Just when I thought the 'cult' nonsense was done with...

[Danger Mouse]

someone resurrects it...and it gets 17 rec's! Mods, can we please put an end to this?

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Get used to it, it isn't going to go away.

Hubbard had no problem with a cult, why do you?

[Danger Mouse]

3. oh man. for the 100th time, i am NOT a scientologist.

http://www.xenu.net

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. You just like to read crappy books?

[Bicoastal]

17. L. Ron was the guy's name...Elrond was a character in LOTR.

It's a joke.

[TexasObserver]

37. Well, I'm not a Scientologist or a Hobbit!!

Just wanted to nail that down.

[Danger Mouse]

21. i don't even like hubbard. the name is a joking/mocking reference to him.

[The_Casual_Observer]

23. I don't like Charles Manson, but I wouldn't have thought it funny

to use his name. To each his own.

[Danger Mouse]

26. I don't think of Manson as being worthy of derision.

since he's just a serial killer.
Hubbard is the sacred cow and founder of a large money-making scheme/cult, therefore I feel he is worthy of mocking.

[FrenchieCat]

2. It's alright.....

Simply Dems acting like animals caught in a trap thrashing about during their last minutes of life. It ain't pretty and even a bit sad, but take comfort that it won't go on for too much longer!

[Danger Mouse]

5. yeah, just wish this garbage woud just die already.

[FrenchieCat]

10. I was pissed initially, and realized that "real" people out there are too smart for

this belittling bullshit.

It shines a light on those so desperate that they would attempt to ridicule millions of Dems, and later they will have the nerve to ask for their votes.

That is when the problem will start. But they can't see any further than the fucking nose. It's called biting off your nose to spite your face.

It's given me a whole new look at "progressives" in general, and DU in particular. Some people have no boundaries and will go however low they can.

Just bookmark all of the threads where this shit is being reveled. Cause these folks will be reminded of exactly where they went. Plus, it just shows that they ain't no better than Bush and his Bushbots.

[golddigger]

36. Hit a nerve aye?

:evilgrin:

[emilyg]

32. Especially since you keep bringing it up.

[RevolutionaryActs]

4. For real

talk about eating your own, it's ridiculous.

[Danger Mouse]

22. i'll still vote for hillary in the GE without fail if she wins but all of this...

...i think there will be longterm hard feelings on my part towards a lot of these folks, and that makes me sad.

[joshcryer]

7. Any Paul Krugman article deserves as many recommendations as it can get.

If you don't like Paul Krugman, then I suggest you STFU.

[joshcryer]

8. BTW, I am on DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND. Paul Krugman used to be PRAISED here.

I am blown away by these continued reactions against Paul Krugman. Holy fucking shit.

[RevolutionaryActs]

14. I don't think it's so much that as the fact that fellow democrats

are insinuating that we're a bunch of mindless, kool-aid drinking junkies.

[joshcryer]

30. You're projecting.

To be honest, when ones reply is just some three word bullshit line that means little, then you start to perpetuate that concept and do become what you're afraid of being.

[cali]

39. really? why? It's as predictable as sunrise.Lo

And it happens on both sides. Look at the vitriol directed at Pat Leahy by Hillary supporters. Or Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg. Or Ted Kennedy. Or The Nation.

[stillrockin]

9. Another Paul Krugman cultist heard from . . .

B-)

[Scurrilous]

12. LOL

Good one! :thumbsup:

[joshcryer]

28. I'd be happy to be called that. He's been calling out stupid free market practices forever.

And he's right on most of his analysis.

[stillrockin]

40. You've got your heroes, I've got mine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/opinion/10rich.html?ei=5087&em=&en=e24742716b04417f&ex=1202878800&pagewanted=print

[stillrockin]

41. You've got your heroes, I've got mine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/opinion/10rich.html?ei=5087&em=&en=e24742716b04417f&ex=1202878800&pagewanted=print

[Adelante]

43. I needed that

:D

[mrreowwr_kittty]

15. Um, looks like someone has a case of "cult worship" there.

Just sayin' :shrug:

[VolcanoJen]

16. We. Are. All. Krugman. Zombies.

Who is drinking the whacky punch now??? Since when did the Democratic Party declare Paul Krugman infallible?

[Danger Mouse]

19. Haha, wow, a little rabid, aren't we?

Hey, I'm a member of the Obama cult, but I don't recall ever saying 'if you don't like Obama, I suggest you STFU.'
How about this? I will not STFU.
KTHNX.

[Renew Deal]

24. Wow, open minded.

So can Krugman do no wrong? You sound like a cultist.

[countmyvote4real]

25. Camelot. Fairy tale. Cult. Paul Krugman?

Sorry, I'm out of the loop.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

11. Just because you don't like it doesn't make it beyond discussion

You can say the cult thing is bogus, but you cannot rationally call on the mods to forbid people talking about it.

The post you cite is a Paul Krugman piece, and Krugman is a more respected liberal source even than yourself.

[Danger Mouse]

18. Even than myself?

I was unaware I was a respected liberal source :P
It's not just that, though...apparently now Obama is 'sacrificing people at his altar'
It's getting out of hand, and personal attacks are being mixed in with it.

[Firespirit]

13. Apparently people are now being "sacrificed at his altar"

I'm wondering when we'll start to hear about secret chants and the blood of virgins.

[Danger Mouse]

20. It's incredible.

[PurityOfEssence]

27. He talks like a preacher, he hangs out with preachers, he sends 'em out to drum up support...

Hell, a religion's nothing but a cult that made it.

Tactics have unintended results sometimes.

[jackson_dem]

29. Obamites keep screaming for the rules to be changed to save their virgin eyes

This again lends credence to Krugman's point. Obamites can't handle hearing any criticism of Obama or his "movement." You don't see Edwardians or Hillary supporters constantly crying for rule changes to shield their candidate from criticism.

[Danger Mouse]

31. I can handle legitimate criticism of Obama just fine.

He wasn't my first choice, anyway.
Just sick of this cult nonsense.

[jackson_dem]

35. Tell the campaign to chill out with the slogan chants

That would go a long way into helping reduce the cult talk.

[Danger Mouse]

42. I'd love to.

Somehow, I doubt they'd listen to me.

[grantcart]

33. Some are stuck on stage IV

Stage I When you do not have the best position on the war - prevaricate

Stage II When you do not have the clear voice of leadership - triangulate

Stage III When you do not have the momentum - trivialize the election just lost

Stage IV When you do not have anywhere to go - instigate a smear on the supporters as unthinking cultists

Stage V When the supporters embrace the slur and turn it around - start backing up the dump truck and release a load
against the leader who has sparked a fire across the country.

Stage VI When this desperate tactic is reviled - step aside as the great locomotive of history barrels by you and you turn to watch history pass you by.

We are about to pass out of the Stage IV. It had no traction. These Obama followers took a cue from their leader and rather than casting aspersions on the followers of Clinton simply stated: Cultists = Yes we are and by embracing the absurd made the charge even more ridiculous than it was.

[Skittles]

34. why?

why is bad to point out the inherent creepiness of idolizing a freaking politician?

[TexasObserver]

38. Hillary: Paul, I need you to jump. Krugman: How high?