From the Washington Examiner:
…Case in point is Democratic Underground (aka DU), a liberal discussion forum started in 2001 that, up until recently, was united in its hatred for former president George W. Bush. But now that many Democrats have withdrawn their support of Obama, DU responded last week with regulations on how its users may express opinions about the current occupant of the Oval Office and Democrats generally.
It turns out Democratic Underground is a safe haven for all Democrats too faithful to their party to say anything beyond “constructive criticism” of Obama or other Democrats in office. The last thing they need is another voice telling them that maybe Obama should have factored hurricanes into the oil cleanup plans. Oh, and don’t you dare think about calling our president “Barry.”…
Barry would be proud – the kooks at DU now fully understand that with the Cult of Personality comes the Dictatorship of the (leftwing) Blogitariat.
DU is free to make whatever rules they like – freedom of speech does not mean that people can write whatever they want in blog comments. But I do recall the rather vile anti-Bush sentiments expressed at DU on a regular basis and it is a bit surprising that even mild criticism of Obama is being purged. You’d think they’d have tougher skins over there – I mean, once you’ve called the President a war criminal, any other sort of criticism directed at the Chief Executive becomes relatively mild. Even when we were Blogs for Bush, we allowed a wide range of criticism of President Bush to appear on the blog.
The true believers are hunkering down – getting in to mental bomb shelters, ever more disconnected from reality. It’ll make the November results all the more entertaining – always love it when liberals are shocked by election results.
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