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trumad

(41,692 posts) Thu Oct 24, 2013, 10:55 AM Oct 2013

Can we have a 12 hour Purge at DU? [View all]

The movie The Purge came out recently. The plot: one day a year--' for 12 hours ---Americans are allowed to commit any type of crime that they felt like commiting. Murder, Robbery. ...any crime...and get away with it.

The thinking was if we let it happen for one 12 hour period it would keep the rest of the year crime free. 12 hours-- one day a year anything goes....the rest of the year, peace.

Why not something like that here on DU. Let us say anything we want for 12 hours. Douchebag, troll, freeper, your mother wears Army boots.... whatever we want.

We can even make fun of Skinners name.

Something to seriously consider.

Yours truly,

trumad

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Can we have a 12 hour Purge at DU? [View all] trumad Oct 2013 OP

can we compare your mother to Ann Coulter ? steve2470 Oct 2013 #1

absolutely. . trumad Oct 2013 #2

It hasn't started yet Shampoobra Oct 2013 #6

oh Trumad brought this one on himself :) steve2470 Oct 2013 #8

That's some deep-seated sh*t right there Shampoobra Oct 2013 #34

Seems to me that there is already a enlightenment Oct 2013 #3

Boring trumad Oct 2013 #4

There's reason to believe that we'll have several days of civility at year end. lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #10

I am all atwitter with anticipation. enlightenment Oct 2013 #15

What? What? Do tell !! Myrina Oct 2013 #88

Due to the new rules on hidden posts pintobean Oct 2013 #98

Only if we can also induce anmesia. nt rrneck Oct 2013 #5

I was thinking the same thing! randome Oct 2013 #7

I recently had an endoscopy. It works! Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #27

'Purge' has a much different meaning to someone who suffers from bulimia. randome Oct 2013 #9

Don't blame me... trumad Oct 2013 #11

I don't pipi_k Oct 2013 #62

So, you are just itching HappyMe Oct 2013 #12

Who me? trumad Oct 2013 #13

Teddy bear? HappyMe Oct 2013 #22

Anything that isn't about sex or DUers arranging to hook up is a waste... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #14

Sort of like drinking a gallon of TriLyte solution? FarCenter Oct 2013 #16

Saw it, good thriller quinnox Oct 2013 #17

you are busting me up trumad. gnawing at the bit. i got my first hide yesterday, in a very long seabeyond Oct 2013 #18

come on admit trumad Oct 2013 #23

it did. lol. vera vera good. i almost thought i had gotten away with it. tooks hours for anyone seabeyond Oct 2013 #30

Yeah...just like mine appeared to be testing a hypothesis to win a battle that ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #33

ya, but i think yours was an unjust hide. truly. what i have seen allowed in GD that is meta seabeyond Oct 2013 #37

I did too, since he had posted it in the Men's Group ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #63

Same guy who got me my very first DU3 hide ever??? ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #26

yup. lol. actually, i think the fuck you percepitated the pm rant that lead to seabeyond Oct 2013 #31

I think I managed to get in my licks on that one without a hide, lol. kestrel91316 Oct 2013 #32

see. sometimes.... lol, what skinner seems to miss, sometimes it has just gotta be. nt seabeyond Oct 2013 #35

I guess this is pipi_k Oct 2013 #65

yes, you did mean to lecture. no, it is not so much about the intellect but passive aggressive, seabeyond Oct 2013 #72

OK pipi_k Oct 2013 #82

oh lordy woman. i am in too good a mood. seabeyond Oct 2013 #84

OK pipi_k Oct 2013 #86

ah hahahaha. like it works like that. i believe it was you.... that replied to me. right? seabeyond Oct 2013 #90

Hides from attacking folks who end up PPR'd should be stricken from the record stevenleser Oct 2013 #81

that was recently brought up in ATA. skinner does not want to encourage bad behavior, lol. ah well seabeyond Oct 2013 #83

This "purge" would be very interesting if posts all appeared anonymously. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #19

Even if we did Capt. Obvious Oct 2013 #20

TRU MAD BRO? pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #21

! pintobean Oct 2013 #41

I think someone is working overtime, trying to send you on vacation... ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #24

Hahaha! beerandjesus Oct 2013 #39

happens to me all the time. trumad Oct 2013 #49

How many would be interesting. pintobean Oct 2013 #60

The verbiage in the alert is similar to ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #61

agree with both your points. i would like to be able to see when alerted on. i do not even seabeyond Oct 2013 #109

