That's as accurate a definition of The Hive as any I've ever heard.
Welcome to CC, rDigital.

Thanks, I'm just speaking the truth. Mainstream Democrats are for the most part hard working honest people. Unfortunately, on DU those types are booed and bullied into submission. What it distills down to is a nasty brew of Commiefornia laced Stalinist Nonsense. The farther to the left (Lefter?

) the better. I don't know who made up the term "Skin's Island", but that's about the most accurate term that I've ever heard it called.
The sycophants hang on the admin's every word like it was coming from a Soviet Propaganda officer. Don't they realize that they are just a paycheck to Skin and the other two? Don't they realize how bought and sold they are? I've never been on a forum like that. It turns into a bit of a personality cult over there with the regulars fawning over their Dear Leaders.
Meta is the crown jewel, where the poutrage never ends. They're demanding purges of members over there right now. Purges, seriously. It's like an internet Krystallnacht happening over there every 30 minutes. The primitives just can't wait to bump their brethren into the gas chamber for a few shekels. Everyone wants to be Skin's next greasy pet.
I'm currently formulating a guide. "The Professional's Guide to Enjoying DU". It'll be useful for the uninitiated and will build upon franksolich's original.