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cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:06 PM Jul 2016

Could this be the birth of Free Republic 2.0?

Even freepers don't exhibit so much Hillary-hate and cheering of Republicans ....

Warning: Some names may appear familiar to those on DU

http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/fbi-director-james-comey-hearing/#post-28532


** NOTE: This was locked in GD:2016 as not having anything to do with elections. Reposted here by popular demand **

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Could this be the birth of Free Republic 2.0? (Original Post) cosmicone Jul 2016 OP
And so many are supporting Trump now. That tells us a lot. nt pnwmom Jul 2016 #1
Openly! Especially if you are in a swing state! VERY PROGRESSIVE. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #12
This entire thread is sad, tired and sick. Not at all DU. nt 7wo7rees Jul 2016 #439
DU has a long history of tearing into Freepers. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #445
The community at JPR are not in any way Free Republic and 7wo7rees Jul 2016 #448
Of course they're similar -they both revile and work against the Dem nominee Rose Siding Jul 2016 #455
Well be sure you complain to Skinner about his moderation - while not complaining about Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #470
Yet another old familiar name. Jeez. Hekate Jul 2016 #482
How old and familiar are we Hekate? 7wo7rees Jul 2016 #483
No friend of mine uses b--, c--, and t-- to describe any woman, much less the Dem nominee. Hekate Jul 2016 #485
There is nothing more offensive than the C word directed 7wo7rees Jul 2016 #490
Oh gods, I had no idea you were there. Please be safe. Hekate Jul 2016 #492
Remember, 99+% of the people in these cities Hortensis Jul 2016 #556
Nice job of emotional manipulation there Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #504
Congrats, Hekate! BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #506
Did you read some of the posts at the link? E.g., praising Jason Chafitz? George II Jul 2016 #526
The JPR crowd are not real democrats and are supporting trump Gothmog Jul 2016 #876
I love Woody Guthrie's music too. lovemydog Jul 2016 #1190
What has been said about Hillary Clinton at that site that hasn't been said at Free Republic? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #604
Yup. KPN Jul 2016 #655
Here's a nice new jem from those "progressives" about Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #434
Yikes. I can't tell if L.A. is being serious or snarky.. n/t pnwmom Jul 2016 #437
many have done so there with all seriousness Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #444
She was actually objecting to it BainsBane Jul 2016 #516
fixed it. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #833
That's not fair to Luminous Animal. She's actually complaining sufrommich Jul 2016 #541
Ability to be honest with oneself is what differentiates, Hortensis Jul 2016 #561
fixed it. thanks! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #834
She joined the wrong forum then! n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1184
Please read this Luminous Animal post. She's been banned for objecting to use of C*nt against women emulatorloo Jul 2016 #616
I dearly hope she feels comfortable coming back here to post. Squinch Jul 2016 #750
I have always had a thing for Luminous Animal. Too many people I respect were on the other side. seabeyond Jul 2016 #777
Yup. Agschmid Jul 2016 #817
That's excellent of her, and good to see. I'll replace that image with one of the vile wretches Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #820
Good for her! ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #904
Wow, they really are going to do it. joshcryer Jul 2016 #981
My Norton says the jpr has a keylogger. stonecutter357 Jul 2016 #593
Would not surprise me in the least. n/t JTFrog Jul 2016 #635
A "keylogger", as in a site that can capture passwords? ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #1102
Yes, it would explain some things. lovemydog Jul 2016 #1189
So would someone have to log on to the site ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #1195
I don't know. lovemydog Jul 2016 #1206
This is very, very disturbing. So just looking at them gives them access? Squinch Jul 2016 #1201
Good question Squinch. lovemydog Jul 2016 #1207
That's what I'm wondering ... I posted the question to the Computer Group but haven't gotten a reply 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #1209
Not sure you've ever looked at FreeRepublic Scootaloo Jul 2016 #2
yeah Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #10
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #21
Jackass Delusionals make Freepers look good by comparison, and we all know what Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #65
Basically agree. I feel reading on these things Hortensis Jul 2016 #577
How could anyone read post 10 as admiration? 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #74
Bad faith discussion. Intentional disruption. That kind of thing. nt stevenleser Jul 2016 #148
This message was self-deleted by its author Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #172
On a public forum! No way! Rex Jul 2016 #174
Some of the JPR discussions on the various lawsuits and the Clinton e-mail do not support your view Gothmog Jul 2016 #154
I have to give the jackass delusionals credit. passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #94
That site deserves to have the lid cracked open and sunlight shone upon them, Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #117
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #138
And so now you are HERE to try and promote Trump as "not that bad" Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #140
He's backed by the republican party. Kingofalldems Jul 2016 #141
All I know is he's playing everyone passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #152
He's been saying the same stupid racist shit for decades but you say Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #163
They voted for him. Trump is all republican rockfordfile Jul 2016 #301
They are about to nominate him at their convention BainsBane Jul 2016 #468
astute, and correct. nt Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #480
Passiveporcupine, trashing DU took over JPR. Hortensis Jul 2016 #582
Shut down free speech? They are FREE to post their stupid shit and we are FREE to Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #143
They are actually one of the most censorious places I've ever seen, as they congratulate themselves Squinch Jul 2016 #153
Given you think asking someone to stop saying something is an attempt at censorship... Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #400
You're RIGHT! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #443
Are you sure yr replying to the right post? Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #512
+, a million... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2016 #544
Lol. JPR is fascinating for what it allows some hiding Hortensis Jul 2016 #595
The problem is that on that site people are not free to post what they want. George II Jul 2016 #530
You're going to put that Trump apologist bullshit here now? Squinch Jul 2016 #149
Until recently they had an entire forum dedicated to trashing DU. I am thinking the Squinch Jul 2016 #158
What do you want to bet the forum still exists, but behind a members door? Hekate Jul 2016 #484
Maybe, but all trace of it has disappeared, like a cheezy government plot. Squinch Jul 2016 #573
Check out "Booman Tribune." He's pretty darned rational. nt tblue37 Jul 2016 #211
It would be hypocritical to attack that site and not Free Republic. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #614
A lot of them use the same terminology as the Cavers. Interesting, no? synergie Jul 2016 #621
True since I doubt FR cheers when police are killed. zappaman Jul 2016 #11
That one's lost his humanity. Rose Siding Jul 2016 #454
A comment like that on DU would have been removed and very likely the poster banned. Fla Dem Jul 2016 #548
When I glance at the names at that site SCantiGOP Jul 2016 #562
I agree SC, but what I'm most disappointed about are the long term DU members Fla Dem Jul 2016 #571
Liberals ARE better than that. Hortensis Jul 2016 #625
Really? melman Jul 2016 #914
That is not the same as rejoicing over police deaths n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1188
That is messed up... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #617
Wow Person 2713 Jul 2016 #746
I peruse FR regularly and there is a difference cosmicone Jul 2016 #15
Funny. I engage on JPR and it doesn't reflect what you describe at all Scootaloo Jul 2016 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author MohRokTah Jul 2016 #63
No way. Rex Jul 2016 #113
No. It's about a website that stole it's name from a dead DU'er who can Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #486
I must say... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2016 #549
Looking at his posting history makes it clear he would never be a Trump voter. Lord Magus Jul 2016 #1151
You are the one using that dead DUers name as an insult AgingAmerican Jul 2016 #865
Brraaaaaaamp! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #913
+1. It seems some here are still grinding on with primary bullshit, just as Skinner asked us silvershadow Jul 2016 #507
Indeed, it would be nice if people would stop defending sites that attack our nominee synergie Jul 2016 #670
+ a whole lot... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2016 #552
That might have something to do with your views, which per your posts do not seem synergie Jul 2016 #669
Sorta the Westboro Radicals of the political cloud. nt fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #93
You mean like here? Love for Hillary passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #98
There has been nothing but dissent with Hillary cosmicone Jul 2016 #100
Not the same thing at all. passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #111
Repost from down thread: It's good to understand the opposition. auntpurl Jul 2016 #116
You nailed it. Look at the threads with the most posts. LonePirate Jul 2016 #165
Agree entirely, AuntPurl and LonePirate. Hortensis Jul 2016 #585
This is the problem. OrwellwasRight Jul 2016 #727
And Rahm turned out to be a huge turd that everyone hates. Rex Jul 2016 #734
a turd eveyone hates? no OrwellwasRight Jul 2016 #736
I lived through that crap too and remember it well. So I guess I will get Rex Jul 2016 #740
I have personally criticized Rahm on DU many times and promoted Garcia here when he ran Person 2713 Jul 2016 #751
"Democrats" who vow to vote for Trump and who castigate anyone who might vote for the Democratic Squinch Jul 2016 #758
Squinch I wish I could rec your post. So I'll just say Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #916
Thank you for the kind words, but I just can't believe they have the gall to say that Squinch Jul 2016 #921
You post makes no sense and is not responsve to my post. OrwellwasRight Jul 2016 #1219
Can you honestly say that supporting Trump is by ANY definition progressive? auntpurl Jul 2016 #766
Why do all of you only have one line of argument? OrwellwasRight Jul 2016 #1220
This thread is about a website at which dozens of participants have stated auntpurl Jul 2016 #1221
That's just made up nonsense. OrwellwasRight Aug 2016 #1224
What sort of a progressive recommends Trump over Hillary? cosmicone Jul 2016 #1187
Tell me where I advocated Trump? OrwellwasRight Jul 2016 #1210
Let's see ...... cosmicone Jul 2016 #1211
And the word Trump is there? OrwellwasRight Jul 2016 #1218
They pretend to be progressives and yet so many support Trump over Hillary. pnwmom Jul 2016 #285
We had a lot of RW Trolls here during the primaries. They can no longer post their Hillary Hate Fla Dem Jul 2016 #559
Open and honest? Spazito Jul 2016 #290
Yeah, that was my favorite part too, nt. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #941
Not the same at all. Fla Dem Jul 2016 #567
You want dissent about Ms. Clinton?... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2016 #555
You can say anything about HRC here as long as it's honest Hortensis Jul 2016 #630
Sure n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1199
Per the TOS, it's support for Hillary's candidacy that matters, stopbush Jul 2016 #107
Never said it wasn't. passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #112
The "what are you afraid of" nonsense got old long ago. stopbush Jul 2016 #151
Please stop? passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #156
Yes, please stop with the straw man arguments. stopbush Jul 2016 #186
Are you trying to censor conversation here? Squinch Jul 2016 #196
Sounds like it. nt sheshe2 Jul 2016 #218
Hmmm Squinch, it does look as if that poster is attempting to stop discussion Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #318
How did you read an attempt at censorship into that post? Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #319
oh you could x-post from here to infinity between Jackass Delusionals and Freeperville Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #505
Huh? Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #510
I understand that you are left wing and FR is Hortensis Jul 2016 #639
I am never going to stop, until my hides fall off... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #623
"no dissent allowed"? Have you read the home page in the last six months? It got so bad... George II Jul 2016 #531
dissent allowed at FReeeeprLannnnnd???? AntiBank Jul 2016 #110
Actually, many freepers exhibit dissent cosmicone Jul 2016 #413
probably are the ones ponying up $$'s to the old wretched con man owner Robinson AntiBank Jul 2016 #421
and apparently even acknowledging that she won the primaries is prohibited. BainsBane Jul 2016 #407
I never thoought I would find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than FreeRepiublic MohRokTah Jul 2016 #61
It's like a volcano of vomit. nt Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #120
Really? Gothmog Jul 2016 #121
It's actually WORSE than FreeRepublic NastyRiffraff Jul 2016 #184
Bingo! Ding, Ding, Ding.... Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #603
And I don't want them sullying "liberals" with Hortensis Jul 2016 #641
^^^AMEN to this!^^^ Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #644
Absolutely right! NastyRiffraff Jul 2016 #683
There is no such thing as a liberal personality type. Jemmons Jul 2016 #780
Actually personality is found to be genetically linked, and Hortensis Jul 2016 #785
I've had a troll account at FR for 15 years. Generally, the Freepers are more in msanthrope Jul 2016 #274
That word is allowed? awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #441
Approvingly used. nt msanthrope Jul 2016 #520
Indeed, as shown here: Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #978
+1,000 malaise Jul 2016 #302
editied Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #435
Looking at the posts cited in this thread, FreeRepublic is pro-Trump and Cary Jul 2016 #551
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #665
hmmm, no women's rights or feminist group there. niyad Jul 2016 #3
Hmmm. Wonder why that is. Hmmmmm. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #6
No gun groups either. Dr. Strange Jul 2016 #16
Well looking at today's posts it appears they believe guns are for killing cops Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #118
Really? Dr. Strange Jul 2016 #131
Yes. It's awful. auntpurl Jul 2016 #179
That post got absolutely no recommendations fasttense Jul 2016 #1179
Sorry? auntpurl Jul 2016 #1180
There's a cooking/recipe group for the ladies. lapucelle Jul 2016 #19
I do hope you forgot the sarcasm thingy. niyad Jul 2016 #180
Here ya go! lapucelle Jul 2016 #279
I wouldn't trust any recipe posted there cosmicone Jul 2016 #1182
No, and they are as proud as nine-year-old boys at their ability to use sexist language. Squinch Jul 2016 #20
Why do they allow such language? GusBob Jul 2016 #28
I think it's because it has become mostly unacceptable here, after years of arguments about it. Squinch Jul 2016 #30
So, like freepers, freedom, GusBob Jul 2016 #39
Actually, if someone says Trump is as bad as Hillary auntpurl Jul 2016 #68
It is really very tightly censored. No one is allowed to post anything that suggests Squinch Jul 2016 #95
It's a brand new forum (the latest software they just switched to) passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #108
Not seeing a single post in this thread that expresses 'fear' emulatorloo Jul 2016 #136
It's usually fear that makes people lash out. passiveporcupine Jul 2016 #139
Don't see anybody "lashing out" either, I'm afraid. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #150
No fear- just the same kind of interest in peeking in on Freepers. Rose Siding Jul 2016 #460
Exactly. Usually there's an "unbelievable!" Hortensis Jul 2016 #649
Guess google's part of the establishment. Rose Siding Jul 2016 #711
Lol. Seriously? That was my guess. Hortensis Jul 2016 #728
wow. . . some serious projection going on there. all I did was observe that there are niyad Jul 2016 #181
Nor, did I see a Civil Rights or LGBT group ... But I'm not surprised. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #206
They just started...so yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #501
I'd gladly join the Asian group here ... I wasn't aware n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #583
I BET there are three people besides myself that yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #608
You don't have to be a PoC to have a Civil Rights Group 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #684
I am a POC yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #755
I recognize that; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #1013
Again they just started.. yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #1128
Agreed Gothmog Jul 2016 #881
" ... started as a support group ... NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #193
+1,000,000 nt Andy823 Jul 2016 #197
Plus a brazillion, Nance Hekate Jul 2016 #487
Cite your source for that assertion please Gormy Cuss Jul 2016 #680
Actually Skinner has the information and made comments more than once. I am not going to hunt the seabeyond Jul 2016 #783
The source was Skinner. NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #807
+1000. Hortensis Jul 2016 #699
+ A FREAKING BAZILLION, Nance! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #993
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #1004
Your missing the point GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #231
That's not true. glowing Jul 2016 #391
Specifics?? GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #395
No one is running anyone off for anything... glowing Jul 2016 #433
So you wrote a 1000 word response GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #440
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #451
I joined DU GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #525
Exactly, JPR is a inexhaustible source of comic relief... Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #609
Lol! I bet they toss one up right quick now! Squinch Jul 2016 #109
I was just going to say the same thing. nt stevenleser Jul 2016 #157
you will have to let me know if they do. should prove interesting, niyad Jul 2016 #185
I don't go over there often. Morbid curiosity only hits me rarely. But if it is there next time Squinch Jul 2016 #189
thank you. had not been over there before today, see no reason to return. niyad Jul 2016 #194
Yep, like an African Americans for Republicans group. nt stevenleser Jul 2016 #207
yes, I got that impression. niyad Jul 2016 #209
Or, a Black4B ... well ... you know! 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #212
LMAO, Good one!!!! stevenleser Jul 2016 #219
Exactly, and I also haven't seen any umbrage to Trump's rampant anti-semitism, but R B Garr Jul 2016 #284
Well, here is their first reaction to our posts. "We have 2 women admins... stevenleser Jul 2016 #418
good thing I wasn't drinking anything. niyad Jul 2016 #632
Wow- they immediately go on about how Manny must be fucking the two female moderators? bettyellen Jul 2016 #674
Put me in mind of the Fox and Friends reel of sexist comments about Gretchen Carlson. Squinch Jul 2016 #745
And they credit the women for "how tidy" the site is? Embarrassed for those women who put up with bettyellen Jul 2016 #748
I had never been to the site. Clinked the link and my puter locked up. seabeyond Jul 2016 #788
Just so bizarre that they can't help salivating over the two female mods as if that was a compliment bettyellen Jul 2016 #836
One begets the other. Allow women to be referenced in a vulgar misogynist manner, seabeyond Jul 2016 #847
No such thing as respectful boundaries - the dudes there are convinced it's too authoritarian to be bettyellen Jul 2016 #1048
The can respect the n word boundary. They are saying, like my rw family, they are allowed to be seabeyond Jul 2016 #1058
They do pretend they might allow it too, and are losing members for that bullshit... bettyellen Jul 2016 #1067
Same people spent 7 yrs tearing up Obama and Democrats. They will just do that for the next however seabeyond Jul 2016 #1071
Hell yes they will. I spent 7 years virtually hiding out in the BOG and a year in the HRC group.... Hekate Jul 2016 #1082
Because they think it means the boys like them. You remember high school, right? nt msanthrope Jul 2016 #1093
I think some people are so desperate for attention they'll put up with anything, it's sad to see. bettyellen Jul 2016 #1104
Well...let's be clear in this case. We are talking about women. msanthrope Jul 2016 #1105
WOW just WOW Lazy Daisy Jul 2016 #845
I think you missed the point Hekate Jul 2016 #874
I commented on how demeaning the men's attitudes toward the women mods are there.... bettyellen Jul 2016 #1047
Here, let me point it out for you Lazy Daisy Jul 2016 #1139
I see nothing wrong with that inference cosmicone Jul 2016 #1145
I see Lazy Daisy Jul 2016 #1147
The demeaning is happening over there. If they can't compliment a woman on a skill bettyellen Jul 2016 #1170
Many women do go along with sexist patriarchal bullshit - is this news to you? What it has to do bettyellen Jul 2016 #1169
LOL! Well... no. Squinch Jul 2016 #1050
Better yet, use your time standing up for the two mod women that are being subjugated. seabeyond Jul 2016 #1059
Ugh mcar Jul 2016 #700
c word is allowed. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #221
As I said, I hadnt been on the site, and going locked up computer, but saw the names seabeyond Jul 2016 #790
I wonder what they would do... sheshe2 Jul 2016 #793
Ya. But we already knew it. And got hides calling it. Validation for our perception. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #818
They've got mommy issues wysi Jul 2016 #1136
LOL Gothmog Jul 2016 #1143
+1000 n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1146
Those name seem familiar and reading that Chaffetz was on point makes me sick. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #4
Some of those delusional MORANS* make Freepers look witty and well-bred Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #5
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #18
Awwwww dang it. I missed my "post removed" Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #54
lol KMOD Jul 2016 #101
I'm surrounded! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1123
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #146
Ah, and there it is. The personal attack! The final resting place of the argument utterly lost. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #225
They were fake Democrats who always supported Trump. Kingofalldems Jul 2016 #7
I thought that was discussionist? Photographer Jul 2016 #8
+1. n/t bvf Jul 2016 #77
Discussionist isn't even that bad. Purrfessor Jul 2016 #127
Agreed Gothmog Jul 2016 #175
ARE you Kidding? yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #503
Interesting. Don't spend time Hortensis Jul 2016 #664
Well if they have no one yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #753
Well, that's a nice feedback for JPR. Hortensis Jul 2016 #757
I have felt the burning yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #762
Unfortunately, the Democratic Party still includes Hortensis Jul 2016 #767
idk... yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #779
I do not know how women embrace vulgar misogynist slurs against all women. seabeyond Jul 2016 #791
I look at the discussionist as the kids table. BarbaRosa Jul 2016 #265
Thanks. I keep forgetting to log in over there on my phone. opiate69 Jul 2016 #9
They have a "God bless the loyal opposition" thread lapucelle Jul 2016 #13
They are thanking Republicans for saving Social Security. Scurrilous Jul 2016 #38
Lapucelle, isn't it past time for us to admit Hortensis Jul 2016 #672
"Helter skelter," only with political parties instead of races. Doesn't reflect well on those Squinch Jul 2016 #770
Like the football team that falls to their cross-town rival Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #864
Yes, think so. :) It's hard for me to "feel" how Hortensis Jul 2016 #987
I refuse to click the link GusBob Jul 2016 #14
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #35
What? What is wrong with that post? Squinch Jul 2016 #40
Try #27!!! GusBob Jul 2016 #42
And, "Warning: Some names may appear familiar to those on DU" nt fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #78
Try #35! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #84
This message was self-deleted by its author Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #86
Ooops! You can't try #35 - IT DIED. lol! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #88
He should appeal! GusBob Jul 2016 #90
Nothing beats the delusional hatred of the JP "radicals". They bettyellen Jul 2016 #96
Same here. I have both that site and the equally obnoxious spoof site Amimnoch Jul 2016 #87
Excuse me... k8conant Jul 2016 #17
none so blind... Siding with the republicans to wish that Hillary had gotten indicted La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #22
reading your link Kali Jul 2016 #102
It wasn't locked until it was linked from this thread Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #114
ah, I didn't notice timing Kali Jul 2016 #122
In poker parlance, it's a tell. Brother Buzz Jul 2016 #137
It was up for two days, OP is from July 6. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2016 #119
Was flaming and not locked when I posted it La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #168
yeah sorry Kali Jul 2016 #280
1 hour ago..... Person 2713 Jul 2016 #173
... Kali Jul 2016 #282
Wow. That is f@cked up. If I didn't know better, I would have thought it was FR. YIKES. AgadorSparticus Jul 2016 #436
Yes. "Lying b***h" is a term of constructive criticism ya know... whatthehey Jul 2016 #26
Looked like Hillary hate to me radical noodle Jul 2016 #29
It it all about the benjamins? annavictorious Jul 2016 #75
They are crazier than the Sanders reddit sub. Ace Rothstein Jul 2016 #24
Crazier than r/s4p, and even crazier than r/k4s. NuclearDem Jul 2016 #1215
there is a thread on bill clinton and AIDS. they are already in freeper land La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #25
. Squinch Jul 2016 #32
Lots and lots of familiar names. With friends like these, who needs enemies? Hekate Jul 2016 #51
Yes. The words "good riddance to bad rubbish" come to mind. nt stevenleser Jul 2016 #159
Funny to recognize some of my least fave posters over there. redstateblues Jul 2016 #359
I looked at the site. Saw a lot of my du ignore list there. I voted for Sanders and will now Person 2713 Jul 2016 #771
And one of the recommends is from a familiar name ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2016 #190
What the fuck... Agschmid Jul 2016 #295
They are such wonderful, classy people over there. Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #27
Approved by that site's moderators! cosmicone Jul 2016 #33
"...And the n-word isn't part of my vocabulary." This after the poster insisted on using the c-word Squinch Jul 2016 #309
Who created that site? hrmjustin Jul 2016 #66
Well, think of the two biggest racist trolls(thankfully shown the door), DU had here for years... zappaman Jul 2016 #76
Figures. A lot of masks coming off at that site. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #85
Isn't the pub in Stockholm or something... revmclaren Jul 2016 #142
LOL Gothmog Jul 2016 #953
LOL... BooScout Jul 2016 #509
trolls who were banned at DU nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #199
It's disgusting enough for that to be posted, but even more disappointing to Fla Dem Jul 2016 #92
Yes. There are some names over there saying things that make me very sad. Squinch Jul 2016 #103
I use to be friends with her.... sheshe2 Jul 2016 #227
Ewwwwwww...I suppose they'll also be fine skepticscott Jul 2016 #133
That individual is still active here. OilemFirchen Jul 2016 #203
Magic 8-ball sees post purging in the future. nt fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #310
I expect he has me on ignore skepticscott Jul 2016 #323
He supports Trump now nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #372
He has company there, certainly. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1094
Have not seen that GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #250
Yes, despite their claims to want real political change skepticscott Jul 2016 #514
I may never have to use this pic again... SidDithers Jul 2016 #31
You could feel the toxicity leave this site... joshcryer Jul 2016 #34
I noticed that too. It's kind of nice. Squinch Jul 2016 #45
The Great Enema did happen geek tragedy Jul 2016 #245
They'll be back GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #254
And claiming to be the base nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #377
And claiming she's throwing them under the bus Hekate Jul 2016 #496
It is pathetic. still_one Jul 2016 #36
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #37
lol La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #41
"Bernie Sanders Is Expected to Endorse Hillary Clinton Next Week" Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #43
Don't go away mad bro! GusBob Jul 2016 #46
Wow. auntpurl Jul 2016 #48
You seem upset. Squinch Jul 2016 #49
kthxbai PeaceNikki Jul 2016 #50
are you quoting somebody or do we need to go have tea? snooper2 Jul 2016 #53
Why even link to it? Why give them attention? morningfog Jul 2016 #44
It seems relevant auntpurl Jul 2016 #52
How is that at all relevant to DU and its current TOS? morningfog Jul 2016 #57
It's good to understand the opposition. auntpurl Jul 2016 #64
many of those people there, were brutal to people here Sheepshank Jul 2016 #79
Most of those people still post here. It's nice to realize that we are not nuts when we read their Squinch Jul 2016 #105
Yes Hekate Jul 2016 #489
There's a fascination with finding both current Hortensis Jul 2016 #678
Because some of them still post here cosmicone Jul 2016 #56
In other words, your good intention is to call out current DUers? morningfog Jul 2016 #59
Not at all cosmicone Jul 2016 #71
I think people can do their own research snooper2 Jul 2016 #82
As do I. No need to bring nastiness here. morningfog Jul 2016 #99
Sunlight is the best disinfectant Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1096
Newsflash: people who post here sometimes post on other message boards jack_krass Jul 2016 #128
But what they post here and what they post there are worlds apart. Here, many of them troll. Squinch Jul 2016 #167
I haven't been to the site much yet, but I remember the DUer it's named for.. jack_krass Jul 2016 #458
This message was self-deleted by its author Hekate Jul 2016 #491
I actually don't remember him. I have heard he was great. What was he legend for? Squinch Jul 2016 #572
Great analysis, warmth, wit. A genuinely good man who is much missed emulatorloo Jul 2016 #575
He was always kind, even in disagreement. I don't think he would have liked the way many are acting PeaceNikki Jul 2016 #594
Jackpine Radical was indeed a legend. A great poster and DU misses him everyday emulatorloo Jul 2016 #574