It'd be interesting to know the identities of the alerters, for sure. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #100

i think you would be surprised. i learned not to make assumptions seeing how so many assume seabeyond Oct 2013 #110

I probably would. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #114

Festival! FESTIVAL!!! It Is The Will Of Landru. Motown_Johnny Oct 2013 #25

There's no life after Forbidden Planet. Or The Tempest. Eleanors38 Oct 2013 #36

Not on that planet, but they all fly away back to Earth Motown_Johnny Oct 2013 #38

Robbie Lives! randome Oct 2013 #71

It was called "Meta.". But posters like you and me took the plastic off the sofa put our feet msanthrope Oct 2013 #28

Nice post, cboy4. Why don't you change your damn avatar!! madinmaryland Oct 2013 #29

It might get so bad here that we'd have to pass around the smelling salts. Kaleva Oct 2013 #40

As long as somebody warns me in advance to stay away Cooley Hurd Oct 2013 #42

really. i would not come near du on that day, either. maybe even a week after.... lol. nt seabeyond Oct 2013 #47

Oh come on Sea... trumad Oct 2013 #67

bah hahahah. nope. not me. cant/wont do it. never was much into the whole bad girl thing. seabeyond Oct 2013 #74

besides, i would be on the top of the list seabeyond Oct 2013 #75

Yeah---but you know who would be right behind you defending you... trumad Oct 2013 #77

lol, true that. nt seabeyond Oct 2013 #80

Not a good idea. Baitball Blogger Oct 2013 #43

Gawd, I saw that movie. OneGrassRoot Oct 2013 #44

"Skinner ---the movie" ismnotwasm Oct 2013 #45

Can we have no threads we wish we did not click on? Coyotl Oct 2013 #46

We have a purge 24/7/365. KamaAina Oct 2013 #48

They already have that, its called Free Republic. Feel free to go there are insult people, call Erose999 Oct 2013 #50

4chan gives it a good run for the money nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #53

Only lasts 12 hours, but the scars will last a lifetime. NuclearDem Oct 2013 #51

Please not. longship Oct 2013 #52

Meta. Pab Sungenis Oct 2013 #54

I suggest 12-26-13 pintobean Oct 2013 #55

2/29/14 would work best for me. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2013 #66

Truxmas! Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #94

Heh. +1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #111

Everyone always forgets about the Clean Up. 4Q2u2 Oct 2013 #56

LOL--- trumad Oct 2013 #68

Dreams 4Q2u2 Oct 2013 #76

I predict lots of porn would be posted. ZombieHorde Oct 2013 #57

this is horror movie stuff Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #91

I think that's about as likely as a Republican presidential endorsement MineralMan Oct 2013 #58

Saving up a lot of insults? Savannahmann Oct 2013 #59

I guess I am losing my touch.. trumad Oct 2013 #69

Maybe pintobean Oct 2013 #73

It's difficult to see your tongue unless you stick it out, really. MineralMan Oct 2013 #99

Hmm, just to step back a moment to the movie, the consequences of those actions Cleita Oct 2013 #64

Yeah--but next year we can get em back. trumad Oct 2013 #70

Idea from a Star Trek Episode...don't recall the name...nt Stuart G Oct 2013 #78

Sounds like an old Star Trek plot Warpy Oct 2013 #79

The oblique insult... pipi_k Oct 2013 #85

+1000 MineralMan Oct 2013 #92

I know, right? pipi_k Oct 2013 #108

"A modest man, who has much to be modest about". (On Clement Atlee) lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #113

I don't think Lady Astor would be accusing Winston of drinking tea. longship Oct 2013 #106

thread win lumberjack_jeff Oct 2013 #112

Did it work in the movie? Myrina Oct 2013 #87

Well---no crime for the rest of the year. trumad Oct 2013 #105

You mean we can actually say ALL the shit we're really thinking? Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #89

Hmm...sure...but... MineralMan Oct 2013 #93

you sound like you're holding something back. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #95

No. I'm really regular that way. MineralMan Oct 2013 #96

Apparently judging from my word cloud I am scatalogically unsound Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #97

I fear my word cloud. MineralMan Oct 2013 #101

wise Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #102

I took a risk. Here's the Word Cloud for my last OP: MineralMan Oct 2013 #104

Could be a form of mass therapy, I suppose. Old and In the Way Oct 2013 #103

There is a 24x7, 365-day purge already at DU... joeybee12 Oct 2013 #107