So, I can't be the only one who is getting tired of the back and forth on the rec list between Democrats about President Obama and what he has and has not done.
So why not meet me in the middle. And I don't mean politically. I am not talking about centrist politics here, I am talking about a middle ground about how we talk to each other about what the President might be doing regarding this big deal, the proposed cuts to the budget and the looming debt ceiling debacle.
Because right now, the debates that are happening on the outside, on the ends are not where I want to be when I talk about these important issues. I am finding the vitriol is taking away from the actual issue and the focus and putting more on the personalities here.
Have you had enough?
Professional Left? Really?
Extremism on either side of a debate should be taken at face value and left out of a debate, if it does not help the actual discussion, then move on. To internalize such comments as people here are apt to do, comments about the President, who is a public figure, then you need to maybe step away for a moment.
And I understand the frustration on both sides. I understand why people don't want to hear about possible cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid. Those are cornerstones to Democratic values.
But I am not going to have a policy debate and I certainly identify at times with the Professional Left. But I certainly get frustrated when people call other Democrats "Motherf*cking" anything.
But you do realize that was a comment of ONE person. Right? To say that represents the views and values of every far left Democrat is absurd. (And the fact that you are still talking about her just makes me giggle more than anything else, she's gotten UNDER your skin AND it didn't even happen on this blog!).
And to turn around and use images of infants, call legitimate concerns about cuts to important social programs as tantrums. None of this helps your argument or your defense of the President, one, bit. It makes me think of that phrase, "With friends like these, who needs enemies?". I highly doubt President Obama would want such language, phrases or references (Do I have to mention the recent video that was used in a certain diary) used to defend him or describe your disgust with his opposition. It goes completely against some of the mainstays of his campaign, "Don't be an A**hole" and "No Drama".
I am asking if anyone else is just plain tired of the knock down drag outs in diaries on the rec list between the same people over the same arguments. How does this help the community?
Who does this help the Democratic Party?
How does this help anyone?
What will it take for people to drop their personal vendettas and lick their wounds and just move on?
Is there just some way to get all of you to meet in the middle? Not on the issues, not on the policy debates, but in the discourse and the way that you choose to talk to and deal with each other, because there are many times I am afraid to even read through the comments in these diaries that are actually about issues I am deeply concerned about and that I care about.
In the work I do, which can be true of any field where a group of talented individuals have to come together to work on a common goal, you must check your ego at the door.
The common goal must be the focus, not your ego, your feelings or your personal whims. That's a lot to ask of so many diverse people at such a large site like this. It's an impossible request. I don't expect it to happen. But for those who understand this, it certainly doesn't hurt to try.
But I am over the accusatory diaries, the quotes, the finger pointing, you name it. None of it furthers the discussion nor helps us do what matters most.
President Obama needs us in the most important way, he needs us to tell him what we want as his constituents, that we want the debt ceiling raised, that we want to preserve important social programs, that we want taxes raised on the wealthiest Americans and corporations. You tell him want you want. He works for US.
I called my Republican Congressman and told him that I want the Debt Ceiling raised, I don't want cuts to social programs, act, do something, but please, I also ask that we try to meet somewhere in the middle here at Daily Kos because our entire community deserves and needs better, we have much bigger fights to put our energy into.