I've said this a number of times before in response to concerned (and/or melodramatic) posts in reaction to the infighting on DU, some of which were trendy "goodbye" threads. We aren't a collective of group-think sycophants. We aren't an exclusive clique of radicals who get to define "Democrat" and "progressive" for everyone. What we are is something more akin to a large extended family that gets together for the holidays. Sometimes we get along, sometimes we don't. Sometimes we bring new people in, sometimes we storm out. Sometimes someone gets wasted and makes an ass out of themselves. In the end, like it or not, we're a family, and we have far more in common than we have differences. And, to quote Ben Franklin, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."

I'm going to sneak out back and burn one. Someone let me know if Aunt Edna starts throwing the mashed potatoes at people again.