self help kit for concern trolls

[datasuspect]

*don't refer to yourself as "we democrats" or some variation thereof, it automatically gives you away.

*discussion of democratic party actions and how they might hurt republican party feelings? dead giveaway.

*discussion of "what will people think" in response to democratic messaging? give away.

*use of the word "vitriol" - instantly discredits your arguments and it paints a glaring red R in the middle of your forehead.

*describing yourself as a "liberal democrat" - iffy, but i've never heard a fellow reality-based progressive refer to themselves specifically in this way.

in sum, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN and have a blessed day!

[whatchamacallit]

1. ???

[datasuspect]

3. !!!

[NYC_SKP]

2. Use of phrase "you people"...

Just go ahead and write "ban me now"

[tavalon]

13. Small problem with that

I'm using that exact phrase in air quotes as a diss against Mittens wife. I'm trying to make sure she become famous for her use of "you people" while looking down at us 99%ers. So context is everything.

[datasuspect]

18. use double quotes and a context signifier

[tavalon]

26. I promise

But I want the world to know that that %^$%$ actually said that! Overintitled &))&)&^^. Do you have any idea how much I want to use that banned word for her? At least I can call her a pompous ass, but it just doesn't convey how much I dislike her sharing my gender.

[madinmaryland]

97. Huh? Are you talking about Ann Rmoney or Ann Coulter??

[tavalon]

135. Ann RMoney used the term "you people"

As in, "you people have seen all we're going to show you from our financial records" or some idiocy.

[Confusious]

157. You LITTLE people

Is the feeling I got when I heard those words.

[tavalon]

174. I know!

[flamingdem]

4. --how they might hurt republican party feelings? -- I've seen this!

[tavalon]

41. As if a party even possessed "feelings"

Absurd.

[hfojvt]

162. Have you really?

Or have you misunderstood that?

Because the word "Republican" can unfortunately mean one of 3 things.

Republican Party
Republican politicians
Republican voters

If one wants to defeat the first two, it's not a good idea to insult the third. Especially if one lives where I do.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1055413

Doubtless there are many here who are not running for office and could care less if Democrats win, but I am not one of those.

[Curtland1015]

5. As a liberal democrat, I'm concerned about your vitriol.

Specifically, how it will be interpreted by independents.

[tavalon]

14. Duzy!

Hell, this whole damn thread deserves a duzy.

[VWolf]

165. You democrat(s) are so clever n/t

[DonRedwood]

6. What about "VERY liberal democrat"?

[datasuspect]

7. liberal democrat since BIRTH!!!11111

[Ned_Devine]

87. Same here. I have no problem referring to myself as a"liberal democrat"

nt

[RC]

108. There are more than a few here that can't differentiate among the various flavors of Democrats.

DINO's. Blue Dog, DLC, etc. has no meaning for them. They are all Democrats with equal standing and posting ill of them for being or doing something Republicanish, is a SOP and/or TOS violation for some members.

Eh, no it ain't a necessarily a violation.
I classify myself as a Liberal or Progressive. The bare label "Democrat" has lost its meaning for any subjective description.

[tavalon]

145. I'll have to step out of meta irony land long enough

to say, kudos. Democrat as a label has, in fact, lost all meaning. This isn't the thread for talking about something that important but it is important for people to know.

[dixiegrrrrl]

154. Actually, a liberal democrat since before conception

if you follow the Repub. logic of when life begans.

[tblue37]

35. Or maybe a "severely liberal Democrat." nt

[Lifelong Protester]

85. that was where I was going!!!

[UnrepentantLiberal]

93. A Manny Goldstein Democrat.

One of the most liberal thinkers in the Democrat Party.

[Pisces]

156. Ha, we had the same poster in mind. He embodies liberal democrat.

[corkhead]

110. No, SEVERELY liberal Democrat

[Fantastic Anarchist]

8. Very Stalinesque type criteria there.

And thanks for your concern.

[datasuspect]

9. you must be a marxist then

or maybe a trotskyite interloper?

which one is it then? you've never actually denied either.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

84. Nope, not a Marxist or Trotskyist (Trotskyite is derogatory).

I'm just amused when someone thinks they can set the traps while being judge and jury, too. Like I said, very Stalinesque.

On a side note, and I know you were being smarmy, but still very interesting that you would think I'm a Marxist or a Trotskyist with the word "Anarchist" in my name. Nope, I'm a whole other type of socialist, Stalinist or any other authoritarian, notwithstanding.

