I'd love it if the JPR returnees...

[Crunchy Frog]

291. I've seen those accusations of Democrats since I discovered DU in early 2003.

"Pink tutu" Democrats was a favorite epithet during DUs first election cycle, and the recriminations after that loss were long and horrible.

It was widely believed by a number of DUers that there had been a massive purge here following the primaries, mostly of Dean supporters. There were at least a couple of large and active forums of banned or disgruntled DUers in the aftermath of that election cycle, though none as bad as jpr-there was no active support for GWB on those forums.

In 2008 there were a HELLUVA lot of angry Hillary supporters, some calling themselves PUMAs, and going off to other, friendlier places. Many PUMAs refused to support or vote for Obama in the general election. I wonder how many of them are currently posting on DU about how terrible other Democrats are.

This state of affairs is hardly unprecedented or new for DU. In fact, it's been the norm here, almost since the beginning. Massive recriminations following a catastrophic election loss are normal. Why would anyone expect otherwise?