DU has not "changed"

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86. I was with you until paragraph 4

or 5, which starts

"DU’s first real turning point was the 2008 primaries. Suddenly posters who had been ad idem on everything during the BushBaby’s years were at each other’s throats over their own – Kucinich, Edwards, Hillary, Obama, et al."

Oh, older timers could tell you about flame wars/purges involving the 2004 primaries, beginning in late 2003.

Then there was the 2006 elections. Once Dems took control of the house, the Pelosi bashing really revved up. I remember because I complained about it in my journal, and even sported a Pelosi icon for a few months to show support.

And this "In the end, everybody kissed and made up, and celebrated the election of one Barack Hussein Obama (D) to the highest office in the land."

was only true for about three days. The Obama bashing started pretty quick and pretty heavy.

There was even a period when it seemed to me like we were being invaded and I mentioned it once or twice. We had a whole slew of registered users with 4 years duration and less than 500 posts who suddenly felt moved to start "I am so disgusted by Obama" threads.

Threads with the same list of complaints and which got knr'ed to the sky.

Of course things change though. We once had a meta forum, and now we do not, and so on.