[datasuspect]

99. i don't really think anything about you.

i don't even know who you are.

but thanks for taking this humorous post so seriously. you must be a gas at parties.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

114. I've been told I'm a riot.

[tavalon]

137. Actually, you usually are

You really missed this one though and that's too bad. It is a riot. A little fun before we put our backs into taking down RMoney and his little dog, Ryan.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

147. Ryan scares the shit out of me.

I guess I took it a little too seriously. No reason to have a little fun, though.

[tavalon]

178. He's scary, yeah, but he's such

low hanging fruit. Sure, we have to get moving on taking him and RMoney down, but this was just part of the weekend revel.

[tavalon]

10. That is hilarious

I'm a liberal socialist. Where does that put me? Oh, yeah, I'm not a troll so it doesn't matter.

Kudos. Well done.

[grantcart]

11. I know that this is too easy but any discussion of "both sides" just puts you on the laugh track.

[LaydeeBug]

12. I would like to add the term "chortle". It's their fave. nt

[datasuspect]

15. guffaw

[tavalon]

19. Yeah, why is it that we don't chortle?

I've laughed so hard sometimes, I can hardly breathe, but I've never chortled, as far as I know. Is that a purely Repub trait?

[PatSeg]

54. I guffaw several times a week!

Definitely don't chortle though.

[annabanana]

70. my guffaws are mostly snorts . . . n/t

[Cracklin Charlie]

92. I chortled yesterday...on accident.

Usually I just guffaw or giggle.

[tavalon]

95. I'm not even sure I know how to chortle

I must have been out sick that day at school.

[tclambert]

77. Perhaps your beamish boy has never slain a Jabberwock.

Oh, frabjous day! Callou! Callay!

[pinboy3niner]

16. Thank you, Jeff Foxworthy

[NNN0LHI]

17. My favorite is, "We are all friends here."

Stupids always assume everyone else is as stupid as they are. Never fails.

Don

[tavalon]

21. We're comrades in arms here

and yeah, I count many of you as friends. But some of you are jerks, so I doubt I would use such a phrase. LOL

This is a great thread!

[bluestateguy]

20. I think you just described most of David Broder's columns

nt

[kestrel91316]

22. I'm a proud liberal Democrat.

[awoke_in_2003]

163. Your post concerns me...

[turtlerescue1]

23. 'cept I've been a liberal democrat since my first visit to the polls.

OF course that was back when you had to be 21 to vote in California.

I don't understand why a repiglican would even post here at DU, read, yeah sure, okay.
BUT why would they want to post? Be like going to lunch with your worse enemies, buying roses for your enemy on Valentine's Day. But then likely that's why I'm not one eh?

[SunsetDreams]

25. Short Answer: Divide and Conquer

[tavalon]

28. They manage neither

[SunsetDreams]

32. not for lack of trying nt

[Pab Sungenis]

56. We do that pretty well ourselves.

[tavalon]

67. Until it's time to come together

And then we can't be broken. I've seen it and we are entering that season again. Many of us have criticisms about how President Obama has handled this or that but that will keep. We are in the campaign season now and I am firmly behind the only choice in this election, Obama/Biden 2012

[MrsCorleone]

72. They managed pretty well in 2010. n/t

[tavalon]

88. No, we did that to ourselves,

but since it is now time to circle the wagons, I'll not discuss that further. We can pick it up after November if you wish.

[tavalon]

27. They post because they know we love entertainment

and while stupid, they can often be highly entertaining.

[datasuspect]

30. plus, i think they get a nickel per post

SSI and nut checks don't cover the booze bill.

[tavalon]

39. And the cheetos

Have you seen how expensive those orange morsels of fake cheese and air cost these days?

[tavalon]

46. Would I get the same rate if I went over to

Freeperland. Never mind. I wouldn't do that job at 100 times the price.

[coalition_unwilling]

24. The surest sign is someone who refers to the 'Democrat Party' - n/t

[tavalon]

33. Yup, exactly!

Democratic, you idiot. Democratic Party. If you want to stay more than three hours, it's Democratic Party. It's also Mr. President, or you can refer to him as Obama. Refer to him as Barack or worse Barry, and unless you are his personal friend, you'll be shown the door. Rather quickly

[datasuspect]

42. right wing fundamentalist christian extremists have this hang up with "name magic"

and "speaking things into existence."

it is like voodoo for white people, but the roots of calling the democratic party "democrat party" has its roots in evangelical snake handling christianity.

no one in the evangelical community has ever denied it.

