What are the worst things posted on the DU forum?

[vinnievin777]

I personally think the anti-Christian posts are counter-productive.

Vinnie Vin
http://www.vinnievin.com

[Goldmund]

1. What are we producing?

[vinnievin777]

5. that was a post to find out what good we are doing

like one lady said she had a job for people, people who put up links to help others etc.

Vinnie Vin
http://www.vinnievin.com

[qnr]

2. I'd disagree, after all, people are expressing their opinions

Why should anti-christian comments be worse than anti-walmart comments, if that is what they believe?

edit: added an r

[Wat_Tyler]

3. Sex threads.

Reasonable discussion is never counter-productive.

[gollygee]

4. What is an anti-Christian post?

and counter to what production?

[vinnievin777]

7. Well it just makes people who are Christian

say do I really belong here. And if you missed the posts that were recently posted then I am sure there will be more.

Vinnie Vin
http://www.vinnievin.com

[DrWeird]

Gay pride, evolution, Wicca...

You know, those kind of anti-christian posts.

:eyes:

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. Threads of intolerance for people's opinions and ideas

and refusing to acklowedge the validity of another's position, added in with hyper-sensitivity and knee-jerk reactionism.

Anti-Christian posts are no worse than pro-Christian posts. Or anything else. If someone is speaking their truth, then so be it.

Unless they are making hurtful, personal comments.

I'm a Christian, and I don't remember any anti-Christian thread that didn't make sense and didn't have some grain - or sometimes, an entire silo-full of grain - of truth in it.

There are no sacred cows.

[vinnievin777]

8. Well I agree

hatred on the left is no better than hatred on the right. We are supposed to be the good guys. Gotta go. Everyone have a great day.

Vinnie Vin
http://www.vinnievin.com

[Susang]

18. Vinnie, why you always leaving?

Just when things are getting interesting?

[Wat_Tyler]

21. Agent Provocateur....

is my favourite brand of tastefully provactive lingerie. How about you, Susan? :D

[vinnievin777]

29. Had to go to Vodoo Lounge in the City

Thank you for asking --


Vinnie Vin
http://www.vinnievin.com

[Zuni]

12. spot on

[WinterStorm]

47. "bingo"

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[Goldmund]

9. Copycat threads and stupid polls.

And I don't give a fuck what you're going to put on your pizza tonight.

[Wat_Tyler]

14. I'm going to have mushrooms and jalapenos on my pizza tonight.

What are you going to have on your pizza tonight? Please share.

[Goldmund]

17. Anchovies and liver

[Susang]

20. Mine has a wafer crust

With a red wine sauce. I normally only have it on Sundays, but Friday's are just as special to my family! ;-)

[SarahB]

23. I'm a softy for copycat threads.

:shrug:

[Dookus]

10. ah yes

once again, the christians, who hold almost every elected seat in the country, control our society and culture, and have churches every three blocks get upset when the occasional non-believer posts something on the internet contrary to their faith.

edit - I really don't understand how christians can complain so much when they control everything. Is ANY dissent unacceptable?

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

26. You won't find this Christian complaining about it

Although I know you aren't talking about me.

I call it the Christian as Victim Complex. It's really quite clever. Here's how it works:

Christians know damn well (and I am talking about Pharisee style, right wing Christians) they are a majority in this country.

But they think if they scream and yell and cry about how they are VICTIMS they will get their way even MORE.

Case in point: school prayer. Ok, there is NO law prohibiting a person's child from praying in school. NONE. Little Abdul can bust out a prayer mat and face east, little Heather can pray to God at lunch or before a test, whatever and as long as it doesn't disrupt the teaching going on (I would think Abdul's prayer mat might actually) they are PERFECTLY FREE TO DO SO.

I once argued about this with a born-again fundie. She kept claiming her kids weren't allowed to pray in school and I kept calling her on that bullshit, but she just ignored it. She knew damn well they are allowed to. But what the hell would she do without some way to claim victimization?

She also teaches a Sunday school class and they love to argue that they are COMMANDED to spread the word of God, so she teaches three year olds how to proselytize to STRANGERS! Yep. She also walks up to people and tells them what Jesus has done to her and tries to witness to them and talk them into conversion.