Exposure to light is the best cure for that kind of contamination. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #58
It's relevant because them leaving is an important moment in the history of DU. stevenleser Jul 2016 #177
That's true. I think the new TOS has a lot to do with some of the worst leaving here. It isn't Squinch Jul 2016 #202
The new TOS has shut down most of the worst, most divisive, and toxic behavior here, thankfully. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #449
And to help remember their real views GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #258
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #380
Aw darn, I missed the pearls of wisdom from post removed. nt stevenleser Jul 2016 #430
So.... quickesst Jul 2016 #47
It's a PUMA site and the enemy of their enemy sufrommich Jul 2016 #55
Democrats should never become tools cosmicone Jul 2016 #62
I'm not disagreeing with you,I'm just pointing out sufrommich Jul 2016 #67
Agree. Before the internet most had few Hortensis Jul 2016 #687
Why would you vote for someone you vehemently disagree with? Does nothing guide you beyond a "D"? Gene Debs Jul 2016 #624
"vehemently" is your characterization cosmicone Jul 2016 #634
Well, you said "No matter how much I disagree with a democrat, I'd still vote for that person", so I Gene Debs Jul 2016 #679
Because it's a binary choice. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #870
One can question the validity of "D" if there's that huge an issue with a progressive like Clinton. seabeyond Jul 2016 #795
Reminds me of that hillaryis44 website Yukari Yakumo Jul 2016 #1217
K&R FOR TRUTH! eom MohRokTah Jul 2016 #60
Has FR moved on from it's 90s format yet? sakabatou Jul 2016 #69
piners enid602 Jul 2016 #70
"Piners." That's going to stick. Squinch Jul 2016 #438
Like sap. Raine1967 Jul 2016 #1083
Blaaaaaa~! Squinch Jul 2016 #1085
Piners gonna pine! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1098
That name will stick Gothmog Jul 2016 #1141
I suppose it's safe to say, after reading the Trump love there....... Sheepshank Jul 2016 #72
Bigots in one place don't mitigate bigots in another. Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #80
Make sure you let Skinner know about your problems with his moderation of HIS site. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #134
Hey, I will always call out bigotry where it exists, denial of such things is toxic. Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #160
Well, that is awful. auntpurl Jul 2016 #171
Not saying this person wasn't motivated Hortensis Jul 2016 #692
I didn't see that. But they were banned, you say? It doesn't seem like that amounts to Squinch Jul 2016 #776
The anti-Semitic labeling was happening at a parody site stranger81 Jul 2016 #115
No...that's not where is started. Sheepshank Jul 2016 #124
Absolutely false. But this entire thread is delusional. stranger81 Jul 2016 #130
What are you talking about? Loki Jul 2016 #286
This is the site I'm referring to. stranger81 Jul 2016 #296
Never heard of it before now, Loki Jul 2016 #306
Stranger81, I've never seen that obscure site before either. Hortensis Jul 2016 #696
How sad, did Cavers make that site? Rex Jul 2016 #822
It was truly disgusting... PoutrageFatigue Jul 2016 #384
Here's another kind of bigotry BainsBane Jul 2016 #467
Boy that was a nasty trip into some alternate universe. Loki Jul 2016 #534
Those are people who should Jamaal510 Jul 2016 #725
So stubborn about allowing sexism they claim they might find a context where ni**er is acceptable? bettyellen Jul 2016 #743
They also claimed BainsBane Jul 2016 #769
Libertarian assholes, as I aways thought. bettyellen Jul 2016 #789
Absolutely! I just saw your post and had made the same comment/observation. R B Garr Jul 2016 #298
Yes a lot of familiar names on JPR. fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #73
the thread layout is very similar to DU. frankieallen Jul 2016 #81
They seem to love Trey Gowdy over there Politicub Jul 2016 #83
And Trump. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #89
SMH n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #91
They're bat shit crazy over there Politicub Jul 2016 #315
Man, there is some dumbass rhetoric on that site! zappaman Jul 2016 #97
I was reading a thread over there workinclasszero Jul 2016 #104
. Rex Jul 2016 #106
Ho-ly shit. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #123
Not likely in my opinion IgelJames4 Jul 2016 #125
A site where the c word... sheshe2 Jul 2016 #126
Take note of the women posting there, enabling it. nt msanthrope Jul 2016 #322
Dork, we use to be friendly here. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #357
disgusting. niyad Jul 2016 #636
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #668
welcome to du. well, they can use it as a slur, and we can point out that they are niyad Jul 2016 #671
Thank you niyad for the history on that word. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #719
let me know what you think when finished. niyad Jul 2016 #721
So men took that word and dis-empowered the meaning or tried to? Rex Jul 2016 #729
that, and many others that were originally titles of honour. patriarchy does that. niyad Jul 2016 #814
I can't go there bucolic_frolic Jul 2016 #129
They wasted $ on Bernie and they continue to fund him Happyhippychick Jul 2016 #132
Wait until he endorses Hillary and begins using that money to help her win. Meldread Jul 2016 #147
Update!! GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #276
Link? Would love to see that Happyhippychick Jul 2016 #297
I see lots of "legal experts" there leftofcool Jul 2016 #135
There's one there that's been an EXPERT on damn near everything! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #155
That person is also an expert on cosmicone Jul 2016 #161
oh my! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #169
LOL! sarae Jul 2016 #303
If it's who I'm thinking of auntpurl Jul 2016 #164
It's just a Wordpress blog HamiltonSwan Jul 2016 #362
Yup, just a sad little blogspot with one "writer" dressed in a costume she probably Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1126
You and me both, auntpurl. Astonished I was. The sloppy syntax, lazy spelling, gobbledygook grammar, Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #569
I always felt sorry for the chicken-scratch proofreader (the editor maybe). betsuni Jul 2016 #997
"Ni queue ni tête", as the French say. No tail or head. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #1003
Their so-called legal experts are amusing Gothmog Jul 2016 #176
Yes ... I haven't spent much time there; but, yes ... quite amusing, they are. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #223
Did you know that you are a consumer if you give money to the Sanders campaign Gothmog Jul 2016 #424
If one is still donating to the Sanders campaign ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #426
Here is a link Gothmog Jul 2016 #875
Thanks ... I need some fun reading! 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #1016
Th e posters on DK had some great comments about this idiotic lawsuit Gothmog Jul 2016 #1173
The pleading was certainly entertaining ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #1183
You may find this to be amusing Gothmog Jul 2016 #1192
They think they're going to make $200 million on it... Squinch Jul 2016 #1203
The lawsuit is a scam and has no merit Gothmog Jul 2016 #1204
Two more threads that you may find interesting Gothmog Jul 2016 #1194
I went to the attorneys' SuperPAC website ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #1196
This youtube video on the other website is amusing Gothmog Jul 2016 #1208
but that person was NOT an anti-Clinton partisan, despite their insistence Hillary was going to jail geek tragedy Jul 2016 #200
Journalistic integrity, don'tcha know. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #213
Ooooh My. With that encyclopedic wealth of knowledge, I am sure she is a great asset to the site. Hekate Jul 2016 #495
Perhaps the expert self-administered one too many "cures" nt Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #502
I remember her "tick tock, tick tock, the indictment is coming" She just knew! lunamagica Jul 2016 #976
Well, she was a Legal Expert dontcha know :-) Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #986
Gah wryter2000 Jul 2016 #144
I can't wait until Bernie endorses Hillary. Meldread Jul 2016 #145
I don't think Bernie matters to them cosmicone Jul 2016 #162
To be fair, they're not a monolith. auntpurl Jul 2016 #166
In my opinion, the people you speak of never went there n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #170
Here's an example, from the "Does Bill Clinton have AIDS?" thread auntpurl Jul 2016 #183
Yes, and there are more than a handful. Hortensis Jul 2016 #707
The thread is back! Rex Jul 2016 #178
Yes, it is back. cosmicone Jul 2016 #187
I agree, transparency is a good thing. Locking this thread was wrong imo. Rex Jul 2016 #191
I think some will support Hillary auntpurl Jul 2016 #188
True. Rex Jul 2016 #192
there are zero rational, sane people posting over there. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #208
See my post 183. auntpurl Jul 2016 #215
Ted Cruz thinks Trump goes too far in some of his crazy talk. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #217
True BainsBane Jul 2016 #685
Former longtime DUer gets short shrift for trying to be reasonable... Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #1150
Good lord! These people are truly insane! Seriously, I am SO happy this site exists. Squinch Jul 2016 #1156
I saw a cockroach in my apartment the other day. Summer. Bought roach motels. betsuni Jul 2016 #1159
In a month or two, I predict an influx here of new posters who have a suspiciously good grasp Squinch Jul 2016 #1160
Absolutely. The caterpillars will crawl around and then turn into something else. betsuni Jul 2016 #1161
I think DU's registration form cosmicone Jul 2016 #1162
Thanks for posting this Gothmog Jul 2016 #1174
They're embarrassing themselves ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2016 #182
Here's one from Just Plain Republicans: "God Bless our loyal opposition (Republican Party)!" geek tragedy Jul 2016 #195
Going from absurd to bizarre n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #198
This is a particularly good example of a common Hortensis Jul 2016 #738
Trolls gonna troll. nt Rex Jul 2016 #201
that's mainstream thought over there. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #204
Poor cali, leaves DU and is now getting hammered for having her own opinion. Rex Jul 2016 #205
she let her hatred of Hillary Clinton drive her choice of online hangout geek tragedy Jul 2016 #210
True we all make our own bed. Rex Jul 2016 #216
they've taken as the gospel truth every single last crazy thing said about Clinton. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #220
I agree, some of the things people are saying about HRC are just unfuckingbelievable. Rex Jul 2016 #226
they believe all the stuff from The Arkansas Project, Clinton Body Count, Vince Foster etc geek tragedy Jul 2016 #230
True I never thought I would see a lefty agree with those stupid CTs. Rex Jul 2016 #239
They get their information from 4chan. Not an exaggeration nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #428
She had come around to supporting Clinton as the nominee BainsBane Jul 2016 #409
Hates Clinton too much for that to have continued nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #425
She's back to saying Trump is no worse than Clinton geek tragedy Jul 2016 #1127
At the end, before she left here, she was working very hard to be supportive and to be a uniter. Squinch Jul 2016 #229
Me too. nt auntpurl Jul 2016 #233
she'll probably get herself banned there, that place is going to be Lord of the Flies geek tragedy Jul 2016 #234
And she'll be Piggy after they broke his glasses... Squinch Jul 2016 #238
Nah, she'll never be anyone's punching bag or victim geek tragedy Jul 2016 #241
Yes, I suppose you are right about that. Squinch Jul 2016 #247
She's pushing back on nonsense over there. And of course some insinuate she's a Hillary Troll. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #256
As much as I've disagreed with Cali, I feel the same way. Metric System Jul 2016 #564
Split personality. GD Cali could post Hortensis Jul 2016 #744
Respect here, too. But, also wonder why she's chosen to do battle with those flagrant fanatics. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #642
I noticed that too and respect her for it. Rex Jul 2016 #236
Yes. I think that is true for most of us. Squinch Jul 2016 #242
Totally. Rex Jul 2016 #248
My jaw drops at the ones who say, "Well here we go. This is what we've been Squinch Jul 2016 #255
Cheering on a Bush appointee. Barf. That imo is desperation. Rex Jul 2016 #268
He did debunk some stuff, though, like Guccifer, even though he didn't want to. Squinch Jul 2016 #272
Yeah hopefully this will put to rest, within our own party, this silly meme Rex Jul 2016 #275
I do too. Nothing surprised me more than seeing her there. sufrommich Jul 2016 #261
Me either. And it's actually been nice that most of those names have been siphoned off from here. Squinch Jul 2016 #267
Again another woman I respected, even though we often disagreed. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #799
She has rage issues but she isn't an idiot like many of the rest. stevenleser Jul 2016 #327
Well.....cali peddled her own CT here. Didn't work. I don't pity msanthrope Jul 2016 #535
Damn, if that's where they're coming from, no wonder they Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #576
I recognized several names... FarPoint Jul 2016 #214
I think of a name for everyone in this group on this OP. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #222
And what might that be? Squinch Jul 2016 #232
Three guesses, first two don't count. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #235
If you have something to say, you should say it. Otherwise, it's just childish. Squinch Jul 2016 #244
If I said what I think you would alert. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #249
So instead you make non-statements. How... um... feeble. Squinch Jul 2016 #260
I'm not giving you and your cohorts on the alert brigade an opening. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #266
I have a cohort? AND a brigade? Cool! Squinch Jul 2016 #269
don't forget the echo chamber. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #273
Now I know I would have noticed that if I had one. My apartment isn't that big that I would have Squinch Jul 2016 #277
Echo chamber? hrmjustin Jul 2016 #288
Echo chamber? truebrit71 Jul 2016 #291
Bahahaha! See what they did there? Squinch Jul 2016 #326
Courage and convictions...they matter. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #651
I'm not ready to pull a Walt Starr yet. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #656
Hahahahahahahahaha Loki Jul 2016 #760
I've always wondered auntpurl Jul 2016 #237
Remember the jerky kid in high school who would say cryptic things and think they made him Squinch Jul 2016 #246
Usually with a copy of Jack Kerouac or Salinger in his back pocket. auntpurl Jul 2016 #251
And ten hairs on his upper lip that he had been growing all through Sophomore year. Squinch Jul 2016 #263
Ayn Rand... GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #281
So why did you just do it? Barack_America Jul 2016 #304
There was no call-out there. Don't you like Kerouac or Ayn Rand? Hekate Jul 2016 #498
Kerouac was boring. Rand is a cure fore insomnia. hobbit709 Jul 2016 #765
It's still not a call-out. Hekate Jul 2016 #885
And what would that name be? Loki Jul 2016 #313
I see most of DU's best posters here. joshcryer Jul 2016 #982
I just read some feckless shitwit admitting to reading Gary Byrne's masturbatory msanthrope Jul 2016 #224
Guess what? They think Hillary killed Vince Foster and pimp the Clinton Body Count stuff geek tragedy Jul 2016 #228
Of course they do. Cha Jul 2016 #447
I have some of those same names on ignore dlwickham Jul 2016 #240
you can take them off--I did--they ain't coming back nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #243
I took everyone off ignore after the primary was decided. nt Rex Jul 2016 #252
Me too, then I had to put a couple back on during Brexit, lol. auntpurl Jul 2016 #253
I can understand, that was ugly. Rex Jul 2016 #259
You are welcome. auntpurl Jul 2016 #264
Sleep well, auntpurl! Rex Jul 2016 #270
Me too, I have zero on ignore for the first time in 5+ years. nt stevenleser Jul 2016 #329
Granted I don't read FR, but ... Feron Jul 2016 #257
To be worse than FR you would have to find the very first markup language Rex Jul 2016 #271
Lol Loki Jul 2016 #316
That's the first thing I thought when I saw Rimjobs site - MS DOS. Rex Jul 2016 #628
"Hillary killed Vince Foster" is not a constructive discussion of HRC's flaws emulatorloo Jul 2016 #292
FR is a un-American right wing rat hole rockfordfile Jul 2016 #305
Kay. Bye. Squinch Jul 2016 #334
This message was self-deleted by its author Renew Deal Jul 2016 #262
There seems to be a certain pathology that draws people to these sites Loki Jul 2016 #278
It has been sadly revealing. nt pnwmom Jul 2016 #287
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #289
Care to give a link? Loki Jul 2016 #293
Kick Cha Jul 2016 #283
Looking at the names posting on JPR ... NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #294
Yes, it will be interesting to see how they react to Bernie endorsing Hillary. Meldread Jul 2016 #299
Exactly. Andy823 Jul 2016 #317
Yes, indeed. NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #330
Such a troll. And so obviously so. I was always puzzled by the support he got here. Squinch Jul 2016 #442
I was always amazed ... NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #456
Every OP was divisive pot-stirring flamebait. Never said a bad word about Republicans emulatorloo Jul 2016 #602
Read the Elizabeth Warren thread. Just sub in Bernie's name and you get the gist of msanthrope Jul 2016 #324
Oh, exactly! NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #389
Do you think they will go full Church Of Scientology DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #677
Agree there is a definite cult pull going on Hortensis Jul 2016 #752
A long time DUer cannot, by definition be a right wing troll. jack_krass Jul 2016 #462
Bwahahahaha!!! NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #463
Better Believe it. Raine1967 Jul 2016 #1090
... NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #1132
Say what? Hekate Jul 2016 #499
For some, their longevity is the measure of the success of their trollery. Some of them are Squinch Jul 2016 #578
Heh. Yes they are. Mad skilz. Hekate Jul 2016 #880
... Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #662
Except most of us true Bernie supporters are not "easily manipulated." WIProgressive88 Jul 2016 #620
No one is smearing BS supporters. They are discussing the posters at JPR, who are a fringe group. Squinch Jul 2016 #787
I thought I was clear ... NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #805
Fair enough, and I suppose I should have picked up on that. Apologies for misinterpreting your post. WIProgressive88 Jul 2016 #850
Apologies for not being as clear ... NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #852
No apologies necessary, my friend. WIProgressive88 Jul 2016 #854
This is the reality of it. And I hope the 85% and beyond of Sanders supporters are gonna seabeyond Jul 2016 #806
This was the "tell" and what separated them from sincere Sanders people: Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #659
Nance is right-many of the JPR posters were never really democrats Gothmog Jul 2016 #892
I lulz'd KG Jul 2016 #300
And the point of this thread is??? Barack_America Jul 2016 #307
Purgation. nt fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #312
Pretending that it's any different here, apparently. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2016 #314
The hypocrisy and complete lack of self-reflection stranger81 Jul 2016 #351
Absolutely. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2016 #354
I know I do. stranger81 Jul 2016 #358
That is excellent news! Squinch Jul 2016 #375
Bye to you, too! stranger81 Jul 2016 #379
Hey Lizzie! yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #827
They have left the building. Agschmid Jul 2016 #932
About freakin time. nt JTFrog Jul 2016 #1027
People here don't hope Trump becomes President. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #370
Well, let's discuss the differences ... NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #450
Spot on Hekate Jul 2016 #500
Sing it sister! GusBob Jul 2016 #511
JPR is run by an Ann Coulter-fucker. Or, let me be precise....a wannabe-fucker. msanthrope Jul 2016 #529
+1,000! Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #533
Well said! Spazito Jul 2016 #554
+! DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #991
Well done! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1131
... Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #338
It is not meta BainsBane Jul 2016 #349
Right. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #360
They absolutely have a right to express their opinions BainsBane Jul 2016 #365
The question isn't whether they have the 1st Amendment right to say stupid shit Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #368
This is ironic BainsBane Jul 2016 #383
Kind of like the irony.. opiate69 Jul 2016 #417
I believe that advocacy for Trump and the GOP congress BainsBane Jul 2016 #457
outrage? ....When? four years ago or something? Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #423
There's a difference in this case BainsBane Jul 2016 #452
I will refer you to my original reply. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #478
November of last year, your reaction was very different. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1135
Plus a squillion to what you said, wazza! Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #387
Hey, VC! Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #420
I'll see your squillion, and raise you a brazilian for your spot-on assessment! opiate69 Jul 2016 #431
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #694
Lots of words from someone who claims not to give a shit. JTFrog Jul 2016 #1029
+1. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #1031
See my #177 above. nt stevenleser Jul 2016 #405
Hardly. Did you ever read what still active posters on DU... Barack_America Jul 2016 #429
No not hardly. As usual you conflate things that don't relate to each other stevenleser Jul 2016 #522
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #465
Agreed. WIProgressive88 Jul 2016 #610
Nope. They reflect a fascination with seeing people Hortensis Jul 2016 #775
After seeing that.. Mike Nelson Jul 2016 #308
They better hope Hillary wins Renew Deal Jul 2016 #311
I'm just happy they found a place to post all of their KMOD Jul 2016 #320
I occasionally get a "thing" from them on FB - raven mad Jul 2016 #321
Snicker, and it's different here? Katashi_itto Jul 2016 #325
Yes ... we support democratic nominees here n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #328
Wow...that's so awesome. Katashi_itto Jul 2016 #331
Yes, it is thank you. leftofcool Jul 2016 #410
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #412
Yes it is, Loki Jul 2016 #528
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #335
Wrong analogy cosmicone Jul 2016 #339
No way I'm taking that bait. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2016 #342
There was no bait there. n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #344
Bonification..... think Jul 2016 #332
DU is a paragon of liberalness and progressivism... joshcryer Jul 2016 #333
I love good satire! Lizzie Poppet Jul 2016 #336
Then you might like the satire at cosmicone Jul 2016 #341
Obviously. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2016 #347
Nobody here is promoting or voting for that Facist Trump. Can't say the same about JPR. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #453
In some parallel dimension I am sure it is. Katashi_itto Jul 2016 #337
Your judgement is in doubt. joshcryer Jul 2016 #343
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #345
+10000 Katashi_itto Jul 2016 #348
If you think that, why do you stay? Squinch Jul 2016 #350
Because it amuses me. Lizzie Poppet Jul 2016 #353
You think DU is a hate site, and you stay here because that amuses you? How sad for you. Squinch Jul 2016 #355
Seeing you've got time to ask questions, maybe you could answer the one I asked you in this thread.. Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #363
You misinterpreted the thread. nt fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #414
Can't see how I did. And squinch is unwilling to explain Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #415
The rift on DU was caused by the folks on that site. KMOD Jul 2016 #422
The voting for Trump part was a clear give away. BainsBane Jul 2016 #459
... NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #461
I think there were people on both sides responsible for the rift... Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #513
I am sorry DU sucks for you GusBob Jul 2016 #517
Thank you for yr kind words and genuine question... Violet_Crumble Jul 2016 #518
Love ya Violet but the evidence is against you here. stevenleser Jul 2016 #523
The other thing I would say is, other than you check out the threads of folks trying stevenleser Jul 2016 #524
A-friggin'-men! Thanks for stating what should be obvious, but apparently isn't. Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #545
not anymore... PeaceNikki Jul 2016 #560
Wow. That was a long time coming, but a good thing. Squinch Jul 2016 #580
Oh good bravenak Jul 2016 #886
Awesome. joshcryer Jul 2016 #983
Woot!! Starry Messenger Jul 2016 #1028
What caused that, do we know? Squinch Jul 2016 #1072
She called DU a "hate site" in this thread. PeaceNikki Jul 2016 #1076
Did you notice that the admins removed the "reason" page? Mosby Jul 2016 #1205
You went there. Congratz. Give yourself a pat on the back.... think Jul 2016 #346
Wow... think Jul 2016 #340
We don't call women - even our opponents - the C word cosmicone Jul 2016 #352
You could paint a barn with that brush pretty quick. Maybe you should patent it.... think Jul 2016 #356
Which part of cosmicone's statement do you think does not apply to DU? Squinch Jul 2016 #364
I implied nothing about DU. The lines were very clear... think Jul 2016 #366
Cosmicone's post was entirely about DU. You responded by saying he/she had painted with too Squinch Jul 2016 #367
I can read very well. How about you? think Jul 2016 #369
So I guess you are refusing to own your own comment. OK. Squinch Jul 2016 #373
insinuations suck think Jul 2016 #374
Yes. I am not understanding why you are insisting on using them. If you have something to say Squinch Jul 2016 #378
I'm sorry if this is too complicated for you. An insinuation is when one compares a thing to another think Jul 2016 #388
Ummm.... no. That's not what an insinuation is. Squinch Jul 2016 #392
insinuation: an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad. think Jul 2016 #393
So here's the thing. We can continue with this conversation in which you say silly and cryptic Squinch Jul 2016 #396
context: the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, think Jul 2016 #397
So basically, you simply will not own your statement that cosmicone's comment Squinch Jul 2016 #399
If you can't understand the context and the insinuation made why bother? think Jul 2016 #402
Again a non-answer to a simple question. Squinch Jul 2016 #403
I explained that the OP was making an insinuation based on the context of this thread. think Jul 2016 #404
The OP is asking a direct question with no insinuations. Squinch Jul 2016 #406
Please show me the question in the OP's statement. While you're at it look for the insinuations think Jul 2016 #408
The OP, the original post, asks "Could this be the birth of Free Republic 2.0?" Squinch Jul 2016 #411
My response was to post #352 not post #1. think Jul 2016 #416
The OP is the original post. Post 1. That's what an OP is. If you are talking about post 352, Squinch Jul 2016 #427
Good luck all in .... think Jul 2016 #432
You can look up the term "broad brush" on your own... think Jul 2016 #394
I am fully aware what a broad brush is. What part of cosmicone's post about DU were you talking Squinch Jul 2016 #398
context think Jul 2016 #401
JPR = hate site. DU = progressive site. joshcryer Jul 2016 #494
You rock. KMOD Jul 2016 #376
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #466
That's fucking hysterical!!! PoutrageFatigue Jul 2016 #390
Any site that promotes the election of trump KMOD Jul 2016 #371
We're not rooting for Trump against Clinton. geek tragedy Jul 2016 #382
yes, we support the democratic nominee, don't claim bill clinton has aids, dont support republicans La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #612
Trey Gowdy/Darryl Issa/Joe Walsh Radicals is another loser site. Dawson Leery Jul 2016 #361
They were originally here as sock puppet freeper trolls The Second Stone Jul 2016 #381
Ewww I need a shower after reading that nonsense rbrnmw Jul 2016 #385
Why should I give a rat's ass about these assholes? apcalc Jul 2016 #386
You probably wouldn't if you have not felt alert trolled, fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #419
Aw, did someone disagree with you? Jester Messiah Jul 2016 #446
What did he post there? fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #464
Yes, Cosmicone doesn't support Donald Trump for President BainsBane Jul 2016 #469
Are you needling? cosmicone Jul 2016 #471
!!! zappaman Jul 2016 #472
hehehehehehehe n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #475
This message was self-deleted by its author Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #537
Lol emulatorloo Jul 2016 #476
LOL betsuni Jul 2016 #479
. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #488
Pris en flagrant délit ! C'est trop, c'est trop ! LOL! Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #538
J'adore ces occasions ... Ils font ma journée joyeuse cosmicone Jul 2016 #539
Did you see that one of the most aggressive ones just got PPRed in this thread? Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #542
They're dropping like flies as they peel off their masks to reveal Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #992
"Notice in particular how very concerned they are with down-ticket races." [sarc] Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #996
If a quasi-religious cult can be built around the hate of one person Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1088
Interesting catch. They don't care about down-ticket races at all. DanTex Jul 2016 #1002
Proof is in the pudding there. nt Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1122
Well damn look at that. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1066
Holy Cow! That's very enlightening n/t emulatorloo Jul 2016 #1117
Oops. Nt NCTraveler Jul 2016 #540
How about the ones planning to get banned on DU but somehow never get around to it Renew Deal Jul 2016 #550
Why, I believe he is.. lol Cha Jul 2016 #588
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't that the definition of trolling? Squinch Jul 2016 #742
Ouch!!! Grassy Knoll Jul 2016 #962
HA ha! FANCY THAT! Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1191
Then JPR is the site for you! NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #473
See #471. n/t zappaman Jul 2016 #474
"JPR: You'll come for the poutrage, you'll stay for the CTs" LOL betsuni Jul 2016 #481
No one is allowed at JPR. They have rules against it Renew Deal Jul 2016 #547
Thank you, cosmicone. betsuni Jul 2016 #477
I think it's also important because we all knew all along that the VAST majority of DU's Bernie Squinch Jul 2016 #1078
Yes, I agree. And I will say again, 12 yrs on this site, there are a lot of people... not a few, seabeyond Jul 2016 #1080
Well, they brought you and me together! zappaman Jul 2016 #1087
I know. True that. Isn't that a hoot, Zappaman. seabeyond Jul 2016 #1091
"Bringing those haters to light allows us to be allies again" OMG I fervently hope so Hekate Jul 2016 #1086
This exactly! mcar Jul 2016 #1092
Damn! Just read this entire thread. bravenak Jul 2016 #493
+1 BainsBane Jul 2016 #515
