A message from Manny: Adios, Dear DUers

[Javaman]

128. Manny's ban, in a nut shell, displays the enormous change DU has gone through since if first started

alas, all good things come to an end.

DU, as I see it now, (from what it once was), is on impulse power of the politically correct.

quite frankly, I don't know if I'll be on here much longer.

The days of open and frank discussion and debate have long since gone.

now we write in an atmosphere of hair trigger alerts and trolling to get people banned.

I don't write nearly as much on here anymore. Once upon I used to write extensive essays and editorials on everything from Homelessness to wall street to how the government continually lies us into one war after another. But no more.

The cult of personality that exists now on here, prevents me to voice my opinion for fear of the alert squads.

Granted I still have the old 100% rating but that's only because I have elected to keep my mouth shut.

Oddly, I don't blame the admins, I blame a group of people on here that take it upon themselves to be the purveyor of all things deemed DU correct.

if they want a "discussion" board all to themselves with a one sided opinion on all things, well, they can have it.

I don't have the energy or the want to fight something I have zero control or influence over.

DU was once an amazing place. Truly amazing.