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Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
213. What a disingenious heading in the OP
Fri Mar 21, 2014, 02:49 PM
Mar 2014

I have yet to see anyone gleeful over any illness...talk about fanning the flames...this is nothing but flame bait

What's better...offering positive solutions? Or commiserating and giving up? CJCRANE Mar 2014 #1
What's going on now goes beyond making a political point. Lars39 Mar 2014 #2
I understand Will's anger CJCRANE Mar 2014 #3
Being ugly for the sake of it Aerows Mar 2014 #8
Will made a political piont in the middle of an ongoing situation. CJCRANE Mar 2014 #11
But what I'm seeing is like spitting on someone just because they took his lashing out personally. cui bono Mar 2014 #26
He criticized CJCRANE Mar 2014 #27
And you think that justifies someone throwing it in Pitt's face that his gf got her meds fine. cui bono Mar 2014 #202
He Criticized RobinA Mar 2014 #147
The human mouth is not capable of making sounds that aptly describe cherokeeprogressive Mar 2014 #188
When I pleaded for civility Aerows Mar 2014 #258
Don't forget the latest charge... Lars39 Mar 2014 #261
Oh, yeah Aerows Mar 2014 #262
Sometimes that's the only thing to do. Lars39 Mar 2014 #263
Oh I totally believe you. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2014 #270
Got any more stories? That was a good read. n/t 5X Mar 2014 #329
Hundreds. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2014 #332
I just found the "callous post." It's the same DUer who stroked his gun... WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2014 #310
Calling the President a "POS", and "FU President" is what caused the diversion. It wasn't the lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #309
It is ugly to use personal things treestar Mar 2014 #76
you don't call saying "Fuck You President Obama" "you piece of shit car salesman" ugly? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #127
What's ugly is placing hurt feelings over a politician over a human life. Lars39 Mar 2014 #132
NO one did that! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #134
Your insistence does not make it so. Lars39 Mar 2014 #140
So you believe a new member came to DU and say..."Fuck You President Obama" and VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #145
Given the circumstances of his wife's condition, No. Lars39 Mar 2014 #148
and he has been proven wrong and never retracted.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #151
No, you do not know for sure that a newbie with the same level of circumstances and ignorance Lars39 Mar 2014 #158
This Being RobinA Mar 2014 #154
What does being a Liberal have to do with it? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #156
It makes perfect sense. Boudica the Lyoness Mar 2014 #184
Apparently you do not understand OUR 1st Amendment... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #219
You can have your own opinions but not your own facts theboss Mar 2014 #157
That's usually the problem with the President's critics. Manufactured facts, manufactured outrage stevenleser Mar 2014 #278
Ahhh . . . Pitt's original op could have been on Freeperville . . . brush Mar 2014 #284
The aggressive, angry, name calling behavior of the person in question deservedly bluestate10 Mar 2014 #314
DU isn't a perfect community Aerows Mar 2014 #315
And hopefully helped others in the same boat. Lars39 Mar 2014 #9
It truly does Aerows Mar 2014 #5
it was NOT JUST a political disagreement....that is disingenuous for you to keep whitewashing that VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #133
They would only be happy with every responsive post treestar Mar 2014 #69
I think there may be CJCRANE Mar 2014 #89
Agree. Skidmore Mar 2014 #93
I also wonder CJCRANE Mar 2014 #123
absolutley! n/t Sheepshank Mar 2014 #206
You know what I notice? cui bono Mar 2014 #210
That's fair enough. I don't do that. But you're right, both sides of the DU divide do. CJCRANE Mar 2014 #252
