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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party
Showing Original Post only (View all)Suppose Elizabeth Warren posted on DU under an assumed name [View all]
If she posted some of the things she says - say, about the White House being in bed with bankers, that the CPP was cruel and disgusting - how would DUers react?
						
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        I would not heckle or challenge or nitpick anyone in any group. I am not going to the John Kerry
        merrily
        Jan 2015
        #40
      
        
        Plus "in bed with" is an idiom; any minimally educated person understands that
        Divernan
        Jan 2015
        #55
      
        
        YES, the battle of words needs to come into focus... linguistics are "free" to all
        Cosmic Kitten
        Dec 2014
        #34
      
        
        The Fair Deal did okay, as did the Great Society. The "War on Women" refrain helped a lot of
        merrily
        Jan 2015
        #37
      
        
        I was replying to your post 34, which specified "battle," so I used the same word you had used.
        merrily
        Jan 2015
        #43
      
        
        Does how anyone on a message board would react in a post matter in the real world?
        merrily
        Jan 2015
        #36
      
        
        Sure, but we're talking Senator Warren.  In the real world, she has more power than any poster.
        merrily
        Jan 2015
        #45
      
        
        People who are sorry don't continue the same behavior they are supposedly sorry about.
        merrily
        Jan 2015
        #53
      
        
        Still won't stop?  Fine.  Typically, board owners, mods and hosts deal with trolls.
        merrily
        Jan 2015
        #56
      
        
        I give at least even odds that if anonymous, Obama himself would draw a ban on the wrong day.
        TheKentuckian
        Mar 2015
        #61