SidDithers
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Mon Mar-28-11 07:31 AM
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Must be all those right-wing Marxists and Socialists that post here, that the OP is talking about.
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| -What the hell has happened to Democratic Underground? |
Syrinx |
Mar-28-11 06:59 AM |
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This is gonna get locked |
notadmblnd |
Mar-28-11 07:02 AM |
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Nothing has happened to DU. It's basically the same as it was... |
HereSince1628 |
Mar-28-11 07:04 AM |
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You haven't been paying attention if you think Nothing has happened. |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 09:46 AM |
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Maybe you should give some concrete examples... |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 07:05 AM |
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+1 n/t |
JTFrog |
Mar-28-11 07:05 AM |
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Obama is working steadily to Slash Social Security |
MannyGoldstein |
Mar-28-11 07:27 AM |
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+1... |
SidDithers |
Mar-28-11 07:31 AM |
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Always interesting to see who thinks this place is too far left |
CreekDog |
Mar-28-11 08:42 AM |
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I didn't say anything about being "too far left"... |
SidDithers |
Mar-28-11 08:47 AM |
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orifice |
CreekDog |
Mar-28-11 08:57 AM |
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You thought wrong...nt |
SidDithers |
Mar-28-11 09:00 AM |
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Interesting. We don't often agree, but here we do.......... |
socialist_n_TN |
Mar-28-11 10:54 AM |
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I suspect we probably agree far more often than either of us thinks... |
SidDithers |
Mar-28-11 11:01 AM |
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Maybe so Sid, maybe so........... |
socialist_n_TN |
Mar-28-11 11:28 AM |
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Please point out where I said this place "is too far left"... You can't do it. |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 11:12 AM |
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"outdated pacifism" |
JVS |
Mar-28-11 07:32 AM |
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Perhaps "outdated" is the new "quaint". n/t |
gkhouston |
Mar-28-11 08:00 AM |
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wars and $700 Billion defense budgets never go out of style |
CreekDog |
Mar-28-11 08:43 AM |
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You don't need $700 billion to assist NATO in helping the Libyans... |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 11:18 AM |
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Those darned elderly pacifismists! |
H2O Man |
Mar-28-11 08:45 AM |
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You want to add a thought, an argument or an explanation to that? |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 11:17 AM |
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I've seen stuff that seems very much like |
NYC Liberal |
Mar-28-11 08:06 AM |
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why do you post that outdated number? there's been a new (and lower one) for a while? |
CreekDog |
Mar-28-11 08:44 AM |
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It's fluctuated a whole...3%...between 84 and 87 in the past few weeks. nt |
NYC Liberal |
Mar-28-11 09:37 AM |
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Ah so you knew it was 84% but you kept your graphic (sans link) saying 87% |
CreekDog |
Mar-28-11 10:52 AM |
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Oh, are we entering the Twilight Zone now? |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 11:10 AM |
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Name removed |
Mar-28-11 09:07 AM |
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"outdated pacifism"? |
kickysnana |
Mar-28-11 09:20 AM |
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Well, the often-repeated depleted uranium lie is a good example |
Recursion |
Mar-28-11 10:30 AM |
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Yep, because they wanna convince themselves America is baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad! |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 11:08 AM |
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I will check that out. n/t |
kickysnana |
Mar-28-11 11:26 AM |
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Uranium is a heavy metal |
Recursion |
Mar-28-11 11:31 AM |
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If DU were in power in WWII, Europe wouldn't have been liberated at all. |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 11:07 AM |
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Outdated pacifism?? |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-28-11 09:47 AM |
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Welcome to reality. You wanna stop Qaddafi by planting flowers in his soldiers' guns? |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 11:02 AM |
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Define "far left." And where do you see actual Pacifism? |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 09:50 AM |
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"The far left" is the people on DU who want the Libyans to be massacred, just to hold onto pacifism. |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 11:01 AM |
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Have you seen ANYONE here who wants Libyans to be Massacred? |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 11:53 AM |