[tavalon]

45. I think you're pulling my leg

But if not, that's kind of interesting.

[datasuspect]

47. actually, it's not too far from the truth

hit your local pentecostal church, it will give you an idea.

[tavalon]

57. Thanks, but no thanks

I was raised as a Southern Baptist, the same church President Carter left behind. I've left it behind and want nothing to do with anything even remotely like it.

If you ever see me darken the door of another church, it's likely to be a UU.

[WHEN CRABS ROAR]

112. This unorganization was "spoken into existence".

Its called Mac Meda Destruction Company, born in La Jolla, CA. in about 1961, by word of mouth.
No membership, no organization, but hundreds would show up for our conventions and it is known worldwide.

Tom Wolfe wrote about it in his book The Pump House Gang.

It has its own location on Google Earth, phone # and web page, click on it below, tons of information and really funny stories and videos.

http://macmedadestruction.com/

We used to have huge conventions (parties) complete with a band on the beach right in front of Mitt Romney's 12 million dollar beach house.

When the cops showed up they would bring 10 to 20 cars, like something out of the Keystone Cops.

MEEEDA

[The Wizard]

103. The term Democrat Party

was introduced by Joseph McCarthy as a derision. Democrat is a noun as in someone who belongs to the Democratic Party. Modifying a noun, party, with another noun, Democrat, is poor English, but hey, they're not the sharpest knives in the drawer.

[tavalon]

123. They certainly are not

[AnotherMother4Peace]

29. A couple more: "...not the change WE voted for." "We" anything.

"I used to be a liberal Democrat....."; "I voted for Obama last time, but...."

I heard the last one on the news this morning, and it was followed by "...but now that Ryan is on the ticket I'm leaning towards Romney." WHAT?

And then there's the name calling, bullying, and tag teaming. I rarely start threads, but one of the ones I did start immediately had a group coming at me: calling me "liar", using insinuations, ganging up & bullying. I real eye opener for me.

[tavalon]

37. Hmmm, well, I did use to be a liberal Democrat

but these last two decades just took it out of me. I'm now a liberal Socialist with Anarchist leanings. That doesn't mean I don't vote for Democrats. I do, every time.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

81. when it's followed by "...but both sides are the same" OR "...but Obama has let me down" OR

"that's not change I voted for."

Repub meme is to pretend you're a disappointed, remorseful Democrat - and it's OK to change parties.

[tavalon]

91. Rmoney is the change I will never vote for.

[citizen blues]

101. Yes! Love it!!!!

[tavalon]

49. I was still willing to argue for the liberal wing of my party by trying to hold Obama's feet to the

fire before. But we've closed ranks now, and rightly so. We will discuss his governing again later, after he's wiped the floor with RMoney and Ryan. And he will. With one hand tied behind his back.

[lunatica]

31. Amen

And one more. Don't give lectures to long time DUers about how to react, what to say, or what to think.

[tavalon]

34. Yeah, we don't take too kindly to that, do we?

Independent Mofos, we are!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

164. Or how to spend their money. n/t

[L0oniX]

36. I'm here for the popcorn.

[datasuspect]

38. i had to use adblock on your animated bug thingy

it always throws me off!

[L0oniX]

59. You are being a concern troll about that "bug".

[tavalon]

78. LOL

[Historic NY]

155. Thats funny...

I was begged to take it off one of my signature lines...friends that they had gnats on the screen.

[tavalon]

43. I decline to share your popcorn

You have a bug sharing yours. Yuck

[itsrobert]

40. And use a spell checker program

n/t

[tavalon]

44. These days, a simple right click will get you the correctly spelled word

Remember right click. That the button on the right side, you know, like the right hand you eat your cheetos with.

[McCamy Taylor]

48. Except they spell the wrong word correctly. Like "route" when they want "root."

[Ruby the Liberal]

62. This, from last night, is probably one of my favorites - ever.

Although I suspect 50% phonics and 50% Jim Beam. Still hilarious.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1115217

[tavalon]

80. One of my favorite things about the new DU

is even after a post is removed by Jury and often the poster too, we can still go back and enjoy their idiocy.

[Skidmore]

50. Also, quit with the cutesy "I'm a super secret slayer of the liberal universe" double entendre

usernames already.

