Just read the thread... this made me laugh more than anything else...
One of DU's most contemptible practices is the ideological purity they impose. We have dispensed with those rules here for a reason.
That's a bit of crap... officially, sure... unofficially, if you disagree for being a lib *OR* for being MORE conservative than the norm, you get bitched at, called names, slapped by an admin, etc....
There's a purity test here... don't pass it, get labeled and ostricised... it's the way of the political party.