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I'm just pointing out the consequences of their stances. They should own up to that. |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 12:17 PM |
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If you joined in 2007, |
intheflow |
Mar-28-11 09:58 AM |
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Pacifism has been outdated since... the beginning of time. War is a reality. |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 10:59 AM |
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Kinda like we stopped the masssacres in Rwanda, or the |
displacedvermoter |
Mar-28-11 11:16 AM |
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So you're advocating we should *continue* to look away from massacres? |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 11:19 AM |
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Not necessarily, just wondering |
displacedvermoter |
Mar-28-11 11:30 AM |
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There was no oil in Kosovo; no white victims in Somalia... |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 12:06 PM |
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Outdated pacifism. OMG. Reagan totally won. U just validated the OP. |
Zorra |
Mar-28-11 10:44 AM |
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Why did Reagan, the worst president ever, "win"? Because I have a realistic worldview? |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 10:56 AM |
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*sigh* Yeh, that "realistic world view" has worked so well for us over the last 30 years. |
Zorra |
Mar-28-11 11:34 AM |
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Thank you for saying nicely what I have been feeling |
displacedvermoter |
Mar-28-11 11:41 AM |
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Everyone thinks their own viewpoint is realistic. |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 11:55 AM |
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Why should I care who gets the most agreement on DU? Is this a popularity contest? |
DutchLiberal |
Mar-28-11 12:22 PM |
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+1000% -- |
defendandprotect |
Mar-28-11 11:24 AM |
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But it isn't right wing if Obama does it. |
Quantess |
Mar-28-11 07:06 AM |
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Many more than a handful |
pintobean |
Mar-28-11 08:15 AM |
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From day-one it has been sickening watching people cheering behaviors |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 10:02 AM |
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Already said, I would have supported the unified UN action against Libya regardless of who was pres. |
Godhumor |
Mar-28-11 10:31 AM |
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+1000000 n/t |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-28-11 10:51 AM |
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So true. n/t |
QC |
Mar-28-11 10:54 AM |
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What happened? Obama got elected. |
Recovered Repug |
Mar-28-11 07:08 AM |
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exactly |
ixion |
Mar-28-11 07:12 AM |
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Thankfully, Obama did not attack unilaterally as Bush did, but let the UN make the decision. |
pampango |
Mar-28-11 09:15 AM |
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which is a matter of semantics, which matters not to the people on the receiving end |
ixion |
Mar-28-11 11:10 AM |
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Regretfully, you are right. nt |
mfcorey1 |
Mar-28-11 07:11 AM |
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It's not Alabama that makes people suspicious, it's that silly checkered hat that Bear Bryant wears. |
leveymg |
Mar-28-11 07:13 AM |
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Bear is dead, but you DID know that, right???? |
dixiegrrrrl |
Mar-28-11 07:54 AM |
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Bear Bryant IS Alabama football! Always, present tense included. |
leveymg |
Mar-28-11 07:57 AM |
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You're very right (no pun intended) |
Stinky The Clown |
Mar-28-11 07:14 AM |
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I haven't noticed a right-wing veer, since I have not been here that long... |
ellenrr |
Mar-28-11 07:15 AM |
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I don' t know if it is the site or me but years back it seemed liked |
KurtNYC |
Mar-28-11 07:35 AM |
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exactly... Maybe it is that these people watch too much tv |
ellenrr |
Mar-28-11 07:49 AM |
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I agree with you |
lukasahero |
Mar-28-11 08:17 AM |
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I come here less often, but I still come to take a look at the articles and news that is being poste |
ellenrr |
Mar-28-11 08:39 AM |
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You've been here a month. Holy shit. |
Fuzz |
Mar-28-11 10:18 AM |
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I would enjoy a feature here that lets you block posts that have the |
KurtNYC |
Mar-28-11 08:43 AM |
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I actually saw a post not long ago attacking |
intheflow |
Mar-28-11 10:05 AM |
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track their posts and if they don't live up to some level of expectation - "get rid of them" |
DrDan |
Mar-28-11 07:41 AM |
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I guess this is an example of sarcasm posing as wisdom |
ellenrr |
Mar-28-11 07:47 AM |
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I don't remember reading that in the site rules . .. "no sarcastic stupid posts allowed" |
DrDan |
Mar-28-11 07:53 AM |
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What's your problem? |
lukasahero |
Mar-28-11 08:20 AM |