I am all like.... Damn, too. Lol. I have only made it to this point in the thread. seabeyond Jul 2016 #810
This thread will go down in history bravenak Jul 2016 #813
Some thread. Lol. I just finished. Interesting. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #819
It's more than a little exhausting at this point. But somehow I get the feeling this discussion... Hekate Jul 2016 #894
I am thinking of people I can actually invite to this site now. What a thought. Rules, rule. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #895
Hopefully they'll stay over there as promised. Starry Messenger Jul 2016 #497
Yes! It took the new TOS to make it finally, finally sink in that this is a site for Democrats. betsuni Jul 2016 #532
Based on my one visit there BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #508
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #519
With respects, you have been here 4 months. They have always been angry GusBob Jul 2016 #521
Well, yeah, except for the fact that none of what you are saying about DU is true. You are Squinch Jul 2016 #590
'Misogyny is the last acceptable prejudice of the Left'. whathehell Jul 2016 #527
Ahhh, I gotta always +1 this. So good to see you. I have not seen you forever. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #812
Well, thanks.. whathehell Jul 2016 #856
Kick for the morning crowd mcar Jul 2016 #536
Kick eom MohRokTah Jul 2016 #543
Jackpine radical .... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2016 #546
Jackpineradical is gone Cary Jul 2016 #553
Don't you think I know that.. N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2016 #558
Doesn't seem that you do. Cary Jul 2016 #563
Jackpine Radical was a great DUer, but that toxic, putrid wingnut hate site geek tragedy Jul 2016 #557
I agree, ... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2016 #566
Disagreement with you equals "bowing down and giving reverence." Disagreement with you Squinch Jul 2016 #600
It appears that is the prevailing sentiment BainsBane Jul 2016 #924
I completely agree., Starry Messenger Jul 2016 #618
Thanks, geek Hekate Jul 2016 #899
Mahatma Gandhi was a vegetarian and was a tea-totaler cosmicone Jul 2016 #565
Been there? N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2016 #568
Been where? nt cosmicone Jul 2016 #570
Holy crap that's tone deaf. nt msanthrope Jul 2016 #1100
He had no real response n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1178
Yes, he was respected and to see his name misappropriated... Spazito Jul 2016 #579
He was always kind, even in disagreement. I don't think he would have liked the way many are acting PeaceNikki Jul 2016 #596
I totally agree... Spazito Jul 2016 #619
He would have never condoned hateful language. Starry Messenger Jul 2016 #688
Jackpine Radical was a good, rational man. NuclearDem Jul 2016 #1216
No surprise that BernieorBust would morph into full blown Trump supporters Cary Jul 2016 #581
Whatever one's criticism of Hillary cosmicone Jul 2016 #584
They morphed into "conservstives" Cary Jul 2016 #586
That's what's so insane. All this time they've been telling us that we are such bad progressives Squinch Jul 2016 #735
Cognitive dissonance Cary Jul 2016 #761
Most of his supporters are that wise Andy823 Jul 2016 #689
A good point has been made that they are using the name of a well respected DUer hrmjustin Jul 2016 #587
I suggest cosmicone Jul 2016 #589
That's a great point Justin and I agree ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #591
I agree. He & I interacted a LOT. Wisconsin Democrats are a tight-knit group PeaceNikki Jul 2016 #599
My Norton says the jpr has a keylogger. stonecutter357 Jul 2016 #592
I wouldn't be surprised cosmicone Jul 2016 #597
How does that work? I thought a keylogger involved hardware. MH1 Jul 2016 #654
There are software keystroke loggers as well emulatorloo Jul 2016 #693
Thanks, but doesn't it still have to be installed on the computer MH1 Jul 2016 #723
Sometimes they're be a web script exploiting a browser. herding cats Jul 2016 #839
I said it before and I'll say it again. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #598
Yup ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #622
What do you believe is the genesis of misogyny, especially the misogyny at jpr? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #626
Both--the underlying emotion is fear in a most cases, if I felt like being kind ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #637
Some of the female posters there seem to endorse the sexist and misogynistic language. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #640
Well that's basically what you have ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #646
Hatred is always the enemy of reason. In fact it's the first thing to go out the proverbial window. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #647
No, it has a certain momentum now ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #650
Yeah I noticed that as well. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #627
Oh, Cosmicone, when will you stop bashing fellow progressives? If I may insert a note of sarcasm: Betty Karlson Jul 2016 #601
Advocating voting for Trump IS the same as going full GOP cheerleading squad. Squinch Jul 2016 #605
So Trump is the lesser of two evils? cosmicone Jul 2016 #606
!!!!! zappaman Jul 2016 #657
I felt the Burn off that one! MohRokTah Jul 2016 #658
Whoa.. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #661
Come on Cary Jul 2016 #607
LOL. those are not progressives. nt La Lioness Priyanka Jul 2016 #613
Your definition of progressive and mine are completely different. Loki Jul 2016 #629
Do progressives support Trump? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #663
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #611
No. PowerToThePeople Jul 2016 #615
Well DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #631
Piners consider themselves progressives? JTFrog Jul 2016 #633
This is kind of deathrind Jul 2016 #638
Dictatorship, Oligarchy and Democracy... chknltl Jul 2016 #643
Assuming that you prefer democracy to oligarchy and dictatorship cosmicone Jul 2016 #648
A new record! deepcover Jul 2016 #645
They're SO progressive and uncensored! Squinch Jul 2016 #722
Regards, Third Way "I want to be allowed to call Hillary the c-word" Manny (nt) Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #652
I thought you had mommy at the end, which seemed kinda appropriate. Lol. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #816
Mommy and pee-pee issues. That's what it always boils down to. nt msanthrope Jul 2016 #1101
K&R for later PatSeg Jul 2016 #653
Okay I followed the link over there.. and kind of sorry I did Peacetrain Jul 2016 #660
You can say what you like about Conservative Cave and Free Republic, Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #667
I had the same experience, and it saddened me too with respect to a few posters there, Squinch Jul 2016 #720
Oh, give it a fucking rest already. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #666
Not many threads get 666 replies or more. Nye Bevan Jul 2016 #675
Hey petty meta bullshit drama sells Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #712
Why? Exposing hate sites is one of DU's primary goals n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1181
Is it? I thought our primary goal HERE was electing democrats... Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #1198
IMO there will never be another shithole like Freeperland. Rex Jul 2016 #673
If we continue to attack our friends portlander23 Jul 2016 #676
This is one of the most reprehensible threads that has ever existed on DU. xocet Jul 2016 #681
Oh? Cary Jul 2016 #686
The raison d'etre of that site is to lambaste one woman. No good can came out of it. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #690
Interesting. Does it top "Stockholm Syndrome"? emulatorloo Jul 2016 #701
That site has a bad obsession with Hillary Clinton muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #706
^^^ THIS ^^^^ cosmicone Jul 2016 #718
That site is fixated on Hillary Clinton Gothmog Jul 2016 #898
So quoting people is somehow misrepresenting them? These are people have set up Squinch Jul 2016 #733
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #682
I see so many over there who attacked my good friend Bill rbrnmw Jul 2016 #691
Absolutely! BainsBane Jul 2016 #702
And the justification for their torture of him was a single post where he was disparaging Squinch Jul 2016 #714
The post that attacked Bill cosmicone Jul 2016 #724
Nasty and grossly homophobic. And it passed a jury back then. But as you point out, NEVER AGAIN! George II Jul 2016 #792
Bill does deserve an apology mcar Jul 2016 #737
It was horrible. KMOD Jul 2016 #741
Well said! Spazito Jul 2016 #749
I was going to stay out of this thread then I saw this. one_voice Jul 2016 #784
+1,000,000,000 my friend.... BooScout Jul 2016 #990
Most consistent argument. So, you are ok with murdering women and children? WTF. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #1030
Oh, that was my favorite! WTF indeed. (nt) betsuni Jul 2016 #1035
This message was self-deleted by its author BooScout Jul 2016 #1038
Oh my God yes. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #794
A lot of the posts here are talking about the problem with "lying down with dogs." Squinch Jul 2016 #800
I saw that ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #821
I am not a member there, but if a site supports Democrats I have no problems with it. nt MADem Jul 2016 #801
Mahalo for this, rbr! It's a wonderul site supporting Democrats and our Democratic Cha Jul 2016 #832
The fact that the disgusting post still stands UtahLib Jul 2016 #879
That was some fucked up shit that was slung at Bill bravenak Jul 2016 #893
yes it was rbrnmw Jul 2016 #906
It's not surprising JPR turned out the way it did ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #966
Not surprising at all bravenak Jul 2016 #968
Yes indeed Bill does deserve an apology, and in a way this subthread is it Hekate Jul 2016 #912
Yup. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2016 #1026
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #695
Omg! Do you have a link to that? hrmjustin Jul 2016 #697
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #708
Here is a screenshot cosmicone Jul 2016 #713
So glad that person was shown the door here rbrnmw Jul 2016 #709
Only in the minds of Centrists and conservatives. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2016 #698
Yes, a site advocating voting for Trump is truly a progressive site emulatorloo Jul 2016 #703
Right, because true liberals/leftists vote for Trump BainsBane Jul 2016 #704
right because all the progressives I know were high fiving Gowdy rbrnmw Jul 2016 #710
Let's see. They are full of Trump love, GOP high-fiving, Fox News and 4chan, sexism, racism, Squinch Jul 2016 #716
Uh-huh. Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2016 #726
Is there any pushback on those who say they'll vote for Trump? emulatorloo Jul 2016 #732
Looks pretty prevalent to me. You've got a bit of a "lying down with dogs" problem. Squinch Jul 2016 #739
ALL of the people on that site are supporting Trump. Bleacher Creature Jul 2016 #1119
Jesus. And to think, you were once a Marine. nt msanthrope Jul 2016 #1212
Is that the Conservative Cave, rebooted, or a parody site? MADem Jul 2016 #705
It must be, right? zappaman Jul 2016 #715
LOL--that IS 'for real?' It's not someone being cruel and mocking up a page to MADem Jul 2016 #730
It is for real, sadly. emulatorloo Jul 2016 #756
I am surprised in some ways, saddened in others. MADem Jul 2016 #959
K & R for continuing exposure. revmclaren Jul 2016 #717
I wish they'd Jamaal510 Jul 2016 #731
+1 SunSeeker Jul 2016 #1148
I wonder if a merger for them and free republic is in the cards. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #747
Free Republic wouldn't have them. George II Jul 2016 #808
Could this be the birth of another thread that wont die? Scurrilous Jul 2016 #754
Mark me down as "not at all surprised" that they all turned out to be Trump supporters. DanTex Jul 2016 #759
SMH DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #763
I have been a Senator Sanders supporter. But, he did not prevail. Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #764
I don't want my post hidden but if you want I will send you a link of what I discovered there. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #768
DSB, my friend, that site is toxic, and I would NEVER flee from DU to it... Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #772
Those people are never going to work with us. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #773
I agree. I sympathize with CH about his insistence on concentrating on defeating Trump. Squinch Jul 2016 #797
Okay, respectfully believe that, aside from exposing posters Hortensis Jul 2016 #1019
Your example is absolutely spot on perfect. Bleacher Creature Jul 2016 #1116
... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1120
To a large extent you absolutely right. However, as you know, this was not a very pleasant primary, still_one Jul 2016 #796
+1! It's as if all effort to conceal who they really are has been abandoned. nt BobbyDrake Jul 2016 #774
The first time... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #778
President Obama said just that today mcar Jul 2016 #781
My theory is that many of them were never "Democrats" but only here to do what they could.... George II Jul 2016 #809
+1 BainsBane Jul 2016 #811
I know! It's baffling that there are so many other boards who are obsessed with us Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #782
How many of those sites were created by former members to mock us and excoriate our nominee? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #786
I think that hits the nail on the head. This provides an opportunity to blow of steam. still_one Jul 2016 #798
I think you are absolutely right. And from the looks of this thread, we had a lot of Squinch Jul 2016 #804
I stay away from FR and CC and their ilk Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #802
If you google my screen name I am mentioned there and not in a flattering way. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #815
They waste their entire day talking about us here on DU. Waste. Rex Jul 2016 #826
I have to admit I have posted on FR Rhiannon12866 Jul 2016 #829
Me too I am grateful for all I have learned on DU over the years. Rex Jul 2016 #831
Let them. They're a minnow in the vast ocean that is our DU... Cooley Hurd Jul 2016 #803
Hmm.. lemme think..... opiate69 Jul 2016 #867
Well DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #873
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #877
I wear your ... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #884
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #897
Can you please share with me DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #903
"ad hominem" opiate69 Jul 2016 #907
I believe I know DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #908
... opiate69 Jul 2016 #910
"Self praise is the worst recommendation." DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #911
So true.. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #915
I like this. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #917
Or this: ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #933
Dr. Frankel meets Saul of Tarsus DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #989
Sure enough ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1049
I have seen the Bible dismissed as a manual for living in an agrarian society... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1057
I had a top Moron dude come to my house because twice I spent a half hour arguing with the seabeyond Jul 2016 #1061
As I said I don't interpret the Bible literally and those who use it as a cudgel do it a disservice. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1063
I do not either. I even have an argument for that, the bible asking it not be literally interpreted, seabeyond Jul 2016 #1070
Reading the bible is fascinating ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1074
Personally, I am all for the Lilith, first woman, cut out because she was independent, seabeyond Jul 2016 #1081
And isn't THAT a fascinating story? ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1121
And so they did. BainsBane Jul 2016 #967
What fascinates me are the pompous patronizing I'm-the-smartest-guy-in-the-room betsuni Jul 2016 #883
One of the great values of education BainsBane Jul 2016 #936
Ah. A meme of someone else's recycled thoughts! Except your meme doesn't apply even a little Squinch Jul 2016 #923
The OP is being mild, if you ask me. MohRokTah Jul 2016 #855
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #823
N word bad, lecturing your community bad, antisemitism bad. C word, .... meh? seabeyond Jul 2016 #824
You should read for context Prism Jul 2016 #825
I did. First you say no to the word, and I thought cool. Then you proceeded to give reasons it was seabeyond Jul 2016 #828
Also there doesn't seem to be any mention of the Trump support, GOP fawning and Squinch Jul 2016 #830
That is what you said mcar Jul 2016 #835
Thank you... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #842
Thanks to you cosmicone Jul 2016 #1095
You think we're all ignorant, socially maladjusted and low-information types anyway cosmicone Jul 2016 #837
!!! zappaman Jul 2016 #840
Goddam! ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #844
For a guy who "never comes to DU" and "only rarely stops in at LBN," he sure is here a lot. Squinch Jul 2016 #931
Hi DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #838
I am having a most productive weekend myself. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #841
Long assed post for someone who is Loki Jul 2016 #843
Okay, you brought it up.....where are all those "anti-Semitic" threads and, as you put it.... George II Jul 2016 #848
I guarantee that no anti-Semitic threads will be produced. Squinch Jul 2016 #920
One can't produce something that never existed. George II Jul 2016 #1018
Goodness gracious! They certainly don't like Democrats over there! zappaman Jul 2016 #846
Here is another jewel ... cosmicone Jul 2016 #849
Oh my goodness! zappaman Jul 2016 #851
Smh ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #863
Don't miss this one... "We must work to tarnish her legacy" Squinch Jul 2016 #943
What.. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #951
"we want to punish the Democrats, we want to hurt them, wound them" joshcryer Jul 2016 #984
Curiously familiar! Squinch Jul 2016 #1046
"Bad mommy! Bad mommy!" What are they, four years old? Hekate Jul 2016 #1089
This reminds me what was done to Obama, what they Republicans declared immediately. Do NOT let seabeyond Jul 2016 #1032
Many JPR posters were never really democrats Gothmog Jul 2016 #900
One of the most strident anti Democratic former DU posters lets the cat out of the bag redstateblues Jul 2016 #919
I am not surprised at all Gothmog Jul 2016 #949
Wow. Can you link? Don't if it's a current member here, but I'm curious. Squinch Jul 2016 #958
Yeah, that has to be that guy who was a Ross Perot voter. He admitted he never R B Garr Jul 2016 #971
This thread is all kinds of awesome... SidDithers Jul 2016 #853
If we get 1000 comments before midnight, jpr turns into a pumpkin! Rex Jul 2016 #857
So Rex, what do you want to talk about? Meh... I am good with them having their site. seabeyond Jul 2016 #858
Clearly we care about that site 800 replies in. Rex Jul 2016 #860
"many seem to think the End of the World is every other weekend" That is just sad. Lol. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #861
On the other hand, I am totally being non productive with my Saturday. I apologize to no one for it seabeyond Jul 2016 #859
Me too! I've spent way too much time avoiding going outside. Rex Jul 2016 #862
What..no mountain climbing? ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #866
I looked at some pictures of mountains. Does that count? Lol. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #869
Well, I guess it could ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #905
I had a colonoscopy yesterday. Does that count? Squinch Jul 2016 #935
Counts HUGE, lol. You earned a day off. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #1034
You could have at least had some mushroom ravioli! n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #868
Didn't work for me though I am thinking of sauteing the mushrooms I have, now that they seabeyond Jul 2016 #871
My fare was more plebeian. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #909
Here are the cold noodles I prepared just now: betsuni Jul 2016 #929
That looks yummy! n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #969
That looks so beautiful and delicious. nt Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1138
Mmmm, pumpkin pie. I've got vanilla ice cream to go on the side. Hekate Jul 2016 #925
Sounds good! Rex Jul 2016 #1064
^^This is why I have you on ignore^^ Gormy Cuss Jul 2016 #1025
Hehe... Rex Jul 2016 #1062
Funny, for being FR2.0 I don't remember seeing anyone there propagating a transphobic stereotype LostOne4Ever Jul 2016 #872
Do you have a link? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #878
That would be a call out and get my post hidden, but I will link to the overall thread LostOne4Ever Jul 2016 #882
Please send me a PM if you are so inclined. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #887
sending PM. nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2016 #890
Thank you... DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #891
Nothing transphobic in that thread cosmicone Jul 2016 #888
Calling a trans-person deceptive is a transphobic stereotype. nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2016 #889
And that is a call out on the transgendered, how can they not understand that????? marble falls Jul 2016 #896
Please see #901 n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #902
Chelsea Manning was not called deceptive because she was a transgender cosmicone Jul 2016 #901
Word for word quote of what was said: LostOne4Ever Jul 2016 #930
Your interpretation is a bit of a stretch IMO cosmicone Jul 2016 #940
Yes there are some who go too far LostOne4Ever Jul 2016 #944
I am glad to hear that you will still vote Democratic for very important reasons, that has nothing seabeyond Jul 2016 #1036
There is an alert system here to adjudicate posts you think are bigoted. nt BainsBane Jul 2016 #928
I probably should have. Too late now. nt LostOne4Ever Jul 2016 #937
why do you care? do you not have anything better to do with yourself? Hiraeth Jul 2016 #918
I want Hillary Clinton elected unlike some people .... cosmicone Jul 2016 #938
Well done! hrmjustin Jul 2016 #942
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #945
I appreciate your sympathy n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #947
Actually he's quite funny and interesting ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #952
I think so too. A very joyful individual. I think that's a frequency Piners can't hear. Squinch Jul 2016 #955
Yeah--even a brief glance reveals it to be devoid of joyful humor ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #963
I am finding it fascinating to find my suspicions about some people so thoroughly confirmed. Squinch Jul 2016 #946
I just find you ... odd. period. Love ya, bunches. Mean it !! Hiraeth Jul 2016 #948
Is that your rapier-like wit we are seeing? At least you've moved on from your "OMG" phase. Now THAT Squinch Jul 2016 #950
Well you know--We all do the best we can ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #954
I love you! KMOD Jul 2016 #960
Of course that's mutual! Squinch Jul 2016 #1044
This thread is deliciously hearty and satisfying, the validation. betsuni Jul 2016 #956
I'm thinking it's a big catharsis for all of us. Not unhealthy, in its way. Squinch Jul 2016 #957
It's like group therapy. betsuni Jul 2016 #961
Yup, I didn't go beyond one Op with over a 100 rec names on a list. That was all I wanted to see. seabeyond Jul 2016 #1039
Very true. joshcryer Jul 2016 #979
Validation. All those hides. Validation. Being kicked off the board... validation. I agree. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #1037
I think that's why ... NanceGreggs Jul 2016 #973
Wow this thread is close to 1,000 responses. You clearly touched a nerve. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #922
Just like kudzu, it's going places. lpbk2713 Jul 2016 #926
I know. Upthread I likened it to cleaning out after roommates leave.... Hekate Jul 2016 #927
Perfect analogy. Squinch Jul 2016 #939
Another kick.... revmclaren Jul 2016 #934
The End Grassy Knoll Jul 2016 #964
Finally! I've gotten this whole thing to load, my phone wasn't cooperating earlier. herding cats Jul 2016 #965
I don't believe its idealism that prompts them to advocate BainsBane Jul 2016 #970
Some of the previously banned members, for sure its not. herding cats Jul 2016 #972
Wise of you to avoid it. BainsBane Jul 2016 #975
Thanks for saying what you said, esp about Jackpine Radical the person. Hekate Jul 2016 #974
A lot of the people are friends I have known many years. I can compartmentalize 2016 primary seabeyond Jul 2016 #1040
There have been many off shoots of DU. JNelson6563 Jul 2016 #977
Please see Post 631. Do you remember Cassandra? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #994
+1,000,000 n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1022
While Democrats put marijuana path to legalization in the platform... joshcryer Jul 2016 #980
Thought I'd add, JPR is the best example yet of group polarisation auntpurl Jul 2016 #985
So many times I've wanted to yell, "Is there a psychologist in the house?" betsuni Jul 2016 #988
Here! auntpurl Jul 2016 #995
I've often thought the same thing. betsuni Jul 2016 #999
Does the person who makes the one thousandth post get a prize? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #998
I hope so... SidDithers Jul 2016 #1000
What is the record for the longest thread in DU history? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1005
Oh, I think it was far longer than this. auntpurl Jul 2016 #1006
We have out goal, aunt. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1007
Ha ha, I think it will die down soon. auntpurl Jul 2016 #1009
I don't know what is sadder DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1011
It will be interesting to see how many folks drift away auntpurl Jul 2016 #1012
It's like an ersatz internet funny house. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1014
Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Lol. Nt seabeyond Jul 2016 #1041
A pumpkin was mentioned, maybe that's it. betsuni Jul 2016 #1001
What is this about? AngryAmish Jul 2016 #1008
tl;dr version: some so-called Bernie supporters during the DU primaries auntpurl Jul 2016 #1010
Thanks. We're they always Trump trolls or just hate our nominee? AngryAmish Jul 2016 #1024
Hard to say really. auntpurl Jul 2016 #1053
Renegade members who set up a site to mock Hillary Clinton and the denizens of this board. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1015
Thanks. AngryAmish Jul 2016 #1023
Blech. After reading this thread, one desires a shower. ms liberty Jul 2016 #1017
Do you feel the same way when the denizens of our board mock free republic? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1020
Group think? Loki Jul 2016 #1021
I hope you feel better ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1033
I felt it was sexist too, but hey. A site that embrace vulgar misogynist slurs isn't going to be seabeyond Jul 2016 #1042
Very true ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1043
I love the sites that automatically do not allow. That is respect. That is getting it. What is not seabeyond Jul 2016 #1045
Yup ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1054
It starts there. Another, They have considered it, and aware and know just what they are doing. seabeyond Jul 2016 #1068
Again, true ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1079
Sanders needs to repudiate these people. annavictorious Jul 2016 #1060
We don't know cosmicone Jul 2016 #1065
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #1073
+10 n/t whathehell Jul 2016 #1153
Interesting ms liberty Jul 2016 #1051
I agree with you cosmicone Jul 2016 #1052
Really? ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1055
Is the "mean girls" meme aimed at JPR? Or at this thread? JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2016 #1075
Not sure ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1077
Yet stumble you did, and then stayed to post on it! Hmmmmm.... Squinch Jul 2016 #1084
Meh vdogg Jul 2016 #1056
They do come back here cosmicone Jul 2016 #1069
Are there any Democrats at that site? zappaman Jul 2016 #1097
If there are cosmicone Jul 2016 #1099
When they dare to speak, they get beaten up pretty severely. Maru Kitteh Jul 2016 #1118
Wow this thread finally got over 1000 posts. hrmjustin Jul 2016 #1103
What will become of jpr after SBS endorses HRC? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1106
I think Sen Sanders will be vilified mcar Jul 2016 #1107
I should go there and do one of my patented "Stand With" threads. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1109
LOL mcar Jul 2016 #1113
They might as well have only one rule ..... cosmicone Jul 2016 #1111
Happening already in a big way. Their loyalty is so touching. Squinch Jul 2016 #1158
It'll be Jill Stein/Gary Johnson time. nt Jamaal510 Jul 2016 #1140
That site will be gone cosmicone Jul 2016 #1144
Are you suggesting the proprietor is aware of the fact they are funding it? DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #1154
This year's PUMAs. DangerousRhythm Jul 2016 #1108
What a hot mess. Bobbie Jo Jul 2016 #1110
#1112! Red Five standing by! Rex Jul 2016 #1112
Yes. I think I'll just join you in kicking the epicness. I like this thread. Squinch Jul 2016 #1114
Excellent analogy. Rex Jul 2016 #1115
Wepic! Squinch Jul 2016 #1129
absolutely. Maybe we could try for a guinness book of world records, or have a guinness beer for still_one Jul 2016 #1124
Kick for epicness bravenak Jul 2016 #1125
I didn't want to be the only one on DU who didn't post in this thread rurallib Jul 2016 #1130
Here's a post essentially calling for a GOP House!!! Bleacher Creature Jul 2016 #1133
Many of them still are on DU and serve as alerters and jurors n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1134
So Trump and Hillary are "equally awful prospects" ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1137
We heard this crap from Nader and got Citizens United and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act Gothmog Jul 2016 #1142
I never read FR, but yesterday when I saw this I thought I should take a look. betsuni Jul 2016 #1149
They do think we're all paid by Brock cosmicone Jul 2016 #1155
Ah yes--Armchair psychology over there I see. ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #1197
IBTL n/t leftstreet Jul 2016 #1152
. Squinch Jul 2016 #1157
hahahahahahaha cosmicone Jul 2016 #1163
Piners gotta pine. n/t zappaman Jul 2016 #1164
That is very sad. ellie Jul 2016 #1165
I wonder what the most replies a DU thread ever had? MohRokTah Jul 2016 #1166
I am also curious at to the record Gothmog Jul 2016 #1175
Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #1167
Is it so bad that people supporting Democrats cosmicone Jul 2016 #1168
I went to their version of the DU Lounge mentalsolstice Jul 2016 #1171
Pinebaggers. n/t zappaman Jul 2016 #1172
That could stick liberal N proud Jul 2016 #1176
Pinebaggers pining for Trump !! n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1177
The folks who started that site lovemydog Jul 2016 #1185
^^^ THIS ^^^^ n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1186
The people who started that site are not democrats and do not care about the Democratic party Gothmog Jul 2016 #1193
#1200 n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #1200
The hate there is epic and extremely repelling ! Her Sister Jul 2016 #1202
Because OBVIOUSLY my participation here ibegurpard Jul 2016 #1213
Damn, that place has gotten gross. NuclearDem Jul 2016 #1214
K&R Jeffersons Ghost Jul 2016 #1222
Kicked for the Streisand effect. nt redgreenandblue Aug 2016 #1223

