Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

with someone who I only today learned is actually a host. He or she told me on that thread that he or she didn't "mind" it. (Mind you, I like and admire this poster a lot and cannot recall ever having disagreed with him or her on anything else.)

That was a while back and I pretty much wandered away from this group then. Because, while, of course, everyone is free to post wherever they wish, and put up with whatever they wish, I honestly don't, for myself, see the point of posting here if certain behaviors are acceptable here.

Today, I returned to see what was going on here and went directly to a thread started by Manny Goldstein, whom I know to be a host. I observed what I consider undesirable behaviors on that thread. So, I poked around a bit more and saw other posts on other threads that IMO, would never have been tolerated in other groups. Then I started this thread.

I am not really talking about people harassing me per se. For one thing, I haven't posted here that much. But, I do often read down an entire thread before I post a reply. And there is an atmosphere here that I have just not seen in other groups.

As I think you can see from the replies, I am not the only one who feels there is a pattern and/or atmosphere here that is not paralleled in other groups. No one who is not a staunch defender of almost everything Dems do is the least bit confused about what my OP means--and I have not been conferring with anyone about this off board. They simply get my OP.

I think I've learned a couple of useful things from this thread, one being that a decision was apparently made at some point to hold back for a while. If that is accurate, I personally can certainly live with that. But, if there is a view that open discussion in this group is desirable, I personally am likely to remain a sporadic visitor.