I told her that's the fastest way to turn people OFF and that people like her (who was also homophobic) were the #1 reason I no longer attend church.

Sorry, this turned into a rant. But I, for one, agree with you. It's like the republicans. They freaking control EVERYTHING but they sound like the biggest bunch of fucking crybabies I've ever heard.

Oh I also told that woman she would NOT like living in a strict, literalist Christian theocracy. See, she's been divorced and her oldest child was conceived out of wedlock. She'd be stoned to death.

The conversation ended there.

[Pithlet]

27. Good post

Can't really say it any better than that.

[miss_kitty]

42. I am watching Thomas Frank on C-Span 1 (Reply to #26)

(Author, What's the Matter with Kansas?) and he said the same thing about the republican base-controlling all, then screaming that they are the victims of the left. It is the grassroots movement that put them where they are today.

sheesh. :eyes:

[vinnievin777]

28. Okay you are right

We are a Christian country So by your logic when you go to Africa you can say hateful things about Africans.-- hatred is bad no matter who does it the minority or the majority. There is no Christian complaining the Post was "Worst posts" ---Everyone just jumped on one of the many types of posts I believe to be stupid.

Vinnie Vin
http://www.vinnievin.com

[Pithlet]

41. No, that isn't the logic at all.

First of all, she didn't insist that this is a Christian country. She said they are the majority. Big difference. She also did not say that it is okay to bash Christians.

[Ron Green]

57. I don't think this is a Christian country. I think it's a "Christian"

country. Big difference.

[Hobarticus]

11. If your faith is threatened or insulted by a post on a chatboard...

Methinks your faith isn't much to begin with.

[vinnievin777]

30. um Shakespheare

no one is saying faith is being threatened just that the said "chatboard" with hateful posts are amongst the worst.I will admit there are worse that one just came to mind as I was writing the thread.

Vinnie Vin
http://www.vinnievin.com

[vinnievin777]

31. Posts

[CanuckAmok]

13. The "I just read on FR" posts.

I know there's an argument about knowing your enemy, but I don't think any of us actually need to visit that poorly constructed labrynth of xenophobia, hatred, paranoia and poor grammar to conclude the we're up against a mob if compete idiots.

I don't know why some of us contrubute to their hit count, and bother posting anything about those people; no information is ever new or relevatory.

on edit: corrected poor spelling, uh...grammar.

[Goldmund]

25. When I post FR threads...

...I usually don't do it so we can "know the enemy", but purely for comedic value. It sure is funnier than copycat threads, me thinks.

[Zuni]

15. Intolerance for people who disagree with the group think around here

Face it---if someone disagrees with the general orthodoxy around here, the DU post police gang up like a bunch of vultures and destroy you.
I used to post some controversial opinions (controversial because they aren't shared by the majority here) and thoughts, I have been insulted, flamed, ass-raped and worse. I never do anymore. It is not worth the stress of being attacked by people who do not even know you.

DU suffers from group think in the same way FR does, only the people here are generally smarter---but if you say something wrong or have an opinion contrary to the majority at DU---they can be as intolerant as Freepers.

[Goldmund]

24. Hey, don't give up

I like controversial opinions.

[Robeson]

36. Hey, I like controversial subjects too...

...and for those of us who do, I can promise you, we will never "ass-rape" you. You've got my word on that!

[GingerSnaps]

37. Your a genius Zuni

:loveya:

[hippiechick]

43. YES ! and Thank you !!

For a minute I was starting to think I was the only one who felt that way !!!

:yourock:


:hippie:

[WinterStorm]

49. "your not"

"Whistle...the loony tunes society are getting a bit annoying with their constant childish school bully tactics against other members"

:yourock:

[miss_kitty]

44. it's why I rarely leave the lounge

and it's why I didn't join for a while. people who react that hard obviously are unsure of their point of view, and I consider it a waste of my time and talent to exchange words under those conditions.

[WinterStorm]

46. "You can see it in the lounge"

They probably don't have a point of view and they can't string two sentences together. They choose to harass others and they have found a couple of others that are just like they are. There is a huge possibility that they don't know what the word ignore means.