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
12. Openly! Especially if you are in a swing state! VERY PROGRESSIVE.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:13 PM
Jul 2016

Last edited Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:12 PM - Edit history (2)

Edit to add:



7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
448. The community at JPR are not in any way Free Republic and
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:09 AM
Jul 2016

You my dear, you insult us all.

I find it hard to believe Skinner is standing behind this

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
470. Well be sure you complain to Skinner about his moderation - while not complaining about
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:41 AM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:13 PM - Edit history (1)

THIS Jackshit Delusionals post

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
483. How old and familiar are we Hekate?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:25 AM
Jul 2016

How far back shall we go? Never mind, not worth the time or trouble.

Our name has changed a couple of times. We have been here since 2001.

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
485. No friend of mine uses b--, c--, and t-- to describe any woman, much less the Dem nominee.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:39 AM
Jul 2016

You think I'm still pals after that crap?

I notice there's a bunch of folks who have not returned to DU because they didn't want to sign the new TOS. Guess DU doesn't suit them any longer. Guess they are now in the warm embrace of fellow thinkers. It's okay. It's a big, big internet.

Meanwhile, I went downtown yesterday evening to sign up for the local Hillary for President committee, and it was well-attended.

I'm with Her.

JURY: I am not bashing members. Note they have removed themselves.

7wo7rees

(5,128 posts)
490. There is nothing more offensive than the C word directed
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:05 AM
Jul 2016

at a woman. I know, my ex used it all the time. I don't stand for it, I do not condone it.

While you did your deal, we dealt with living in Dallas and the hell that started last night.

Peace, dear.

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
492. Oh gods, I had no idea you were there. Please be safe.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:12 AM
Jul 2016

I've had the grandkid here for several days, and have assiduously kept the tv off most of the time. But I've seen and heard enough this week to break my heart.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
556. Remember, 99+% of the people in these cities
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:24 AM
Jul 2016

are perfectly safe, Hekate, and know as much as everyone else watching on TV does. I totally agree with your wishing people who behave like that well on a forum that suits their temperaments.

BlueMTexpat

(15,381 posts)
506. Congrats, Hekate!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:05 AM
Jul 2016

And thanks for signing up to support the next President of the US!

And I agree with you 100% about the use of any of those words towards any woman and especially towards the Dem nominee!

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
1190. I love Woody Guthrie's music too.
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 12:44 AM
Jul 2016

JPR wasn't started by leftists. It was started by people booted out of the AA group for being racist. Then kicked off DU for right wing trolling.

Tighten your game.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
604. What has been said about Hillary Clinton at that site that hasn't been said at Free Republic?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:30 AM
Jul 2016

-Posters at both sites say she is a lesbian, not there's anything wrong with that.
-Posters at both sites make fun of her looks.
-Posters at both sites use sexist and misogynistic image to describe her.
-Posters at both sites suggest she is a criminal.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
434. Here's a nice new jem from those "progressives" about
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:18 PM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:10 PM - Edit history (2)

well, I'll let you read it.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
541. That's not fair to Luminous Animal. She's actually complaining
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:45 AM
Jul 2016

about the sexist language there. She's a feminist trying to explain why their degrading language is offensive .

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
561. Ability to be honest with oneself is what differentiates,
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:31 AM
Jul 2016

above all, responsible citizens from barn-burners and clueless conspiracists. Nevertheless, imo coarse and insulting language is the least of what is expressed there.

And, no, it's not Freepers 2 because, although no doubt some conservatives are there, mostly especially extremist tea-partier types, this is predominately a LEFT-wing radical site. Large numbers are/have become anti-Democrat leftists with extremist traits.

I can drop in now for bemusement and amusement, but that's only because their numbers are so relatively small. I also drop in to see what they're up to and if I need to start worrying. God forbid they ever successfully allied with their ideological cousins on the far right with whom they have so much in common.

emulatorloo

(44,303 posts)
616. Please read this Luminous Animal post. She's been banned for objecting to use of C*nt against women
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:03 PM
Jul 2016

Another one of her posts clarifies her position:

In this thread:

http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/this-has-probably-already-been-addressed/#post-33155

------------------



"15. No. I do not use words that are meant to degrade and demean

a class of people based on their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender. Thus, I will not be calling Hillary or any woman cunt or bitch (as I have seen used on this board and given a pass) and I am uncomfortable being a member on a discussion board that believes sexists slurs are A-OK.

That, in my opinion is uncivilized.

But you are right. I won’t be worrying about the limits to your policy because I will not be participating here anymore. I don’t want to be part of a community that demeans and denigrates women with misogynist language.
"

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
750. I dearly hope she feels comfortable coming back here to post.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:27 PM
Jul 2016

I admire her even more now, for having been a lone voice in that wilderness.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
777. I have always had a thing for Luminous Animal. Too many people I respect were on the other side.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:19 PM
Jul 2016

I didn't like it at all.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
820. That's excellent of her, and good to see. I'll replace that image with one of the vile wretches
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:13 PM
Jul 2016

who actually does mean to use that word. Because they are certainly there.

joshcryer

(62,287 posts)
981. Wow, they really are going to do it.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 05:23 AM
Jul 2016

They really are going to create a Free Republic 2.0. I've disagreed very much with Luminous Animal in the past (and I am certain she has a low opinion of me), but holy shit. Getting rid of the smart people = making a site for idiots.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
1189. Yes, it would explain some things.
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 12:22 AM
Jul 2016

Like how creepy and personal some of those folks were when they were here. Not liberal at all. Much more like right wing trolls. Bullying posters here with their overly personal posts. Continually bleating their 'more progressive than thou' song and dance act. Most with common sense here knew they were right wingers masquerading as liberals. A hint to me was how they treated civil rights - like it doesn't or shouldn't exist.

Here's a definition of 'keylogger' that I found via google. "A keylogger is a type of surveillance software (considered to be either software or spyware) that has the capability to record every keystroke you make to a log file, usually encrypted. A keylogger recorder can record instant messages, e-mail, and any information you type at any time using your keyboard. The log file created by the keylogger can then be sent to a specified receiver. Some keylogger programs will also record any e-mail addresses you use and Web site URLsyou visit. Keyloggers, as a surveillance tool, are often used by employers to ensure employees use work computers for business purposes only. Unfortunately, keyloggers can also be embedded in spyware allowing your information to be transmitted to an unknown third party."

I'm not surprised they use key logging over there. Grotesque. I'm not sure what's more sad there: the right wing trolls who started the site, or the peeps who are so oblivious they still haven't figured it out.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
1209. That's what I'm wondering ... I posted the question to the Computer Group but haven't gotten a reply
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 01:56 PM
Jul 2016
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
2. Not sure you've ever looked at FreeRepublic
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:07 PM
Jul 2016

Go have a look. See what you find. It's a hell of a lot different from JPR.

Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #10)

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
65. Jackass Delusionals make Freepers look good by comparison, and we all know what
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:57 PM
Jul 2016

a bunch of knuckle-dragging, hypocritical cheeto-eaters Freepers are. Not very complimentary to the Jackass Delusionals, I'll give you that. But the Jackass Delusionals made their own stinky bed, and now they lie in it.

Here they are supporting Trump. REALLY PROGRESSIVE.




Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
577. Basically agree. I feel reading on these things
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:51 AM
Jul 2016

as if immersion in these views has washed many of these people right around the bend. The notion that Hillary is a right-wing fascist bent on turning Americans into peasants is "out there" even for JPR, but not uncommon. The dominant attitude there is that she is and always has been conservative and serves the very wealthy, one of her most successful methods of wealth transfer being war and mass murder in other nations.

Response to stevenleser (Reply #148)

Gothmog

(146,402 posts)
154. Some of the JPR discussions on the various lawsuits and the Clinton e-mail do not support your view
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:37 PM
Jul 2016

The forum and threads on the Clinton e-mail are very amusing and are on par with the discussions of these topics on FR. The two lawsuits being followed by or participated in by the JPR people are hilarious. Exit polls are not a good basis to sue and the group who filed that lawsuit were laughed out of federal court in a related lawsuit. As to the lawsuit against the DNC, the concept that people who never gave money to the DNC have standing to sue the DNC as consumers under the District of Columbia version of the Deceptive Trade Practices act are so bad that they appear to designed to be jokes. The DNC lawsuit was discussed on DK and some of the comments about the lawyers who filed that lawsuit were both accurate and amusing

I really loved the thread attacking the analysis of a real lawyer on the mens rea issue that the fact that the JPR posters were sending their views to a real lawyer who was on law review and who clerked for a federal circuit court. I would love to see the response of the author of the article to these comments.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
94. I have to give the jackass delusionals credit.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:29 PM
Jul 2016

They are not allowing anyone to trash other forums or members from other forums. In other words, no matter how nasty people are here toward them, they cannot respond in kind.

Too bad that rule doesn't apply here.

And if that thread was supposed to be a comparison to FR, I don't know what to tell you.

I don't agree with some of the things I read over there, but then I don't agree with some of what I read here either. Seems there is no place for someone like me.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
117. That site deserves to have the lid cracked open and sunlight shone upon them,
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:57 PM
Jul 2016

though I am quite sure, it burns them so.

No quarter for sites that promote Trump, trash Democrats and praise Republicans like Gowdy - let alone the praise for killing cops that popped up today.

That kind of filth deserves what it gets.

Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #117)

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
152. All I know is he's playing everyone
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:36 PM
Jul 2016

And while he may be backed by a lot of republican voters, I would not say he is backed by the party. I think a lot of them are madly scrambling to find a way to get him off their ticket.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
163. He's been saying the same stupid racist shit for decades but you say
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:43 PM
Jul 2016

maybe he's "not that bad."

His supporters seem to understand quite well that he's a racist piece of shit. They love it. I'm thinking it's not really everyone, but rather you that's been played.


BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
468. They are about to nominate him at their convention
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:28 AM
Jul 2016

and he just raised $50 million from Republican donors. That stunt in congress this week about Clinton was designed to put Trump in the White House. While there is dissent in the party, they are backing him because he is their nominee.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
582. Passiveporcupine, trashing DU took over JPR.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:01 AM
Jul 2016

So much of JPR was filled long threads all about DU, and every subject was turned to trashing of DU, that the owner had to essentially ban trashing of DU to save the site.

DU3 hatred had tied with Hillary hate dominant emotion there until it was oppressed out of existence.
Hillary hatred is the dominant emotion there.
Democratic Party opposition is the third.

Way down the list is everything else. Bernie's forum gets less than half the activity the Hillary forum does, although the tone is infinitely nicer and more hopeful (they still think he can be president, and he has such a "sweet face" etc.) Progressive issues get remarkably little attention for themselves--they're mostly just emotional vehicles to ride into battle with the Democratic Party.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
143. Shut down free speech? They are FREE to post their stupid shit and we are FREE to
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:28 PM
Jul 2016

expose that site for the worthless vomit volcano that it is.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
153. They are actually one of the most censorious places I've ever seen, as they congratulate themselves
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:37 PM
Jul 2016

on their free speech. It's kind of hilarious.

Violet_Crumble

(35,997 posts)
400. Given you think asking someone to stop saying something is an attempt at censorship...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:20 PM
Jul 2016

I'm not entirely sure I place much faith in what you claim to be censorship when it comes to anything else...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027991329#post319

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
443. You're RIGHT!
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:50 PM
Jul 2016

Democrats, on Democratic Underground calling someone out for attempting to shut down discussion of a misogynistic, Trump enabling, anti-Democratic bullshit website is

JUST LIKE a site that bans people for even suggesting they will vote for the Democratic nominee

But then holds this policy


Whilst claiming to be "progressive"

Violet_Crumble

(35,997 posts)
512. Are you sure yr replying to the right post?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:30 AM
Jul 2016

It's just I was talking about censorship and the strange way the poster I was replying to defines it. You've come along and posted something weird.

Just for the record, I'd have to be Blind Freddy to have not noticed that you hate Jackpine Radicals and all who post there with the fury of a thousand burning suns. I post there, and don't find it to be what you insist it is unless I want to try judging everyone by the posts of a few individuals. And if i did that, then I'd have to judge DU by the posts of a few individuals. So instead of that, I'm going to continue to post at Jackpine Radicals and I'll leave only if I find that it's a site full of RW types. Both sites unfortunately have a few of them, but the vast majority of people aren't like that...

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
595. Lol. JPR is fascinating for what it allows some hiding
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:23 AM
Jul 2016

behind anonymity to reveal, but it arose as, and is, a satellite to DU itself, a home for people who wanted to express resentment against DU and posts on DU that couldn't be expressed there.

What I read on JPR is above all amusing and entertaining, at least I choose it to be, because at the other end of the spectrum what it reveals also ranges from pathetic to horrifying. And even tragic because, from what I've read about the development of extremism and conspiracism, some of those members who have become badly unhitched from reality may not have always been so irrational.

Fwiw, I do know that JPR is dominated by the radical left, not conservatives, although in all likelihood some tea-party types have found a home there also, given the strong personality similarities between those on the far left and far right.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
158. Until recently they had an entire forum dedicated to trashing DU. I am thinking the
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:40 PM
Jul 2016

mods only shut it down because they realized how bad it made their site look. It was like Fox shutting down the comments on the story about Malia getting into Harvard.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
573. Maybe, but all trace of it has disappeared, like a cheezy government plot.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:45 AM
Jul 2016

They're so hush-hush stealthy-like!!!!

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
614. It would be hypocritical to attack that site and not Free Republic.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:58 AM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:26 PM - Edit history (1)

It would be like pointing to Stalin's excesses and not to Hitler's.

zappaman

(20,606 posts)
11. True since I doubt FR cheers when police are killed.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:13 PM
Jul 2016

YabaDabaNoDINONo (51 posts)
July 8, 2016 at 9:59 am
Profile photo of YabaDabaNoDINONo

Sorry but I just don't give a flying f……

about dead cops at all, period.

I would not even care if 1000 cops were killed in a single night.

Should people be shooting cops, generally no, but the cops in America stopped acting like cops a long time ago and choose to be thugs with badges instead, so when they end up dead, I do not give a shit.

Perhaps I am the only one who feels this way, perhaps not.

jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/sorry-but-i-just-dont-give-a-flying-f/

Fla Dem

(24,003 posts)
548. A comment like that on DU would have been removed and very likely the poster banned.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:15 AM
Jul 2016

That's a big difference.

SCantiGOP

(13,881 posts)
562. When I glance at the names at that site
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:32 AM
Jul 2016

I am so glad they are gone from here. Several of them were a constant presence here disrupting civil discourse.
And now they are worse, freed from the restrictions that would have had them
Deleted and Banned here.
Let them wallow in their spite and irrelevance.

Fla Dem

(24,003 posts)
571. I agree SC, but what I'm most disappointed about are the long term DU members
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:40 AM
Jul 2016

who I respected. Who showed wisdom, humor, and civility and now have revealed an ugly side of themselves. I'm saddened. I thought we as Democrats, Progressives. Liberals were better than that.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
625. Liberals ARE better than that.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:17 PM
Jul 2016

Left-wing extremists generally feel contempt for liberals and particularly for the Democratic Party tha that for most exceeds their negative feelings toward conservatives adn the Republican Party. Some may have have started out as liberals and become more extremist over time, but they are not the same.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
15. I peruse FR regularly and there is a difference
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:14 PM
Jul 2016

Freepers are not so obsessed with one issue -- defeating Hillary at any cost. They do have other interests such as 2nd amendment, anti-choice etc.

Freepers frequently dissent and such dissent is tolerated in the conservative echo chamber.

On the other hand, JPR has only one purpose -- hatred for Hillary with no dissent allowed.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
23. Funny. I engage on JPR and it doesn't reflect what you describe at all
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:20 PM
Jul 2016

Are you sure that you're not accidentally lookign at a DU'er-created "satire" site, jackass radicals? You know, the one with the antisemtic avatars glued to "parodies" of Jewish DU members' names?

Response to Scootaloo (Reply #23)

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
486. No. It's about a website that stole it's name from a dead DU'er who can
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:51 AM
Jul 2016

no longer defend the use of his good name against the FIDIOTS that now reside there.



Lord Magus

(1,999 posts)
1151. Looking at his posting history makes it clear he would never be a Trump voter.
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 05:54 AM
Jul 2016

And unlike the people using his name on that website, he rejected the idea of Bernie pulling a Nader.

 

AgingAmerican

(12,958 posts)
865. You are the one using that dead DUers name as an insult
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:38 PM
Jul 2016

Over and over and over. Self awareness is a good thing. So is thick skin.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
913. Brraaaaaaamp!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:33 PM
Jul 2016

We both know, I'm insulting a website hosting some of the most ridiculous fidiots on the internet. It may hurt their fee fees. Not my problem.

 

silvershadow

(10,336 posts)
507. +1. It seems some here are still grinding on with primary bullshit, just as Skinner asked us
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:19 AM
Jul 2016

to move past. Weeks on, and here we still are. So helpful for the coming together. Not.

 

synergie

(1,901 posts)
670. Indeed, it would be nice if people would stop defending sites that attack our nominee
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:05 PM
Jul 2016

in the nastiest ways possible and which unabashedly promote Republicans, sadly done cannot seem to let go of the bitterness and hate that the primary season fomented.

Defending such filth really does not facilitate the coming together.

 

synergie

(1,901 posts)
669. That might have something to do with your views, which per your posts do not seem
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:02 PM
Jul 2016

to be in conflict with what is celebrated there. The site being discussed is the mudogynistic one, that harbors some rank racism as seen in the content and texts of the posts themselves. The parade site you speak of does not boast the hate found at the site it parodies. JPR embodies the hate it is being accused of, it is rather toxic to many groups, perhaps you should read a bit more of it so that you can see more clearly just what it is that is celebrated there.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
98. You mean like here? Love for Hillary
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:32 PM
Jul 2016

with no dissent allowed.

Please try to be realistic in your comparison. It's not FR you should be comparing anyone with.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
100. There has been nothing but dissent with Hillary
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:34 PM
Jul 2016

for a whole year. That included posting of articles from worldnutdaily, faux news and others.

Under site's purpose and TOS, now that she is the nominee, unfair attacks on her were prohibited. However, criticism to make Hillary a better candidate is still allowed.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
111. Not the same thing at all.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:49 PM
Jul 2016

It's not DU. they have a right to dis Hillary if they want to. They are not a Hillary support group.

And yes some people go to extremes there about how awful they think Hillary is. Why does that bother you? Some people go to extremes here about how wonderful she is. You have this forum to get all the Hillary support and love you want. Why can't there be an honest and open forum for people who don't like Hillary?

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
116. Repost from down thread: It's good to understand the opposition.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:56 PM
Jul 2016

We are all here to support Hillary in every way to get her into the WH. The people on that site are extremely anti-Hillary. In fact, hating Hillary seems to be the exclusive purpose of the site, since OPs about Bernie get little response, yet OPs expressing Hillary hate are barraged.

Just as we would discuss Republican opposition or Free Republic, as often happens on DU, it is appropriate to discuss a Hillary hate site, especially one with so many former members of DU who just went through the primary season here in contentious opposition to our presumptive nominee.

LonePirate

(13,473 posts)
165. You nailed it. Look at the threads with the most posts.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:44 PM
Jul 2016

All of the most commented on recent threads there are anti-Hillary posts. Not the pro-Bernie threads. Not the threads that pertain to anything in Bernie's agenda wish list. Think about that foe a second. Threads there about almost everything besides Hillary hatred are met with crickets. That tells even casual observers what truly motivates the people posting there. It certainly is not anything positive.

I do have to laugh at a post a few above yours saying that people cannot speak ill of Hillary here. That is a complete falsehood. People are free to offer constructive criticism of Hillary here at DU. People can also praise Bernie all they want here. However at that other place, if you offer constructive criticism of Bernie or if you praise Hillary, you are subject to a ban. The two sites are polar opposites in that regard.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
585. Agree entirely, AuntPurl and LonePirate.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:08 AM
Jul 2016

That site is dominated by an anti-Democrat, anti-Hillary derangement that warps most viewpoints.

I will add that Jackpines is actually one of a number of "satellite" sites that have discussing Democratic Underground itself as either their main reason for being, or a strong factor that helps keep them going.

Until speaking of DU was banned at that site, threads and posts trashing DU competed for dominance with nasty and paranoid comments about HRC.

Now that speaking of DU is banned there and trashing Hillary is banned here, JPR may seem almost entirely energized by antagonism to her and the party, but the anti-DU passion and purpose for being are still extremely strong.

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
727. This is the problem.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:53 PM
Jul 2016

Democratwho view progressives as 'the opposition'. We aren't the opposition, but you consider us your enemies. Your statement is no more helpful now than when Rahim called us 'retards'.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
734. And Rahm turned out to be a huge turd that everyone hates.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:57 PM
Jul 2016

I will never forgive him for calling us that.

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
736. a turd eveyone hates? no
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:03 PM
Jul 2016

Someone progressives hate, yes. But he is a darling of the Obama and Clinton administrations. And there were plenty of DUers back in 2010 defending Rahim and calling universal healthcare supporters idiots. I lived through all the abuse so don't tell me Democrats are united against Rahim. He is someone we are probably not even allowed to criticize on DU anymore given that he is nominally a Democrat.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
740. I lived through that crap too and remember it well. So I guess I will get
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:07 PM
Jul 2016

a hide for saying it, but Rahm is garbage and proved it many times over.

Person 2713

(3,263 posts)
751. I have personally criticized Rahm on DU many times and promoted Garcia here when he ran
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:29 PM
Jul 2016

against him on this site also

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
758. "Democrats" who vow to vote for Trump and who castigate anyone who might vote for the Democratic
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:44 PM
Jul 2016

candidate ARE the opposition.

JPR is by no means a Progressive site.

Their "purity" has sent them right around the bend to where their behavior is indistinguishable from that of tea baggers: vote for Trump, refuse to vote for the Democrat, believe every asinine conspiracy theory that comes along, behave in the most racist and sexist way possible and act as if that is a funny thing and not a big deal, work for the detriment of the Democratic party.

I see now that their new meme over there is that they want to "Trash her Legacy."

If that isn't the opposition, I don't know what is.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
921. Thank you for the kind words, but I just can't believe they have the gall to say that
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:56 PM
Jul 2016

a site that does nothing but denigrate the Democratic candidate, and that now has a meme floating around of "We must tarnish her legacy," how do those people NOT consider themselves part of the opposition?

The disconnect is amazing!

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
1219. You post makes no sense and is not responsve to my post.
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 06:19 AM
Jul 2016

I never said "progressives are voting for Trump." Please find and quote before making shit up.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
766. Can you honestly say that supporting Trump is by ANY definition progressive?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:58 PM
Jul 2016

I don't consider the extremists on that site progressive in any way. If you support Trump, you are not a progressive. If you don't support Trump, then you are not my enemy.

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
1220. Why do all of you only have one line of argument?
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 06:22 AM
Jul 2016

No one has advocated for Trump. But since we have not fallen inline behind whatever today's purity test is, we are voting for Trump in your mind. Um, OK. You do know this type of vilification is the weakest form of argument, right? It's insulting.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
1221. This thread is about a website at which dozens of participants have stated
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 06:25 AM
Jul 2016

their intentions to vote for Trump. I will not link them here because I'm not giving these people a bigger platform than the tiny one they have there, but you can look for yourself.

No one on DU has advocated for Trump because it's against the TOS and they'd be banned. But at that site, they have. That's who I was talking about, that's what this thread is about.

