and I never will ever again. Just looking at the rec list tonight was god awful. 'OMG Bernie supporters are acting like Drumpf goons derpserpityderpderp!!!!111!!!' 'Byebyebernie blahblah'....yeah, so not worth it anymore.

That squiggly orange place dropped it's squiggle and suddenly it all squiggled downhill from there. I didn't know what to do. I started patronizing that place four years ago and haven't stopped since. It's was the only place I knew where I could find like minded people to share information and ideas.

When the derIdes of March rule was issued it sent off silent alarms in the back of my head. That coupled with the fact that I was starting to see ads for everything I had ever purchased online. That's went I knew it had gone 'corporate'. This was the same alarm that sounded in my younger days when I was dating someone and realize that they had more fingers than teeth. Which was even more sad because they were missing some fingers.

But then I heard whispers reminiscent of Yoda's revelation, "There is another". AdTrack you they will not.

Thank you for your diary because I've learned three things. One, when squiggle shuts a door the 99% open a bigger and better door. Two, logout. I was still logged in and thanks to you I can have it on the record that I'm not participating anymore. I may even clear my cookies which I only do in case of a severe browser vermin infestation because I like my cookies. But if the ad tracking doesn't stop will wipe the whole thing and reenter all my usernames again. And last but also most importantly, am I right that this place is user supported? If so, what would be an appropriate support rate. I can pitch in $27 a month (where have I heard that number before?). That's less than a dollar a day. Is that being a cheapskate? Is that being magnanimous? Bottom line, this place is gonna need more bandwidth! And we can make better use of that added bandwidth then Lamey and Squiggly ever did. And do people still say bandwidth anymore? Dang I'm old.

for 12 years, but I was so repulsed at my quick check in this morning I flinched. I sent Kos $100 back when he made the offer of a lifetime subscription. I felt I'd gotten so much out of the site by that time that it was an easy decision. But lately? The rage, rage over Bernie and his Evil Evil minions is ... well, what to call it? ... deranged? insane? over the top? absurd? dismaying? coordinated by some troll overlord?

Boycott DailyKos? Does that mean just don't go there? I miss Open Left. Oh well. I should probably work more on my poetry.

I live in California. If Hillary needs California she will already have lost. Consequently it seems to me unlikely that I will have to vote for her in order to prevent the Great Orange Hair from taking the White House. I voted for Nader in 2000, even though by that time I thought he was something of a jerk. I might have voted for Gore if I'd been voting in Florida or some other tight swing state. I don't know. I didn't want a third Clinton administration then, why would I want one now?

I missed the Dean 2004 years, but stumbled onto the site during the 2006 election season, when the Netroots played a role in advocating for Jim Webb and Jon Tester's grass roots campaigns.

This election cycle has been an eye opener. Sanders is the kind of Democrat that DailyKos was originally designed to elect. He is the quintessential "more and better Democrat".

Things obviously change when the website and its operator transition from being an outsider and an enthusiast into part of the party machinery. The early mission of that site is clearly no longer presently its reason for being.

It's good, however, to have a part of the community migrate here, and recapture some of the early spirit that makes political blogs worth visiting in the first place.

...glad to be out of the toxicity. Yes, I go back, but mostly for a five-minute jaunt through an amazingly ruined website.

It's like visiting Chernobyl. I assume.

cut myself off of them completely by logging off, and will not try to recall the password so as to not have any way to go in and read/post. The Pro-status-Establishment-quo bots are all there is, all the people who actually discuss w/o attacking are here. No need to toss ourselves into that Gundark pit of a place OT. I feel better, cleaner and happier having left TOP behind.

The "Wreck List"

I refuse to nickle and dime my New Deal principles away. The same New Deal that created the American Dream. I left in March when the threat of the hammer was issued and found a new home here.

I feel nothing but wonder at liberals who go there to be insulted,lied to, and sneered at. At this point, I'd RATHER go to Redstate. At least Redstate doesn't claim the name of my old beloved party, the party of FDR and Truman and JFK, and cynically use it to dispossess, abuse, and disenfranchise the working people of this country.

honest to god.

but not that much, especially lately because its is soooo toxic and ugly.

