Democratic Underground

DU is corrupt. They purged and continue to purge all progressives who call out anything real. They say we can't relitigate the primary but it's Clinton people who always do and bait with no punishment. Fall for it and respond and youre banned. They don't deserve the name Democratic and definitely not Underground. I posted 20,000 comments but bring up that someone is pro-War or pro-Surveilance and the sock puppet military contractors who pervade the place will flag you. All I see is horrific hate speech about Bernie... a guy we all loved and knew nothing about a few years ago. Wow. DU needs to be revoked.

In the last couple of years, Democratic Underground has devolved from a haven for diverse progressive voices into a bizarre Hillary Clinton fan club, which now--even among the site's administration--values blind fealty above all else.

Highly recommended for anyone who thinks the best way to advance democratic principles is to don blinders, smear progressives, and ban anyone not in complete lockstep with the inexorable, decades-long rightward march of the Democratic Party.

Also, take care not to call attention to the outside rantings of high-profile anti-Semitic DU members. Pointing out such things is strictly verboten, and will get you ejected in no time.

Finally, blaming everyone from the Russians to Bernie Sanders (but definitely not Clinton's anemic political abilities) for the current mess you're in is the order of the day. Do that, and you'll fit right in.

In Feb I was suspended for further review. Never heard back from them again. It was impossible to contact them for status of my acct... What happened was I made a long post telling them my work history... I am 68 year old female and have quite a varied and long work history. This was when Amy K was accused of being nasty to women staffers. I said in 68 years I had never had a GOOD woman boss. Except for 1. And I gave them examples. I was not generalizing. I said I don't with my vagina. Oh Dear Lord, they decide as a group who to hate, Thom Hartmann, Michael Moore, Bill Maher, Bernie, and who to worship, Hillary and Biden. If you don't hate who they hate, the ostracize you. I was a disgrace to women. Now I am a domestic abuse survivor and I counsel others. I also have been raped 4x... none of that mattered. I was a woman hater. They are in no way progressive, but quite juvenile. And the dumb ones are taking over, sadly. Correct someone's grammar and you are the bad guy... Correction: I said I don't VOTE with my vagina. Sorry for error..

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 wrote the first blogging thread when Senator Tom Cotton advised activating the military and "taking no quarter." the blog was written very shortly after the NYT first published the article. DU "froze" my thread because they said that the story was an "opinion" and was not "newsworthy" enough for their "late breaking news" category. I feel that that is an insane response because when a national leader writes an op-ed, it is not the same as when David Brooks, Jennifer Rubin, etc. produce their op-eds because the national leaders words are based on what they are pushing thru as legislation (ex-Pelosi and HR-1) and dramatically affect ALL of our lives in a very direct way. DU is also very inconsistent in whose blogs are frozen... for example, a lot of bloggers are still submitting their opinion only, with NO media references & nothing is done... i had been attracted to it as a liberal source of the news but their rules are insane, inconsistently enforced, abusive... have religiously followed Wapo, NYT for years &, if you want libersl, add the Daily Kos, not DU...

They can make all the announcements they want. They can change the rules (allegedly) all they want. Let's face facts. Democratic Underground is a place for white, straight, cisgender males who worship Hillary Clinton. You're a cisgender woman? Expect micro-aggressions. Gay? Get lectured about wanting ponies and hearing about how they stand for "marriage". And if you're transgender, count on being absolutely bullied. Get out of sports, get out of restrooms, be accused of "costing us elections", and even be told that it's okay to deny you the right to change your name, deny you your gender-affirming care, and be told it's "good" to stop your transition because you might "respect how you were born."

When it comes to LGBTQ issues - ESPECIALLY the T - this place is no better than Free Republic or Fox News.

The owner of the site is more than happy to let vulnerable minorities be abused for the sake of "appealing to the center."

And for those of us who stand up and fight back against the institutionalized bigotry? We get banned. Bigotry is just fine... Fighting against bigotry will get you "flagged for review". For eternity.

Welcome to Bigotry Underground.

Once, Democratic Underground was a cool place to be. It was friendly and fun. All the elements that made it so have now gone. And by "elements" I mean "people". It was a meeting place for diverse and interesting people from the U.S. and beyond. United by their left-leaning political and social views. I was a member of DU for years until I was banned. My crime was that I didn't accept Hillary Clinton as the new Mother Theresa (the old one was bad enough).

The interesting people have gone. Banned or put on temporary "under review" status - which is, in effect, the same thing. Now DU is a great dull echo chamber, the Clinton supporters who were allowed to stay endlessly still fighting last year's election, scrabbling around for reasons and pining for what might have been if only their candidate hadn't been less popular than Donald Trump.

Once, dissent was welcome there, a starting-point for discussion. Now it isn't. Don't just take my word for it - join up there and hear how DU was hacked by the Russians during the election. (Really).

This used to be such an awesome site to use for late breaking news and progressive views of the world. Then, the 2008 presidential election/primary where Queen Hillary wasn't the nominee and it all went downhill. Even the 2004 election, where not 100% of everyone was behind Kerry was bad, but NOTHING compared to how things were after 2008. Sadly, the PUMA's got their revenge in the 2016 primary and anyone who did not lick the taint of St. Hillary was called a communist, a closet republican, a misogynist, a woman hater, etc.

Of course, it should come as no surprise. Does no one remember the Great Gay Purge? Where DOZENS of highly esteemed DU'ers were banned solely because they were gay? I do. I remember that well, because those people were my friends. Then in 2016 anyone who was remotely critical of Hillary was FFR'ed. There are people who have been "flagged for review" for MONTHS and no response from Admin.

Of course, it really should come as no surprise, seeing that admin works for DNC and also runs that cesspit Discussionist (like FR but without the pleasnatries). So he's taking money from both left and right wingers, and DU has definitely taken a right-wing turn since the 2016 primary. We used to stand up against DINO's but now they're embraced. We use to stand up against non-progressive policies but now, pragmatism is the key and if demos' have to adapt Republican policies such as anti-choice and anti-woman laws to be elected, then that's just how it is. Up is down and down is up.

I have not donated to DU in years. I will not line the pocket of a DNC shill and his lawyer wife.