Democratic Underground

Most people there are fine, regular Democrats, but they are not allowed to speak freely because the site is patrolled by a cadre of very hostile zealots who abuse the alert system to purge members they don't like. Certain topics are off limits, impossible to discuss without retribution. For example, there is no discussion of transgender athletes; mentioning the subject is forbidden. The core group of enforcers is very hostile to progressives, anyone who doesn't worship Hillary Clinton as a goddess, and anyone who suggests Democrats have to deal with awkward issues. They represent the insider core who lost the 2016 election and blamed Bernie Bros. They still take every opportunity to vent about Ralph Nader. There are many Democrats there who would like to have friendly, reasonable discussions with each other, but the atmosphere is too poisonous.

This site is as radically leftist as possible. All posters who write anything that even hints of merely "left-of-center" (i.e. Somehow less than extremist, propaganda-spewing Joseph Goebbles) is immediately banned and the "offending" posts are deleted. This means that most registrants become banned on their first day. There are a few who make it to their second day. There are no discussions, only raving diatribes.

I registered and began posting. Within my first twenty minutes, I responded to a poster who claimed that socialists were so much better than Nazis by reminding him that the Nazis were socialists (i.e. National Socialist Workers Party) and I was promptly and permanently banned... and my posts were deleted with haste.

It is amazing how narrow minded this forum is. Any disagreement with the beliefs or thoughts of anyone will get you booted. Example, I recently commented on an article that missed a few facts, follow up comments proceeded to malign and slander the person in the story which shows that everyone who did comment never even bothered to review the story and see if there was any other info to be had. If so they would have realized that there were a few points missing that the original story missed.
I pointed this out and had my posting privileges revoked by an enthusiastic and misguided member who felt that my comments were not valid... all I did was point out that there were some facts missing from the original story. I never made a comment of the person in the article.
If you are looking for thoughtful and intelligent discussions... look elsewhere.

In the past, I've posted things on DU from other sources that didn't always express positive sentiments regarding Hillary Clinton. I did that, not because I agree with the negativity in those sources, but to use them as an illustration of something with which I disagree and I always made my disagreement quite clear in the subject lines of my posts--at least, I always thought I did.

My expressed disagreement, apparently, makes no difference. Someone will read the post, see a negative view of Hillary from an outside source, clutch their pearls and take to their fainting couch. When someone else revives them with smelling salts, they alert on my post, a Group Think jury convenes and the jury makes a decision to remove my post.

I am done with them. There are much more productive and less anger-inducing uses of my time.

Fresh on the boat, 80-odd posts. Have been a lifelong progressive, and was shut down shortly after posting a commentary on today's travesty of a social security program from being far from what FDR intended, and one criticizing the need to not offshore the majority our defense suppliers. No warning, no appeal, just BOOM! Several emails to the admins elicited nothing. They merely refer you to their "Terms and Conditions", which is as long as your life, and so full of clauses and no-no's to be indecipherable. They may be infringing on First Amendment rights by arbitrarily banning and giving no explanation or justification, or even appeal (!), and I intend to find out. If they are, well, I'd like to have a judge hear this one.

DemocraticUndergroud.com is a community of Democratic party supporters who feel that the internet already has enough sites that host messages of hate, disingenuous argumentation, smears, trolling, and/or outright lies. Therefore, all anti-Democratic and anti-liberal trolling is banned, regardless of whether that hate comes from the far right or the far left. Most of the reviews here reflect the anger and frustration that individual trolls have at the DU refusing to host their polemics.

Within those modest guidelines, the DU has a lively discussion of analysis, news of the day, etc. There are disagreements, most which get resolved amicably. The vast majority of regular Democrats are perfectly comfortable there; moderation is considerably lighter than you find on most political subreddits.

I was a member of DU for several months. Recently, there was a plethora of anti AOC posts and I finally got upset. I wrote a post asking how a seated Democratic legislator could be attacked so often by supposed Democrats on DU. I was highly critical of those members who were anti AOC but didn't name anyone in particular, and said nothing abusive. Next thing I know, the idiots in charge of the site sent me a message that told me to essentially defend my position or be banned from the site. It also stated I might not hear back from them at all. So democratic of them. I told them to stuff it, and I would not be using their gestapo-like anti progressive "Democratic" website. It's truly bizzarre how weird and authoritarian the admins are about what people are allowed to say. They never responded to my comments because their only intent is to purge anyone progressive or "too liberal."

