I am appalled at how we Third Way DUers are treated!

[freemay20]

21. And you are first realizing this now?????

Since I joined I have noticed there seems to be some "old guard" and their "there is no rightful opinion but ours" approach to things.

I have served on jury duty numerous times. Most of the time it was a case of some one with a million posts simply disagreed with another persons opinion as it was different than their opinion. Of course the old stall worth felt the opinion against theirs was an attack on them. Each time, I not only voted to keep the post of the newer member (because it did not break any of the guidelines) and commented. I also checked and wow,, imagine what I found? The only people to agree to have the posts taken down were,,,,,, drumroll,,,,,,, other people with millions of posts. Each time; smarter, calmer, more open minds prevailed and the posts were allowed to stand. I have to laugh as newcomers are treated like crap over and over again.

It is almost appears that a group of people at DU feel there is no room for anything but the ideals they want to push. Seems there already is a movement like that on the national stage-- and that party is collapsing. Let's keep open minds and not alienate those that could make our party stronger and more engaging. Democrats as a party lets things slip a little and look what happened in 2010.. We need to accept each other before another 2010 bites everyone right in the ass in 2014. It would be a shame to lose the Senate also...