I honestly wish juries were done away with and there was very strict moderation. cui bono Mar 2014 #255
I completely agree. nt CJCRANE Mar 2014 #260
That may be because no one has the slightest hope of anything even close to reason from Republicans sabrina 1 Mar 2014 #272
i notice that too noiretextatique Mar 2014 #254
We've been dicking around with the idea of "universal coverage" since the late 60s theboss Mar 2014 #92
"Obama is the enemy because he didn't turn us into Canada in 6 months." Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #102
"Obama somehow gets the ACA passed...." NoOneMan Mar 2014 #120
It's been longer than that. jeff47 Mar 2014 #126
Go back some more brush Mar 2014 #291
and that advice was met with more flame and evasive answers itsrobert Mar 2014 #152
Wrong ProSense Mar 2014 #4
Nonsense Lars39 Mar 2014 #10
No, it's not "nonsense." n/t ProSense Mar 2014 #12
Us? seveneyes Mar 2014 #65
So how many (more) of your 60 posts a day Union Scribe Mar 2014 #14
As many as I friggin feel like. ProSense Mar 2014 #18
In other words, yes you plan to continue Union Scribe Mar 2014 #22
Spare me the silly characterizations. n/t ProSense Mar 2014 #24
Strawman victim card.. Deflection Cha Mar 2014 #29
Really, your take on my post is that it's a cheap tactic to shut down criticism? cui bono Mar 2014 #28
Nonsense. ProSense Mar 2014 #30
Nonsense. cui bono Mar 2014 #33
BS. n/t ProSense Mar 2014 #35
Explain yourself then. I don't understand your last post. cui bono Mar 2014 #38
Yes it is treestar Mar 2014 #70
Show how it is then... I don't see it. cui bono Mar 2014 #212
This post is directly addressing posters like you. n-t Logical Mar 2014 #221
I don't know about "Gleeful" Scootaloo Mar 2014 #326
Well... Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2014 #6
I don't know. When I joined DU it was full of profane rants CJCRANE Mar 2014 #21
did someone threaten to kill him or something ? JI7 Mar 2014 #7
. Egnever Mar 2014 #13
No, they disagreed with his political point and gave him advice to help resolve CJCRANE Mar 2014 #16
No, I don't think you've seen the thread that is calling him out. cui bono Mar 2014 #31
I see self-righteous bullies with no empathy. I thought that only conservatives were like that. rhett o rick Mar 2014 #249
And just so we're clear on which thread: Lars39 Mar 2014 #15
That's not the only one out there either. Union Scribe Mar 2014 #17
True, but this is the thread the OP is citing. Lars39 Mar 2014 #20
Apparently some people here can have it both ways. SammyWinstonJack Mar 2014 #58
Indeed LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #101
Those are sarcasm because Obama had nothing to do with either. theboss Mar 2014 #104
If it's the poster I'm thinking of Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #114
Oh...someone was mean to Will theboss Mar 2014 #116
Your childish response is out of place Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #117
Half my posts have been really good advice on health insurance theboss Mar 2014 #131
What percentage were spent Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #135
Ten theboss Mar 2014 #142
I got my very first hide in that post Marrah_G Mar 2014 #100
What you said was very mild, QC Mar 2014 #160
yup Marrah_G Mar 2014 #164
one of those folk speculated on his financial status Skittles Mar 2014 #19
You've been here longer than me, Skittles Lars39 Mar 2014 #23
aw hell yes Skittles Mar 2014 #37
I've seen something like this before: Whisp Mar 2014 #194
You are the one maliciously questioning the validity of the book. Lars39 Mar 2014 #196
If someone doesn't check their facts on Two known different 'stories' Whisp Mar 2014 #198
LOL You are questioning the validity of the facts in one of the books Lars39 Mar 2014 #201
It's not the crime, it's the cover up Whisp Mar 2014 #222
You*Continuing* to try to hurt someone's livelihood is *still* goddammed low. Lars39 Mar 2014 #228
... Whisp Mar 2014 #230
Ya'll have enacted a scorched earth policy. No excuse for that. Lars39 Mar 2014 #244