[tavalon]

52. Did you see one like that?

That's hilarious. And definitely, kind of a giveaway.

[Skidmore]

55. I've seen many like that.

They are dead giveaways. Little word games played to bolster the keyboard warrior.

[tavalon]

60. You know, I try to remember whenever I have the urge to play with one of these idiots

That it isn't kind or fair to play mind games with people who aren't your intellectual equals.

[WinkyDink]

51. I'm a Liberal Democrat, and I ain't no troll!!

[progressoid]

53. I've used variations of "we democrats"

Last edited Sun Aug 12, 2012, 04:02 PM - Edit history (1)

Oops.

Don't TS me pleez.

[tavalon]

58. another good one!

LOL

[AtomicKitten]

61. The council will decide.

[Ruby the Liberal]

65. !!!

<right click> <save as>

[tavalon]

69. And there would be the visual Duzy of this Duzy worthy thread.

[arely staircase]

63. democrat party nt

[AsahinaKimi]

64. What about the use of the term

"The Democrat party" ...YIKES!! I HATE THAT!

[gollygee]

66. We should have integrity!

And not say anything negative! I know they are negative all the time, but we should be above that! We won't win any votes by being negative!

Uh-huh.

Also, we can't talk about Ryan's tax plan issues unless we personally solve the whole financial crisis in the US, and maybe the world. (OK that's a real life example but I have to vent somewhere.)

[Zorra]

68. There is nothing wrong with being a liberal, or referring to yourself as a liberal.

Liberal is not a dirty word, and conservative is not something to be admired, like Rush has been pounding into people's heads since the 80's.

Honest. Really.

It is not only OK, it is a good thing to be a liberal!

Geez, the anti- liberal propaganda that started in the Reagan years, and continues in full force through today, has been frighteningly effective.

I'm proud to be a liberal Democrat. I am a liberal Democrat. I am a liberal Democrat. I am a liberal Democrat. Liberal liberal liberal liberal liberal.

I feel the need to distinguish myself from members of the Third Way party, who deviously refer to themselves as Democrats, because I am horrified at being lumped into the same group as they are.

It is a shame that I feel the need to use the qualifier word liberal before the word Democrat, to make it clear that I actually believe in traditional Democratic Party ideology.

But, yep. I am a liberal Democrat. And I totally resent that you are apparently trying to label people who refer to themselves as liberal Democrats as concern trolls for some reason.

I am a liberal Democrat.

Just like these folks are liberal Democrats.

Liberalism in the United States is a broad political philosophy centered on the unalienable rights of the individual. The fundamental liberal ideals of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion for all belief systems, and the separation of church and state, right to due process and equality under the law are widely accepted as a common foundation across the spectrum of liberal thought. The main focus of modern liberalism in the United States includes issues such as voting rights for all adult citizens, equal rights, protection of the environment, and the provision by the government of social services, such as: equal education opportunities, access to health care, transportation infrastructure, basic food for the hungry and basic shelter for the homeless. Some American liberals, who call themselves classical liberals, neoliberals, or libertarians, support fundamental liberal ideals but disagree with modern liberal thought, holding that economic freedom is more important than equality of opportunity, and that promoting the general welfare of society exceeds the legitimate role of government.[1]

Without a qualifier, the term "liberalism" since the 1930s in the United States usually refers to "modern liberalism", a political philosophy exemplified by Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and, later, Lyndon Johnson's Great Society. It is a form of social liberalism, whose accomplishments include the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act in 1935, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Community Reinvestment Act and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Other than the liberal Democrat thing, I agree with your OP.

[tavalon]

74. What you missed in being too literal is that they use that phrase as their

"invisibility cloak" They are neither Liberal nor Democrats.

I wear Liberal proudly as well. I am a liberal, why wouldn't I wear that badge of honor? I don't wear the title of Democrat anymore because I'm not one anymore. My party was stolen from me, by third wayers. I'm a Socialist. I carry that badge proudly. I belong to the same party as Bernie Sanders who is, IMO, one of the finest, most upstanding people in the Senate.

I remain at Democratic Underground because I still support the truly liberal Democrats and even hold my nose and vote for the less liberal ones as being the lesser evils. And I'm an activist so it just makes sense to be at the best liberal activist site on the net.

[LeftofObama]

94. It's like we're two peas in a pod!

I took a lot of crap about my user name when I first signed up on DU. I don't care. At the time the President was on his "compromise" kick and it was really pissing me off!

