[st3v3r]

No, the reason it's laughable is that the ones expected to bridge this divide are the ones who believe in rights and human dignity for everyone, not the ones who believe that others should be treated as second class citizens. Look at what happened when Obama won. Those on the left were expected to reach out to those on the right, and they did so. But then look at what happened when Trump won: Once again, the ones expected to "reach out" were those on the left! Not the ones who had just won the election, and had just come off an unprecedented level of obstructionism.

So don't lecture me about how we're not bridging the divide. Start lecturing people like this first: https://mic.com/articles/172706/craig-brittain-revenge-porn-... They represent the people you're chastising us for not reaching out to.

I am sick and tired of being told I need to accept garbage people like these, without any effort made to make them accept others. It's not happening anymore.

[dang]

You've been using HN primarily for political battle and crossing frequently into incivility. Those things are abuses of the site, irrespective of your politics.

Since we've asked you repeatedly not to do these things and you ignored us, I've banned this account. Please don't create accounts to break HN's guidelines with.

[rfrank]

> Look at what happened when Obama won.

"Elections have consequences." "I won. Deal with it." "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan." Politicizing the IRS.

Should I pretend that Yvette Felarca [1] is a beacon of liberal thought in the same way you're doing with that nobody you linked in the Mic article? Do you assume that most Trump voters would condone that guy's behavior? Like, seriously?

GOP is the strongest it's been from a local to national level since the 1920's. The internal conflict they're going through with the Freedom Caucus is something Trump voters anticipated, never Trump Republicans were a thing. Democratic leadership seems unsure whether to follow the more vocal portion of their base further to the left, or refocus on the more centrist Democrats who went Obama in '08 and '12 but voted Trump in '16. Obstructionist moves in Washington are something the left isn't traditionally fond of [2]. That's why the left should reach out. Do whatever you want, you clearly don't seem to mind the politicization.

1. http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/02/14/berkeley-teacher...

2. https://newrepublic.com/article/141751/democrats-will-lose-w...