Did Will ask for advice to resolve the situation? CJCRANE Mar 2014 #25
No, no advice, just ridicule and figurative spitting in his face. cui bono Mar 2014 #32
I provided a ton of advice theboss Mar 2014 #113
Again, I'm not talking about Pitt's OP. I'm sure there was advice there. cui bono Mar 2014 #283
Yes. Advice. Will acknowledges the advice he received here enabled him to get the meds she needed. stevenleser Mar 2014 #277
I'm not talking about Pitt's thread. I'm sure there was advice there. cui bono Mar 2014 #280
So, let me get this straight. Will is allowed to be angry and spout off, but no one else is? stevenleser Mar 2014 #285
Where did I say that? cui bono Mar 2014 #293
All of your comments in this OP suggest it. stevenleser Mar 2014 #296
They can be angry, but their OP is a personal and insensitive attack. cui bono Mar 2014 #297
And you continue to defend one person for posting angry rants and attack another. stevenleser Mar 2014 #299
Where did I defend him? I'm merely stating the difference in the two. cui bono Mar 2014 #300
NONE of this excuses that OP Skittles Mar 2014 #36
Will's angry OP, or the other angry OP? nt stevenleser Mar 2014 #288
look Skittles Mar 2014 #290
The other angry OP had a S/O that was saved by Obamacare. I can understand both being stevenleser Mar 2014 #292
This message was self-deleted by its author Lars39 Mar 2014 #307
It's not the timing, its the hypocrisy. One person with sick S/O OK to rant, another not. stevenleser Mar 2014 #313
I don't know why I'm suprised, but I am. Lars39 Mar 2014 #316
done here Skittles Mar 2014 #325
What is the OP whose S/O got her meds angry about? cui bono Mar 2014 #312
And they were demanding to know every last thing about his wife's medical condition, LeftyMom Mar 2014 #34
+1. pacalo Mar 2014 #45
I found that aspect of it extremely distasteful and unsettling. nt City Lights Mar 2014 #91
Do you want to know why knowing the name of the medicine would be helpful? theboss Mar 2014 #115
Exactly as you call it. n/t truedelphi Mar 2014 #276
and several people continue to disparage his work, his reputation. grasswire Mar 2014 #121
Last time I saw that here was Freepers messing with Andy. Lars39 Mar 2014 #193
oh, that hit me like a sock in the gut... grasswire Mar 2014 #323
Sorry, grasswire. Lars39 Mar 2014 #324
few hides... Scout Mar 2014 #204
That is not rare nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #246
Last night, my toddler died hotrod0808 Mar 2014 #39
~ Lars39 Mar 2014 #41
... Skittles Mar 2014 #42
My heart goes out to you... pacalo Mar 2014 #44
I am so sorry for your terrible loss. My only granddaughter died of SIDS a few years ago... Hekate Mar 2014 #48
Hekate Number23 Mar 2014 #287
Just when I'm about to give up on DU (again)...Thanks... Hekate Mar 2014 #294
I am so sorry, hotrod0808. pnwmom Mar 2014 #49
+1. nt bemildred Mar 2014 #52
hugs Dorian Gray Mar 2014 #54
Oh, hotrod! Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #60
I'm so very sorry, hotrod0808. City Lights Mar 2014 #63
...so so sorry... progressoid Mar 2014 #72
I'm so sorry for your loss, and grateful for your wise words Autumn Mar 2014 #88
I can't even image your grief and sorrow. myrna minx Mar 2014 #107
So very sorry for your loss, hotrod! Amaril Mar 2014 #118
I am so sorry for your loss. undeterred Mar 2014 #119
so sorry to hear this, take care of yourself nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #124
Shit LittleBlue Mar 2014 #137
{{{hugs}}} nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #143
My heart goes out to you. 840high Mar 2014 #181
I'm so sorry for your tragic loss. JohnnyLib2 Mar 2014 #232
So sorry Beaverhausen Mar 2014 #241
omg... I'm so sorry. cui bono Mar 2014 #256
"Be kind to your fellow man, because tomorrow is not promised to anyone." Wise words Number23 Mar 2014 #282
That says it all. freshwest Mar 2014 #330
I am so sorry for your great loss hotrod irisblue Mar 2014 #306
that is absolutely shattering news renate Mar 2014 #318
Good post. QuestForSense Mar 2014 #40