I too like to think of myself politically as the same thing Bernie Sanders is. Independent? OK. Socialist? Sure! Call me whatever you will, but I'm not about to go around compromising with wingnuts.

I voted for President Obama in 2008 and I'll do it again proudly in 2012, but I won't hide my leftist ideals just because some people don't like the sound of them.

[tavalon]

122. Yep, however,

for the next couple of months, we circle the wagons, not because Obama is perfect, but because RMoney is a 1% Ken doll sociopath and we must remove him from the stage.

Come December, I will be back to putting President Obama's feet back to the fire. He has it in him to be better than he has been. And I will fight hard for that. But first we must remove the pretenders.

[LeftofObama]

143. Agreed!

[Zorra]

161. No, actually I totally get that.

I just don't think that it is a good idea to ever semantically equate someone self identifying as a "liberal Democrat" with "concern troll" on this board.

OK, yeah, I suppose I'm overly sensitive to certain language because of how the right used language/labels/propaganda to instill an anti-liberal mindset into the consciousnesses of so many gullible, manipulable people in this country almost overnight.

Beginning with the Reagan era, the right has really pounded that whole "liberal is bad, conservative is good" message into the collective consciousness of the nation.

A very effective and simple way to help shift the country to the right very quickly.

Jim Morrison said it well ~ "Whoever controls the media, controls the mind".

[tavalon]

172. Well, I suppose I can answer seriously to a serious post

Yeah, they have been very effective at slandering the word Liberal. Many, if not most of us here have reclaimed it and wear it proudly. When a troll comes to visit, they think they are being oh, so, clever using the moniker "liberal democrat" but from them, they are just using it as a super secret slur. It's very obvious when a troll is using it, because the word, "but" comes after it.

And you know what they say about the truth of anything that comes before a "but". Ain't none.

[Yeah Its Spin]

71. This concerned me...

WTF is wrong with Democrats that want to cut Social Security and/or Medicare??!!11

[1monster]

73. Ah come on! You're are telling those of us who are not "concern trolls" that we never use the word

"vitriol"??????????????????? I happen to really like that particular word. It is so expressive.

BTW, thank YOU for YOUR concern.

[barbtries]

75. okay.

but i do refer to myself as a liberal democrat. sometimes, a bleeding heart liberal progressive democrat. i am not a concern troll.

[tavalon]

76. Reread

This was so not directed at you. Trust me. It's a "helpful" guide for all the new people who've streamed into our midst at Rmoney shot himself in the foot yesterday at nine AM.

You and me, we're tried and true DUers. We can call ourselves anything we want and spout just about any opinion and be just fine. We've earned our cred.

Mr Cheeto, OTOH, with 3 posts, really needs this post so he can figure out how to stay on our site for more than 24 hours.

[barbtries]

82. i say keep him in the dark.

trolls waste my time.

[tavalon]

90. Not if you don't feed them

I have a difficult time not playing with the low hanging fruit.

[flamingdem]

120. Yes, just enough time for us to get our chortles!

trollz .. i luved 'em when i was a kid - the plastic kind that is

[A Simple Game]

105. The OP is just one more example of why I say that DU is now a

right of center forum. I remember when DU was mostly liberal, but no longer. Many on this board openly denigrate liberals and get away with it.

Keep the trolls and get rid of the troll hunters. The trolls are much more entertaining.

[datasuspect]

107. cool post bro

u mad?

strike a nerve?

[A Simple Game]

109. Mad? No, it's just the internet and if I don't like it here there are other places.

Why would you consider anyone that calls themselves a liberal on a supposedly center to left forum a troll?

*describing yourself as a "liberal democrat" - iffy, but i've never heard a fellow reality-based progressive refer to themselves specifically in this way.

You do know this is supposed to be a center to left board, don't you? Do you know what the D in DU stands for?

So what side of the center line do you stand on? How do you "specifically" refer to yourself? I'm a proud liberal and better people than you have tried to scare me off.

Seems that a lot of posters have told you what they think about your attitude toward liberal. u mad?

Keep the trolls and get rid of the troll hunters. The trolls are much more interesting.

[datasuspect]

111. i take it you don't read the comments section on most newspaper sites

or facebook or DU much?

you missed the point.

cool post bro

[A Simple Game]

113. I knew you wouldn't answer the questions.

They never do. Probably because they can't.

[datasuspect]

119. you have a lot to learn

tell it to the marines.

