Well, they've done it again.
Obama bloggers--paid or unpaid--have turned yet another democratic blog, the great MyDD, into an "obamablog", where any statement critical of Obama is met with faux outrage, dismissal, and ridicule. The Obama people have smeared all democrats who do not fall in line with them. HRC supporters have been banned, warned, had their work edited, and "gang-troll rated" into oblivion.
MyDD has gone the way of daily kos.
The purpose of this diary is to respond to an earlier reccommended diary on the "signs of republican or McCain trolls"--or ways to spot what the author called "democrats supporting McCain." The diary disturbed me as it seemed the penultimate way to trash every HRC supporter who said anything critical of Obama...in other words, "criticize Obama = republican troll". The diary received many comments, and led subsequently to various commenters awarding "McCain points" to several HRC diarists in other posts, or to employ the "dismiss the argument" tactic by saying "is this snark?"
I don't want the site's obama people to forget that their behavior is transparent and how it is easy to see how they have approached and managed to take over so many blogs, and done so by maligning another democrat and half the democratic party that supports her. If you dare, follow below the fold.
There are essentially 5 characteristics of the Obama bloggers' approach to eliminating HRC supporters, or dialogue about Obama on these sites. I give full credit to LavenderLiberal.com for the analysis, and add a few other things I've seen.
Basically it is a style of attack that is intended to eliminate and marginalize. It is not FOR Obama, it is AGAINST Clinton. In this manner, no issue about Obama is ever really discussed, even if it could effect the entire democratic party in November, even if that issue is raised for the purpose of dealing with it before it becomes an issue.
Here they are. Do your comments fit in here anywhere? Alternatively, have you been subject to any of these tactics yourself?
Attack/Gloat mode. "Hillary is evil. Clintonistas are racist, uneducated old, irrelevant, paleofeminists, white-trash republican trolls (see the referenced diary above for spotting these mccain trolls)."
Threat Mode. "If McCain wins, say good bye to roe v wade; say hello to the 100 year war, say goodbye to life on earth as we know it, and its all your fault"! And if Obama loses its because HRC continued her campaign through June 3rd!
Tantrum Mode. "Fine, go ahead and vote McCain, then! We don't need you anyway! We've replaced you with millions of new voters! You were never a real democrat. The party is better off without you!"
Stark reality mode. Among themselves: "Oh shit...maybe we do need the Clintonistas in November!" To HRC supporters: "come on, we're all democrats, we need to pull together, can't we just get along?"
Over-confidence Mode. "I'm not worried. HRC supporters will come around and vote Obama in Nov. After all, where else can they go? So let's keep having fun beating them up!"
So, Obama people, spot yourselves as well as spotting the so-called "republican trolls".
It's been an interesting time here, but I am off to work for America. There is no convincing or reporting here, nor any real discussion.
As for me, I believe it is very important for the democrats to know who they've chosen if they go with Obama sometime next week as the "presumptive nominee". Between now and August, my efforts on line, in the field of public discourse, and at the convention will be aimed at making sure the dems know who they're getting in Obama. I am a proud life-long democrat and will still vote for the person I believe is the most qualified for POTUS in November.
|
|
|
Permalink :: 102 Comments :: Post a Comment
|