The disregard for Will's raw feelings about his wife's predicament was hard to read. pacalo Mar 2014 #43
Amen to that. Some remarks were appalling. madfloridian Mar 2014 #183
There is no glee over illness. Instead there were dozens of posters trying to find a solution... Hekate Mar 2014 #46
my take was similar to yours steve2470 Mar 2014 #47
Excellent Post, Hekate.. Thank you. Cha Mar 2014 #51
+1,000,000 Nine Mar 2014 #53
+1 treestar Mar 2014 #81
Wow.. I'm glad you commented on this, Nine.. thank you. Cha Mar 2014 #298
Wisely spoken. Thanks for being compassionate and seeing the point. n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #331
Nailed it!!! Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #61
+ 1000 JoePhilly Mar 2014 #73
+100000000000000000 treestar Mar 2014 #79
Thanks for citing me theboss Mar 2014 #96
you did a wonderful job of helping Will steve2470 Mar 2014 #122
You're welcome Hekate Mar 2014 #218
I hesitate to kick this thread yet again, but here goes. LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #247
"truth-seeking journalist".. yeah.. about Cha Mar 2014 #301
Nearly 9 hours since your excellent response the OP and their supporters haven't addressed your post stevenleser Mar 2014 #191
Agreed. nt Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #215
let me add my ++++ Whisp Mar 2014 #227
Well said! You have eloquently and respectfully stated what happened and... Spazito Mar 2014 #245
No, there was an OP that was very mean spirited that offered no advice, just spite. cui bono Mar 2014 #259
Even that gross distortion is light years different from what you alleged in the OP stevenleser Mar 2014 #268
This post made this OP a mildly interesting read. Thanks to you CJCrane, theBoss and a few others Number23 Mar 2014 #281
Thanks for posting exactly what was needed sunnystarr Mar 2014 #295
The behavior is akin to... ReRe Mar 2014 #50
It's personal, opportunistic, creepy and cultist. jsr Mar 2014 #64
Reminds me of the BOrG chasing after Picard seveneyes Mar 2014 #78
hahahahahahahahahaha You are funny! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #153
It's the sort of thing Scientologists do. QC Mar 2014 #90
I haven't seen what I feel is people taking glee in his situation mythology Mar 2014 #55
Neither have I. The OP clearly sided with Will and is not trying to shame bluestate10 Mar 2014 #317
Horseshit Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #56
You keep accusing me of shit and whenever I ask for you to provide evidence you disappear. cui bono Mar 2014 #257
What part of "dishonest representation of events" Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #266
There is a thread about someone's gf getting their meds without emotion cui bono Mar 2014 #273
Hardly "gleeful" Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #275
What do you mean "what the hell is this?" cui bono Mar 2014 #279
See post #46 and self-delete BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #57
'Cause he said bad things about Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #59
Similar to the Wraith waking up in the hive ships seveneyes Mar 2014 #80
Yup. truebrit71 Mar 2014 #108
Everything Will said in his rant was wrong theboss Mar 2014 #110
Uh huh... truebrit71 Mar 2014 #111
Ok. Let's break it down theboss Mar 2014 #129
You're wasting your time there..... Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #159
That's the best analogy I've ever heard for it. woo me with science Mar 2014 #155
Yes - I skip all 840high Mar 2014 #182
So does everyone else. Le Taz Hot Mar 2014 #186
I don't see any blue links Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #236
And the flight nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #211
Cheerleaders gonna cheer seveneyes Mar 2014 #62
It's really disgusting. City Lights Mar 2014 #66
What glee? Where do you get off accusing people of that? treestar Mar 2014 #67
Damn. Well said. randome Mar 2014 #71
thanks randome treestar Mar 2014 #77
"you people" ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #109
"you people"? grasswire Mar 2014 #163
