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Is it just me, or is there a lot of disrespect for other posters on DU?
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Edited on Mon Dec-07-09 11:19 AM by Cant trust em
Seems like there is a lot of urge to blow people off by calling them a chearleader or an Obamabasher, siding with the repukes, acting DLC, or what have you. I really enjoy coming on here to see the variety of thoughts and ideas. I may disagree with other posters, but I'm always going to assume that they are intelligent people who have a real set of concerns; even if they don't correlate with mine. I find it a little frustrating to see posters try to discredit someone else instead of engaging in real debate. This is a discussion board, isn't it?
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  -Is it just me, or is there a lot of disrespect for other posters on DU? Cant trust em  Dec-07-09 11:13 AM   #0 
  - Yes.  countingbluecars   Dec-07-09 11:15 AM   #1 
  - Too personal  BeFree   Dec-07-09 11:15 AM   #2 
  - ^ Perfect example of your point. nt  tridim   Dec-07-09 11:24 AM   #9 
  - I know, huh?  BeFree   Dec-07-09 11:28 AM   #12 
  - And as you can see, pointing it out didn't do any good whatsoever....  AspenRose   Dec-07-09 11:34 AM   #22 
     - It almost seems like a reflex at this point.  tridim   Dec-07-09 11:38 AM   #26 
     - Nah, they just don't give a shit.  AspenRose   Dec-07-09 11:40 AM   #29 
     - Perhaps they do know, but just don't care. nt  Bobbie Jo   Dec-07-09 11:43 AM   #31 
     - The main problem is that one can't get punched in the head through TCP/IP  Posteritatis   Dec-07-09 02:15 PM   #107 
  - Ha ha! Wow. Right from the horses mouth. nt  Tim01   Dec-07-09 12:01 PM   #38 
     - Yeah  BeFree   Dec-07-09 12:09 PM   #42 
  - Is? Was? a discussion boaed.... Time will tell but  POAS   Dec-07-09 11:16 AM   #3 
  - It's not just you. n.t  groovedaddy   Dec-07-09 11:16 AM   #4 
  - While there was never a halcyon age here on DU,  myrna minx   Dec-07-09 11:17 AM   #5 
  - I feel the same way  goclark   Dec-07-09 01:19 PM   #95 
     - I think your post exposes a fundamental difference of perception at the root of the "incivility".  LooseWilly   Dec-07-09 02:35 PM   #118 
        - Huum  goclark   Dec-07-09 06:34 PM   #137 
           - That is way beyond the pale only if loyalty is the underlying definition of "the pale".  LooseWilly   Dec-07-09 11:31 PM   #142 
  - The inflammatory rhetoric serves to obfuscate discussion  HughMoran   Dec-07-09 11:20 AM   #6 
  - and you would never consider insulting others, would you . . .  DrDan   Dec-07-09 11:46 AM   #32 
     - I do it  HughMoran   Dec-07-09 01:30 PM   #100 
        - it is often hard not to take the comments (and insults) personally -  DrDan   Dec-07-09 01:43 PM   #103 
           - On this we are in agreement - 100%  HughMoran   Dec-07-09 02:19 PM   #111 
              - yeah - but the snark is often half the fun  DrDan   Dec-07-09 02:32 PM   #116 
                 - AHA!  HughMoran   Dec-07-09 02:34 PM   #117 
                    - for others, obviously . . . I hate it myself  DrDan   Dec-07-09 02:46 PM   #123 
  - This isn't really a new thing. But it's sad because it scares a lot of people off.  cbdo2007   Dec-07-09 11:22 AM   #7 
  - Some people just can't elucidate their points without attacking others  The Straight Story   Dec-07-09 11:24 AM   #8 
  - I've noticed that, too. I'm having to restrain myself from calling  Vinca   Dec-07-09 11:25 AM   #10 
  - It's not just you. I use DU as a news aggregator.  izzybeans   Dec-07-09 11:27 AM   #11 
  - I know I am.  kentuck   Dec-07-09 01:41 PM   #101 
  - SHUT THE FUCK UP!  AspenRose   Dec-07-09 11:29 AM   #13 
  - Breaks are necessary  Caliman73   Dec-07-09 11:48 AM   #34 
  - I remember a forum on Delphi called "The Opinion forum". Everyone was mean,  Maraya1969   Dec-07-09 11:31 AM   #14 
  - It is not just you. K&R  ZombieHorde   Dec-07-09 11:31 AM   #15 
  - In old timey DU there was a common enemy - Bush  Whisp   Dec-07-09 11:32 AM   #16 
  - i like how many now are actively, openly, against the democratic party in general  dionysus   Dec-07-09 02:16 PM   #108 
  - Agreed. With this post and with the OP. Rec'd  Number23   Dec-07-09 06:26 PM   #136 
  - It's not your fathers DU  liberal N proud   Dec-07-09 11:32 AM   #17 