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
1224. That's just made up nonsense.
Tue Aug 16, 2016, 04:08 PM
Aug 2016

I've been on that site and it is not a pro-Trump site. But keep repeating it. That will make it true.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1187. What sort of a progressive recommends Trump over Hillary?
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 06:11 PM
Jul 2016

That requires a completely upside down definition of a progressive.

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
1210. Tell me where I advocated Trump?
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 05:25 AM
Jul 2016

Again , this is why I am so sick of the seige mentality here. It is so offensive to democracy. Just because someone doesn't agree with you 100%, YOU say they are advocating a vote for Trump. This accusation is 100% false and 100% offensive.

What is this, the Menshevik purge?

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1211. Let's see ......
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 10:13 AM
Jul 2016

DU has been founded and maintained to support democratic candidates and democratic causes.

Hillary Clinton is the democratic nominee and thus, the goal of this site is to get her elected.

Yes, I personally like this site because it is 100% for getting Hillary elected. Not 99.99% but 100%. I don't agree with Hillary's positions 100% but do NOT let that confuse you with my 100% effort to get her elected.

This is not a site designed to sow discord, instill fear or propagate doubt about the democratic nominee. It is ok if you don't agree with a candidate 100%. No one does except with a candidate that you see in the mirror.

As you already know, some people may not find it "fun" and perhaps we don't have an "independent thought." But them's the rules. If by "fun" one means hatred for Hillary, Trump-humping or promoting Jill Stein, one may have already found a new home!

OrwellwasRight

(5,170 posts)
1218. And the word Trump is there?
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 06:15 AM
Jul 2016

Or the word vote? Or the word election? How and why are you making such leaps of logic?

Typical bullshit in which anyone who disagrees with anything you believe must be your enemy and must be advocating for votes for Trump. This is why DU is no fun anymore: people like yourself who attempt to demonize and ostracize anyone who dares to have a .01% of independent thought, despite the fact that that thought has 0.00% to do with advocating for Trump. You do know who requires such hive mind thinking, don't you? Study history. You are not aligning yourself with the forces of progressivism to require such 100% agreement with your beliefs at all times.

This is rude and demonizing and, what's more it is incorrect. Thank you however for your insults.

pnwmom

(109,035 posts)
285. They pretend to be progressives and yet so many support Trump over Hillary.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:01 PM
Jul 2016

That's where they show their real stripes.

They pretend to like Bernie, but when he endorses Hillary they are prepared to smear him, too.

Fla Dem

(24,003 posts)
559. We had a lot of RW Trolls here during the primaries. They can no longer post their Hillary Hate
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:28 AM
Jul 2016

here. But many for sure have found a new home at JPR where they can spew all the hate they want without fear of their comments being moderated, and in fact they are exalted.

Fla Dem

(24,003 posts)
567. Not the same at all.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:36 AM
Jul 2016
"Why can't there be an honest and open forum for people who don't like Hillary? "


See that's the difference. There was never any attempt here at DU to have a forum DEDICATED to hate mongering against ANY DEMOCRAT.

Even in the protected groups, there was a mostly successful effort by Mods and Juries to keep hate posts, and posts demeaning either Bernie or Hillary off the boards.

JPR promotes hate speech, misogyny, sexism and ugliness.

The original JPR was a ardent Bernie supporter. But not sure he would be proud of what's being done in his name.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,850 posts)
555. You want dissent about Ms. Clinton?...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:24 AM
Jul 2016

Go back into the archives and read a little.
Anything said recently here is fluff.

Then come back to me

Oh and just count the unavailable posts that where really dissenting.

Curious.

I am just amazed at the about face at this site.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
630. You can say anything about HRC here as long as it's honest
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:32 PM
Jul 2016

and fact-based and presented without overt hostility. We have one person who starts OPs against HRC a few times every day, but he's careful to keep it to what are considered legitimate issues and statements by mainstream media, which of course can be counted on to provide lots of unfriendly material.

Where anti-HRC posters go wrong is when they love the lies too much to discipline themselves against posting them here. Or, of course, are too far down the rabbit hole to realize they are lies. Lots of those drawn to political forums.

stopbush

(24,405 posts)
107. Per the TOS, it's support for Hillary's candidacy that matters,
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:39 PM
Jul 2016

not love for her.

And, yes, dissent from said support is not tolerated after the end of the primary season.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
112. Never said it wasn't.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:51 PM
Jul 2016

Don't know what your point is. It doesn't change a thing about what I said or the purpose of the other group...who has a right to be whatever they want to be.

Why bring them up here to bash them? What are you all afraid of?

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
156. Please stop?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:38 PM
Jul 2016

How about please stop bashing another forum that has nothing to do with DU except that it is an offshoot of people who are not pro Hillary. And we can't have that, now can we? Even if they take if offsite?

I think it's pretty silly to make an issue of it here, especially after some of the things said at Hillary offshoot forums about other members here.

stopbush

(24,405 posts)
186. Yes, please stop with the straw man arguments.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:23 PM
Jul 2016

Like you're not welcome at DU unless you express a love for Hillary, or that DUers are somehow "afraid of free speech" because they call out the hatred and paranoia expressed at Jackass Idiots for what it is.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
318. Hmmm Squinch, it does look as if that poster is attempting to stop discussion
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:57 PM
Jul 2016

on this discussion board. It's so WEIRD that someone on Democratic Underground would defend a website full of Trump supporters, misogynists and anti-Democratic malcontents.

Violet_Crumble

(35,997 posts)
319. How did you read an attempt at censorship into that post?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:57 PM
Jul 2016

Because if 'please stop' is it, it's not censorship but expressing an opinion. Same as the post they were replying to which also said 'please stop'

For the record, I'm a member here and at Jackpine radicals. Both sites contain posts from individuals that I strongly disagree with, and in some cases when it comes to bigotry I find appalling. But I'd hate to think that I'm being lumped in some group called 'them' and just because I post at both sites I'm being judged on what anyone else says. Also, the OPs incredibly clumsy claim about free republic? I wouldn't last 5 seconds there or any other right wing forum and with the exception of discussionist haven't tried posting at right wing forums in the past few years.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
505. oh you could x-post from here to infinity between Jackass Delusionals and Freeperville
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:51 AM
Jul 2016

Just make it all about Clintons and conspiracies.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
639. I understand that you are left wing and FR is
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:48 PM
Jul 2016

right wing. However, you have to admit there is a great deal of similarity between postings at the two sites on certain subjects of shared enmity. And for some posters there are also some shared goals, if for different reasons.

Such as the many posts at JPR on the desirability of defeating Democratic candidates in 2016 and oversetting the Democratic Party, which is seen as the primary enemy on both forums.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
623. I am never going to stop, until my hides fall off...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:15 PM
Jul 2016

My last two hides came within twenty minutes of one another, attacking the indictment fluffers.

I have as much in common with Piners as I do with Freepers: nothing...

George II

(67,782 posts)
531. "no dissent allowed"? Have you read the home page in the last six months? It got so bad...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:54 AM
Jul 2016

....that the administrators had to change the rules about which forums' posts make their way to the "Trending Now" section.

 

AntiBank

(1,339 posts)
110. dissent allowed at FReeeeprLannnnnd????
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:49 PM
Jul 2016

Lolololol

they have purged 3/4 of their base

try posting ANY event truthful critique of Shitgibbon over there.

They are a galaxy beyond JPR when it comes to scumfuckery. I don't know what the obsession with so many on this board is with JPR.

It's not healthy and appears to be an "all leftists MUST submit and bow down" group herding vibe. It's mental.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
413. Actually, many freepers exhibit dissent
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:39 PM
Jul 2016

over pro-life positions, gun control etc. They are not purged.

 

AntiBank

(1,339 posts)
421. probably are the ones ponying up $$'s to the old wretched con man owner Robinson
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:53 PM
Jul 2016

That site makes me wish for bad things to happen to those fuckers, and that's not healthy nor moral for me. It's the epitome of all that's bad about America. A pack of racist, sexist, homophobic, violent troglodytic goons who are too cowardly to just admit they are full on Klanners. Trump exposes them for the frauds they are. He is so not a traditional conservative in the way they always have historically ranted about. He is a bigot, a bullshit bully and a racist, and THAT is their true core belief set. They set aside most of their professed issues just to jump on the klanwagon.

BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
407. and apparently even acknowledging that she won the primaries is prohibited.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:31 PM
Jul 2016

They are required to pretend Bernie will be the nominee, unless they preface it by saying the DNC stole the nomination for Clinton.

To claim that is more free that what is permitted on DU is absurd. Both have a clear bias, but the TOS of DU is at least reality-based.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
61. I never thoought I would find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than FreeRepiublic
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:52 PM
Jul 2016

until I read Jackass Laughingstocks.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
184. It's actually WORSE than FreeRepublic
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:22 PM
Jul 2016

for the simple reason that the JPR people call themselves liberals (sorry, "progressives," but I prefer the term liberal).

There's absolutely no way to justify voting for Trump if you're a liberal/progressive. None. Not "strategically" or any other way. Please don't claim that nobody there has said they'd vote for Trump; we've seen that toxic sludge.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
603. Bingo! Ding, Ding, Ding....
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:30 AM
Jul 2016
It's actually WORSE than FreeRepublic for the simple reason that the JPR people call themselves liberals (sorry, "progressives," but I prefer the term liberal).

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
641. And I don't want them sullying "liberals" with
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:59 PM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:38 PM - Edit history (1)

that claim. Liberal is a personality type before it is a political orientation, and the more extreme people on the left become the less they are like liberals. Call them radicals perhaps.

They gave radicalism a bad name and now avoid that label, but that is what most of them are: The radical left. The anti-Democrat left. The far left. The extreme left.

One can understand why they're looking for a less generic, more descriptive name they can rally behind, but I don't want them sullying "progressive" either, which they are well on the way to doing.

Liberalism and progressivism are important ideologies that we need to protect from those who would bring them down.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
683. Absolutely right!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:42 PM
Jul 2016

I hate that they've hijacked both terms, liberal and progressive. Come to think of it, the right wing has done the same thing.

Jemmons

(711 posts)
780. There is no such thing as a liberal personality type.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:30 PM
Jul 2016

Lakoff have sketched out a set of progressive values, but that is different.

Im curious as to what that makes them radicals or extremists to your mind.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
785. Actually personality is found to be genetically linked, and
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:38 PM
Jul 2016

whether a person is liberal or conservative, the 2 main types definitively identified last time I read about it, can often be surmised by viewing the brain on CT scan. Liberals and conservatives use different parts of the brain more. They also process information in different orders/"directions."

Enjoy checking this out. Lots of fascinating findings, with more, and more complex understandings, layers upon layers, developing all the time. Peoples in more challenging climates tend to have evolved somewhat more conservative, with notably large numbers of those in hotter climates, something that can be verified by looking at any political world map. (I've always been a big geography fan and enjoy its immense influence being rediscovered in multiple disciplines after a long period of eclipse.)


 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
274. I've had a troll account at FR for 15 years. Generally, the Freepers are more in
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:40 PM
Jul 2016

touch with reality.

And, frankly, the use of the "c" word to describe women on JPR ranks it on par with CC.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
441. That word is allowed?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:39 PM
Jul 2016

I was over there for the first week, then drifted away. I got the feeling that many of them wouldn't vote for Hillary if she were the nominee.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
551. Looking at the posts cited in this thread, FreeRepublic is pro-Trump and
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:17 AM
Jul 2016

Looking at the posts cited in this thread, FreeRepubloc is pro-Trump and so is this Jackpineradicals crew. FR hates HRC and so does JPR.

Both sites are great examples of how bathing human brains in hate degrades cognition.

I see no difference. Fortunately both groups are marginal, fringe lunatics.

Response to Scootaloo (Reply #2)

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
179. Yes. It's awful.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:19 PM
Jul 2016

The thread was locked, but there was a surprising amount of agreement.

http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/sorry-but-i-just-dont-give-a-flying-f/

There was also a heartening amount of disagreement. The posters there are not a monolith, although some of the most vitriolic are also the most prolific. Those names will be familiar.

 

fasttense

(17,301 posts)
1179. That post got absolutely no recommendations
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 02:58 PM
Jul 2016

So, it really does NOT support what you are saying.

You are just looking for an excuse to hate those liberals who disagree with you.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
1180. Sorry?
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 03:10 PM
Jul 2016

Did you actually read the thread? There was both agreement and disagreement, just as I said in my post.

I don't hate anyone. But people who support Trump are my enemy, and the enemy to democracy.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
20. No, and they are as proud as nine-year-old boys at their ability to use sexist language.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:17 PM
Jul 2016

They actually run people off who object to the use of sexist language!

Its the birthplace of the neo-teabagger.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
28. Why do they allow such language?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:25 PM
Jul 2016

Is because Hillary is a woman, correct?

I reckon they might not like PBO either.

So they down with the n word too?

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
30. I think it's because it has become mostly unacceptable here, after years of arguments about it.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:30 PM
Jul 2016

I suspect the ones who have gone over there were on the losing end of that argument. It seems as if their reasoning is, "libertee," and "they say it all the time in England!"

Also because they hate Hillary, and like to impotently gnash their teeth over her, using really really objectionable terms about her.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
39. So, like freepers, freedom,
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:40 PM
Jul 2016

Freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of expression

No rules, no regulations,

Am curious though, if, by chance, one of their members would object to sexist language what would happen?

And on the extreme off chance that one of their members said a kind word about HRC, what would happen?

Back to tyranny& censorship I would guess

Hypocrites

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
68. Actually, if someone says Trump is as bad as Hillary
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:01 PM
Jul 2016

they are accused openly of being secret Hillary lovers and more or less hounded off the site. So it wouldn't even take a "kind word", just an intimation that a whackjob Republican pathological narcissist could possibly be as bad as Satan Herself.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
95. It is really very tightly censored. No one is allowed to post anything that suggests
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:30 PM
Jul 2016

that BS lost the primary. No kidding. Still. This is explicitly stated by their moderators.

I think there is no fear of kind words about Hillary. And if any poster says something that doesn't toe their line, they are swarmed and told that they are espousing censorship (which ironically they seem to think is a great sin), and often invited to leave.

I do look in there from time to time. It's fascinating, in a car wreck sort of way. It makes me think of Somalia.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
108. It's a brand new forum (the latest software they just switched to)
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:41 PM
Jul 2016

And not nearly as many members as DU...And you expect them to be as fully developed as DU?

Yes they've been around for awhile, but they are still a very small group compared to DU. Until you have the members to sustain special groups, they probably won't be formed.

Seems to me some people here are entirely too wrapped up in what is happening on another forum. A group that was started as a support group for Bernie and his supporters, because he was being bashed so liberally here. And still is. And now that Hillary has won the presumed nomination...what do you have to fear of another forum that does not support her?

Are you really that afraid of people who don't like Hillary? Why does everyone have to like Hillary?

Isn't that a bit paranoid?

emulatorloo

(44,303 posts)
150. Don't see anybody "lashing out" either, I'm afraid.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:35 PM
Jul 2016

We'll have to agree to disagree. Have a great evening.

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
460. No fear- just the same kind of interest in peeking in on Freepers.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:53 AM
Jul 2016

I don't always ignore them either. Both are working to defeat the Democratic nominee in mostly futile ways. Sometimes it's entertaining, sometimes there's more of a "can you believe that crap!" element to it.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
649. Exactly. Usually there's an "unbelievable!"
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jul 2016

element to it.

There are some fairly sensible people at JPR, who just dislike the dems and whomever too much to fit well at Democratic Underground, trying to make it a valid political discussion site. But they are overwhelmed by the numbers of those who share their feelings to the Nth degree and have no boundaries to their negativism, profound dishonesty, and willingness to abandon all principles for the "revolution" or whatever sparks their enthusiasm.

And, I'll add, in some cases no boundaries to their ignorance, astonishing displays of which are constantly being posted. Bernie enthusiasts usually who apparently never, ever google for information, just soak up vibes from the revolution.

I'd feel more sympathy for the more sensible ones if I didn't know that they are running with these people because they have more in common with them ideologically and temperamentally than they do with liberals. The lying down with dogs and knowing people by their friends things.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
728. Lol. Seriously? That was my guess.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:54 PM
Jul 2016

Constant confirmation of suspicions going in, plus just plain terminal aversion therapy from pulling up information they don't want to find.

niyad

(114,324 posts)
181. wow. . . some serious projection going on there. all I did was observe that there are
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:22 PM
Jul 2016

no women's rights or feminist groups. nothing more.

yuiyoshida

(41,883 posts)
501. They just started...so
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:25 AM
Jul 2016

give them time! Someone asked me if I wanted to start an Asian group, told them it was a waste of space, because the one that is here, is mostly me posting to myself, with little response. It would make less sense there since its new.

yuiyoshida

(41,883 posts)
608. I BET there are three people besides myself that
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:46 AM
Jul 2016

post there, but its mostly me. The group hardly gets a look at all.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
1013. I recognize that; but ...
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:51 AM
Jul 2016

my point was ... if Civil Rights was a priority for the message board members, someone would, or would have, started a group.

yuiyoshida

(41,883 posts)
1128. Again they just started..
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:57 PM
Jul 2016

I am sure it will probably happen, how long did it take for DU to get their group? How about I suggest it?

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
193. " ... started as a support group ...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:28 PM
Jul 2016
... for Bernie and his supporters, because he was being bashed so liberally here."

DU was comprised of 85% BS supporters throughout the primaries, which meant that 85% of the jury pool were Bernie supporters. Anti-Bernie posts were alerted and hidden, while anti-HRC posts were left to stand regardless of how utterly vile they were.

So let's stop with the pretense that Bernie and his supporters were the ones being bashed. We all know what went on here; we all lived with it for a year.

If you want "fear" and "paranoia", JPR is the appropriate site. Posters there are constantly railing about how the entire country will be devastated by an HRC presidency, and are convinced that everyone who doesn't support Bernie is part of a vast conspiracy that stole the election for Hillary.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
680. Cite your source for that assertion please
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:35 PM
Jul 2016

85% ? Doubtful. There were many Sanders supporters just as there were many Clinton supporters. What I saw repeatedly were posters claiming that the other camp got all the breaks, that the juries were stacked against them, etc.

Neither of us has access to the data on alerts and jury outcomes. Admin has the raw data but I doubt that they have either the inclination or tools to analyze it.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
783. Actually Skinner has the information and made comments more than once. I am not going to hunt the
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:35 PM
Jul 2016

links. Just not that interested nor am I good at searching and spend way too much time.

Skinners says 85% and changed the rules because HRC posters were getting hides over nothing.

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
807. The source was Skinner.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:22 PM
Jul 2016

I don't remember in what context it came up - I think it might have been in response to a question in Ask the Admins.

Response to NanceGreggs (Reply #193)

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
231. Your missing the point
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:13 PM
Jul 2016

We are making fun of them and calling them out as Trump supporters.

And it justifies the suspicion that many here had that some members here were not really liberals but socialist, who are very capable of and often are racist and/or misogyist. JPR proves that many of our 'former' members hid their real beliefs while here.

It is pretty much to the point that if you admit you will vote for Clinton over Trump or Stein you are run off.

I politely suggest you rethink defending them.

Have a nice evening.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
395. Specifics??
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:17 PM
Jul 2016

If I have stated something untrue I will retract my statement. But there is no doubt they now support trump.

And Cali is being run off for supporting Clinton over Trump.

And there is no limit to the sexist misogynist comments.

And the refer to the president with the same terms you see on FR.

So tell me. Where am I incorrect?

 

glowing

(12,233 posts)
433. No one is running anyone off for anything...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:10 PM
Jul 2016

And I'm saying this in a manner that I hope will be looked at as discussion and not a means to try and alert on my post:

My general sense of the site, which is very similar in many ways to DU, pre-2016 primary. Yeah, there may be a few assholes who want to swear and use potty mouth (almost in a flagrant FU to DU, even though most probably don't bother to use those words anyway, and some are just trolls in an on-line world)... So, don't click on those threads, they don't interest me.

I think, for many, they are overly progressive. They, we are the one's who were actively marching against the Iraq War because we knew it was all lies and bullshit. Many were fighting against the trade deals before they were shoved down America's throat. What I see, in particular, is a struggle for the heart of what is a "Democrat"? Corporate triangulation or progressive people's party... That is a real struggle and we see it on the committee votes on platform alone... The other MAJOR issue I see as an issue no one can escape from, is climate change. The fact that the USA isn't leading on this like we are racing to the moon is a disaster world wide over. We are nearly past the tipping point now. We need to policy and change
NOW. "Fracking" should be a 4-letter word for anyone who is liberal or progressive.

For me personally, I see a whole picture of interconnected issues that are emerging at a head all at once... And now is the time we can address those issues. I quite frankly don't give a rats ass who it is that takes this all on, and quite honestly, it's congress that actually writes laws and passes budgets, so push for a progressive legislative branch, and send the bills to Clinton's desk for all I care.

Ok, so what is emerging all at once is an environmental disaster on a world wide stage, a change in human need for manual labor to machine, computer, and robots doing the work, and a world that for better or worse has been forced into "globalization" at the same time that "capitlaism" is essentially "dead" (otherwise it wouldn't have to be propped up by govt tax monies every 10'yrs or so- we are a out to hit a recession from stagnation mainly because "main st"/ 99% never emerged out of the last recession in a manner that can keep a "consumer economy" flush with real labor money).

It's really time to be addressing on a global scale how to really deal with climate change effects and begin to do the work. (We can't frack our way into a future, the methane release is worse than burning coal powered plants). And we need a model of "living". What is a "good" life that allows everyone a decency to fundamentals of living a healthy, happy life? And as the "work labor" can decrease, what can we do with our "free time" to make our life experiences even more fulfilling? We need a new economic model that values wealth in an entirely different manner.

And who will lead? Even Bernie, as much as I love him, was only speaking to FDR terms of labor, work, value... And that's still very much based on a capitalistic model and supply/ demand economy that is unsustainable for our future on this planet. As it is now, I can have hope, but pessimism is beginning to weigh on me...

And I think, the deal with Bernie is that it was almost (or as some see it "stolen&quot , regardless, reality of the human mindset sees that the two presidential candidates are Trump and Clinton. And many of us can't hang on much longer piecemealing together an existence of barely squeezing by. It's really been quite awful for many people since the 2000's after the dot com crash. And now add on top of that the automation production wiping out even the cheap Chinese labor, and we are going to enter an extremely volatile environmental crisis with many people living already in "dire extremes" from the global economy and endless wars in the ME.

So, people react differently to the stress. People want to be critical. People want to be heard. And they need and outlet to do so... The tone will translation after the convention... Just give people time to adjust their "fight strategy" because progressive's are normally fighting against the machine; and we almost toppled that machine over... So, let people find their footing in a new political reality and how they keep that idea of "revolution" continuing in a way that brings about positive, meaningful changes that help everyone.

i think some of the blowback backwards and picking on another discussion board has a bit to do with people not falling in line. As they always say, it's nearly impossible to heard cats... And that's why we aren't Republicans.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
440. So you wrote a 1000 word response
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:35 PM
Jul 2016

And nowhere do you deny you or many on JPR are voting for Trump. Just a huge word salad.

Have a nice evening.

Response to GulfCoast66 (Reply #440)

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
525. I joined DU
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:42 AM
Jul 2016

To converse with people who support the Democratic Party and their candidates.

Since you obviously do not I am surprised you are still here. And it is obvious that few members at your new favorite site will vote for Clinton.

And you are correct, I have no interest in you thoughts or feelings.

However, keep one thing in mind. Since you will not vote for Hillary and participate in a site that routinely denigrates her in the most crude manner, you now have much more in common with the members of FR than you do with members here st DU.

Have a nice day.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
609. Exactly, JPR is a inexhaustible source of comic relief...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:46 AM
Jul 2016

We all need a bit of mirth and merriment, and they certainly provide it.

We are making fun of them and calling them out as Trump supporters... JPR proves that many of our 'former' members hid their real beliefs while here.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
189. I don't go over there often. Morbid curiosity only hits me rarely. But if it is there next time
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:25 PM
Jul 2016

I look, I'll definitely tell you.

R B Garr

(17,051 posts)
284. Exactly, and I also haven't seen any umbrage to Trump's rampant anti-semitism, but
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:58 PM
Jul 2016

there is plenty of "outrage" and pretend misunderstandings about a single post from a Hillary supporter musing about Sanders on another site over a year ago. Hmmm.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
418. Well, here is their first reaction to our posts. "We have 2 women admins...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:50 PM
Jul 2016

we can't be misogynists": http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/two-out-of-three-jpr-admins-are-women/

This is fright along the lines of a guy who says "I can't be racist, I have a black friend"

niyad

(114,324 posts)
632. good thing I wasn't drinking anything.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:33 PM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:11 PM - Edit history (1)

manny would have owed me a keyboard.

I think it is hysterically funny that they felt the need to post that on their site. someone obviously went over there and qvetched about my comment.

and, so what if two of the admins are women? what does that prove? palin and ernst are women. doesn't make them progressives or feminists or women's rights advocates.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
674. Wow- they immediately go on about how Manny must be fucking the two female moderators?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:11 PM
Jul 2016

It's like the last century over there. Those poor women being leered at like they are part of his harem. So regressive and sucky. Ick.
Sort of shows Steinem was right about some women wanting to hang with the guys. It's an ugly truth about human nature I think we have all seen before. But being leered at by WillieT and Manny, wow! Reminds me of when I got fan mail from an admin from the Conservative Cave. Actually tat was less grotesque- and private. Can't imagine being desperate enough for a mans attention.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
745. Put me in mind of the Fox and Friends reel of sexist comments about Gretchen Carlson.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:13 PM
Jul 2016

The two morons on the couch drooling over the woman as they discounted her, and thinking they were witty and the woman should be flattered.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
748. And they credit the women for "how tidy" the site is? Embarrassed for those women who put up with
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:18 PM
Jul 2016

That shit. Seems they just stayed silent in that thread- just the way the sides hoped they would.
Reminds me of TOS very conservative religious groups flea market I stumbled on to in a beach town a few weeks ago. I thought I saw one vendor selling cool Sarongs and cover ups... They were aprons and market totes. Lol. The truth comes out, those mods are looked upon as there to serve and service the dudes. What a shitty way to treat women.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
788. I had never been to the site. Clinked the link and my puter locked up.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:44 PM
Jul 2016

Saw a lot of names I recognized. Interesting. I couldn't read thru the thread though. My computer locked up. Lol. Wow Bettyellen, that is sad.

