Quick! Hello, I am the new moderator of Kossacks_for_Sanders on Reddit (no cringing; it is as good as its moderation and can handle traffic and dialogue) and I want you to come be with us: https://www.reddit.com/r/Kossacks_for_Sanders/ -- because I want us to stay together and not worry about being separated, and because I support strong freedom of speech and do not stand for hierarchy or the suppression of voices with 35 states still voting.

I have run the group "Women for Bernie" on this site in a completely non-hierarchical fashion to date with 250-ish awesome Admin, all of whom have EQUAL POWER AND VOICE, and have had no complaints, drama, or trouble. Reddit has less open options for this, however, I will work with the tools that they have to keep us together and to be able to speak freely still.

We have no rules other than do not tell Sanders supporters what to do or what to think because we are quite intelligent and educated and do not need to be infantilized in a top-down manner by being told what is in our best interests, how to speak, or what to think; other rules are reddit rules, like no hate speech. Making an account is a snap. You can create an account and post a "text post" or a link from ANYWHERE online. Hate post will not be tolerated under Reddit’s own rules and will be enforced. Dialogue, questions, and conversation is encouraged. *** bear with the mess for the moment — I WILL “grab a mop” and clean it up ASAP; might take me a day or two. I will also add a “how to use” post as soon as I can! So just come be *with* our messy Democracy for now.

Being told -- essentially — “Beatings will continue until morale improves” is a rhetorical mistake for Fall GE enthusiasm, and I, more than anyone, am terrified of trump! I’m a Jewish woman from a Holocaust family; I am also an activist going way back to opposing xenophobic bigotry in my community, and I have been fighting for ten damned years against all manner of oppression.

So if you are banned or if you just want to talk off site more freely because of Kos’ new fairly steep decree (some call this the Ides of March!) www.dailykos.com/..., we are ready for that at "Kossacks_for_Sanders." If you forget, you can Google it or see my profile. It is just a subreddit, not a competitor site of any sort at all. We are interested in a healthy Democracy. We are committed to down ballot races and real engagement. We are not out to tell anyone what to do or how to do it.

We are love. We are not war. We are honesty in action. Your mind is welcome and is free. We believe in you as a free agent.

Sign up with something close to your DK name, if possible, so we know who you are, and post to "test" or play around, let us know you are there, and add a link; you'll get it quickly. I’ve been posting on a professors group and have found excellent levels of dialogue there. Remember, Kos does not ban for things you say off site, or at least he never has before. And it is in no way our goal to get in the way of the Daily Kos, moreover, or to leave it, and we anticipate a fair number of reshares of DK diaries, although any diaries from any site may be submitted from other sites online. And most importantly, it is not-for-profit, and it functions well and will not crash. We can "come together" very well this way. We can continue to advocate for the same ideals Bernie Sanders has; we can do that work and create a space for more work to be done.

Don't worry -- I am not leaving the Daily Kos or anything like that :) Not by choice. I've been here for eight years, happily.

Group description of Kossacks_for_Sanders on Reddit:

"After March 15, 2016, some Kossacks from the site "the Daily Kos" may be unable to speak freely about their support for Bernie Sanders, or about their concerns with Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Democratic Presidential primary due to a new decree by the site owner (Kos): www.dailykos.com/... Some members may even be banned for doing so. We feel this defies freedom of speech as well as the general spirit of Democracy while still very early into an actual Democratic Primary, before many, many states have cast their ballots. We remedy this here by permitting free speech and free assembly without fear of reprisal or bans.

I should have added something about thought-police or realpolitik. Hindsight is always 20/20.

We really would hate to lose all of this energy and enthusiasm! Who does that hurt? Sanders? You! Us! All of us!

I promise I will make the space nicer in time. Right now, it's been put together while cooking ravioli for lunch. Don't think for one minute it will stay that way. I will also ask, “Who will help us?”

DO not be split up! Go make an accoun t. Now. Join. Now.

Go tell it like crazy! We are here! We exis t!

And for the first time in my life, I am going to ask that you republish this diary to any and every group who feels a little nervous about these new rules, who support Sanders, who support free speech, who support Left-liberalism, who support Democracy in its messiness, and that you also republish on other parts of social media as well, and that you let people know Sanders’ supporters are not going to accept having their language policed OR being told what we have been told from the beginning by Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and the MSM, which is “Vote Clinton because your vote doesn’t even matter!” — yeah, actually, your vote matters and profoundly so. We are here to recognize the vitality and beauty of your every last vote, period, and ¡Ya Basta!

#AmericanSpring

P.S. Please enjoy your day! And now back to your regularly scheduled program. Sorry about any t​ypos, but this mic is LIVE.

Kossacks_for_Sanders: Own Your Voice