People who do not believe that the president is seated at the right hand of the Father QC Mar 2014 #173
world without end, amen nt grasswire Mar 2014 #177
No. That rant was like a Koch Bros. Anti ACA commercial Whisp Mar 2014 #68
I wonder if there's a treatment for written 'tourette's syndrome'. randome Mar 2014 #74
This is what happens ... JoePhilly Mar 2014 #87
+1. n/t FSogol Mar 2014 #94
This Real Person . . . ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #75
You have MS Boudica the Lyoness Mar 2014 #185
Don't Understand Your Reply ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #192
I think the reference was to spouses Hekate Mar 2014 #237
It was an ill-informed rant theboss Mar 2014 #82
("For the record.. Cha Mar 2014 #304
Not that at all, it is all about getting Will banned and when it doesn't happen Rex Mar 2014 #83
^^^^ grasswire Mar 2014 #166
The only rant I saw was Will's own. Period. nt Hekate Mar 2014 #226
Oh I guess you missed the hidden post then. Rex Mar 2014 #229
>shrug< Will was allowed to rant, and it was all out there. Hekate Mar 2014 #238
Yep and some members on MIRT were allowed to rant as well. Rex Mar 2014 #239
Where is your evidence that there was anyone 'gleeful' Whisp Mar 2014 #84
Here ... I found it. JoePhilly Mar 2014 #86
Blaming the President because his wife needs an.... Walk away Mar 2014 #85
Medicare for all is marketing to attract folks familiar and accepting of Medicare as a jumping off TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #197
Someone else said it best - American Idol Glitterati Mar 2014 #95
Will is a grown man and does this crap all the time theboss Mar 2014 #97
What he didn't need was the animosity Glitterati Mar 2014 #98
I told him how to fix the problem theboss Mar 2014 #99
Pitt needed a hug? No, he needed facts & advice, which he got DESPITE his vile OP which was KittyWampus Mar 2014 #161
That poster is all over the place... Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #174
You may be right theboss Mar 2014 #178
Cheerleaders and sycophants can't help themselves... truebrit71 Mar 2014 #103
It's people who say "My President" versus people who say "the President". Iggo Mar 2014 #105
Versus people who say "Dear Leader" nt Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #205
I thought it was silly when Junior's supporters adoringly City Lights Mar 2014 #217
"The President" is actually correct when referring to . . . brush Mar 2014 #303
Every one of our Presidents is "My President", regardless of whether I agree bluestate10 Mar 2014 #319
I use "the President", but I get you. They're all my presidents. Even Dim Son. Iggo Mar 2014 #322
masks are off bobduca Mar 2014 #106
Shameless strawman demagoguery. What utter bullshit this is. redqueen Mar 2014 #112
Par for the course, no? Number23 Mar 2014 #286
What's with the lying? jeff47 Mar 2014 #125
I will say that I had insurance from my job Autumn Mar 2014 #130
You may not have heard of them jeff47 Mar 2014 #139
I may need to research this, but I also think pharmacies and physicians will sometimes work together theboss Mar 2014 #144
Yep, that's what happened in my particular case. jeff47 Mar 2014 #146
I think it is automatic with generics in some instances theboss Mar 2014 #171
"Changes mandated by the ACA make the appeal process much shorter and easier." redqueen Mar 2014 #149
I have dealt with Formularies and my drugs aren't expensive. nt bluestate10 Mar 2014 #320
DU is a good place to learn things. n/t Autumn Mar 2014 #321
Yeh, we forgot to close the flaps on the Big Tent before the RWers snuck in. nt Zorra Mar 2014 #128
It's disgusting, isn't it? Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #136
It's what right wingers do n/t Oilwellian Mar 2014 #138
Let's be clear...and It's Troll behavior Lars39 Mar 2014 #141
Oh please. Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #162
I call 'em as I see 'em. Lars39 Mar 2014 #167
With bizarre repetition Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #170
It's identifying he problem. Lars39 Mar 2014 #172
