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Fumesucker

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15. DU gets a lot of people who sign up purely to troll or deliberately disrupt..

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 12:27 PM

Jul 2012

If you have a low post count and you're bucking the prevailing wisdom here you're going to come in for some hostility and suspicion.

Actually you're going to come in for hostility and suspicion no matter how many posts you have but it's much stronger with n00bs.. We've had posters with tens of thousands of posts, more than me, who have been outed as deliberate disruptors.

As I said, there are some land mines here that are not at all obvious until you trip them and then they blow up in your face.

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How the small business I worked for relied on public investments. [View all] RBInMaine Jul 2012 OP

I very respectfully disagree. zzaapp Jul 2012 #1

You have not refuted a single thing I've said, nor can you. RBInMaine Jul 2012 #2

Wow....lighten up. zzaapp Jul 2012 #3

You added little to nothing. It was a non-rebuttal rebuttal. My parents are small business owners. RBInMaine Jul 2012 #4

I have to ask a real question... zzaapp Jul 2012 #7

Different people have different styles.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #12

LOLLOLLOLL zzaapp Jul 2012 #14

I bristled at your reply, I'll tell you why riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #44

Hi Rider...thank you for your honest critique. If I may zzaapp Jul 2012 #46

Nobody, not one single person on DU has ever said you must walk in lockstep riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #47

No kidding....I really DO appreciate your opinion. zzaapp Jul 2012 #48

You don't have to be "careful", you just have to know they are controversial riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #49

So if I said,"Ted Nuggent for President" that would be bad? lol zzaapp Jul 2012 #50

"Nobody, not one single person on DU has ever said you must walk in lockstep" guardian Jul 2012 #72

Perhaps it was this? calimary Jul 2012 #51

Rather than going back and forth with rbiinmaine, why not give mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #55

Hi mysuzuki2 zzaapp Jul 2012 #63

of course they are not gifts from the government. mysuzuki2 Jul 2012 #64

Businesses pay taxes to utilize those services too. riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #66

Rider with all due respect zzaapp Jul 2012 #67

Nobody will bounce you if you have legitimate grievances. riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #69

Yes, some gov regs ARE necessary. zzaapp Jul 2012 #70

Which ones do you find too onerous? I feel comfortable with my tax rate riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #71

I don't feel that way at all zzaapp Jul 2012 #73

We can agree then, that business zzaapp Jul 2012 #65

Actually you did say you disagreed, albeit nicely.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #5

Thank you Fumesucker..... zzaapp Jul 2012 #8

Disagreement frowned upon on DU? Fumesucker Jul 2012 #9

Point well taken.....and I appreciate the help. zzaapp Jul 2012 #10

DU gets a lot of people who sign up purely to troll or deliberately disrupt.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #15

well, hopefully, I'll find those land mines before I get booted. zzaapp Jul 2012 #18

If you start getting posts hidden it's a clue.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #22

will do zzaapp Jul 2012 #25

Why the unusual handle? BanzaiBonnie Jul 2012 #52

zzaapp was my nick name as a child. zzaapp Jul 2012 #68

BTW....I'm thinking of changing my "handle"" to zzaapp Jul 2012 #74

As a small business owner I am also a part of the public. NCTraveler Jul 2012 #6

Well put zzaapp Jul 2012 #11

That was my beef joeglow3 Jul 2012 #13

Exactly !!!!!!! and although I vote for him zzaapp Jul 2012 #16

IMO, the problem is, the President's words are being taken out of context. BanzaiBonnie Jul 2012 #54

I thought that might be the case....but zzaapp Jul 2012 #61

Try having the successful business *without* all those things.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #17

agreed, but that didn't seem to be the "tone" zzaapp Jul 2012 #19

I don't need to try and have a successful business without those things. NCTraveler Jul 2012 #20

So those things just *are*, they fell from the sky fully implemented? Fumesucker Jul 2012 #23

If you would, would you clarify. zzaapp Jul 2012 #26

Post Office and Public Schools for two.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #28

agreed zzaapp Jul 2012 #30

Fume what does N/T mean? zzaapp Jul 2012 #33

No text, it's for dialup folks who don't download the whole thread.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #35

This is where I think your argument goes flat. NCTraveler Jul 2012 #40

Both the Post Office and the Public Schools are under severe attack.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #42

I do not think I did it all on my own and don't want it to seem as though that is what I mean. NCTraveler Jul 2012 #43

So you would call them an entitlement? MattBaggins Jul 2012 #36

Really. Thats where you are going to go. Nice fail. nt NCTraveler Jul 2012 #41

You forgot the #1 thing... court system to enforce contracts taught_me_patience Jul 2012 #21

Speaking of contracts.. zzaapp Jul 2012 #24

Want to know the reason for all that paperwork? laundry_queen Jul 2012 #58

I can see your point zzaapp Jul 2012 #62

And ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #27

Yes but zzaapp Jul 2012 #29

Oh, Yeah! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #31

1SBM zzaapp Jul 2012 #32

Just a notation ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #34

thanks 1SBM zzaapp Jul 2012 #39

It means there is no text beyond the headline of he post. n/t ronnie624 Jul 2012 #38

And who would insure them without police and firefighters just a phone call away? NNN0LHI Jul 2012 #37

Don't forget public health care (to the extent its available). VA, SCHIP, Medicare, Medicaid riderinthestorm Jul 2012 #45

small businesspeople do rely on government investments in many ways. but in many other ways HiPointDem Jul 2012 #53

Favors for small business owners PETRUS Jul 2012 #56

no, they don't. which is why the percentage of the population who own small businesses has HiPointDem Jul 2012 #57

Sure they do. PETRUS Jul 2012 #59

"Most of the book talks about subsidies and favors to large corporations" HiPointDem Jul 2012 #60