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In reply to the discussion: OK, I have to ask this. [View all]

FoxNewsSucks

(10,436 posts)
24. AMEN!!!!!
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 06:09 PM
Mar 2022

The constant smugness from the "snark brigade" is so off-putting. As is the constant scolding.

I can't believe people here have to be reminded that the point of a discussion board is to discuss.

OK, I have to ask this. [View all] Scrivener7 Mar 2022 OP
Hallelujah! boston bean Mar 2022 #1
Bombing nuclear facilities makes fear of nuclear war moot. (Nearly) czarjak Mar 2022 #78
Agreed! Texasgal Mar 2022 #2
The snark brigade is always waiting in the wings to pounce about something here. littlemissmartypants Mar 2022 #3
Oh, my! You're so welcome! I am touched by your words. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #4
littlemissmartypants Mar 2022 #6
THIS! nt Atticus Mar 2022 #20
THIS. KPN Mar 2022 #25
What you said Hekate Mar 2022 #37
Well said, lmsp! brer cat Mar 2022 #57
Wholeheartedly agree! XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #59
I've called out some for snark. LakeArenal Mar 2022 #68
+++❤ quaint Mar 2022 #69
Yup. Discussion is a good thing. nt DLevine Mar 2022 #5
OK, here's my opinion. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #7
OWN IT! And say it whenever you feel it needs saying! Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #10
My opinion: Escalating tension UNnecessarily is very foolish Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2022 #12
Besides, DENVERPOPS Mar 2022 #43
Belarus needs to pay for allowing Russia to attack Ukraine from inside Belarus. Sneederbunk Mar 2022 #16
Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #22
They already are paying COL Mustard Mar 2022 #67
I do not attack you. You can put down your hands. I'm unarmed. jaxexpat Mar 2022 #39
"Winning is when time passes and we're still here." 58Sunliner Mar 2022 #70
The "we" I referred was the collective human race. The dead did not and cannot win, by any means. jaxexpat Mar 2022 #76
The human race doesn't win by allowing the gross grievance of injustice to be unanswered. 58Sunliner Mar 2022 #79
Boil on. It will not change the equation. jaxexpat Mar 2022 #80
Difficult questions and answers are complicated. Just the same, Self Defense against an Aggressor msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #72
Well said. I think the attacks on people who are questioning policy, Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #8
OMG yes! "Don't you trust Biden?" is a classic! As is the "armchair general" complaint. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #40
The armchair general complaint. wnylib Mar 2022 #66
It may just be that some topics generate so many OP's and responses that eventually it rubs some dameatball Mar 2022 #9
+1000! 👆 ShazzieB Mar 2022 #32
We definitely shouldn't react like someone is creating a national security hazard... Silent3 Mar 2022 #11
Nope! I totally support your right to argue with another's opinion. That's not what this is about. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #13
I have no problem with debates, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #14
Thank you for pointing that out, MCE. DENVERPOPS Mar 2022 #48
+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #81
I agree with you. onecaliberal Mar 2022 #15
There may be comrades who feel otherwise... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #17
LOL! Yes there may! Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #18
If you were to somehow come across Ukrainian troop movements, don't post them ck4829 Mar 2022 #19
If this were Discussionist, I would add "Don't broadcast Zelensky's location." Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #21
Like Geraldo? nt BidenRocks Mar 2022 #55
Like Marco. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #64
I would add, don't show what the gov asks you not to show, Rubio. XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #60
Discussion is often how we process things. SheltieLover Mar 2022 #23
AMEN!!!!! FoxNewsSucks Mar 2022 #24
And to respect others opinions mysteryowl Mar 2022 #30
Discussion is good, spreading misinformation is bad Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #45
You're so right (nt) NQAS Mar 2022 #26
Bingo. SergeStorms Mar 2022 #27
Thanks for this! mysteryowl Mar 2022 #28
Agree and it is not just about discussions about the recent war Meowmee Mar 2022 #29
Right on! MLAA Mar 2022 #31
Most of us are already having conversations about this war and expressing opinions Warpy Mar 2022 #33
Saying someone is off the mark is a world away from telling someone they are not equipped Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #34
So walk away in a huff, maybe eat something Warpy Mar 2022 #52
Personal favorite... "Why don't YOU go over and fight" Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2022 #56
This. n/t ms liberty Mar 2022 #35
Bingo. Beastly Boy Mar 2022 #36
lol.. DUers get uptight sometimes. thanks for this Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #38
I think people who have zero chance of fighting in a war . . . Sympthsical Mar 2022 #41
I suspect you are one of the very, very few here who has more than a zero Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #46
correct Skittles Mar 2022 #54
We need to be able to discuss the war and it is only natural to have differing opinions on a war LetMyPeopleVote Mar 2022 #42
Wait, this isn't the direct-to-the-White-House presidential advice forum? Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #44
I'm pretty sure Joe has aides transcribe your posts for him. So it isn't direct. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #47
Absolutely correct Bettie Mar 2022 #49
Well said! hamsterjill Mar 2022 #50
I am a Senior citizen and I keep having this dream about the... Tikki Mar 2022 #51
I've seen comments that the "keyboard brigade" wants to rush headlong into war, are itching for war betsuni Mar 2022 #53
I have seen it in some forms. boston bean Mar 2022 #61
Differing opinions on the war does not give one side the right to call the other Putin Puppets! Emile Mar 2022 #58
You mean I don't have to be in a certain government job, to comment on the person in that job? lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #62
Yup. Scrivener7 Mar 2022 #63
Next Level - because we aren't running the war JustAnotherGen Mar 2022 #65
I'm not outraged, just disturbed at how many cheerleaders for WWIII we have around here (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Mar 2022 #71
Thank you for this Scrivener, I was thinking the same thing earlier today. lark Mar 2022 #73
....Yes, it's OK to talk about war..."The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman does exactly that.. Stuart G Mar 2022 #74
I got attacked on this forum today for my opinion. The Jungle 1 Mar 2022 #75
except we have to abide by YoshidaYui Mar 2022 #77
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