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In reply to the discussion: Anyone here miss DU as much as I do? [View all]Tien1985
(920 posts)27. Eh. There was the
Big Lgbt purge at one point, and there has always been a bit of fighting for the minorities to be treated fairly. It didn't begin or stop at Olive Garden.
At one point I remember the joke being "Publicly breastfeeding circumcised pitbulls at Olive Garden." Being the sarcastic way of pointing out how DU sometimes loses its crap over differing opinions.
We'll make it through the primaries, and things will move on eventually.
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The trolls, the right wingers, the libertarians, and the My Way or The Highway crowd have taken over
MADem
Feb 2016
#8
Do what I do, and stay out of the primaries forum. Much better for the blood pressure.
ladyVet
Feb 2016
#41
It is a discussion board with passionate members. There is bound to be some arguments. nt
Logical
Feb 2016
#12
Unfortunately, many of those members are only passionate about disrupting DU.
SecularMotion
Feb 2016
#43
The jury system is broken. Community Standards are too vauge. There needs to be specific
still_one
Feb 2016
#26
Just to show you how weird it is these days... I have caught flack for defending Hillary, but I was
world wide wally
Feb 2016
#31
There's a famous quote that I can't remember… Something about loving Jesus, but save me from
world wide wally
Feb 2016
#38
I've been here since 2001 and the left/right disputes have been here all the time.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2016
#39