Socialist Progressives

(which most here wouldn't advocate anyway, as far as I can tell) or run afoul of juries, we've been pretty free to post what we want in here.

I always tell folks in here that they take chances with juries, since I can't predict what will get hidden, and we are subject to the whims and vagaries of the rest of the membership, since the group is open to all readers. I've don't recall an OP getting hidden by a jury in here though.

As far as DU as a whole, or GD--it just depends on your level of tolerance. It's always going to be a site for primarily Democratic electoral politics. I've been here for 10 years, and despite my politics, this is kind of like my local bar. I always check in for news and to see familiar faces, despite sometimes thinking this place will drive me up the wall.

As far as the D-Party being the party of Wall Street, for me, yes and no. It's a vehicle that working people use for reform and to get some social parity among the nationally oppressed. It is also a party that supports capitalism, but opposes (even though weakly at times) the ultra-right free-market version that the Republicans have unleashed on states like KS and WI.

So even though I have to hold my nose for some of my votes, it's still worth it to protect some working class needs and gains with even the smallest tools we have. If we lose any more union density, we can kiss democracy goodbye. We'd be hella fucked, in my Marxist-Leninist opinion. We won't get to socialism if a tea party Franco gets in power.