[tavalon]

125. Yo, Simple

Let me say this in really small words. You have misunderstood this post. He isn't talking to you or any of us who are genuine liberal democrats. It is ironic.

Feel free to unruffle your feathers. You look kind of silly getting your panties in a wad over this. You might even want to delete your posts. They are wordy but not pertinent. This is a joke OP and you have missed the joke.

[A Simple Game]

136. Your assumptions are noted.

I am a liberal, thanks for noticing.

I am not a Democrat. I gave that up when the Democrats quit being liberal. I do still support mot Democrats by default.

Please pay attention, liberal bashing on DU is becoming more common every day. I choose to point it out when I see it. You do as you wish.

Seems that many in the thread didn't get the irony either.

[tavalon]

138. I'm a liberal too

He isn't talking to me.

He's talking to the trolls who have been pouring in here since RMoney shot himself in the foot yesterday. I can't make it any plainer than that. He isn't talking about you. He isn't talking about me. He's talking about the faux Liberal Freeperfreaks.

Get it?

[jeff47]

150. Don't worry, there's some here that seem to be determined to make the world about them.

Such as over here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021117677

How dare you talk about someone else!!! This thread is clearly about me!!! Me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tavalon]

175. Yeah, bless our hearts, many DUers don't understand the concept of an open letter

to the other side.

Nor, the wonderful, joyous meta that follows.

[jeff47]

116. Your concern troll is duly noted. (nt)

[tavalon]

124. Way to miss the point dude

This is a drop dead hilarious post, Duzy worthy throughout. I would recalibrate your irony meter. It seems to have exploded.

[A Simple Game]

132. Reading the thread it appears the OP shouldn't try irony. Seems many didn't get it. n/t

[tavalon]

134. Actually, he did a stellar job. I nominated the whole thread for a DUZY

Then a flock of literalists came in and shit all over the floor. I'm concerned, very concerned!!!!!

[A Simple Game]

139. I find you just as funny as the OP. Isn't that a hoot.

Thanks for piling on with the liberal bashing.

[tavalon]

141. I would have that Aspergers checked out

There are support groups and medications that can help you live a normal, not irony impaired life.

Guess what? I'm a proud liberal and have been one since I first voted 30 years ago. And guess what else? This thread isn't about liberals.

You are not an idiot. But you sure are acting dense just right now.

[Brother Buzz]

79. AND DON'T POST USING ALL CAPS - dead giveaway

[femmocrat]

83. Why are you trying to edumacate the enemy?

I agree, though... they even speak (or write) in lockstep. We can spot them from a mile away.

[SansACause]

86. I am a concerned business owner.

"I have held off hiring hundreds of people because of my concerns about the Obama administration. "

I see that one a lot.

[tclambert]

89. As a liberal democrat, I find your vitriol something that we democrats should be concerned about,

and what will people think when, with regard to hurting republican party feelings they find out . . .

I AM ALL FOR IT!

I wanna make the morans cry. I want to see Romney weep tears of anger and pain because we keep telling the truth about his history and his plans to wreck this country. I want to see Democrats destroy the Republicans this election. I want to hear the Koch brothers laughed at for wasting so much money on Romney's incompetent campaign.

Is that wrong? It feels so right.

(D'oh! I forgot to misspell some words.)

[part man all 86]

96. Is't a trooll a concern person that shits inthe dark and spewes gah gah?!

Inquiring mines wood lik 2 no.

[madinmaryland]

98. What about the Sensible Democrats who are "Very Serious People"

[Peregrine Took]

100. Defense of Romney or Ryan. Also using rethug links. n/t

[Sherman A1]

104. Duly Noted

and ignored.

Love the little lecture.............

[datasuspect]

106. cool post bro

xoxoxoxoxo

[tavalon]

128. I love your response

I feel sad for those two because they've missed out on a boatload of fun. I've so enjoyed your thread!

[tavalon]

127. My God, do you have aspergers!?

Irony. Ironic post. Not meant for you. Not your lecture. You missed the joke. I am sad for you because this has been a laugh out loud thread and you've missed all of the fun.

[DonCoquixote]

149. I can appreciate the irony

though I do have asbergers..ease up on the autistic jokes, as I know there are many of us here. Hell, I wish WE had a forum, me and Odin would probably make a mess, but it would be fun.

[tavalon]

173. You're right on that one. I shouldn't have used that

My son is so severely autistic, he will never be independent. That gives me no extra claim, perhaps even less claim to use that as a tease.

