Sun Apr 28, 2013, 11:22 AM
61 replies, 5066 views
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 How many people on this forum have changed something they do as a result of this forum? (Original post) |
sibelian | Apr 2013 | OP |
| CaliforniaPeggy | Apr 2013 | #1 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #2 | |
| Orrex | Apr 2013 | #3 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #32 | |
| Orrex | Apr 2013 | #36 | |
| tularetom | Apr 2013 | #4 | |
| Fumesucker | Apr 2013 | #11 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #12 | |
| KittyWampus | Apr 2013 | #5 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #6 | |
| Earth_First | Apr 2013 | #9 | |
| dballance | Apr 2013 | #10 | |
| hfojvt | Apr 2013 | #24 | |
| dballance | Apr 2013 | #25 | |
| dballance | Apr 2013 | #27 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #31 | |
| marions ghost | Apr 2013 | #14 | |
| Dash87 | Apr 2013 | #23 | |
| marions ghost | Apr 2013 | #49 | |
| ZombieHorde | Apr 2013 | #51 | |
| renie408 | Apr 2013 | #53 | |
| FSogol | Apr 2013 | #55 | |
| byeya | Apr 2013 | #7 | |
| Nye Bevan | Apr 2013 | #8 | |
| Ikonoklast | Apr 2013 | #61 | |
| Iggo | Apr 2013 | #13 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #18 | |
| rrneck | Apr 2013 | #15 | |
| etherealtruth | Apr 2013 | #16 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #19 | |
| pinto | Apr 2013 | #29 | |
| MineralMan | Apr 2013 | #17 | |
| Generic Brad | Apr 2013 | #20 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #22 | |
| The Straight Story | Apr 2013 | #21 | |
| veganlush | Apr 2013 | #26 | |
| marions ghost | Apr 2013 | #28 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #30 | |
| KoKo | Apr 2013 | #33 | |
| Lifelong Protester | Apr 2013 | #34 | |
| uppityperson | Apr 2013 | #35 | |
| hootinholler | Apr 2013 | #37 | |
| arely staircase | Apr 2013 | #40 | |
| s-cubed | Apr 2013 | #38 | |
| arely staircase | Apr 2013 | #39 | |
| ecstatic | Apr 2013 | #41 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #43 | |
| Zoeisright | Apr 2013 | #42 | |
| Robb | Apr 2013 | #44 | |
| LWolf | Apr 2013 | #45 | |
| sibelian | Apr 2013 | #46 | |
| LWolf | Apr 2013 | #47 | |
| Laelth | Apr 2013 | #52 | |
| Matariki | Apr 2013 | #56 | |
| PeaceNikki | Apr 2013 | #48 | |
| justhanginon | Apr 2013 | #50 | |
| Matariki | Apr 2013 | #54 | |
| TheKentuckian | Apr 2013 | #57 | |
| lunatica | Apr 2013 | #60 | |
| Broken_Hero | Apr 2013 | #58 | |
| lunatica | Apr 2013 | #59 |
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 11:28 AM
CaliforniaPeggy (136,264 posts)
1. Reading this forum has made me a lot more aware and thoughtful.
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I know that's not exactly what you meant, though.
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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 11:41 AM
2. Well, perhaps it is, Peggy...
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I'm not trying to suggest that the forum itelf is valueless, I'm more trying to get an anecdotal picture of how it affects people generally. It's always going to be very difficult to demonstrate what level of effectiveness it has in the individual political decisions that people make in terms of things like voting, but it's my feeling that in the end it's everyday choices that sculpt the human landscape, not legislation and I wondered how profoundly a tool like this forum might be able to affect that landscape. Being more aware and thoughtful is doing something, I would say. 
