completely disagreeable, and I just don't understand why more people don't try doing that. I also think that, if people do not support Democrats, they really shouldn't crap on people who do in a place called "Democratic" Underground.