Originally Posted by
invisible
The answer lies in how it's dealt with, and responded to. Look at how RPF is imploding. Just like trump himself, some significant portion of his supporters are incapable of conducting themselves as gentlemen. Rather than attempt to work together with others towards a common goal, they seek only to divide and destroy the efforts of others - this is the "wrecking ball" that they speak of, and many of them even admit that they want to destroy the party, or "take down" someone or something in general terms such as "the establishment" - it's very rarely about working towards anything positive, it's almost always about destruction or "taking down". They are confrontational, and look for any chance to argue, fight, and divide people. Simply witness the behavior of these people here, because their attitudes and behavior will carry over into how they interact with others elsewhere.
How has this been reacted to here? Some have attempted to fight, and have attempted to meet the confrontational attitudes and behavior head-on. Some have simply left, and either post much less frequently, or will never return at all. Others have called for "leadership" (Bryan) to address the problem, and offered various solutions. So far, Bryan has responded by allowing the destructive behavior to continue unchecked, and instead has censured discussion of the problem by moving threads out of sight to HT, and then locking them. The result is that the destructive behavior has been officially condoned, causing it to increase, which has in turn intensified both others continuing to participate less, or attempting to fight the problem. Either way, less positive discussion and action is the result. The question here, is why has Bryan allowed this problem to continue, condoned this destructive behavior, and censured discussion of the problem? For the life of me, I cannot see where there is any benefit to either himself or RPF, and he has not attempted to explain this in any way.
The same thing will happen within the party. Some will attempt to fight, some will lessen their participation or disengage from the party entirely, and others will appeal to leadership to help solve the problem. Leadership at all levels will be faced with the choice of either condoning the obnoxious behavior and attitudes, or expelling those who continue to exhibit destructive behavior and refuse to behave as gentlemen. Those in the positions of party leadership who condone (either explicitly or implicitly) the destructive behavior will see the same implosion that is occurring here at RPF, at whatever level of the party it is condoned. Those in the positions of leadership who expel those who cannot conduct themselves as gentlemen will continue have their local / county / state party organizations working towards the common goals they espouse and cooperate on, despite the differences that individuals may have. The question to ask here is, why has trump been allowed to continue with his ungentlemanly behavior (interrupting, shouting over others, ignoring the moderators) in the debates? Why haven't both the RNC and the debate moderators warned, and then expelled him from the debates for his behavior? If it is because they are afraid that he will attempt a indy run, he has pledged otherwise, so it would be easy to expose him as a liar - just as Bryan is allowing RPF to implode, there must be another reason somewhere.
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Most entertaining public display in mainstream politics. I wish Vermin Supreme could've been in teh DNC debates. :/ 
Go tinfoil in style, bro. 
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