I wish women didn't allow the good ole boy and stood up for themselves, to help all of us out. Women and more, our girls.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
836. Just so bizarre that they can't help salivating over the two female mods as if that was a compliment
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:22 PM
Jul 2016

Fucking creepy shit, cannot fathom how women would want to be around that sexist crap on a political site.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
847. One begets the other. Allow women to be referenced in a vulgar misogynist manner,
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:51 PM
Jul 2016

expect it to carry over to self. They can't hardly accept denigrating women on the one hand and then stand up to it on the other. They helped to create that.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
1048. No such thing as respectful boundaries - the dudes there are convinced it's too authoritarian to be
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:58 AM
Jul 2016

Respectful. They gotta be free to creep on women because it's a fee country, and that's what women are for! Ick.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1058. The can respect the n word boundary. They are saying, like my rw family, they are allowed to be
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:32 PM
Jul 2016

misogynist. That simple.

Once misogynist slurs get the head up by the woman, the issue of sexism is out the door. They have lost the argument, they know they have, they have to submit to get along. To go up against the sexism now is just too hard and too much work. Hence, boards with clear rules are the only ones I will participate on. I am not wallowing in the filth and I am not doing the battle for those women that allow it to get to here.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
1067. They do pretend they might allow it too, and are losing members for that bullshit...
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:05 PM
Jul 2016

Kind of sad to see a few people there waking up and realizing what a bunch of paranoid bigots they threw in with. Ironic seeing them attack those who admit Sanders lost too. The sites gotta find a new reason to be by end of year or those folks are going to feel awfully silly. Maybe they'll hold out till Inauguration Day, that's going to be sad for them.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1071. Same people spent 7 yrs tearing up Obama and Democrats. They will just do that for the next however
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:10 PM
Jul 2016

long.

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
1082. Hell yes they will. I spent 7 years virtually hiding out in the BOG and a year in the HRC group....
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:54 PM
Jul 2016

Unless Skinner really keeps up with enforcing the new TOS after the election this time around, the pattern will repeat itself. I sincerely hope that this time, now that the Obama-bashers who morphed into Hillary-bashers have so nakedly revealed who they really are over at JPR, that the TOS at DU will keep us on an even keel.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
1104. I think some people are so desperate for attention they'll put up with anything, it's sad to see.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 04:59 PM
Jul 2016
 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
1105. Well...let's be clear in this case. We are talking about women.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 05:15 PM
Jul 2016

Women who, before they became ex-DUers, spent a great deal of time reccing and commenting on threads by men with varying agendas.

When those men were banned from this site for sexism, racism, trolling, and just being a rather unpleasant lot.....these women gladly followed.

Those women retain their moral agency. Maybe they like it.

 

Lazy Daisy

(928 posts)
845. WOW just WOW
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:47 PM
Jul 2016

You have, in your effort to show how bad JPR is, slut shamed the 2 female admins there. Maybe editing your post is in order.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
1047. I commented on how demeaning the men's attitudes toward the women mods are there....
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:48 AM
Jul 2016

Immediately joking they must be fucking Manny. They are treating those women like they are some sort of harem, and you're pointing fingers at me for noticing it. Lol, nope.

 

Lazy Daisy

(928 posts)
1139. Here, let me point it out for you
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:38 PM
Jul 2016

since you want to deny it. Then I'm done.



It's like the last century over there. Those poor women being leered at like they are part of his harem. So regressive and sucky. Ick.
Sort of shows Steinem was right about some women wanting to hang with the guys. It's an ugly truth about human nature I think we have all seen before. But being leered at by WillieT and Manny, wow! Reminds me of when I got fan mail from an admin from the Conservative Cave. Actually tat was less grotesque- and private. Can't imagine being desperate enough for a mans attention.


You are making one hell of a inference. How very feminist of you.
 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1145. I see nothing wrong with that inference
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 12:43 AM
Jul 2016

The way the women on that hate site suck up to the (obviously) Republican site admin .......

 

Lazy Daisy

(928 posts)
1147. I see
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:00 AM
Jul 2016

So.... It's OK to demean a woman if she's not in agreement with you?
Gotcha.

No wonder I spend less and less time here.

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
1170. The demeaning is happening over there. If they can't compliment a woman on a skill
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 12:15 PM
Jul 2016

That isn't sexual -that's on them. We're just bystanders to the sad little show. That a republican rat fucker is behind it is just icing on that shit cake.
The fact that the have always demeaned the opinions of women and people of color should have been a tip off.....

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
1169. Many women do go along with sexist patriarchal bullshit - is this news to you? What it has to do
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 12:07 PM
Jul 2016

With "slut shaming" is exactly nothing. They go along to get along like little lambs while men they have never met salivate and make sexual innuendos like its the first season of Mad Men. its creepy and sad and pretending calling it out is the problem is bullshit.

But these are the same people who dismissed any input from women or black people on Sanders campaign. Am not shocked they refuse to ban words like ni**er and c*nt, not shocked when they actually imagine the will find an acceptable "context" for those words either.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
790. As I said, I hadnt been on the site, and going locked up computer, but saw the names
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:47 PM
Jul 2016

recommending the thread. Of course they allow vulgar sexist slang to degrade, humiliate and shame, dismiss women. That was their thing here, defending it for all they had.

sheshe2

(84,224 posts)
793. I wonder what they would do...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:57 PM
Jul 2016

if someone said some of that filth to their wife or mother, sister or daughter. Would they still find it okay? I am horrified, seabeyond.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
4. Those name seem familiar and reading that Chaffetz was on point makes me sick.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:09 PM
Jul 2016

I think some decided to let the mask slip and we see they were never what they claimed to be.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
5. Some of those delusional MORANS* make Freepers look witty and well-bred
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:09 PM
Jul 2016

It looks much more to me like the birth of a cult. If you can build a fanatical religious entity around the hatred of one human being, these folks are working REALLY HARD on it.

It has nothing to do with "love" for Senator Sanders, they've already preemptively thrown him under his own bus for endorsing Hillary on Tuesday. No, for them the "revolution" is about one thing and one thing only; hate, and hating her. They desperately seek approval from each other by hating with a greater zeal than their neighbor, thereby proving their revolutionary devotion and creds.

It's more like birth of a really minuscule online North Korea, except their devotion is to hate of a central figure, and hate of anyone who would support or merely even accept her.

It's just wall-to-wall hate. They love nothing else.

Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #5)

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
54. Awwwww dang it. I missed my "post removed"
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:48 PM
Jul 2016

If somebody saw it before it was zapped, PM me? I'm crushed! Lol.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
1123. I'm surrounded!
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:11 PM
Jul 2016

I've spent a lot of time on this thread talking to "post removed." We're besties now.



Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #5)

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
225. Ah, and there it is. The personal attack! The final resting place of the argument utterly lost.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:08 PM
Jul 2016

You seem thoroughly concerned on this thread with defending Donald Trump, defending Trump apologists, defending a vile site rife with misogynists and people advocating against Democrats and the Democratic party.

Pardon me if I discard your opinion in this matter along with your "concerns."

yuiyoshida

(41,883 posts)
503. ARE you Kidding?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:38 AM
Jul 2016

You should have read what they said about me on discussionist, talk about bigoted! I have never posted there and yet there was an entire post just about me. You can't compare JPR to discussionist because at the Big D are a ton of racists.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
664. Interesting. Don't spend time
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:53 PM
Jul 2016

there so didn't realize. Pew identified a group of conservatives who are looking to "progressive" economic solutions to their personal problems, and perhaps that may be how some found their way to DU, then to Discussionist. JPR, of course, is mainly radical left, but some might be there too.

yuiyoshida

(41,883 posts)
753. Well if they have no one
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:39 PM
Jul 2016

at JPR has posted anything bigoted towards me, in fact the opposite.. I have been welcomed with open arms and love.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
757. Well, that's a nice feedback for JPR.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:42 PM
Jul 2016

Glad to hear it, Yui.

Btw, I've been saying that imo JPR is a left-wing site, not right-wing as some imagine because of the pervasive hostility to Democrats, and this is further evidence of that.

yuiyoshida

(41,883 posts)
762. I have felt the burning
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:49 PM
Jul 2016

sensation of bigotry and xenophobia here as well, but not anything like what I have seen and read at discussionist.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
767. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party still includes
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:59 PM
Jul 2016

some genuine strong conservatives who live in regions traditionally conservative Democrat. Of course. Fwiw, even though they always vote for a Republican president, every election we still lose more of them officially to the GOP.

One nice thing about nominating Hillary is that we should lose as many this time around as we lost with Obama.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
791. I do not know how women embrace vulgar misogynist slurs against all women.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:50 PM
Jul 2016

It doesn't just affect the one woman being attacked, but all women. Love you tons, but I can't get on board with that. I too have been pulled to other boards to be discussed in the most disgusting way. I know how you feel. I stay away from them. I have no interest to see what other denigrating, humiliating language they use to shame women and girls.

lapucelle

(18,438 posts)
13. They have a "God bless the loyal opposition" thread
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:13 PM
Jul 2016

In which they're praising Chaffetz and Gowdey for trying to save the country from Evil Hillary. The site seems to have been coopted (I mean "redesigned&quot by a right wing faction and certain former Democrats are too dim to realize it.

Senator Sanders must be so proud.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
672. Lapucelle, isn't it past time for us to admit
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:08 PM
Jul 2016

that many on the far left despise the Democrats and their liberal base far more than they do those on the right? It's important to recognize that we have real enemies on the far left, not just the right.

JPR is basically radical left in orientation. Anyone who doubts this should read the posts of the more thoughtful and earnest members who want the site to succeed. They are not conservative, they are radical or far left, AND, yes, most of their time is spent in various degrees of opposition to the Democrats.

A psychologist once described the main difference between the far right and the far left as: "The far right hates everyone else. The far left hates itself." They typically focus their "hate" resentfully on that part of the left wing that is dominant and out of their control, and thus responsible for all that is wrong with America. The Democratic Party and its liberals.

So of course the stronger extremists over there can see that even Trump is preferable, especially if Hillary's inevitable loss to him finally precipitates the (desirable) destruction of the Democratic Party--so they can take over and start purging. It's all perfectly clear to those talking this way.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
770. "Helter skelter," only with political parties instead of races. Doesn't reflect well on those
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:06 PM
Jul 2016

who espouse the idea. They're not in real good company there.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
864. Like the football team that falls to their cross-town rival
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:38 PM
Jul 2016

The narcissism of minor differences.

They can tolerate loss to any team, except the one so close to their own door. That team, they hate the most.


Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
987. Yes, think so. :) It's hard for me to "feel" how
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:17 AM
Jul 2016

the people who talk this way think, but I suspect they have to be jealous on top of their basic hostility toward the dominant liberal blocs. A dominant success they just can't understand except by ascribing it to corruption.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
14. I refuse to click the link
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:14 PM
Jul 2016

I have heard they openly describe women the b word and the c word, and are proud about it.

Is this true? I find it hard to believe.

But I really don't want to see that

Response to GusBob (Reply #14)

Response to Maru Kitteh (Reply #84)

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
90. He should appeal!
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:27 PM
Jul 2016

I confess to ignorance! I am just a big dumb hick!

(I still don't like those words though)

Someone we know saw post 18

 

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)
87. Same here. I have both that site and the equally obnoxious spoof site
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:22 PM
Jul 2016

Listed as blocked sites in my browsers just to ensure I don't accidentally click a link that takes me there.

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
22. none so blind... Siding with the republicans to wish that Hillary had gotten indicted
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:19 PM
Jul 2016

or stating that the FBI got it wrong by not indicting her is HIllary hate.


Or this SHIT http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/does-bill-clinton-have-aids/

LOL

Kali

(55,052 posts)
122. ah, I didn't notice timing
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:04 PM
Jul 2016

it was the broadbrush approach to this whole thread that even induced me to look at a link. both sides have created websites that include members bent on trashing each other and their candidates (not to mention the shit that went on here during the primaries - and obviously still going on despite the new rules).

I wonder if anybody is self-aware enough to realize how lame it is to behave that way?

radical noodle

(8,032 posts)
29. Looked like Hillary hate to me
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:28 PM
Jul 2016

Glowing admiration of Gowdy, of all people. Praising Republicans while trashing Cummings... all Hillary related.

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
359. Funny to recognize some of my least fave posters over there.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:42 PM
Jul 2016

The main one is everyone's favorite "copy and paste guy" who unfortunately used one of my favorite musicians as his avatar.

Person 2713

(3,263 posts)
771. I looked at the site. Saw a lot of my du ignore list there. I voted for Sanders and will now
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:07 PM
Jul 2016

vote for Clinton but jpr may have started around sanders and to me there were plenty vile Clinton voters in the GD Pri
But the tone of those kind is not what Sanders himself was about again IMO

In fact I has the whole GD primary on ignore ! But all of these names I do not remember one for primary issues at all. I will have to check out the fake site, but the name jackass sounds about right for some of the people on the site . I saw names that I viewed neutral and ones I remember pleasantly posting with or reading . So can't say it's all bad but the ones IMO that were really really nasty all went there so

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)
295. What the fuck...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:16 PM
Jul 2016

Wow.

After reading the whole thread I'm happy to see some folks saw right through the bullshit.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
309. "...And the n-word isn't part of my vocabulary." This after the poster insisted on using the c-word
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:36 PM
Jul 2016

frequently and insulted anyone who voiced an objection.

How does that work?

zappaman

(20,606 posts)
76. Well, think of the two biggest racist trolls(thankfully shown the door), DU had here for years...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:10 PM
Jul 2016

At least that's what I overheard at the local pub.

revmclaren

(2,593 posts)
142. Isn't the pub in Stockholm or something...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:27 PM
Jul 2016

Seems a few DUers still here frequent that establishment or are in the process of making it their permanent safe haven from reality.



Fla Dem

(24,003 posts)
92. It's disgusting enough for that to be posted, but even more disappointing to
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:29 PM
Jul 2016

see who approved and thanked Dorkzilla for posting that disgusting crap. They've lost all sense of decency, it's become hive behavior.

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
133. Ewwwwwww...I suppose they'll also be fine
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:22 PM
Jul 2016

with calling Barack Obama "Blacky McBlackface" for supporting her.

Glad to know my impression of TM99 as a first rate douchenozzle was right on target.

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
323. I expect he has me on ignore
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:11 PM
Jul 2016

since I handed his head to him so many times, but he can still go fuck himself.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
250. Have not seen that
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:24 PM
Jul 2016

But the common FR term of Obummer is very common.

Good riddance. After Hillary destroys trump the site will fizzle to nothing. And not long after that DU will suddenly get a flurry of new members who somehow sound fimiliar.

 

skepticscott

(13,029 posts)
514. Yes, despite their claims to want real political change
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:57 AM
Jul 2016

they seem to be spending an awful lot of energy that could go towards that effort on trying to outdo each other in insulting Hillary Clinton.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
31. I may never have to use this pic again...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:33 PM
Jul 2016


This town got its enema when the biggest trolls decamped for JPR.

Sid

Response to cosmicone (Original post)

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
43. "Bernie Sanders Is Expected to Endorse Hillary Clinton Next Week"
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:42 PM
Jul 2016
After three weeks of private preparations, Senator Bernie Sanders is expected to endorse Hillary Clinton on Tuesday at a campaign event in New Hampshire, according to three Democrats who have been involved in the planning.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/us/politics/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton.html

I'm very much looking forward to welcoming Senator Sanders on board the Hillary train!

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
64. It's good to understand the opposition.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:56 PM
Jul 2016

We are all here to support Hillary in every way to get her into the WH. The people on that site are extremely anti-Hillary. In fact, hating Hillary seems to be the exclusive purpose of the site, since OPs about Bernie get little response, yet OPs expressing Hillary hate are barraged.

Just as we would discuss Republican opposition or Free Republic, as often happens on DU, it is appropriate to discuss a Hillary hate site, especially one with so many former members of DU who just went through the primary season here in contentious opposition to our presumptive nominee.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
79. many of those people there, were brutal to people here
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:14 PM
Jul 2016

the confirmation that they likely were not progressive or Dems is quite cathartic.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
105. Most of those people still post here. It's nice to realize that we are not nuts when we read their
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:37 PM
Jul 2016

posts and think that they just MUST be closet tea-baggers.

This lets us know we were right all along.

Though some of those names are surprising.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
678. There's a fascination with finding both current
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:31 PM
Jul 2016

DUers and ones who left after we went to GE mode over there saying and agreeing with really shocking things they apparently kept bottled up here.

Any tolerance I've ever been able to work up for radicals has always been soon depleted. Honesty and what I see as basic principles are as quickly discarded by them in pursuit of winning as they are by the tea-baggers.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
56. Because some of them still post here
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:50 PM
Jul 2016

some are even hosts of forums

My good intention is for them to see to what level their zeal has gone and hopefully they will support the democratic nominee and democrats in all elections.

Democrats should not fall prey to republican/libertarian dirty tricks to damage our nominee.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
167. But what they post here and what they post there are worlds apart. Here, many of them troll.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:46 PM
Jul 2016

There, those say what they really think. The contrast is really very interesting.

 

jack_krass

(1,009 posts)
458. I haven't been to the site much yet, but I remember the DUer it's named for..
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:47 AM
Jul 2016

And he was a legend.

Response to jack_krass (Reply #458)

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
594. He was always kind, even in disagreement. I don't think he would have liked the way many are acting
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:22 AM
Jul 2016

on a site created to carry on his legacy.

emulatorloo

(44,303 posts)
574. Jackpine Radical was indeed a legend. A great poster and DU misses him everyday
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:47 AM
Jul 2016

That being said, he had no say in naming the site.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
58. Exposure to light is the best cure for that kind of contamination.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:50 PM
Jul 2016

The sunlight, it burns them. Just look in this thread.

No quarter should be given here for Trump supporters. None.

here they are supporting Trump

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
177. It's relevant because them leaving is an important moment in the history of DU.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:16 PM
Jul 2016

It's a huge improvement that will attract much nicer people to participate. But it is an important time in the history of DU and looking over at JPR and seeing the kind of nonsense that we now dont have to deal with is important to note in terms of was the decision made by the admins a good one or not.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
202. That's true. I think the new TOS has a lot to do with some of the worst leaving here. It isn't
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:41 PM
Jul 2016

perfect, but it is a vast improvement.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
449. The new TOS has shut down most of the worst, most divisive, and toxic behavior here, thankfully.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:13 AM
Jul 2016

Not all of it, though.

Response to stevenleser (Reply #177)

quickesst

(6,286 posts)
47. So....
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:44 PM
Jul 2016

I used to work at an aluminum smelting plant. During the process for each batch we would skim the slag off the top. That was the nasty, worthless material that served no purpose. We turned out aluminum that was 99.9% pure, and the slag went into the trash heap. Our aluminum was only 99.9% pure, but we just didn't seem to be able to get rid of that 1/10th of 1%. It did not affect the quality of our product, and was barely a minor nuisance.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
62. Democrats should never become tools
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:52 PM
Jul 2016

for republican/libertarian dirty tricks.

No matter how much I disagree with a democrat, I'd still vote for that person. I'd have gladly voted for Sen. Sanders if he had won the nomination.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
67. I'm not disagreeing with you,I'm just pointing out
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 03:58 PM
Jul 2016

that this is nothing new and will end up going where all these groups go,into obscurity.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
687. Agree. Before the internet most had few
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:45 PM
Jul 2016

like minds around to associate with and mostly went quiet for long years between waves of radicalism, permanently if their local society didn't tolerate it.

Now they'll always collect on some obscure site or other, but between those waves signaling their response to insecure times, that's where they will be. Waiting for a chance to be heard.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
634. "vehemently" is your characterization
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:34 PM
Jul 2016

I've not had the misfortune of voting for someone I vehemently disagreed with. I have disagreed with Diane Feinstein but she is still better than a repuke -- so I voted for her.

 

Gene Debs

(582 posts)
679. Well, you said "No matter how much I disagree with a democrat, I'd still vote for that person", so I
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:35 PM
Jul 2016

have to assume that spectrum could run to vehemence. Are there no deal-breakers whatsoever for you as long as the candidate is a Democrat? I'm not trying to provoke, I'm just asking.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
870. Because it's a binary choice.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:52 PM
Jul 2016

I hate chopped liver, The site of it makes me nauseous. However if the choice was eating chopped liver or starving to death I would get over my nausea.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
795. One can question the validity of "D" if there's that huge an issue with a progressive like Clinton.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:02 PM
Jul 2016

Yukari Yakumo

(3,013 posts)
1217. Reminds me of that hillaryis44 website
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 02:46 PM
Jul 2016

...

Dear lord, that place is still up? And active?!?

...

Surprise, surprise. It's an anti-Obama, pro-Trump rag.

 

Sheepshank

(12,504 posts)
72. I suppose it's safe to say, after reading the Trump love there.......
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:05 PM
Jul 2016

that their infamous anti Semitic labeling of DU members (I was not the only recipient of such a slur), and that labeling of other boards as anti Semitic, is now a moot point?

They sure loved to try and make hay out of that one topic.....I'd call them hypocrites but term is too good for them.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
80. Bigots in one place don't mitigate bigots in another.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:15 PM
Jul 2016

DU had people banned for rank antisemitic comments and links. Some survived and some lasted far too long prior to being banned. One of the worst also smeared LGBT savagely and habitually and it went on for over a year before that person got banned. That poster had said LGBT were to blame for our election loss because we 'blatantly flaunted' our rights. Then that poster bashed away at Bernie, then LGBT and eventually the Paris shootings caused that poster to cross lines all could see. A year of hate aimed at LGBT and Jews, right here on DU. That's just one example, Kelliekat44. DU can't both allow that for a year and then claim it did not happen. We as a community have to deal with reality or we are not a community at all.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
134. Make sure you let Skinner know about your problems with his moderation of HIS site.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:22 PM
Jul 2016

This thread is about the disturbing and ugly content of Jackass Delusionals.

 

Bluenorthwest

(45,319 posts)
160. Hey, I will always call out bigotry where it exists, denial of such things is toxic.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:41 PM
Jul 2016

Skinner and EarlG have banned those fuckers, but they had to do it because those fuckers were welcomed by others here for ages.
Here is one of the anti gay quotes: "The openness and brazenness of the LBGT agenda and the media flaunting of gay marriages all across the country cost Dems dearly and threatens to do so in the future."
I'm not going to sit quietly while bigots do as they please. You can defend such hate mongers if you want to, I won't.

I don't use that other site, I use this site. I know what I see here. Denial of such things is toxic.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
171. Well, that is awful.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:48 PM
Jul 2016

And if I'd seen it, I would have alerted on it, and if I were on a jury, I would have voted to remove it. I'm sorry that happened here.

We didn't support the same person in the primaries, but I stand with you in solidarity against bigotry.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
692. Not saying this person wasn't motivated
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:58 PM
Jul 2016

by bigotry, and that matters, but this particular post states that supporting LGBT equality cost us, and it did. It cost us immense political capital we might have expended in other ways, and it has generated new intense opposition for decades to come, just as abortion legalization has.

That most of us think it was way, way, way past time to secure the blessings of liberty for yet another group and worth every bit of a cost we really had to incur doesn't mean there isn't truth to this unpleasantly worded statement. Perhaps that's why it was left.

“It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.” ― Molly Ivins


Yup!

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
776. I didn't see that. But they were banned, you say? It doesn't seem like that amounts to
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:19 PM
Jul 2016

defense of such hate mongers, or bigots doing as they please. That seems like hate mongers being banned. Bigots being banned.

What am I missing?

stranger81

(2,345 posts)
115. The anti-Semitic labeling was happening at a parody site
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:56 PM
Jul 2016

started by HRC loyalists who post here at DU, with the aim of mocking JPR. Those labels have never been used at JPR itself.

The projection here is so thick it's crazy.

stranger81

(2,345 posts)
130. Absolutely false. But this entire thread is delusional.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:18 PM
Jul 2016

So it's not surprising that the very people who started that vile parody site are the ones trying to hang it around JPR's neck.

Do carry on.

Loki

(3,825 posts)
286. What are you talking about?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:01 PM
Jul 2016

Care to give a link or is it just something you don't actually have proof of?

stranger81

(2,345 posts)
296. This is the site I'm referring to.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:18 PM
Jul 2016

Though the worst of the anti-Semitic stuff may have been scrubbed by now, just like the offshoot HRC fan site tried to scrub its most venomous posts against DU members.

http://jackassradicals.com/main

Careful, though -- you'll need hip waders there, unless you're one of those folks that thinks no insult is too low to chuck at someone politically to your left. In that case, this website might be just your thing.

Loki

(3,825 posts)
306. Never heard of it before now,
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:28 PM
Jul 2016

And would have never participated in something like that to begin with. That's not the Hillary supporters I know, we have more dignity and respect for ourselves and our candidate and frankly for the Democratic process. Remember there are quite a few who had to become gracious losers in the past. Perhaps those who couldn't went on to that, but if you remember, the majority gave their support to President Obama. Ugly is ugly no matter who or where it comes from.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
696. Stranger81, I've never seen that obscure site before either.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:07 PM
Jul 2016

You brought it here, though, for everyone to learn about, so I think you sort of "own" it, for this thread anyway. Whatever. Those who enjoy that sort of thing probably knew about it before.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
822. How sad, did Cavers make that site?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:22 PM
Jul 2016

Looks like a bunch of CC folks, they love to make fun of DU.

Loki

(3,825 posts)
534. Boy that was a nasty trip into some alternate universe.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:08 AM
Jul 2016

Wonder if they let their children talk like that?

 

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)
743. So stubborn about allowing sexism they claim they might find a context where ni**er is acceptable?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:12 PM
Jul 2016

That's pretty funny because everytime they have defended bigoted speech they pretend there is no historical context. Remember the watermelon and fried chicken crap- using bigoted stereotypes and then pretending they had no idea they were bigoted. I guess there will be loads of playing along with playing stupid over there. Regressive assholes always do.

R B Garr

(17,051 posts)
298. Absolutely! I just saw your post and had made the same comment/observation.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:20 PM
Jul 2016

There is an obvious dearth of criticism for Trump's blatant anti-Semitism, so it makes their pretend umbrage about what Hillary supporters posted on another site rather phony and opportunistic. I saw that same attack used here against Hillary supporters just last week, which made me go take a look at the anti-Hillary site. Not a peep about real world anti-Semitism. Hmmm.

fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts)
73. Yes a lot of familiar names on JPR.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:05 PM
Jul 2016

Imagine, I got a hide by pointing out there was no difference between JPR and Dump supporters.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
104. I was reading a thread over there
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 04:36 PM
Jul 2016

and this idiot said he would vote for Trump over Hillary.