I would not have 'found' that Nevada Berner delegate Angie Morelli, if I had not stumbled across it in a (nasty) comment at TOP. They blockquoted some scribd thing put out by NV Dems who quoted Angie and claimed her FB post (which they linked to) was proof of some stupid shit, anyway she's awesome, she was on Rachel show last night (against John Ralston!) and she totally rocks. But TOP is how I found her, because the Opposition was trying to use her against herself and us.

/spits

I look there to get a sense of whats next, i.e. there was some buzz about Warren for Clinton's VP (DO THEY THINK WE'RE STUPID?) then when kos wrote his own push for the idea, well I just laughed really hard... all the more convinced of the kabuki.

Rufi Thorpe writes about learning from an abusive relationship.

If it is helpful to heart, mind, or soul, for “deer” feel free to substitute a certain political party. Or a certain website.

please. Folks, please stay away from DK. Grieve it but leave it.

Thank you Steven, for this urgently important post. Best wishes,

Though do miss BNR.

I got a warning and a TO there today. Fuck Markos. I'm done. His minions are now actually starting to take shots at this place, telling Bernie supporters to go here, but tht we'll be lonely (IOW, tihs place has such a low readership). Isn't that cute?

After watching the train wreck over there, being called names by the HRC supporters and watching Sanders supporters being driven off daily, it finally happened to me as well. As of this morning, I have a statement at the top of my page that I was mean to a supporter for HRC because time and again she denounced all Sanders supporters who would not apologize for this weekends activities. And my comment back to her was essentially that she was no better than the teaparty demanding all muslims should bow down and apologize for terrorist attacks. This got me flagged for 2nd time in a month after being there for years. So, I will not acknowledge it, I will let it sit there so I am never tempted to open my mouth in that cesspit again.

I will miss OPOL and Lieper though Hope they can work their magic over here. I've also had a group of friends who have asked me to put together a progressive site as well, and while I am here, I do believe we may need to do the same thing the right has done... the more sites progressives have, the better for us! I'll put out more information on it as I get closer to finishing it up.

Kos claims to have a ginormous mailing list but I was wondering how many of the Addie's he regularly sells are actually active, or are spam bots or are trolls who r banned or just plain people who signed up on the site and then learned there was no way to cancel ones acct.

I needed to go to the help desk there over the weekend and noticed a whole lot of people asking how they can unsubscribe... That was what got me wondering if DK IS A CYBER HOTEL CALIFORNIA... Where you can sign up any time you want BUT you can never actually leave.

I can do with less hate in my life. Oh, and logical, rational and civil conversation too.

As I mentioned on a not very well written essay "Dirty Tricks", I think the official Democratic Party has gone full blown Fascist. If they continue with their present course, I will fight them the same way I have fought such Fascist misnomers as the "National Revolutionary Movement (MNR), Left Revolutionary Movement (MIR) at home and the States Rights Party of George Wallace and New Democratic wing of the Democratic Party which have morphed into the Demo-Republican coalition.

I suppose I may have to look for a Green and/or Socialist Alternative forum.

Clinton = Nixon-Kissinger

Long before the winds of change, I just decided 'Frak it', they're gone (the diaries). I don't want them posted.
I'd already taken a rather long hiatus, and when I starred viewing things again, I did not see any improvement. The purge before this one, and the losses over time since then have seen most of the people I might read lessen their presence as well.

Made sure my profile was also as barren as I could make it, and cut off all permissions for emails/requests.

Stopped replying to any requests for 'sign this or that petition' as well, even if I supported said position. The petitions turned out to be pointless up that point anyway. Signing online petitions has about as much impact as holding up a piece of paper with a message and taking a picture to 'protest' this or that, or 'raise awareness'.

Each time I'd signed one of those petitions, I had a new batch of spam to clear and control as well, so not signing those stupid petitions stopped that cold.

Copy/Paste to file the diaries you want to keep, and burn (delete) the rest was my method.

And not wasting time over there, meh. I was having some fun messing with the hillbot loyalists, but after the edict, I pretty much was done even though I still hung around a couple or more weeks - but the last few weeks, maybe a few clicks here or there, but I won;t even bother 'much' to go there for content or to rec anything.

If someone wants me to read something, they can post it here. I just don't feel the necessity to run back over there for those still holding out over there. Good on them. Fine. But My Mouse. My Clicks.

Fretting about Markos or a bunch of opinions of assholes I care nothing about over there is just a waste of time.