[miss_kitty]

51. actually I saw large # posters go after people for expressing the

'not the 'DU approved' position on Kerry' opinions. They could string two words together, and they were memes. They have built their posts on parroting the party line. Until they learn how to think critically and construct an argument based on knowledge and personal experience, I won't have anything to do with that. If I wanted to argue the meme, I'd find the originator. I'll argue with the organ grinder, but the monkey can fuck off.

In the lounge, since it's mostly vanity stuff, kittens puppies flirting and the like, it's all good. If I don't like it, I can hide it. like the sports threads.

[WinterStorm]

53. "I suffer from election depression"

When I see others going into the attack mode against fellow members for expressing their views that they don't agree with I begin to think that their life at home is not all that pleasant. DU should bring back the "f-you emotion icon" because it comes in handy at times.

"They fight like cats and dogs over issues that should be discussed and tolerated. I have seen the same ones fight over cats and dogs"

:yourock:

[democracyindanger]

16. Anything starting with "DRUDGE:"

I don't know why so many folks here go there for "news." Actually, it should be "newz", like "krab" is to "crab"

[DrWeird]

19. Phony accusations of bigotry posts.

They're the worst.

[DS1]

22. Worst post threads

Why drag it up from the bowels?

[vinnievin777]

32. posts by people

who think they own the DU because they have been here longer or are on longer than anyone else.

Vinnie Vin
http://www.vinnievin.com

[Name removed]

34. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[LostInAnomie]

33. I made a poll about taking a dump once...

... and got griped at.

Jeez, you'd think no one takes a dump here at DU.

[FizzFuzz]

48. bbWWAAA-HAAAAAA-HA-Haaaaaa

you made me laugh explosively!!

[Robeson]

35. Freeper invasion posts

[American Tragedy]

38. Almost anything in I/P Affairs

If I see one more tu quoque post (well the Israelis/Palestinians did it too!) as a justification for murder on either side, my head is going to explode.

[kitkatrose]

45. Dammit, I wanted to post I/P.

Oh well, there's still the Gun Dungeon. :P

[fujiyama]

39. In my opinion

"My candidate could have won the election" threads.

I absolutely hate those.

[WinterStorm]

40. Hate against other members

If you doesn't like someone they can put them on ignore.

[Droopy]

52. You know I can honestly say I don't hate anyone here

I've had my disagreements and have been involved in a few flame wars, but there isn't anyone here that I wouldn't enjoy sitting down with and having a few beers. I don't have anybody on ignore.

Now I know what you are saying and there are people here who hate some members. I guess some have pretty good reasons for that. But I'd just like to see everyone hammer out their differences and find a way to get along.

[WinterStorm]

54. "Immaturity causes hate"

Someone who carries hate inside of them for years for one reason or another has some type of obsessive behaviors that need to be addressed.

Republicans hate people outside of their realm. Democrats are suppose to accept others but it's that 1% that carry it on with them that is going to divide our party and it shouldn't be that way. If they have differing opinions that's fine but why get others to join in and attack the members that they don't like or don't agree with. That is where the immaturity factor comes in. We have an ignore feature and it should be used but they don't use it and you see it from a handful and it's the same people all of the time.

All I can say is that they need to grow up or address their issues that they have with life in general.

[graywarrior]

50. Some of us are squeezed by fundamentalist Christian groups

here in the south. It's a reflex action.

[skygazer]

55. The worst?

Well, I must say right now the "I'd like to see the entire south get nuked" threads are starting to get real old. Stigmatizing an entire region doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

The "Christian as victim" threads are pretty obnoxious too. When Christians start suffering from hate crimes, being dragged to death behind pickup trucks, beaten and left to die while tied to a fence post or getting laws passed to prevent them from having the same freedoms everyone else has, then I might consider them persecuted. Right now, though, I think they have it pretty darn good.

Oh and then there are the "We need to compromise on abortion" threads. They're quite irritating too.

That's my 2 cents.

[qnr]

56. I agree on all three.

Complaining about the red states and putting down the south just plays right in to the freepers hands. We act like we think a red state voted straight Republican, rather than having a 53% / 47% split (percentages grabbed out of the air).

I won't comment on the other two, but I wholeheartedly agree.