Not one person over there slapped him down, said he was wrong....nothing.

Not one!

So yes as far as I'm concerned they are a republican support site. And we all know where most of those 'progressive' voters came from.

I'm so damn glad they left and took their support for Trump to Rimjob/JPR Freeper site!

 

IgelJames4

(50 posts)
125. Not likely in my opinion
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:09 PM
Jul 2016

The dolts at FreeRepublic at the end of the day will NEVER support a Democratic candidate. Many will be holding their noses as they vote for Trump. Frankly, this is all quite amusing.

niyad

(114,324 posts)
636. disgusting.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:37 PM
Jul 2016

have you ever read this:



Cunt: A Declaration of Independence is a 1998 feminist book by Inga Muscio that called for a breakdown in the boundaries between women and sexuality. In it, the writer hopes to reverse the negative connotations behind female pejoratives. The books traverses such subjects as menstruation, rape, and competition between women.

The book was placed at number six on a list of "Best-Selling Lesbian Books" in May 2000 by Curve magazine. The magazine gave the work a positive review and recommended it to their readers. off our backs praised the book, and noted its importance for women and feminists. Herizons called the book an enjoyable read and one of the best within the field of feminism and the female body since Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom. The book received a critical review from Publishers Weekly.

Cunt inspired a movement called Cuntfest, a celebration of women, and Cuntfest events were held with multiple artists in different cities in the United States after the book's publication. The book became an important piece of the movement Third-wave feminism, and was required reading in a course about women's health at the University of Virginia.

. . . .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunt:_A_Declaration_of_Independence

and this:

. . .

Cunt (Kunda): Derived from the Oriental Great Goddess Cunti, also known as The Yoni (vulva) of the Uni-verse. Other words coming from the same source are "cunabula", a cradle or first abode, "Cunina," a Roman Goddess who protected children in the cradle, "cuntipotent, having all powerful cunt-magic, "cunicle", a hole or passage, "cundy"; a culvert; also cunning, kenning and ken meaning knowledge, learning, insight, remembrance and wisdom. In ancient writings the meaning of the word was synonymous with "woman". Kunda : Saharan, Goddess of the Kuntahs a tribe who traced their beginnings to "the cleft of the Goddess". Kundas were children begotten out of wedlock and were considered divine gifts of the Goddess Kunda.

. . .

http://thejourneyofalotus.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-goddess.html

it is helpful to know that many of the word men use to denigrate and insult women were originally titles and words referring to goddesses. the patriarchy flipped them. some of us reclaim the words by refusing to see them as insults.

Response to niyad (Reply #636)

niyad

(114,324 posts)
671. welcome to du. well, they can use it as a slur, and we can point out that they are
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:08 PM
Jul 2016

sexist jerks (waving!!!)

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
729. So men took that word and dis-empowered the meaning or tried to?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:54 PM
Jul 2016

Fascinating, thank you for the links!

bucolic_frolic

(43,699 posts)
129. I can't go there
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:17 PM
Jul 2016

they will believe what they want to believe

But please tell them Trump is not qualified to run for dog catcher

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
276. Update!!
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:42 PM
Jul 2016

Many are already demanding their $27 refund if and when he endorses Hillary. Reading that site is like watching the Daily Show in print.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
155. There's one there that's been an EXPERT on damn near everything!
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:38 PM
Jul 2016



"Journalist"
"Historian"
"Medical Professional"
"First Responder"

Expert on;
Nuclear accidents
The food chain
Triage milk
International relations
International treaties
International law



I'm leaving out so much, I know but . . .
 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
161. That person is also an expert on
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:41 PM
Jul 2016

terrorism, military strategies, race relations, wall street, banking, European and Latin American politics and trade.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
164. If it's who I'm thinking of
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:43 PM
Jul 2016

I was continually surprised to hear the person was a journalist, because her writing was terrible - grammar, punctuation, syntax, and even spelling errors. Surely a professional journalist would have basic writing skills?

And now I fear I am veering into incivility, so I will adjourn.

 

HamiltonSwan

(38 posts)
362. It's just a Wordpress blog
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:45 PM
Jul 2016

It's non revenue generating and has virtually no web traffic. Anyone with a computer and endless amounts of spare time could do it.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
1126. Yup, just a sad little blogspot with one "writer" dressed in a costume she probably
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:33 PM
Jul 2016

picked up at a yard sale. The legitimate fire/rescue and LEOs must just LOVE her.

Every town and area seems to have that one crank that sits and listens to their scanner and then chases the firetrucks, pretending to be someone of consequence but generally just creating a hazard and being a pain in the ass.

So. I guess maybe she found her calling after all.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
569. You and me both, auntpurl. Astonished I was. The sloppy syntax, lazy spelling, gobbledygook grammar,
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:37 AM
Jul 2016

and overall un-readability of her "expert" analyses left me scratching my head every time.

Her always ready and pat pretext was that English was her second language. I'd hate to see her offerings in her first one.

Yikes! Any editor that would accept that kind of incomprehensible chicken-scratch would have to be very desperate indeed for copy.

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
997. I always felt sorry for the chicken-scratch proofreader (the editor maybe).
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:50 AM
Jul 2016

I imagine they prepare by swallowing several aspirin and knocking back a few strong cocktails first, just in case. Oh, and closing and locking all windows they might be tempted to jump out of.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
1003. "Ni queue ni tête", as the French say. No tail or head.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:13 AM
Jul 2016

Any credible editor's nightmare, for sure.

That punctuation-less, pseudo-intellectual gibberish reminded me of term papers I used to get from my high school students.

I would cross off whole pages as impossible even to read, let alone correct.

Gothmog

(146,402 posts)
424. Did you know that you are a consumer if you give money to the Sanders campaign
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:55 PM
Jul 2016

Many of the JPR supporters are actually plaintiffs in this silly lawsuit. The pleadings are so sad that they are funny

I really love the posts on the e-mail thread about how these experts understand mens rea

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
426. If one is still donating to the Sanders campaign ...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:01 PM
Jul 2016

there is a term for you, and it's not "consumer" ... though I suppose, "consumed" might work.

Do you have a link to the lawsuit?

Gothmog

(146,402 posts)
875. Here is a link
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:06 PM
Jul 2016

Here is a link to this stupid lawsuit jampac.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1-CLASS-ACTION-COMPLAINT-6-28-16.pdf
One of the more amusing claims is the claim that DC deceptive trade practices act applies because the plaintiffs are consumers. That statute cited defines consumers as follows:

2) “consumer” means a person who does or would purchase, lease (from), or receive consumer goods or services, including a co-obligor or surety, or a person who does or would provide the economic demand for a trade practice; as an adjective, “consumer” describes anything, without exception, which is primarily for personal, household, or family use;

This definition of consumer does not fit someone who contributes to a political campaign
This is a really dumb lawsuit that made me smile
 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
1183. The pleading was certainly entertaining ...
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 04:54 PM
Jul 2016

I noticed one issue, though ... the assertion of biased/collusion of Defendant-DNC towards/in favor of HRC is based in the memo (Gucifer Memo) in which a "suggested" operational "strategy" was advanced. (http://jampac.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1-1-EXHIBIT-1-TO-CLASS-ACTION-COMPLAINT.pdf); however, the Plaintiffs' Attorneys may not have notice (or ignored) that the memo was TO the DNC, not FROM the DNC:

To: The Democratic National Committee
Re: 2016 GOP presidential candidates
Date: May 26, 2015
Below, please find a suggested strategy for positioning and public messaging around the 2016
Republican presidential field
.


The difference is:

This is what WE(i.e., the unidentified, (though presumably, the HRC campaign) Party) are going to do ...


Versus:

This is what WE (i.e., the Defendant-DNC) are going to do for you ...


The latter evinces support/collusion (i.e., the alleged bias); whereas, the former shows, at best, an unacknowledged sharing of campaign strategy (again, presumably of the HRC campaign).

In my estimation, there is no there, there ... the claim jumps from A to Z, and fills the breach with unestablish/unasserted speculation (i.e., conspiracy theory) and an Defendant's attorneys fee order is in the near future.

Gothmog

(146,402 posts)
1204. The lawsuit is a scam and has no merit
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 12:15 PM
Jul 2016

It will be fun watching this lawsuit go down the drain. I doubt that the DNC is worried at all about this lawsuit

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
1196. I went to the attorneys' SuperPAC website ...
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 08:12 AM
Jul 2016

It has all the earmarks of a scam ... and I suspect the suit is their network. The first ask will be for litigation funding, then when the suit is dismissed the ask will be from the SuperPAC ... to fight the corruption the dismissal exposed.

I wonder if any of thone signing on to the suit will report out on the asks?

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
200. but that person was NOT an anti-Clinton partisan, despite their insistence Hillary was going to jail
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:36 PM
Jul 2016

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
495. Ooooh My. With that encyclopedic wealth of knowledge, I am sure she is a great asset to the site.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:24 AM
Jul 2016

smh. A long long time ago I used to have quality discussions with such a person, but something happened....

Meldread

(4,213 posts)
145. I can't wait until Bernie endorses Hillary.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:32 PM
Jul 2016

It's going to be like a nuclear bomb going off over there. It'd be like watching a Christian's horror as Jesus comes back and pledges his loyalty to Satan. It will be a thing of beauty and wonder.

Run Bernie Run! The long knives will be coming for you!

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
162. I don't think Bernie matters to them
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:43 PM
Jul 2016

Bernie was just an excuse to overtly express anti-democratic tirades.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
166. To be fair, they're not a monolith.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 05:45 PM
Jul 2016

There are some genuine rational Bernie supporters over there who seem just as confused and disgusted by the rampant vitriol and RW conspiracy theories being posted as we are. They seem to be wandering around in the wilderness at the moment - they don't feel welcome here at DU because they can't bring themselves to vote for Hillary, and they don't feel at home there because the level of discourse is so low.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
183. Here's an example, from the "Does Bill Clinton have AIDS?" thread
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:22 PM
Jul 2016
32. I was hoping this site was going to be more then just an anti-hillary site

Posts like this leave me shaking my head.


and

35. Disgusting.

AIDS is nothing to play around with by either gossiping or innuendo.

There are so many things we disagree with the Clinton’s about that we do not need this. It is needlessly slimey and quite frankly none of our business and not important to anyone but his family.

He had heart surgery, started taking care of himself and is a vegan. He is also getting older.

I don’t have a clue how this site is going to handle these kinds of posts and I know I can just move on by but when thinking of the seriousness we all hope to have about the issues that Bernie has brought to us I really hate to see this kind of post. It demeans us IMO but then again it is just my opinion.


and

38. I am very disturbed by this post.

I hope JPR will be better than this.


Unfortunately, for every one of those, there were 10 cheering on the idea that Bill Clinton has AIDS. So I do think they're there, just outnumbered.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
707. Yes, and there are more than a handful.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:25 PM
Jul 2016

They're farther left than even strong-liberal Democrats like me, yet not radical to the point that extremism takes over their thinking. It may be that some are actually just far-left liberal, again like me, but wanting more change than the Democrats will commit to, and not radical in personality at all.

In any case, what they need is a closed, by-invitation site, because the arsonists and lost-down-the-rabbit-hole crowd will show up wherever they are otherwise.

Btw, there is a closed Socialist Democrat, or Democratic Socialist, site that is closed. I tried to join to see who they were and what they believed (genuinely interested), but they wouldn't have me. , but overall that's probably a positive sign. Might be worth checking out for some for whom JPR is not the answer.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
178. The thread is back!
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:16 PM
Jul 2016

I think it is a lot of talk and most will support HRC when the time is right. There was two groups here that knew - KNEW they could not post what they wanted to say to the other group on DU. So they BOTH went out and made websites - so they could talk crap about each other.

This primary season has been a real eye opener.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
191. I agree, transparency is a good thing. Locking this thread was wrong imo.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:25 PM
Jul 2016

This is actually one of the better discussion threads imo.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
188. I think some will support Hillary
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:24 PM
Jul 2016

and some never would have voted for the Democratic candidate at all.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
208. there are zero rational, sane people posting over there.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:54 PM
Jul 2016

it's just different degrees of crazy.

kind of like the Republican convention in Cleveland will be.

the only thing that unites them is hate

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
215. See my post 183.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:58 PM
Jul 2016

They're there, in my opinion. Just few and far between. And drowned out by the hateful vitriol. I suspect they are quite dismayed - as bad as DU ever got, no one ever posted threads like what we are seeing there now - openly praising Republicans, hoping Democrats are killed, etc.

I'm not defending the site - it's a clear hate site, and if those posters I'm referring to continue posting there, they are implicitly endorsing the hateful rhetoric. But I suspect several will just drift away now the masks are off and the knives are out.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
217. Ted Cruz thinks Trump goes too far in some of his crazy talk.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:01 PM
Jul 2016

that's what's going on over there, just different bands of crazy on the spectrum.

they're like the people who act shocked that Donald Trump isn't acting presidential after he got the nomination.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
1150. Former longtime DUer gets short shrift for trying to be reasonable...
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 05:18 AM
Jul 2016
http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/i-dont-want-my-senator-to-play-the-tethered-goat/#top

cali
No, Bernie wouldn’t stand a chance in a third party run. He’s done everything he can to win. And he is not the *presumptive* nominee. Whether you believe that millions of votes were illegally stolen from him or not. He’s not. And the odds of his being the democratic nominee are hovering somewhere between 0% 1%. Expecting Bernie to destroy his life and legacy is something I not only don’t support, but I feel somewhat aghast that people would ask it.

Look, if the admins want to admonish me or kick me off for not “supporting” Bernie, that’s their choice and it’s fine. But I choose messy reality over a comfortable fantasy that has the slimmest of chances of becoming reality.


_____________________________________
Wonder what this poster's handle was on DU?


mick063

No one here thinks Bernie will win as a third party candidate. The mission is to ruin the political viability of the neo liberals that coopted the working man’s party….no matter how many election cycles it takes. A good start would be for Hillary to humiliatingly lose to an ass clown. Tossing a few super delegates out wouldn’t hurt either.

The primary will never stop. Hillary will never receive a reprieve from being exposed, even if elected. Primarily, an effort to stop the next coronation of a corrupt liar. I propose we think of her similarly to how we thought of her adopted brother, “Chimp Bush.”

So you think I should give a shit if a real Republican is elected instead of a pseudo Republican? I suggest you crawl back into “Ground Hog Day” while I work to help make a representative party for the working man. like I said, we will work to create our own reality.

No one said this was going to be pretty. We are playing extortion here as we have been extorted for years. We have learned the neo liberal rules well, albeit the hard way. It is very simple really. “Represent us or you get the Republican.”


_____________________________________
From the same thread, here's a well-known former user name:

tularetom
However, if he endorses Clinton I still won’t vote for her. I have despised the Clintons for a quarter of a century, way before I ever heard of Bernie Sanders.

I will not vote for any senatorial candidate who endorses her.

And I will vote for my crappy republican congress critter because I know he will be a reliable vote to impeach her in the unfortunate event she is elected.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
1156. Good lord! These people are truly insane! Seriously, I am SO happy this site exists.
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 09:19 AM
Jul 2016

It's a sty where all of DU's long time trolls are going to be corralled.

.

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
1159. I saw a cockroach in my apartment the other day. Summer. Bought roach motels.
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 09:52 AM
Jul 2016

Once the disgusting insects step on the sticky glue they stay where they are. "They check in, but they don't check out." If only the trolls would stay on the sticky glue of JPR and stop infesting other places.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
1160. In a month or two, I predict an influx here of new posters who have a suspiciously good grasp
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 09:54 AM
Jul 2016

on the workings of DU.

They will all have burned their current identities over there, and will come back as something else.

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
1161. Absolutely. The caterpillars will crawl around and then turn into something else.
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 10:02 AM
Jul 2016

A flimsy screen door can't keep them out.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1162. I think DU's registration form
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 10:38 AM
Jul 2016

should ask, "have you ever been a member of DU in the past?" and have them reveal their past sobriquet with a reason why they left and why they want to come back.

Admins can then keep a closer eye on them. If they lie, IP address database would catch them eventually.

Gothmog

(146,402 posts)
1174. Thanks for posting this
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 01:25 PM
Jul 2016

It seems that being a voice of reason is not welcomed on the new freeper site

ProudToBeBlueInRhody

(16,399 posts)
182. They're embarrassing themselves
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:22 PM
Jul 2016

Sad, but predictable. Unfortunately, some of them seemed like reasonable people, but they are now just rats in a barrel.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
195. Here's one from Just Plain Republicans: "God Bless our loyal opposition (Republican Party)!"
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:32 PM
Jul 2016
Yes, you heard me right.

Where would we be without the GOP? Well, for one thing, Social Security would be gone, for all practical purposes. The GOP managed to stymie that effort twice: during Bill Clinton’s term and during Obama’s. And they did so partly out of concern for their constituents, and partly out of disgust for the man nominally in charge.

And, if we are spared the tyranny of Hillary, it will be due to the GOP.

Hillary thought she would have no competition for the nomination. Bernie proved her wrong, and the ordinary voters, the young, the poor, and the educated, backed him up. That was the democratic population, speaking up. Hillary’s Big Money conspiracy and cheating trumped the democrats.

Hillary thought she could wipe the floor with the GOP nominee, Trump. Of course, she thought she could wipe the floor with any Republican who showed up. And if she were a better person, that would be true.

Hillary’s mistake was in not remembering (or realizing) that Identity Politics cuts both ways: those who do not identify with you will not support you. So while she was browbeating the Bernistas, the GOP got together like a tidal wave, and Jim Comey opened the floodgates. This is the republicans (small r) our natural allies in this battle for the soul of a great nation, stepping up.

What happens next is entirely up to Bernie. He may not yet realize this, or he may be playing his cards close to the vest, just as Comey is. Perhaps that’s the proper defense mechanism against a madwoman and a cheat. But if we are to come out of this election with any pretence to still being a democratic republic, it will take co-ordination between the democrats and the republicans against their putative leaderships.

And a little bird shall lead us to the logical choice.


www.jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/god-bless-our-loyal-opposition

Because, you know, in their upside down antimatter universe, Paul Ryan and Newt Gingrich have been defending Social Security from the Democrats.


Post recommended by dozens of people who pretend to be leftists.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
738. This is a particularly good example of a common
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:04 PM
Jul 2016

theme over there. This represents an anti-Democrat/Hillary-hate faction that has become both dominant and more and more bizarre and extreme over time.

Where would we be without the GOP? Well, for one thing, Social Security would be gone, for all practical purposes. The GOP managed to stymie that effort twice: during Bill Clinton’s term and during Obama’s. And they did so partly out of concern for their constituents, and partly out of disgust for the man nominally in charge.

And, if we are spared the tyranny of Hillary, it will be due to the GOP.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
204. that's mainstream thought over there.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:47 PM
Jul 2016

people get accused of being pro-Hillary trolls if they say she's better than Trump.

http://www.jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/its-true-i-dont-hate-hillary-clinton-but/

Here's some choice comments from the link:

21. Completely agree

Trump is a joke and the oligarchs don’t like him. Far, far less dangerous than Hildebeast. I truly believe she will try to force us into a war with Russia. She has never passed on armed conflict and murder.

For me, growing up in the cold war, fear of nuclear war pretty much trumps Trump fear.


...




17. Clinton is simply on a whole other level

She will 100% beyond a doubt seek to cause the deaths of millions. She has told us so and it’s one of the few things we can actually take her at her word about, since she has done so in the past.



Trump is a complete roll of the dice. Nobody really knows what he will do. Therefore it is less than 100% certain he would cause the deaths of millions.



Unless a chance to save the lives of the millions that Clinton will kill is worth nothing in your moral evaluation, there are orders of magnitude of difference in the risk that the two candidates represent.


....


10. If you can't see the difference

perhaps I can explain



Clinton: immune to the law. Long trail of dead bodies behind her. Responsible for refugee flows of millions of people and destabilizing large parts of the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Wants to invade more countries and isn’t shy about saying so. Not only advocates but plays chief negotiator on some of the most outrageously corporatist treaties and other schemes, calling them the gold standard. Has committed crimes that would have put any non-untouchable person away for lifetimes’ worth of jail time.



Trump: blowhard with bad hair. Thinks NAFTA, TPP, etc. are a bad deal. No body count. Not fond of Mexicans.



That’s basically what we’re looking at here. If you can’t see the difference, something is seriously out of whack with your priorities.






 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
205. Poor cali, leaves DU and is now getting hammered for having her own opinion.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:53 PM
Jul 2016

You think she is going through buyers remorse right now? The hyperbole is amazing, hating on HRC like that cannot be healthy. Hoping Big Dawg has AIDS is just out and out disgusting. Just flat out trolling imo.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
210. she let her hatred of Hillary Clinton drive her choice of online hangout
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:56 PM
Jul 2016

she knew she was going to a place teeming with Trump supporters, and she decided that was a better place for her than a pro-Clinton site.

Can't feel sorry for her. Lie down with dogs, get fleas.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
216. True we all make our own bed.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:59 PM
Jul 2016

Hate is such a strong poison, anyone supporting Trump has some real serious issues. Supporting Trump, out of spite, is about the dumbest fucking thing I can imagine.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
220. they've taken as the gospel truth every single last crazy thing said about Clinton.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:04 PM
Jul 2016

All of it. They've turned off their filters.

HA Goodman could claim Hillary was a werewolf and they'd all urge Bernie to buy silver to protect himself.

They think Hillary wants to enact the Ryan budget but that Ryan is the one preventing that from happening. They think she wants a nuclear war with Russia.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
226. I agree, some of the things people are saying about HRC are just unfuckingbelievable.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:09 PM
Jul 2016

People said the Clinton Foundation was quasi-mafia...that she will start WWIII against Pooter Scooter. People that I know, know better then that. I know they do, they just are too desperate for a BS win. He won't win, I am sorry I like the guy a lot...but reality is a'calling. It appears as if he will have a huge say in the party platform. Not enough for some.

So incredibly juvenile.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
230. they believe all the stuff from The Arkansas Project, Clinton Body Count, Vince Foster etc
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:12 PM
Jul 2016

At some point, rightwing crazy becomes indistinguishable from leftwing crazy

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
239. True I never thought I would see a lefty agree with those stupid CTs.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:18 PM
Jul 2016

I was wrong and right here on DU!

BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
409. She had come around to supporting Clinton as the nominee
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:34 PM
Jul 2016

She seemed to have been upset about a hide she got.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
1127. She's back to saying Trump is no worse than Clinton
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:41 PM
Jul 2016
Because I don’t think Trump is better than HRC. Not a jot. I think they are equally awful prospects.


http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/i-dont-want-my-senator-to-play-the-tethered-goat/

she should stay over there. this isn't a place for her anymore

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
229. At the end, before she left here, she was working very hard to be supportive and to be a uniter.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:11 PM
Jul 2016

I hope she feels able to come back here when they start stoning her over there.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
234. she'll probably get herself banned there, that place is going to be Lord of the Flies
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:15 PM
Jul 2016

when Sanders endorses Clinton and says she must defeat Trump.

the people who genuinely adore Sanders will have to face off against the pro-Trump types who pimp the Clinton Body Count crap.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
238. And she'll be Piggy after they broke his glasses...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:17 PM
Jul 2016

I LOVED that book. Freaked me out, so of course I read it a few times.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
241. Nah, she'll never be anyone's punching bag or victim
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:19 PM
Jul 2016

but she won't be able to restrain herself from insulting the Trump humpers over there.

emulatorloo

(44,303 posts)
256. She's pushing back on nonsense over there. And of course some insinuate she's a Hillary Troll.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:29 PM
Jul 2016

I have a lot of respect for Cali. Unsure why she put herself in the middle of that.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
744. Split personality. GD Cali could post
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:12 PM
Jul 2016

thoughtful, rational statements worth reading.

GD-P Cali could be as dishonest and hostile as the worst, if not as genuinely irrational as the rabbit-hole crowd, and easy to see why she joined the crowd there when Hillary won the primary. Strangely, although I haven't read all her posts, my impresion is that place seems to be bringing out more of the better in her. Maybe she just needs all-out combat regardless of which side the opponents are on.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
236. I noticed that too and respect her for it.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:16 PM
Jul 2016

Cali and I had some real big fights, but she stood her ground. I hope a lot of folks come back here after BS throws his support behind HRC (which he said he would do - kinda a done deal) and realize how silly they let things get between the two groups.

I've seen people that pretend to be mortal enemies here, come together in times of seriousness in RL (a family member died etc..) to give condolences to each other.

So I have a hard time buying the act put on. 99% of us want the same thing imo.



 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
248. Totally.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:23 PM
Jul 2016

To actually believe some of the RWing CT shit about HRC. Anyone that knows me, knows I am NOT one to shy away from CTs and will listen to them objectively...but boy howdy...REALLY? REALLY? Buying into the bullshit that HRC is some kind of mafia don or has control over a secret gaggle of hedge fund managers!?

That shit is wacked!

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
255. My jaw drops at the ones who say, "Well here we go. This is what we've been
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:28 PM
Jul 2016

waiting for. This is where the tide turns and BS wins the primary."

There were some saying that over there after Comey.

I'm just hoping they are all really high. Because if they aren't, that's disturbing.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
268. Cheering on a Bush appointee. Barf. That imo is desperation.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:35 PM
Jul 2016

Comey wanted to say a lot more bullshit about HRC then he did, you could see it in his eyes.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
272. He did debunk some stuff, though, like Guccifer, even though he didn't want to.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:38 PM
Jul 2016

And I was glad to see the DOJ scotch that fallacy and say that none of the emails actually were classified.

After those statements and the hearings, there truly wasn't anything left about that story that hadn't been debunked in the public record.

Which is nice.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
275. Yeah hopefully this will put to rest, within our own party, this silly meme
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:41 PM
Jul 2016

about her emails. There was nothing there from the beginning, people wasted a lot of time on that. She served honorably as SoS. That is just the way it is.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
261. I do too. Nothing surprised me more than seeing her there.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:31 PM
Jul 2016

Most of the names I see there don't surprise me at all.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
267. Me either. And it's actually been nice that most of those names have been siphoned off from here.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:33 PM
Jul 2016

If I had an ignore list, most of those names would be on it.

