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In reply to the discussion: I'm leaving, might be back after the election [View all]teach1st
(5,939 posts)22. I'm a teacher
I'm a teacher, and I know that some people have a hell of a time with writing skills. Many of those same people are intelligent and have much to offer.
I've been here a while, so I know what primaries can do to this place. I stay out of the "Primaries 2020" forum, except, I imagine, when I'm serving on a jury. Although posts from that forum don't show up in my latest or greatest pages, they do show on the DU home. I ignore them, just as I do writing skills.
I come here because I like being able to read diverse opinions from people who, in general, think the same way politically as me. Despite the writing errors and the occasional rancor, this is a swell place to hang.
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I am leaving too. I have to go to the restroom, but I'll be back before the election
still_one
Feb 2020
#4
I left during the 2008 primaries. It was rather hostile here for Hillary people.
Old Terp
Feb 2020
#31
It has been said Hemingway could not spell "farewell." May be apocryphal, but I know Anne
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#30