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I don't this this site is about censorship - we have features that |
DrDan |
Mar-28-11 08:32 AM |
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yes I wish there were such a rule. I don't expect it, it would entail a lot of work |
ellenrr |
Mar-28-11 08:28 AM |
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Examination |
RegieRocker |
Mar-28-11 08:38 AM |
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+1...Ban those who by your criteria have "nothing to say" |
Marengo |
Mar-28-11 10:51 AM |
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IIRC that is the sort of thing done on Free Republic |
Donnachaidh |
Mar-28-11 10:53 AM |
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Define "right wing"? |
Spider Jerusalem |
Mar-28-11 07:16 AM |
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DU has become more polarized, not more right-wing... |
SidDithers |
Mar-28-11 07:16 AM |
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+1 - and brussel sprouts rock |
pintobean |
Mar-28-11 08:24 AM |
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DU HAS become more right wing. |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 10:20 AM |
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And they're balanced by a fairly large portion of posters here... |
SidDithers |
Mar-28-11 10:35 AM |
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I see your point, but you are only partially right. |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 11:29 AM |
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Personality vs. Policy n/t |
demmiblue |
Mar-28-11 07:17 AM |
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I don't agree. There have been RW moles and sock puppets as long as I've been here. |
Atman |
Mar-28-11 07:24 AM |
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I ask the same question, through for a different reason. It seems that ever since Bush left office, |
BzaDem |
Mar-28-11 07:27 AM |
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Mar-28-11 07:28 AM |
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thanks for that |
Syrinx |
Mar-28-11 07:31 AM |
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No, I live in Fly, Tennessee. |
Fly by night |
Mar-28-11 09:27 AM |
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Seriously. How many "Here are my thinly veiled republican talking points" posts must we endure? |
JVS |
Mar-28-11 07:30 AM |
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As Obama has lurched ever rightward, |
QC |
Mar-28-11 07:34 AM |
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+1 n/t |
intheflow |
Mar-28-11 10:09 AM |
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Yes. Well said. |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 11:57 AM |
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The party itself is continuously creeping to the right |
Pab Sungenis |
Mar-28-11 07:35 AM |
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"And why he's likely to lose to a frothing-right Republican in 2012," |
pnorman |
Mar-28-11 07:56 AM |
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Any of them but Palin. |
Pab Sungenis |
Mar-28-11 08:14 AM |
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Are there any upcoming candidates on the right who don't |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 11:58 AM |
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+1,000 |
LWolf |
Mar-28-11 08:23 AM |
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Amen |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-28-11 10:22 AM |
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i agree. the other day a bunch of posters were talking about what |
Hannah Bell |
Mar-28-11 07:36 AM |
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She could have walked into any hedge fund based upon who her father is |
Nye Bevan |
Mar-28-11 08:10 AM |
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She is doing more damage pushing educational privatization |
senseandsensibility |
Mar-28-11 10:46 AM |
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That was a trip |
proud2BlibKansan |
Mar-28-11 10:26 AM |
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While Chelsea got her hedge fund job on talent and merit alone? nt |
hack89 |
Mar-28-11 11:29 AM |
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There used to be more voices on the Left |
MannyGoldstein |
Mar-28-11 07:44 AM |
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why? n/t |
ellenrr |
Mar-28-11 07:50 AM |
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Word, Manny. n/t |
Mnemosyne |
Mar-28-11 07:54 AM |
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Guess they broke some rules. |
Ikonoklast |
Mar-28-11 08:12 AM |
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Quite true. |
Dappleganger |
Mar-28-11 09:10 AM |
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"Many are unable to post anymore" using their original names...nt |
SidDithers |
Mar-28-11 09:31 AM |
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That's a fact Jack, foiled by the 'purity' squads!!! |
DainBramaged |
Mar-28-11 12:23 PM |
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I would argue that the left is still here, but now there's a cadre.... |
Scuba |
Mar-28-11 07:53 AM |
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Great platform |
BeFree |
Mar-28-11 08:43 AM |
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But I'm not the only one. n/t |
Scuba |
Mar-28-11 09:23 AM |
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Vote Scuba 2012. |
intheflow |
Mar-28-11 10:13 AM |
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Mar-28-11 07:56 AM |
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The DU is a "social organism" and like all organisms, it oscillates |
ladjf |
Mar-28-11 07:57 AM |
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Well said. Thanks. |
Scuba |
Mar-28-11 08:38 AM |
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HUGE KNR! n/t |
indimuse |
Mar-28-11 07:58 AM |
