No this is not a flaming diary, nor a poor pitiful me diary. It is precisely as advertised. A final goodbye to a site I formerly enjoyed.
I have watched the devolution of this site as a place where smart liberal and progressive commentary to a place where sides scream and yell at each other as to whose fault it all is for our woes. I simply cannot bear it anymore. Just like the world out there, a schism exists here, between people ostensibly on the same political side.
I could bear it if it were the usual jostling. But of late it has taken an ugly tone. Screeds are published and the scapegoating has begun. No thanks. I have much better things to do with my time than to see a place I formerly loved flame out.
Some of you get it, others do not. The difference between us and the Republicans is there never is (nor should there be) a test of ideological purity to subject folks to.
Very few of you "speak" to me any more. We have become our own worst enemy. No matter how much you attack more moderate democrats (I am not speaking about Democrats of convenience like Ben Nelson or Mary Landrieu), we are all supposed to still be on the same side. I would like to thank Bill from Portland, Maine for being someone I could read without ever worrying about a temper tantrum. I would like to thank Kos for all the good years.
Good luck to all of you. I never spoke much myself, but now my speech (for what it is worth with the Supreme Court decision today) will be limited to the ballot box.