That would be continuing to spread misinformation after the facts are known. n/t ProSense Mar 2014 #168
It would also be going after his liveilhood, which now seems to be the chosen scum sucking method Lars39 Mar 2014 #179
"His livelihood"? Hekate Mar 2014 #234
Uh, huh. Lars39 Mar 2014 #240
I set my Bullshit Meter contraption up to your post and Whisp Mar 2014 #150
I don't know what all these posts are about, Beacool Mar 2014 #165
What a dumb, misleading thread LordGlenconner Mar 2014 #169
I challenge you to identify even one post where anyone was gleeful over his wife's suffering. tarheelsunc Mar 2014 #175
That's because they don't exist. Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #203
Thank you - in my book 840high Mar 2014 #176
What glee? DanTex Mar 2014 #180
It is textbook bully behavior nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #187
I don't believe I have ever witnessed so much hero worship among adults DrDan Mar 2014 #189
What dishonest claptrap Egnever Mar 2014 #190
This has nothing to do with correcting information. cui bono Mar 2014 #199
Just Silly ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #209
I don't think you know the OP to which I'm referring. cui bono Mar 2014 #225
Then We Disagree ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #333
not sure I get the connection DrDan Mar 2014 #242
Answer ProfessorGAC Mar 2014 #334
"correct misinformation" - what a cute way of expressing what went on here for the past day or so DrDan Mar 2014 #220
talk about hero worship. Whisp Mar 2014 #195
my hero? why would you say that? have I ever expressed that? DrDan Mar 2014 #224
yes, there does seem to be a lot of hero worship of Pitt around here n/t Scout Mar 2014 #207
there is? He was "visibly upset" due to what he perceived as a lack of help for his wife and DrDan Mar 2014 #231
didn't say it was you Scout Mar 2014 #267
Oh yes we have nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #214
yeah - you are correct DrDan Mar 2014 #233
It is poisonous to democracy nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #235
we are a case study for that DrDan Mar 2014 #243
Nor have I of sycophancy from a certain clique . . . brush Mar 2014 #308
Agree, those threads are sick. I can't believe how cruel and insensitive people are. n/t MadrasT Mar 2014 #200
This is what DU has become. RetroLounge Mar 2014 #208
What a disingenious heading in the OP Sheepshank Mar 2014 #213
Apparently those posts are all over the place Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #223
they besmirched their idol? Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #216
pretty much Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #251
LOL Puzzledtraveller Mar 2014 #302
here's a bit more of pretty much: Whisp Mar 2014 #335
You might as well talk to the wind Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #336
If I had to guess, it had something to do with calling Obama a "Piece of shit used car salesman" Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #248
I don't get it, either Aerows Mar 2014 #250
I'm guessing (against the inevitable protestations to the contrary) LanternWaste Mar 2014 #253
but they're bragging about being WRONG MisterP Mar 2014 #264
Who admitted they were wrong? (nt) Nine Mar 2014 #265
Where's the correction? (nt) jeff47 Mar 2014 #289
I don't care what was going on, coming to a Democratic board and telling a Democratic President OregonBlue Mar 2014 #269
Where's the glee? pnwmom Mar 2014 #271
Think a happy thought, sprinkle pixie dust on your head, follow Peter Pan and you might get to where stevenleser Mar 2014 #274
Well, here is the answer I got..... Bobbie Jo Mar 2014 #328
come on, this didn't happen because of a simple criticism of the President. It happened because lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #305
Don't attempt to distort the debate that took place. bluestate10 Mar 2014 #311
The phoniest o.p. since Shrub invaded Iraq n/t UTUSN Mar 2014 #327
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