  - Is this your second day here?  CreekDog   Dec-07-09 11:32 AM   #18 
  - Is it just me, or are there a lot of posters on DU who have not earned any respect?  L. Coyote   Dec-07-09 11:32 AM   #19 
  - I think that it is the opposite.  Caliman73   Dec-07-09 12:13 PM   #47 
  - Very good  AspenRose   Dec-07-09 01:10 PM   #94 
  - perhaps disrespect should be earned and respect given automatically  hfojvt   Dec-07-09 12:15 PM   #50 
  - DU Rules are supposedly "based on respect."  omega minimo   Dec-07-09 01:22 PM   #96 
  - And what would qualify as earning it?  Posteritatis   Dec-07-09 02:17 PM   #109 
  - There is a lot of disrespect for other people in American culture.  MH1   Dec-07-09 11:33 AM   #20 
  - The more popular a board becomes...the more crazies it attracts...  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 11:33 AM   #21 
  - Well isn't that impressively contemptuous of god only knows how many people... (nt)  Posteritatis   Dec-07-09 02:18 PM   #110 
     - Thanks for playing but you're on "ignore" now...  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 02:28 PM   #115 
     - +100  Hatchling   Dec-08-09 09:44 AM   #150 
  - I have been insulted!  Cirque du So-What   Dec-07-09 11:35 AM   #23 
  - I've noticed cycles.  Cleita   Dec-07-09 11:36 AM   #24 
  - Well, as a dentist, I can tell you that dentists usually get treated like shit around here...  drbtg1   Dec-07-09 11:37 AM   #25 
  - Anti-dentite sentiment is rabid around here. nt  Cant trust em   Dec-07-09 11:38 AM   #27 
  - Yes, but come one...no one likes dentists. It's warranted in that case.  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 11:39 AM   #28 
     - I'm just referencing a Seinfeld episode.  Cant trust em   Dec-07-09 11:41 AM   #30 
     - I have been here for years - and do not remember ever seeing a thread on dentistry  DrDan   Dec-07-09 11:48 AM   # 
        - I find that statement hard to believe.  drbtg1   Dec-07-09 12:03 PM   #40 
           - Yes, the Dental Problem on DU has been a growing concern for all of us ...  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 12:07 PM   #41 
           - I didn't say I did not believe you - I only said I have not seen any in my years here  DrDan   Dec-07-09 12:18 PM   #56 
              - Perhaps the poster mistook this for "Dental Underground" ?  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 12:20 PM   #60 
                 - well, I for one, will be offering beaucoup respect next time I jump into the middle of a dental  DrDan   Dec-07-09 12:26 PM   #68 
                 - It's the warmongering, Hillary-supporting dentists who wont go for a public optin that are the worst  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 12:30 PM   #72 
                    - they just don't appreciate the cavity of the situation  DrDan   Dec-07-09 12:50 PM   #84 
                    - Just can't give up the primaries, can you?  Hatchling   Dec-08-09 09:50 AM   #151 
                       - Gee... didn't mean to hit a nerve or anything  Techn0Girl   Dec-08-09 01:37 PM   #159 
                 - I know you think that you're being funny, but look back at your posts here.  drbtg1   Dec-07-09 12:29 PM   #71 
     - Thanks for proving my point.  drbtg1   Dec-07-09 11:56 AM   #36 
        - But.... some of my best friends are dentists !  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 11:58 AM   #37 
           - Har de har har  drbtg1   Dec-07-09 12:13 PM   #48 
  - Yeah, I think all dentists are like convicted murderer Bart Corbin  tonysam   Dec-07-09 12:22 PM   #61 
  - Yup, the Drs. that aren't "real Drs."--that's BS. When you need one,  mistertrickster   Dec-07-09 03:49 PM   #129 
  - Just a word of encouragement…  TicketyBoo   Dec-07-09 10:51 PM   #138 
  - be glad your not a police officer  snooper2   Dec-08-09 11:44 AM   #156 
     - I have a great deal of respect for police officiers...  drbtg1   Dec-08-09 05:10 PM   #161 
  - Of greater concern (to me, at least) is the disrespect for logic that is rampant.  havocmom   Dec-07-09 11:48 AM   #33 
  - If it's a choice between disrespecting people or logic than I opt for the latter  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 11:51 AM   #35 
  - Respect for the moderates' positions.  kentuck   Dec-07-09 12:01 PM   #39 