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Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 11:41 AM
Orrex (59,618 posts)
3. GD has helped me solidify my opposition to capital punishment
Response to Orrex (Reply #3)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 01:00 PM
32. Sounds interesting.
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If you don't mind my asking, what kind of epiphany was it? If you'd rather not elaborate, please don't, but you do signify it strongly and you've made my nose itch.... |
Response to sibelian (Reply #32)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 01:25 PM
Orrex (59,618 posts)
36. Happy to share--it's an oldie:
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 11:41 AM
4. I no longer watch news or political opinion programs on the teevee
Response to tularetom (Reply #4)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:03 PM
11. Indeed, DU has taught me to be extremely skeptical of anything I hear through the M$M
Response to Fumesucker (Reply #11)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:05 PM
12. I was in the habit of that before DU...
Response to dballance (Reply #10)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:47 PM
24. the FORUM is not the same thing as the SITE
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back in the old days, I used to hang out in the Lounge. For a while there is was kind of a GD-lite. You could have serious political discussions without so much of the flame wars. That is perhaps true as well in the sub-forums - issues, locations, etc.
Of course, I am only posting this to show how smart I am in understanding what she meant  |
Response to dballance (Reply #27)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:58 PM
31. I don't see why you think it was insulting.
Response to KittyWampus (Reply #5)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:20 PM
14. huh?
smart and liberal = a bad thing? |
Response to marions ghost (Reply #14)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:46 PM
23. Pretentious smartness = bad.
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It's not just DU, though. Bunch of Sheldon Coopers all over the Internet.
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Response to Dash87 (Reply #23)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 06:52 PM
49. They can't help it
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certainly Sheldon can't
Pretentious people don't bother me--I think they're kinda funny. |
Response to KittyWampus (Reply #5)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 11:35 AM
51. Crap! I've been doing it wrong. nt
Response to KittyWampus (Reply #5)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 12:04 PM
53. I guess it's a good thing you are too smart for that, huh?
Response to KittyWampus (Reply #5)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 01:44 PM
FSogol (41,021 posts)
55. Correct. Often it is a big game of "I'm more liberal than you."
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Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 11:49 AM
8. Stopped going to the Olive Garden in Times Square (nt)
Response to Nye Bevan (Reply #8)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 02:53 PM
61. Started going to the Olive Garden in Times Square.
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:07 PM
Iggo (44,015 posts)
13. The way I talk to my girls.
Response to Iggo (Reply #13)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:27 PM
18. Hm. I think that's pretty effective, then.
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:23 PM
16. Though i have always been in favor of equality for all
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:25 PM
MineralMan (136,753 posts)
17. Well, I waste a lot more time typing posts and
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:37 PM
Generic Brad (13,063 posts)
20. I have stopped commenting on the most controversial topics of all
Response to Generic Brad (Reply #20)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:45 PM
22. You are clearly numbed with mindless propaganda.
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do you see THIS?
It's IMPORTANT. |
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 12:53 PM
28. When bad things happen, or political setbacks,
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 01:05 PM
Lifelong Protester (8,404 posts)
34. I have learned that I can get MANY views
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 01:21 PM
uppityperson (114,837 posts)
35. I have. Got more involved with politics, helping out after Katrina, am more outspoken in real life
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 01:36 PM
37. I stopped breast feeding my pit bull in Olive Garden
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Seriously, I haven't been in a Wall Mart in years now and that's just the instance that comes to mind without thinking too hard. I'm sure there are other behaviors I have changed. I'm more likely to engage people who are different from me. |
Response to hootinholler (Reply #37)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 02:07 PM
40. i am training my pit bull to open the door for the ladies eom
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 01:57 PM
s-cubed (1,385 posts)
38. Changed my bank and volunteered for Obama and others. nt
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 02:12 PM
ecstatic (28,404 posts)
41. I think I've become more sensitive to other people's feelings
Response to ecstatic (Reply #41)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 02:51 PM
43. I now have almost no tolerance for ANYTHING right wing.
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Sun Apr 28, 2013, 06:08 PM
48. I've met some of my best IRL friends here.
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 11:33 AM
justhanginon (2,781 posts)
50. I've changed in small ways, hopefully for the better.
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 02:29 PM
57. I stopped trying to tell folks that civil unions are "good enough"
Response to TheKentuckian (Reply #57)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 02:39 PM
lunatica (51,840 posts)
60. I agree on the civil unions, and I changed my mind too
Response to sibelian (Original post)
Mon Apr 29, 2013, 02:37 PM
lunatica (51,840 posts)
59. I've gotten a lot of help from reading DU
