There was a time when all of these bad graders would get tombstoned. But, as DU turns against Obama as being 'too far right', Skins is left with a quandary ;
Tombstone most of DU, losing his cash-cow in the process.
Let DU devolve officially into Socialist Underground.
He has tried the first before on a few occasions - most recently When he cut off the Hillbots after the Democratic primary - and of course the Big Gay Purge. The net result seems to have turned the remaining DU even further left, while reducing DU's cashflow.
The second option would make a large percentage of the current primitives happy, but the DNC would be less than pleased.
- Of course, there is a third option - but that would make the primitives very unhappy.
That being to relax the Tombstoning policy to only hit those who are there to disrupt. By putting up a small list of bannable offenses, DU would grow again, and turn much more toward DNC/middle of the road Democrats. I'd even suggest allowing conservatives to post openly, provided their mission isn't to disrupt for disruption's sake. DU would no longer be viewed as a monkey house and/or laughingstock - allowing membership (as well as donations) to grow.
But that will never happen.