  - Sorry, but all opinions are NOT equally valid. Rightwing ideology gets no respect from me  Romulox   Dec-07-09 12:10 PM   #43 
  - The idea may not deserve a modicum of respect but the person should...  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 12:13 PM   #46 
  - Nope. Rightwingers don't get to spout rightwing ideology unchallenged  Romulox   Dec-07-09 12:17 PM   #55 
  - Well that's your opinion and I will have to respectfullly strongly disagree....  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 12:23 PM   #63 
     - You are absolutely incorrect. One person (me) does indeed get to choose what I think is rightwing  Romulox   Dec-07-09 12:33 PM   #75 
        - "After all who can stop me"  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 12:36 PM   #78 
        - LOLs. Does your "modicum" of respect including insinuating that those who dare disagree  Romulox   Dec-07-09 12:50 PM   #85 
        - But you just said what's "rightwing" is objectively determined through international concensus  Posteritatis   Dec-07-09 02:26 PM   #114 
           - No, read it more carefully. I said "with reference to" objective criteria.  Romulox   Dec-07-09 02:40 PM   #120 
  - Perhaps only "matter of opinion" for those unfamiliar w/what their views actually represent  Echo In Light   Dec-07-09 12:19 PM   #58 
  - ESPECIALLY if  Echo In Light   Dec-07-09 12:14 PM   #49 
  - +1  Individualist   Dec-07-09 12:17 PM   #54 
  - You can argue against an ideology without resorting to insulting the poster though.  Caliman73   Dec-07-09 12:20 PM   #59 
  - Absolutely agreed! The problem is, if I accurately cast another's views as rightward, they'll use it  Echo In Light   Dec-07-09 12:25 PM   #65 
  - At that point, they have lost the argument and you can move on  Caliman73   Dec-07-09 12:43 PM   #82 
     - Those types are easily avoided - just watch for overt refutation of anything remotely conspiratorial  Echo In Light   Dec-07-09 01:07 PM   #93 
  - You can IF you have even the most minimal intellectual capacity for reasoned discussion...  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 12:26 PM   #67 
  - But then why engage with someone who does not?  Caliman73   Dec-07-09 12:49 PM   #83 
  - If that poster's entire raison d'etre is to promote said ideology, then the distinction means little  Romulox   Dec-07-09 12:37 PM   #80 
     - Again, I agree with you  Caliman73   Dec-07-09 12:59 PM   #91 
        - Right on all counts! nt  Romulox   Dec-07-09 01:44 PM   #104 
  - but to you, anything to the right of chairman mao is "RW"  dionysus   Dec-07-09 02:19 PM   #112 
     - A banned poster once told me that I said "Anyone with over $1000 in the bank is a 'class traitor'"  Romulox   Dec-07-09 02:42 PM   #121 
        - i only have 68.37 in the bank so you ain't got nuthin on me!  dionysus   Dec-07-09 02:57 PM   #125 
  - Yes.  treestar   Dec-07-09 12:12 PM   #44 
  - No, it's evil to work for a corporation  tammywammy   Dec-07-09 12:17 PM   #53 
  - Any reason why we should have specific sympathy for janitors working on Wall Street?  Romulox   Dec-07-09 12:52 PM   #86 
  - It's not you. Most of the insults I see are done with no forethought and for absolutely no reason.  lamp_shade   Dec-07-09 12:13 PM   #45 
  - your concern is noted.  KG   Dec-07-09 12:15 PM   #51 
  - I see a lot of snappy sass!  jotsy   Dec-07-09 12:15 PM   #52 
  - Is there really nothing going on in the world?  tonysam   Dec-07-09 12:19 PM   #57 
  - When I point out that an anti-war argument is flawed and get called a Warmonger for it  berni_mccoy   Dec-07-09 12:22 PM   #62 
  - Warmonger is a great example. nt  Cant trust em   Dec-07-09 12:27 PM   #69 
     - Well if you promote war ... that IS an accurate description. It truly is...  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 12:28 PM   #70 
        - How is refuting an anti-war argument the promotion of war?  berni_mccoy   Dec-07-09 12:31 PM   #73 
        - It's not. I didn't say that. Promoting war is not refuting an anti-war argument  Techn0Girl   Dec-07-09 12:32 PM   #74 
        - OK, I just wanted to be clear on that. Because I have been called a warmonger for such.  berni_mccoy   Dec-07-09 12:35 PM   #76 
        - Saying Obama = Hitler Is Just WRONG!  zorahopkins   Dec-07-09 01:25 PM   #97 
