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In reply to the discussion: What the hell, DU? [View all]madokie
(51,076 posts)But you wouldn't know that if DU was the only place you read because that little factoid is very seldom mentioned and when it is who ever is saying it is shouted down, berated and treated as if they had just brought a turd and put it in the punch bowl at the latest freakers ball.
Plus I really don't care for some person telling me what I am or what I am not as the op is in his/her screed.
DU used to be a place where its sole source of income to keep it going was the dues paying members, now not so much. With that change has come a totally different mind set than what we used to stand for. A lot of the bull that is posted here now gets a lot of traffic which is good for business but not so good for unearthing the simple truth of which used to be our/my primary concern. I've seen this place go nuts for weeks on end over something that ultimately was seen as the bullshit that it really was and is then dropped like the proverbial hot potato. Simply moved on to the next outrage du jour.
Yes DU has changed and in my eyes it has not been for the better.
The simple truth is under Obama there has been a lot of changes made evidenced by the rise of the tea party. The very people who can't see the forest for the trees. All mostly good changes I might add.
IMHO