[Sherman A1]

158. No, in fact I do not have Asperger's

Thank You Very Much for asking, that was exceptionally kind question on your part.

It does however, appear there may be some humor impairment on the part of the lecturer(s).

[spanone]

115. the hills are alive.......

[Rosa Luxemburg]

126. Lol!

[RZM]

117. 'The use of the word vitriol instantly discredits your arguments'

Seriously?

[tavalon]

129. It does in the posts he's talking about

Maybe you've been on Mars (and lucky, lucky you, if so.) but we've had a few trolls sent RMoney ended his chances for the Presidency on Saturday. The OP is just trying to be helpful. They don't understand how we keep rooting them out so easily. He's trying to help them understand. I think he's a fine, upstanding comedian.

[RZM]

146. I've seen the influx

Haven't seen anybody use 'vitriol' though. Of course I'm sure some have. It's just an odd choice for the banned words list, IMO.

[tavalon]

177. That's because they spell it vetroil, usually

[Spitfire of ATJ]

118. I'm a "Blue Collar Democrat"

Like Mike Malloy.

Hell, I don't even think of him as "extreme". He says what I think.

[woo me with science]

121. Oh boy.

Someone left the door to the Meta Forum open again.

[tavalon]

131. Exactly!

Finally, someone who gets it! I love metas and we just don't have enough of them. I intend to propagate this one to the hilt. Because I'm truly, truly concerned.

[Siwsan]

130. I know a lot of very fine people who refer to themselves as 'Liberal Democrats'

They do not refer to themselves as a 'Progressive'. I'm one of them. Some of us are determined to reclaim the Liberal label but it's all pretty much just semantics.

[tavalon]

133. Please report to post number 131

Your irony meter needs to be re-calibrated.

Edited to fix a spelling error. I actually know how to spell and when I make a mistake, I know how to fix it.

[Siwsan]

148. meters functioning just fine, but thanks for the concern

[tavalon]

176. Then I guess I have to resort to

explaining the concept of an open letter to the other side and the meta fun that ensues after.

On second thought, never mind. I'm having fun. Go find another thread to be literal and dense in.

[jeff47]

152. Here's the key to figuring out the OP isn't talking about you.

You're a liberal. You also happen to be registered as a Democrat. If the Flobixblorg party was the liberal party in the US, you would not be a Democrat. You'd be a Flobixblorg.

Not "a Liberal Democrat" as shows up in concern troll posts.

[Siwsan]

153. Thanks - I didn't take it as a finger point

I was just expanding.

[Doc_Technical]

140. Ain't nobody here but us

wigged out nonconformists who are members of the
Socialist Democrat Party (look it up)

Smoking LSD is swell!!11

[tavalon]

142. You didn't notice the influx of, um, newly minted DUers

since RMoneys announcement yesterday? This is meant to be a primer for them. I think it's a wonderful (meta) public service the OP is providing.

[progressivebydesign]

144. Let's just keep it simple...

[valerief]

151. Great list! nt

[sibelian]

159. "I'm a leftist"....

Mmm-hm.

[hack89]

160. Let me guess - someone had the nerve to disagree with you. nt

[datasuspect]

167. are you outing yourself?

[hack89]

168. No - just easily amused by DU drama. nt

[bayareaboy]

166. This subject is getting way too silly!

I am glad a few of you came in and got back to the subject.

I used to spend some time during the Clinton years reading the Free-pers doing a little game, trying to be the big wing-nutt. One of their group or many always went at least three steps further.

The only problem is that I always had to delouse myself afterwards.

[bvar22]

169. "Be careful what you say!"

--- Ari Fleischer for Bush-the-Lesser




You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their rhetoric, promises, or excuses.
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[seanpencil]

170. does praise of Ronald Reagan count?

and obscure attempts to compare Obama to Reagan?

[NYC_SKP]

171. Dear seanpencil: Do you come here often?

Wanna date?

What's that you say?

Your posting privileges have been WHAT?

Revoked???

[MyshkinCommaPrince]

179. Speaking as a worrywart...

I'm a worrier. Maybe it's just that tendency which makes me consider that there may still be many possible risks in this election. Right now I'm worried that persons with concerns, whether ultimately legitimate or not, may be automatically attacked for asking questions or voicing their concerns. Sometimes presenting a bizarre theory can be a way of trying to draw oneself back to reality, from the realm of irrational anxieties.