General Discussion

To DU's credit my posting privileges have been restored. I don't know if Biden's decision today had anything to do with that, but I'm grateful.

It was an actual offense here to agree with time-tested, trusted, respected Democrats such as Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi, who were thrown under the bus just as some of us here were.

I really don't blame the admins here for my treatment... it was other DU posters utilizing the jury system to punish those with different opinions.

Aside from all that, my biggest two cents:

Joe Biden is unmistakably a great man who has done a great job as President. But as I said before I was banished, and as Nancy Pelosi said publicly, the election is not about what somebody did in the past but about what he/she can do for us going forward. Yes, Joe Biden has done a great job, but all we owe him is our thanks.... nothing more. We are not a cult. We don't have gods. We vote for politicians, of which Joe Biden is one. We don't owe him loyalty, we only owe ourselves and our fellow citizens a healthy moral country. And it became plain to many of us that Biden could no longer serve us, not because he's incapable but because the likelihood of his election was dismal.

And what better place to discuss that than on this site dedicated to Democratic causes? It is not constructive to shut down such talk, and lo and behold many people punished here have been vindicated. Vindicated? Damn straight; Joe Biden tacitly admitted today that we made a valid point.

Now, surely, I can see that there comes a time when such talk should end... but Biden was NOT yet our official candidate, and turning this place into a bubble was premature. And I hope people have learned a lesson.

And now I'll jump down from my high horse.

Thank you,. admins, for restoring my posting privileges.