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LWolf

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17. While I agree with what you are saying,

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 02:51 PM

Dec 2016

I don't think it's going to happen at DU.

Too many are looking for outside agencies to blame, determined not to engage in self-reflection or to change business as usual. If people really wanted to have that discussion, I think it would be good for Democrats and for the Party, as well as for DU.

I don't think DU wants to have that kind of honest, open discussion.

While I've talked a bit, the only in-depth discussions I've had are with family, because we listen to one another and still love and respect each other when we disagree. It was only there that I've been able to say what I really think and feel.

I will say that the foremost response I've had is one of unadulterated rage. I wasn't shocked; I predicted this numerous times over the last year. I hoped desperately I was wrong. I knew I wasn't when I went to bed on election night, before all the results were in, and I spent the next weeks in silent rage, afraid to respond to all the shock and awe and dismay around me because I didn't want to lash out at people.

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Can the "2016 Postmortem" be ended? [View all] rzemanfl Dec 2016 OP

When admin so chooses. In the meantime, hide it. uppityperson Dec 2016 #1

Authoritarian? n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #3

Not at all. Relinquishing authority to those who own and run the site. I'm a guest, if they tell me uppityperson Dec 2016 #4

I never thought of myself as a guest here. Lately it has felt like jury duty. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #7

I've taken breaks before, when it gets too much. And avoided certain forums. LBN is good uppityperson Dec 2016 #10

There's a way around that. And as for the question posed ... 11 Bravo Dec 2016 #18

So you're suggesting the autopsy began early? Ouch! n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #34

I agree metroins Dec 2016 #2

it will just end up in GD if that forum is down. JI7 Dec 2016 #5

It would be like visiting the cemetery instead of the morgue. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #9

It's Cathartic, your post made me laugh though... so rec'd. JHan Dec 2016 #6

Thanks but the Christmas buzzard thing is far funnier. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #8

Hopefully they'll be doing post mortem's until Cha Dec 2016 #11

If it bothers you so much TexasProgresive Dec 2016 #12

It is a discussion that needs to be had crazycatlady Dec 2016 #13

While I agree with what you are saying, LWolf Dec 2016 #17

+1, especially after Russia, Comey and Voter suppression are valid factors that SHOULD not be in uponit7771 Dec 2016 #14

As long as people want to post there, what's the harm? Coventina Dec 2016 #15

some here post there daily - some here read those posts daily - why do you want to deprive them of DrDan Dec 2016 #16

Yes, but of course we'll then have to have a "2016 Postmortem Postmortem" forum... Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #19

We should start a 2016 Coroner's Inquest forum and decide the issue there. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #20

I'd nominate this guy instead: Tommy_Carcetti Dec 2016 #21

That's most sincerely dead. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #23

If you don't like it then don't go there NobodyHere Dec 2016 #22

my preference: let it linger until Jan. 21 0rganism Dec 2016 #24

I won't hit acceptance before I am dead on a slab myself. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #25

and you should have a dedicated forum for that until at least Jan. 21 0rganism Dec 2016 #28

I have never been to a wake where people fought among themselves rzemanfl Dec 2016 #30

different kind of wake, i guess 0rganism Dec 2016 #32

Given the range of opinions, and the many searches for who or what is to blame, guillaumeb Dec 2016 #26

I suggested a Bernie Blamer page. HassleCat Dec 2016 #27

Can we get rid of the Discussionist sakabatou Dec 2016 #29

I voted... Mike Nelson Dec 2016 #31

It ought to be divided in 2: 1) 2016 Learnings Forum and 2) Slapdown Forum. The rest goes to GD. JudyM Dec 2016 #33

A conditional yes... RealityChik Dec 2016 #35

Good points. Welcome to DU. n/t rzemanfl Dec 2016 #36

Thanx in advance... RealityChik Dec 2016 #37