I have been a life-long Democrat, and have always voted party line. I’ve been a registered member of Daily Kos since 2011, and a daily visitor to the site since around 2007.
I rarely write a diary, and I rarely comment. I come here to read diaries.
On the few times that I have commented, it’s been in response to posts related to science. I am a science geek with a bachelor of science degree. I spend most days doing scientific research.
I have in instances, politely disagreed with various diarists on the use of certain “scientific products” because of … science. Each time, my comment has promptly been removed. There are a few diarists on here that have decent mojo, but spend their time looking for comments like mine to immediately discredit and report to admin for removal. Last time I had to sign an “acknowledgment” for the removal.
What I’ve realized from that experience, is that Democrats can’t even have discussions amongst fellow Democrats about issues. Just because we are Democrats, do we really need to have the same view on every single issue? Can’t we even have a normal civil discussion/debate about a topic? Do we all have to sing to the same tune? How in the world will you increase your base by not having engaging discussions and debates to make the party better and stronger?
This site has made me realize that I can no longer be a Democrat. I’m going independent and will no longer vote party line. I want to engage in intelligent discussions and debates on various topics.