        - That may be true, but it certainly doesn't seek to increase understanding  Cant trust em   Dec-07-09 12:52 PM   #88 
  - Most of the ugliness here is the work of a relatively small group of posters.  QC   Dec-07-09 12:24 PM   #64 
  - What respect for other posters on DU?  damntexdem   Dec-07-09 12:26 PM   #66 
  - Th anonymity of the internet is a license for being rude ...  Martin Eden   Dec-07-09 12:35 PM   #77 
  - The bigger one's mouth online, chances are the greater the coward in real life  Echo In Light   Dec-07-09 12:37 PM   #81 
  - I think a distinction between bashing and running and bashing and supporting a  peacetalksforall   Dec-07-09 12:36 PM   #79 
  - There is quite a lot.  NutmegYankee   Dec-07-09 12:52 PM   #87 
  - Been going on for years  TorchTheWitch   Dec-07-09 12:54 PM   #89 
  - I Appreciate Your Thoughts On This Vital Issue  zorahopkins   Dec-07-09 12:59 PM   #90 
  - You didn't really things would change for the better when OMC left did you?  lpbk2713   Dec-07-09 12:59 PM   #92 
  - Who is OMC? nt  Cant trust em   Dec-07-09 01:42 PM   #102 
  - Niether.  rocktivity   Dec-07-09 01:25 PM   #98 
  - I have nothing but respect for people who can disagree with me using logic and  salguine   Dec-07-09 01:28 PM   #99 
  - Perhaps I should try that?  kentuck   Dec-07-09 01:46 PM   #105 
  - I generally don't consider them worth the effort of ignoring  Posteritatis   Dec-07-09 02:22 PM   #113 
     - I had a bunch of people on ignore in the primaries.  Hatchling   Dec-08-09 09:58 AM   #152 
  - True, but can't change it  thesquanderer   Dec-07-09 02:13 PM   #106 
  - There's an awful lot of quiet desperation on DU that I don't see on other blog sites. n/t  newtothegame   Dec-07-09 02:37 PM   #119 
  - Yes.  Iggo   Dec-07-09 02:42 PM   #122 
  - ...---...  L0oniX   Dec-07-09 02:56 PM   #124 
  - Damn right. Just because one disagrees doesn't mean that they support Sarah Palin and listen  mistertrickster   Dec-07-09 03:43 PM   #126 
  - The interesting thing, is when one side calls out the other for doing exactly the same thing they do  Peacetrain   Dec-07-09 03:46 PM   #127 
  - I am all for engaging in real debate, but you have to have a thick skin  debbierlus   Dec-07-09 03:49 PM   #128 
  - It's more about really talking about the issue  Cant trust em   Dec-07-09 04:08 PM   #130 
  - The tone of this place should improve dramatically now.  QC   Dec-07-09 04:43 PM   #131 
  - errrrrr....We're Democrats.  RagAss   Dec-07-09 04:53 PM   #132 
  - Anyone who expects "respect" on the internet is bound to be disappointed.  PeaceNikki   Dec-07-09 04:57 PM   #133 
  - Anyone who doesn't expect and demand a basic level of respect in all aspects of their ....  Techn0Girl   Dec-08-09 08:55 AM   #146 
     - um... I didn't call you an asshole. Go feign your shock elsewhere.  PeaceNikki   Dec-08-09 09:24 AM   #147 
        - For someone who has "Peace" in their name you are remarkbly hostile....  Techn0Girl   Dec-08-09 10:24 AM   #153 
           - See? You've now illustrated the absolute absurdity of your entire thread.  PeaceNikki   Dec-08-09 10:44 AM   #154 
              - Correction ... you WERE remarkably hostile. Now you're simply on ignore.  Techn0Girl   Dec-08-09 11:34 AM   #155 
                 - I SAID GOOD DAY!!  PeaceNikki   Dec-08-09 11:55 AM   #157 
  - I figure I'll end up being banned for something I say eventually  Generic Other   Dec-07-09 05:18 PM   #134 
  - i think  barbtries   Dec-07-09 06:20 PM   #135 
  - Were you here during the primaries? This is nothing in comparison.  Nikki Stone1   Dec-07-09 10:53 PM   #139 
  - It goes, it seems it me, back to the primaries.  Stinky The Clown   Dec-07-09 11:08 PM   #140 
  - Sometimes.  politicasista   Dec-07-09 11:27 PM   #141 
  - Yeah ...  gleaner   Dec-07-09 11:34 PM   #143 
  - Are you nuts? Are you off your meds? Are you stupid? Rightie?  Cetacea   Dec-07-09 11:44 PM   #144 
  - Yes, I've noticed it too  Raine   Dec-08-09 04:21 AM   #145 
  - No different from any other place, really...  pipi_k   Dec-08-09 09:24 AM   #148 
  - Nice post, Hitler.  Javaman   Dec-08-09 09:28 AM   #149 
  - A) "Disrespect" is in the eye of the beholder.  PeaceNikki   Dec-08-09 11:59 AM   #158 
  - I think that DU...  LanternWaste   Dec-08-09 01:49 PM   #160 
 

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