Am I taking this the wrong way?

[xmas74]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4919308&mesg_id=4920558

I am reading this as the poster is calling Rep Cleaver a liar and, later on, implying that I am an idiot.

(I bring this up here because Rep Cleaver is the African-American rep from KC who has always supported HRC. He recently stated that the Obama camp has been doing their damnedest to make him change his superdelegate support.)

Am I overreacting or is the poster an asshole?

[Qanisqineq]

1. I think the poster is an asshole

I took it the way you took it. IMO, the poster thinks he/she is superior to others. That's the impression I get.

[xmas74]

2. Ok.

So at least I have another opinion stating that I'm not overreacting.

I suspected as much. If I had been wrong I would have admitted it. The poster mentioned refuses to admit much of anything.

[jillan]

3. Isn't that red O he has in his avatar, the symbol of Overstock.com?

Sometimes you just have to laugh at some of these posters :)

[xmas74]

4. That's what I thought.

I still don't understand it.

[Qanisqineq]

5. yeah, it looks pretty close to that

okaaaay. LOL

[katty]

11. yeah, many posters on DU bully and assert superiority

it's their MO all the time.

[zabet]

6. Poster = asshole

Loved this post in the thread...

"bridgit (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-06-08 07:21 AM
Response to Reply #85
92. Fair enough, but here's part of what I'm saying too: BO has been skating...
Edited on Thu Mar-06-08 07:38 AM by bridgit
atop Oprah's evangelical endorsement of him for months. She did everything but handle snakes & talk in tongues; while alluding to not so much the down trodden masses; as a certain demographic within them and no we aren't allowed to address any specifics here even when there are.

Yet, as BO stood beside looking down his nose/nodding along in approval; she nevertheless spoke to them, their long suffering, their pain, hopes & longing for sustained change (Michelle speaks to that demo still with her 'prophetic angle' on how slothen & complacent we are as a people...can't go into just who she's channeling there, but a review of her society's; her personally loved & respected society's people of letters are where such clues reside) brought forth from the wilderness by a modern prophet of a noble, ancient people; a prophet of that very hope & change i.e. "BaRACK o-BAMA!!" and off chugged that ship into the deep and holy water cause Oprah stepped outside her pew so as to make it all thus & so. Queue Stevie Wonder.

That ship has been chugging ever since. It has chugged right past a host of ill advised straits and oceanic obstacles other candidates are *required* to navigate (by long established, and for very good reason: maritime protocols) simply because too many were afraid to ask the Capitan any questions for fear being labeled 'a Capitan hater' chug-chug-chug-chug-chug-chug-chug.....

However, when you; say you for instance, call below, "Full Stop!" on such a ship with such a mission so holy; it may likely take 10,s of miles before it comes into a state of rest at sea. With prevailing winds, and currents, perhaps a bit of the mission itself still gently blowing at it's backside the vessel will go a bit further but make no mistake,

The engine of the ship is stopped and no longer engaged as a practical matter.

And that imo is in no small measure how; BO has gotten so far thus. His supporters have not required any answers because his message was enough. And *now* the gap has closed requiring a 4-5:1 ratio of good ole fashioned money spending hand-over-fist to maintain that status of rest at sea.

It is not easy running against an unspoken, undefined man of god (small 'g'). We all sat right here and watched bush invoke such images of nondenominational 'wonder working power', and I still have empathy for folks that fall for it still

"GrampaGrouchipants"
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Nicely said!!!! :toast:

[xmas74]

8. I love bridget.

We used to post to each other in the Lounge all the time. She can mess with a head better than most.

[zabet]

12. She does the 'mind fuck' with style!

[xmas74]

15. Which is why I

like her so much!

[zabet]

7. He also uses more than the 4 paragraphs

that allowed for cut and paste to
prevent copyright infringement. }(

[xmas74]

9. Quite true.

But right now few seem to care about the rules here on DU.

[zabet]

13. I know...

sad isn't it. There also seems
to be a little bias in rule enforcement
as of late. :tinfoilhat:

[xmas74]

16. You've noticed that too?

And I'd almost bet that it will just keep getting worse.

[rodeodance]

10. lots of OUTrage by Obamakiddoes--WHO did not/cared not to know that it

was Obamasurrogates calling Black delegates 'uncle tom's"

idiots. you did fine. i had gotten involved also and alerted. i see some of the more vile obamacamp comments and names have been deleted. good for the mods!

[xmas74]

14. thanks.

I'm always concerned that maybe I'll take things too far. As of that time I'd felt that I hadn't gone far enough.

[xmas74]

17. He's still at it.

He has "issues" with the Kansas City Star.

I informed him that he should write down what really happened (since he seems to know more about the situation), send it to The Star, demand that they publish it on the front page and immediately fire the reporter who wrote the original article.



He has also questioned my comprehension skills, stating that he's never alluded to Cleaver being a liar. I gave him Cleaver's email address at his church and informed him that he should write to it and discuss it with Rep Cleaver, since Cleaver seems to be good at spinning tall tales.