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Simple economics. |
TheCowsCameHome |
Mar-28-11 08:00 AM |
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Recommend! |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Mar-28-11 08:04 AM |
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sane old tune. |
cali |
Mar-28-11 08:12 AM |
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Mar-28-11 08:24 AM |
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"Hide thread" and "Ignore" are your friends. |
Nye Bevan |
Mar-28-11 08:31 AM |
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Good post |
malaise |
Mar-28-11 08:33 AM |
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What has happened is, you've lost tolerance for disagreement. DU becomes your place for validation |
KittyWampus |
Mar-28-11 08:35 AM |
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So very true. A ray of sunshine in this dark and becoming darker world. |
RegieRocker |
Mar-28-11 08:41 AM |
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Wow. That's very, very well-put. |
Codeine |
Mar-28-11 09:43 AM |
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Sums it up nicely. Well done. nt |
blondeatlast |
Mar-28-11 09:47 AM |
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Excellent post. Spot on. n/t |
tammywammy |
Mar-28-11 10:01 AM |
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Um, this is democratic UNDERGROUND? Not republican lite mainstream. |
Zorra |
Mar-28-11 11:01 AM |
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Maybe it's DEMOCRATIC underground... |
SidDithers |
Mar-28-11 11:06 AM |
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Great point. Either way, it should mean the same thing in practice. |
Zorra |
Mar-28-11 11:41 AM |
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Yes, well a lot of people's main concern is whether or not you want a pony |
CreekDog |
Mar-28-11 08:41 AM |
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DU's "big tent" grew larger... |
Dappleganger |
Mar-28-11 09:15 AM |
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I too think it's distinctly more conservative than when I joined some years ago. |
snot |
Mar-28-11 09:28 AM |
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I would say it has gotten much, much, much more left-leaning |
Godhumor |
Mar-28-11 09:42 AM |
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I don't see that at all. |
intheflow |
Mar-28-11 10:23 AM |
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And the first word is democratic, as in the party |
Godhumor |
Mar-28-11 10:28 AM |
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I think a lot of DUers have identified as independent, socialist, green, etc. |
intheflow |
Mar-28-11 10:32 AM |
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OP, what do you feel is "the right" and what is "the left"? I KNOW my opinions |
old mark |
Mar-28-11 09:36 AM |
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2001 |
BeFree |
Mar-28-11 09:50 AM |
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The right has moved so far right that what is considered 'left' used to be middle of the road if not |
Fuzz |
Mar-28-11 09:50 AM |
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You're right. The political spectrum has moved so far to the right |
ThomCat |
Mar-28-11 10:55 AM |
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All quite true, you're right. |
Dappleganger |
Mar-28-11 11:15 AM |
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Is |
ProSense |
Mar-28-11 10:01 AM |
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"Does his opinions have a place here?" |
intheflow |
Mar-28-11 10:25 AM |
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Mar-28-11 10:17 AM |
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On the same page... |
Javaman |
Mar-28-11 10:27 AM |
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Very, very true. |
intheflow |
Mar-28-11 10:33 AM |
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LOL |
NeedleCast |
Mar-28-11 10:31 AM |
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Amen a thousand times over n/t |
Godhumor |
Mar-28-11 10:32 AM |
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"All we are saying, is give War a chance" |
Baclava |
Mar-28-11 10:34 AM |
#113 |
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The Neo-liberals / "New Democrats" have co-opted the DU forum |
PufPuf23 |
Mar-28-11 10:37 AM |
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Show me a for instance. |
The Backlash Cometh |
Mar-28-11 10:41 AM |
#116 |
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Huh? You want to return to an environment in which people's motives are suspected |
Marengo |
Mar-28-11 10:44 AM |
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This site has been infiltrated to stir up trouble in the democratic base. Not working. |
Pisces |
Mar-28-11 10:57 AM |
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We aren't the Democratic base |
Recursion |
Mar-28-11 11:27 AM |
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Agreed. |
Xenotime |
Mar-28-11 11:38 AM |
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ITA. nt |
mfcorey1 |
Mar-28-11 11:41 AM |
#158 |
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Nailed it. |
Bobbie Jo |
Mar-28-11 12:22 PM |
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Well, we acquired many, many more members since then |
Cleita |
Mar-28-11 11:29 AM |
#150 |
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Still crazy after all these years |
DainBramaged |
Mar-28-11 11:36 AM |
#155 |
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Yeah... we have conservo's here |
fascisthunter |
Mar-28-11 12:12 PM |
#165 |
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If you look through the archives (can't find much pre-2003) |
SoCalDem |
Mar-28-11 12:13 PM |
#166 |
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We feel this is divisive and generally unproductive. |
pinto |
Mar-28-11 12:26 PM |
#171 |
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