Signed up, thought had found good site for Dems. Unless u toe the line write nothing negative about Israeli treatment of Palestinians, Bernie sander u will be blocked fr responding to many posts. Too many postings about animals, artwork. Too many opinion pieces passing as news, too many links to Twitter. If I were interested in Twitter, I would sign up Have never voted for republicans, strongly support BDS, if this is u, don't bother signing up, and egads, they won't let u delete ur acct. WTH if u r a pic suggest news one, the root, where u can post what u want, or rawstory, which I love

DU devolved into the echo chamber/circle jerk others describe. I was banned for taking issue with Obama's regime change wars, and his hypocrisy in criticizing Russia for not being 100% pro-LGBTQ when gays and lesbians still couldn't marry in many states here. Only Obama's views could evolve, apparently. Many here point out DU was a hard-core HRC propaganda forum, but no criticism of Obama was allowed, either. Just the worst of the worst, and a harbinger of what the "Left" was to become post-Trump.

I was a long time member of DU many years ago. But I wanted to see the site discuss fairly the new Democratic candidates. They constantly dismissed any candidates who did not agree with current policy of Democratic leaders. In other words, they did not want any challengers to incumbent Democrats. I was banned for life when I suggested that Hillary Clinton was not our best choice for President in the Democratic Primary. It seems DU is run by the DNC rather than the rank and file Democrat. The Party made a number of dismissals that would have changed our world today if the Party was openly receptive to alternate popular ideas. These dismissals include Ralph Nader (originally a Democrat), Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, and Bernie Sanders.

Ive lurked this site for a long time now. As a very conservative republican. I originally started doing this because i thought maybe it would help me understand why they think how they think.

Wow was I in for a treat. This site is a literal cesspool of far left liberalism at its best (worst?). The MSNBC fear mongering of a second trump term is very alive and very well here. Every other post is about trump being a dictator, trump is a felon, etc etc. Even seen quite a few posts discussing how biden could potentially assasinate trump.

The "discussions" are nothing but whineing and crying about how republicans supposdly want to turn our country into some sort of handmaids tale. I seen numerous threads where the OP (and many in the comments) literally sounded like they were going to soil themselves over the prospect of biden losing to trump.

This also seems to be the home roost of the lefties you run into everywhere online. With the stupid nicknames for trump (TSF, etc) originate from. Its literally an echochamber with minions that run out and spam comment sections over the whole internet with their drivel.

If you are republican, i suggest giving this site a lookover. Its great entertainment to watch the implosion of the left in basically real time.

DU used to be kinda fun. It had your usual over the top folks, but some boards were fun and informative. NOT ANY MORE. It's a Hillary Clinton cult site that engages in more propaganda and censorship than North Korea. They now have zero sense of humor and will not tolerate even mild criticism of Clinton or, most importantly, themselves. It's a joke and as stupid as any Teabagger site.If they can't ban you, you will go on "review" (which comes with not being able to post) forever. Don't bother... unless you want to go see why Dems will continue to lose for years to come.

I naively joined this site thinking it was a debate forum encompassing a wide range of viewpoints. Its not. This is a hard line left wing extremist website where everyone has more or less the same viewpoint. If you disagree them you will be booted off. If you tell them you're an Independent they will translate that to Gun-carrying Tea Party Right Wing Religious Nutjob. I'm convinced that most of this sites members would like to enact a Communist Police state since the only debate they appear to have is how they can best achieve control over society.

Democratic Underground (DU) used to be a great site to discuss Democratic issues and news a visitor might not see elsewhere. Since before the 2016 primary, though, it's turned into nothing but a vast echo chamber where, in a parallel reality far removed from this one, former Secretary Clinton was the very embodiment of a perfect candidate and anyone who supported any other candidate is a traitor to the party. Mention something positive about Bernie? Brace yourself, because you're about to get swarmed, mostly with shrieking and paranoid nonsense about how Sanders cost Hillary the election. Say something mildly critical of Democrats in general? You're a disruptor who must be punished, and why do you love Trump? I went there for a long time and (stupidly, I now realize) even donated money to them over many years. No more. It's the Left's dark twin of Free Republic but it was once so much more. ZERO STARS (1 here because zero isn't currently an option recognized by the software).

I joined this site years ago. When I first joined it was a great site for discussions. It was civil. Citations were expected. Different views were accepted and respected. That was then, and is certainly not now. Express a view different from the cool table, and expect insults, abuse, and disrespect. But perhaps the most unique time to be around this site is the week (or so) before Valentine's Day. The administrators sell hearts as a fund raiser. This is kicked off by giving each subscriber one heart that is displayed on their posts. Members can buy additional hearts and share them anonymously with others on the site. The week (or so) before Thanksgiving is flooded with middle-school-like posts thanking members for the gift of a heart. The topic page is flooded with "Thank you for my heart!", "Thank you for all of the love!", "Thanks for the heart whomever", etc. Strings of hearts at the bottom of one's posts are signs of popularity. It is right out of middle-school. I cannot imagine the outrage should this fine tradition be criticized on DU.