I’ve avoided pretty much all of the meta hammer ban apocalypse stuff. I’ve also been a Sanders supporter who has been incredibly annoyed with the Sanders supporters on this site who you may be thinking of dropping the hammer on. But I plead with you for leniency on their behalf. The votes Sanders is drawing show he is not just the candidate of some minority slice of the Democratic Party, he is the voice for a more robustly liberal message that resonates within the party and needs to be heard. I suggest allowing the debate here to continue for awhile longer. If that isn’t in the cards, I suggest a three month timeout. Those subjected to a such a sanction should be on a short leash during the general. I firmly believe the path to more and better Democrats is through the very people who are supporting Sanders.