It has nothing to do with traffic. It has everything to do with respect. When those who should be treating you as a partner withing the Democratic Party, or any other partnership, refuse to show you respect and are continually abusive, moving on is the most sane thing one can do.
Now what does this mean in terms of the Democratic Party? Some of those who have drawn attention to the strike have agendas that are not helpful to the Democratic Party. Republican operatives are gleefully talking about the division within the Democratic Party. But those of us who are striking from dKos want to point out that we are loyal Democrats and that when the primary is over the party will again be united.
One thing this strike has accomplished is to highlight that the handful of white men who control most of the progressive blogosphere are mostly for Obama. And it has given a chance for their excuses for supporting Obama to be addressed in public and seen as lacking in strength. (Case in point here.)
The main thing being pushed by the pro-Obama forces within the blogosphere is that Hillary has little chance of winning. This of course all depends on MI and FL not counting. The strike allows us to draw attention to the fact that a small handful of mostly white men who control the blogosphere are now endorsing the disenfranchisement of two important states in the general election aka cutting off their nose to spite their face.
The strike gives us a chance to bring these arguments into the mainstream media and give a rational voice to challenge the often ridiculous and almost always irrational opposition to the candidacy of Senator Hillary Clinton.
Nothing about the strike is silly.
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