But a few make me sad.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
327. She has rage issues but she isn't an idiot like many of the rest.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:22 PM
Jul 2016

It's pretty obvious from just a few threads I read where she participated that she doesn't fit in. And for a change, she is the calmest one.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
535. Well.....cali peddled her own CT here. Didn't work. I don't pity
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:11 AM
Jul 2016

her.....she's just enabling sexism over there, as is every woman who posts there.

To the jury...No current, actual DUERS were harm in the making of this post.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
576. Damn, if that's where they're coming from, no wonder they
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:51 AM
Jul 2016

had to leave and start their own site. Democrats? Progressives? Liberals? My tush...



FarPoint

(12,511 posts)
214. I recognized several names...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 06:58 PM
Jul 2016

Validation of my sense of being bullied just a few weeks ago....My suspicions were right.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
277. Now I know I would have noticed that if I had one. My apartment isn't that big that I would have
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:43 PM
Jul 2016

missed that.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
237. I've always wondered
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:17 PM
Jul 2016

why someone would spend time on a political message board with a TOS they completely disagree with, posting cryptic comments that just barely avoid breaking the rules and getting themselves banned. It must be very dull. Why would anyone take their valuable time to do that?

Not talking about anyone in particular, just a thought I've had.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
246. Remember the jerky kid in high school who would say cryptic things and think they made him
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:22 PM
Jul 2016

look smart and mysterious?

That kid always annoyed the shit out of me.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
304. So why did you just do it?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:25 PM
Jul 2016

You came quite close to a call-out there...a TOS violation.

Seems you're well-poised to answer your own question.

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
885. It's still not a call-out.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:21 PM
Jul 2016

I don't care for any of the three authors mentioned myself, as I classify them in the genre of Young Man's Lit, and I'm not and never have been.

Just sayin'

Loki

(3,825 posts)
313. And what would that name be?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:46 PM
Jul 2016

Seems you like name calling so let it all out. But then again perhaps not. We don't allow the "c" word or the "b" word or a lot of others that would be allowed at JPR. So it makes me wonder why you stay at a site you have such disdain for the people here and our values of productive discussion. I lived in Texas for a long time, and all I can say is "bless your heart, darlin".

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
224. I just read some feckless shitwit admitting to reading Gary Byrne's masturbatory
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:08 PM
Jul 2016

tome. I wonder if said poster was stupid enough to pay full price for it, or if they got it as a premium from a website like Newsmax, etc.

At any rate, I refuse to believe that that's an actual DUer. I think it's a parody account. It has to be.

TO THE JURY====note, I am not slamming a DUer....merely some anonymous Internet poster who is admitting to reading a rightwing rag.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
228. Guess what? They think Hillary killed Vince Foster and pimp the Clinton Body Count stuff
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:11 PM
Jul 2016
http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/official-set-to-testify-against-hillary-found-dead/

However, Ashe’s own lawyer, Jeremy Schneider, strongly disagreed with these theories.

“There is not one iota of evidence that it was homicide,” he reportedly said. “This is nothing at all like Vince Foster.”




BREAKING: Official Set to Testify Against Hillary Found Death




Uhm… the Vince Foster who shot himself twice ? That Vince Foster ?

I wonder if the barbells fell on Mr. Ashe twice…


...




3. Um what?


“There is not one iota of evidence that it was homicide,” he reportedly said. “This is nothing at all like Vince Foster.”

Jeremy Schneider better watch his words.


...


tularetom (124 posts) ( Reply to original post ) June 28, 2016 at 8:05 am


Profile photo of tularetom Donor


11. "…not at all like Vince Foster."

He’s sort of implying that the Vince Foster “suicide” story was bogus. And I agree with him, but that’s really immaterial.

This is why the country cannot survive another Clinton presidency. This stuff is never, ever going away.


http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/disgraced-u-n-leader-john-ashe-died-in-weightlifting-accident-medical-examiner/#post-3892


There is so much fucking smoke, there has to be fairly large fire in there somewhere.


http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/disgraced-u-n-leader-john-ashe-died-in-weightlifting-accident-medical-examiner/#post-3892

38. See this on the other suspicious deaths involving the Clintons:

Bill & Hillary’s Body Count Increases!

Fascinating information is going viral about Hillary and Bill Clinton, which exposes just how truly ruthless they are. In many ways they are worse than Obama. One major reason I say this is because the Clintons have a long history of people in their inner-circle dying under mysterious circumstances.

In fact, 46 people who were close to the Clintons have died during their 3 decades of political power. That number should give us all pause. If Hillary Clinton was a Republican, that number would be the question asked by reporters every day.

Now, the latest to be added to the list, maintained by WhatReallyHappened.com, is Walter Scheib. He was hired by the Clinton White House to work as a Chef, and continued to serve the Bush administration. Interestingly, he was reported missing during a hike, and his body was found almost 2 miles away at the bottom of a river. No cause of death has ever been made, but the death date is listed as June 13, 2015.

But the list is far more extensive! For example, Mary Mahoney was a Clinton White House Intern who was executed brutally at a Starbucks she was managing in 1997. As a lesbian, she became close friends with all of the interns of the early Clinton administration, and they would seek her advice after Bill’s sexual advancements. She would have been a star witness during the Clinton impeachment trials.

And don’t forget Clinton White House Council Vince Foster, who was found dead in Ft. Marcy Park in Washington, D.C. He supposedly killed himself with a shotgun, and was found a few days later with a suitcase that contained a shredded suicide note.

Fascinating information is going viral about Hillary and Bill Clinton, which exposes just how truly ruthless they are. In many ways they are worse than Obama. One major reason I say this is because the Clintons have a long history of people in their inner-circle dying under mysterious circumstances.
In fact, 46 people who were close to the Clintons have died during their 3 decades of political power. That number should give us all pause. If Hillary Clinton was a Republican, that number would be the question asked by reporters every day.

Now, the latest to be added to the list, maintained by WhatReallyHappened.com, is Walter Scheib. He was hired by the Clinton White House to work as a Chef, and continued to serve the Bush administration. Interestingly, he was reported missing during a hike, and his body was found almost 2 miles away at the bottom of a river. No cause of death has ever been made, but the death date is listed as June 13, 2015.

But the list is far more extensive! For example, Mary Mahoney was a Clinton White House Intern who was executed brutally at a Starbucks she was managing in 1997. As a lesbian, she became close friends with all of the interns of the early Clinton administration, and they would seek her advice after Bill’s sexual advancements. She would have been a star witness during the Clinton impeachment trials.

And don’t forget Clinton White House Council Vince Foster, who was found dead in Ft. Marcy Park in Washington, D.C. He supposedly killed himself with a shotgun, and was found a few days later with a suitcase that contained a shredded suicide note.



More at link:


Another Clinton Associate Found DEAD, Bill & Hillary’s Body Count Increases!

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
253. Me too, then I had to put a couple back on during Brexit, lol.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:26 PM
Jul 2016

I've only got about 3 on there now though.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
259. I can understand, that was ugly.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:30 PM
Jul 2016

However, I would have never known how bad things were in the UK without your very informative OPs right after the vote. I will never forget the nazi propaganda photos side by side with the photo on that bus. Never. You convinced me it was xenophobia with your proof.

Thanks again for those threads btw.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
264. You are welcome.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:32 PM
Jul 2016

Thanks for your nice words.

Speaking of the UK, it's 12:30 here and bedtime for me. Night!

Feron

(2,063 posts)
257. Granted I don't read FR, but ...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:29 PM
Jul 2016

somehow I doubt that they are worse. I did forget about that site, so thanks for the link!

It isn't just the looney left and fringe right that have issues with Hillary. But discussing her flaws, even in a constructive way, is asking to be banned here. So it's not worth my time.

Hillary isn't guaranteed a win and will need all the votes she can get. Perhaps your energies would be better used in more constructive pursuits. Hippie punching isn't going to win disaffected Bernie supporters over to Hillary.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
271. To be worse than FR you would have to find the very first markup language
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:38 PM
Jul 2016

and then build a website using it on a commodore 64. With both eyes closed.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
628. That's the first thing I thought when I saw Rimjobs site - MS DOS.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:25 PM
Jul 2016

It has to be the crappiest looking site around.

emulatorloo

(44,303 posts)
292. "Hillary killed Vince Foster" is not a constructive discussion of HRC's flaws
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:07 PM
Jul 2016

Nor are any posters here 'punching hippies'.

I don't know any hippies who pushed right-wing memes and right-wing conspiracy theories.

85% of Bernie primary supporters say they will vote for HRC in the GE. I am one of those. Most posters there have said they won't vote for the Dem nominee, either for Stein or Donald Trump.

Response to cosmicone (Original post)

Loki

(3,825 posts)
278. There seems to be a certain pathology that draws people to these sites
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 07:51 PM
Jul 2016

To express that much hatred and obsession anonymously. How sad that I see some screen names that I've recognized and respected their opinions for years here on DU, who now only seem to have been wearing a mask to hide the ugliness beneath, and finding a place where their true selves can be realized, have made that cesspool their home.

Response to Loki (Reply #278)

Loki

(3,825 posts)
293. Care to give a link?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:13 PM
Jul 2016

Or is this just something you imagine? I supported Obama in 2008 so I guess I never got asked, but I've actually read the disgusting postings at JPR and the only thing I have to compare it to is Free Republic for its depth of hatred, misogyny and ugly rhetoric. If you support that kind of debate, then I really don't understand where you are coming from.

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
294. Looking at the names posting on JPR ...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:14 PM
Jul 2016

... I see posters who I had no doubt were RW trolls all along – many of them long-term DUers who joined here under the guise of being “disappointed Dems” who somehow never had a positive thing to say about any Democrat, or the Party as a whole.

Most of them then posed as ardent Bernie supporters – but rarely if ever posted anything positive about Bernie. Instead they posted one HRC/Dem hit piece after another under cover of being “for Bernie”.

JPR allows them to finally drop the pretense of ever having been Dems. They extol the virtues of Republicans, the truthfulness of FOX-News, and promote leaving the Dem Party.

It’s sadly amusing to watch how easily manipulated the true Bernie supporters are, being led by the nose by oh-so-obvious RWers into the kind of thinking and beliefs reflective of the conservative mindset and Republican “values”.

When you allow yourself to embrace every paranoid conspiracy theory about HRC and/or the Democratic Party – no matter how far-fetched, how utterly ridiculous, how completely impossible to have been executed – it’s apparent that you are incapable of thinking rationally.

Bernie is now being prepped for under-the-bus treatment at the site that was allegedly started to support him, and stand by him no matter what – and once he is “disposed of”, the true intent of the RWers posing as BSers will become increasingly apparent.

Whether the real Bernie supporters will recognize the garden path they are being led down remains to be seen.


Andy823

(11,496 posts)
317. Exactly.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:51 PM
Jul 2016

The same crowd that went after president Obama, then the party as a whole, and any politician that did not agree with them, along with anyone on DU who did not agree with them. The labeled everyone who disagreed as "3rd way", and then they became the "anyone but Hillary crowd.

We all know who their fearless leader was, and now he is in control, he sets the rules, and as one person on that site said when it first opened, "he was like Moses come to lead them", and he loves every minute of it. I think some will come to their senses and leave, but the rest, like you stated, were always right wingers and now they can hate Hillary, Obama, all the Democrats in office, and they can show their true colors. I too think Bernie will be thrown under the bus. Once he endorses Hillary he will no longer be of any use to them.

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
330. Yes, indeed.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:25 PM
Jul 2016

Their "Moses" was a blatant RWer all along, but most of his followers never recognized it.

Now he's a big fish in a very small pond - a latter-day Jim Jones passing out the koolaid.

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
456. I was always amazed ...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:36 AM
Jul 2016

... that his adherents thought he was so witty, so astute in his observations, such a genius when it came to political satire.

So I Googled his name - and not so surprisingly, the ONLY sites that published his "writings" were DU and his own blog.

Funny how his political genius was never recognized by anyone other than himself and his DU contingent. I have to assume that among the millions and millions of people who populate the internetz, not a single one of them was capable of seeing what a treasure he was.

emulatorloo

(44,303 posts)
602. Every OP was divisive pot-stirring flamebait. Never said a bad word about Republicans
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:28 AM
Jul 2016

Instead, he projected Republican Policies onto Democrats. Example: all democrats want to pass the Paul Ryan budget. But never criticized Paul Ryan.

Claimed to be a big Warren supporter, but as far as I am concerned his only interest in the great Senator Warren was as a club to beat Obama in the head.

Blatantly obvious troll to anyone paying attention.

 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
324. Read the Elizabeth Warren thread. Just sub in Bernie's name and you get the gist of
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:15 PM
Jul 2016

what going to happen.

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
389. Oh, exactly!
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:08 PM
Jul 2016

The minute Warren - their beloved first choice before she opted not to run - stood up for HRC, they suddenly decided that she'd been an "establishment" Hill-shill all along.

How many once-revered progressives were thrown under the bus the second they endorsed HRC?

It is classic cult behaviour: Cut all ties with anyone who is not a "believer" lest they lead you astray from the one true path.

We've seen this with religious cults that encourage new recruits to renounce their own family members, and dissolve long-time associations with those who refuse to yield to the new order. Anyone who does not accept the cult's teachings is to be deemed "the enemy" and treated accordingly.

It's no wonder that the JPR folks are so easily led. They are members of a political cult that has encouraged them to adhere to the proscribed "group think", and discouraged from thinking for themselves.

Elizabeth Warren has been declared "the enemy" - and anyone speaking in her defense is also "the enemy". Cult behaviour - cult mindset - cult control.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
677. Do you think they will go full Church Of Scientology
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:28 PM
Jul 2016

Do you think they will go full Church Of Scientology on their members and get them to take personal audits so they can reveal things about themselves that can be used against them to keep them from leaving the group?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
752. Agree there is a definite cult pull going on
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:33 PM
Jul 2016

that has snared many vulnerable but willing believers. Not all, but appallingly many.

Seeing this form last year was one of the first danger signs I had about Sanders. I would never judge a candidate only by his followers, but this phenomenon definitely made me focus on what in him was attracting this type of person.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
578. For some, their longevity is the measure of the success of their trollery. Some of them are
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:51 AM
Jul 2016

really, really good trolls.

WIProgressive88

(314 posts)
620. Except most of us true Bernie supporters are not "easily manipulated."
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:08 PM
Jul 2016

A recent Pew Poll shows that 85% of us (including myself) are committed to backing Sec. Clinton, even if we may have some disagreements with her. Why use the ranting and ravings of a small a group of self-described Sanders supporters to smear the majority of us?

To me, much of this thread just shows that there are a fair number of Hillary supporters who are just as committed to dragging out the bullying (and, yes, both Hillary and Bernie supporters engaged in this behavior) and animosities of the primary season as some of the more delusional Sanders supporters. I do not see how this helps ensure that we put Sec. Clinton in the White House and not that racist, fascist, xenophobic billionaire, which needs to be priority number one.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
787. No one is smearing BS supporters. They are discussing the posters at JPR, who are a fringe group.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:40 PM
Jul 2016

I would not even characterize them as BS supporters. Instead I would characterize them as Hillary haters. From the numbers of their posts on various subjects, it is clear that they actually have little interest in Sanders, as all their posts and energy are dedicated to Hillary hate.

This is not about BS supporters.

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
805. I thought I was clear ...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:19 PM
Jul 2016

.... (but apparently not clear enough - sorry) that I am talking about the Bernie supporters on JPR.

I have several RL friends who were staunch BSers, but made the switch to HRC as soon as it became apparent that she would be the nominee. They loved Bernie - but never hated HRC. They always said they'd vote for the (D) whoever it turned out to be.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
806. This is the reality of it. And I hope the 85% and beyond of Sanders supporters are gonna
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:21 PM
Jul 2016

be able to jump into this election and have fun. I think GE 2016 is going to be fun times to have and I do not want any Democrat to miss out on it.

Cool for you, able to jump on board.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
659. This was the "tell" and what separated them from sincere Sanders people:
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:39 PM
Jul 2016
Most of them then posed as ardent Bernie supporters – but rarely if ever posted anything positive about Bernie. Instead they posted one HRC/Dem hit piece after another under cover of being “for Bernie”.

Gothmog

(146,402 posts)
892. Nance is right-many of the JPR posters were never really democrats
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:30 PM
Jul 2016

These posters were not interested in the Democratic party and I do not miss these posters

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
450. Well, let's discuss the differences ...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:15 AM
Jul 2016

... shall we?

DU has a TOS agreement that must be agreed to in order to post here. That TOS sets out rules for posting that include civility, not engaging in personal attacks, etc. And being this is DemocraticUnderground, it forbids prosteltyzing for Republican candidates, or encouraging fellow Dems to abandon their own party.

The fact that many JPR posters have said that the DU TOS is a "loyalty oath" makes it rather apparent that they don't know the difference between the two.

JPR, on the other hand, clearly states that it will ban members who say that Bernie is NOT the Dem nominee (which he clearly isn't), and/or those who refuse to acknowledge that HRC won the nomination by any means other than having "stolen" it.

If a post on this site is deemed inappropriate, it is judged by other DUers and removed or left alone. If a post is deemed inappropriate on JPR, the site admins simply "edit" the post to say what they want it to say. Censorship? Oh, no, of course not!

DU offers discussion on any number of diverse topics. JPR offers one discussion: How much do you hate Hillary? That single topic is sometimes disguised as being about something else, but it is ALWAYS about hating Hillary.

A DU post calling Hillary - or any woman - a "cunt" is subject to being alerted on and removed. A JPR post calling Hillary a "cunt" is not only lauded, it is actually considered to be the height of intelligent political discourse.

I think the "comedy gold" term belongs, hands down, to JPR's many, many conspiracy theories. They are (I have to admit) wondrous in their scope, amazingly creative, and absolutely award-winning in the Does anyone with a brain believe this shit? category.

CTs posted on DU are assessed on their bat-shit craziness, and are usually laughed at and criticized mercilessly. On JPR, however, there is no CT that is deemed too bat-shit crazy to be accepted as indisputable fact.

I have had my "problems" with DU and the way it is run, and I have posted about that often. But that doesn't change the fact that this site is far and away more progressive in its outlook, more liberal in its attitude, and more tolerant of differing political opinions that JPR is, or will ever be.

There is also the obvious fact that DUers are far more educated about how the political process works, as well as how government works. Many of the posts on JPR demonstrate a complete ignorance of both, and are downright ridiculous in their "interpretations" of same.

Comedy gold? Absolutely. We are all awaiting the "comedy gold" that will manifest itself on JPR when Bernie endorses HRC - and the site allegedly started to support him turns into a "fuck that traitor" site.

It's good times ahead for those of who knew that JPR was being run by RWers all along - not so good for those who will finally realize they got taken in by the flim-flam men.





 

msanthrope

(37,549 posts)
529. JPR is run by an Ann Coulter-fucker. Or, let me be precise....a wannabe-fucker.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:49 AM
Jul 2016

Jesus, when you spend your life trying to fuck the same woman who turned you down at Cornel.....

Note to jury....no DUers were mentioned or harmed in the making of this post.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
533. +1,000!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:05 AM
Jul 2016
Comedy gold? Absolutely. We are all awaiting the "comedy gold" that will manifest itself on JPR when Bernie endorses HRC...


Hope some DUer brings examples of the best stuff over here so we can all share in the merriment.

I will not set foot in that swamp of ignorance.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
360. Right.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:42 PM
Jul 2016

Far be it for me to suggest people find other hobbies than obsessing about what other message board participants (current and ex) are saying. For fuck's sake.

And if you look through this thread, you'll see the names of currently active DU members being thrown around, so in that regard in most certainly IS meta.

I realize that DU talking about DU or what ex-DU members said or who said what on DU or talking about the talking about the people who said that other thing on DU or this opinion was expressed by someone associated with DU or whatnot is an endlessly fascinating activity, but personally I don't really give a shit. And I strongly think it's one of the most fundamentally toxic behaviors that has fucked this place up, over the years.

I'm here to talk politics, not talk about the other people who talk politics. YMMV.

I'm not a member of the other site, but if people have a place to express their opinions that they're more comfortable with, who gives a shit? The primaries are over, anyone who can't support the nominee isn't going to be very comfortable on DU. So they went somewhere else. Isn't that what everyone wanted? Is it really necessary to follow them all over the internet?

Seems sort of childish.


BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
365. They absolutely have a right to express their opinions
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:48 PM
Jul 2016

Including advocating voting for Donald Trump. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7991362
And writing the foulest, misogynistic vulgarities I've ever read. The US Constitution guarantees it. I myself happen to disagree with it strongly. And given that some of them now urging that people vote for Trump have insisted the rest of us don't qualify as real Democrats, one can't help but notice the irony.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
368. The question isn't whether they have the 1st Amendment right to say stupid shit
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:52 PM
Jul 2016

the question is whether it's really any good for this place to act like the people who spend their time monitoring other sites they disagree with.

Personally, I've got better shit to do. Don't you?

BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
383. This is ironic
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:02 PM
Jul 2016

Given your outrage at DUers who posted at other sites.

I only read that site when someone links to it. My stomach is too weak to devote time to it.

 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
417. Kind of like the irony..
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:46 PM
Jul 2016

of you not giving a shit what was posted at other sites just a couple short months ago?

BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
457. I believe that advocacy for Trump and the GOP congress
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:38 AM
Jul 2016

should be exposed to the light of day, given that some would seek to impose those same values on the Democratic Party. I don't believe the party should be controlled by elements that insist the worst form of "racism" is faced by white men, who make misogynistic vulgarity the center of their political ideology, and are willing to see SCOTUS make a sharp turn to the right, reimplement torture, nuke Syria, and build a wall along the border. We've seen reactionary ideas championed as "progressive" for far too long. It needs to be exposed for the morally bankrupt bullshit it is.

As for the irony of your directing that meme at me, I couldn't hope to compete with you in that regard. I'll stick to what I actually care about, and that's the party and the election, among other issues.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
423. outrage? ....When? four years ago or something?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:55 PM
Jul 2016

Can't people "evolve"? Only reason I ever gave a crap about the situation you describe, IIRC, assuming we're talking about the same one-- was that I was being called out by name there. That's how it came to my attention in the first place.

But I learned since then that answering drama with more drama is not only hypocritical, it's counterproductive.

BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
452. There's a difference in this case
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:23 AM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:56 AM - Edit history (1)

in that it's about political viewpoint rather than particular posters, so I suppose in that sense it lacks the usual excitement.

Considering I myself was within the past few months falsely accused of being someone who posted something some interpreted as antisemetic, and was hounded repeatedly for something I neither wrote nor believe, I feel no particular responsibility to protect a site that busies itself promoting a GOP presidential nominee and GOP congressmen.

Seems to me that a genuine concern for the lack of drama would have led you to simply avoid this thread. Yet here you are.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
478. I will refer you to my original reply.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:02 AM
Jul 2016


There are current, active DU members being directly and deliberately called out by name in this very thread.

That to me sounds like it meets the textbook definition.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
1135. November of last year, your reaction was very different.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:58 PM
Jul 2016

There was an OP with a screencap of another site where they were discussing trying to get an alert on a current DU'er (not you). I won't link to it because it's a DU post and it is directly about a current DUer, and that would be inappropriate.

In that matter, because it involved the discussion of a DUer on "your side," your criticism was aimed at the posters on the other website.

We are in General Election mode, and consequently we are all on the same side now. This time, for some reason, your criticism is aimed instead at DUers who have chosen to discuss and expose a rather vile, misogynistic website site that exists mostly to oppose the Democratic nominee and other Democrats, with a blossoming and spreading contingent who are advocating for Trump.

It just seems odd.



Violet_Crumble

(35,997 posts)
387. Plus a squillion to what you said, wazza!
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:04 PM
Jul 2016

And I could swear that a few of the fervent monitors of what a DUer says on another site were among those calling the same thing creepy and stalky a few months ago when another DUer made an incredibly antisemitic post on another forum.

I'm a member at Jackpine radicals and here. I'm comfortable at both even though there's folk at both who post things I find objectionable. I dunno. I can think of a million more productive things to do than complain about the rules at a forum I'm not a member of.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
420. Hey, VC!
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:51 PM
Jul 2016


Yeah, I don't have much time for DU, even, these days. I haven't signed up for the other site, I haven't -not- signed up, either. I've said I'm supporting the nominee, so abiding by DU's rules regarding such every 4 years isn't too hard for me.

So yes, to all you say, here.

Response to Violet_Crumble (Reply #387)

 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
1029. Lots of words from someone who claims not to give a shit.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 10:51 AM
Jul 2016

I've seen the majority of folks in this thread, especially those in defense mode, engaged heavily in said toxic behaviors over the years.

And DU has quite the history of bashing extremists on other websites. For whatever that's worth.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
429. Hardly. Did you ever read what still active posters on DU...
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:06 PM
Jul 2016

...once posted on Hillaryis44?

I did.

Many of those DUers you are proclaiming "good riddance" to were thoughtful posters here, donors, locally active Democrats. This site is less without them.

I also seem to recall that you wrote one of the most scathing rebukes of Clinton I can recall reading on this site.

Good riddance to you too?

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
522. No not hardly. As usual you conflate things that don't relate to each other
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:20 AM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:08 AM - Edit history (2)

My sig line links discuss not only my early endorsement of Hillary but my past history with articles about her. This has been explained to you and the folks who currently inhabit JPR many times.

JPR folk spent their time being nasty to other DUers when they were here and couldn't deal with being civil so they left. They now spend their time supporting the Republican nominee for President, hawking every imaginable conspiracy against Hillary and other Democrats and generally being completely bonkers.

That doesn't compare to me or other current DUers at all.

Response to Barack_America (Reply #307)

WIProgressive88

(314 posts)
610. Agreed.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:50 AM
Jul 2016

The thread's goal seems to be to continue to stir up animosities between Hillary and Bernie supporters, which is not surprising given who started the thread. I am one of the 85% of Bernie supporters who is already committed to making Hillary our next president and I have no interest in the JPR site, but threads like this prove that many Hillary supporters are just as intent on continuing to wage old primary battles as some of the more delusional Sanders supporters who they criticize. Time to move on...

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
775. Nope. They reflect a fascination with seeing people
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:19 PM
Jul 2016

who were part of their community take off their masks and reveal themselves to be either bizarrely different, or exactly who they were suspected to be but bizarrely more so, on another site. A major gossip thread, yes, but also discussion of a rather shocking wake-up to the fact that people who were hanging with them on a Democratic site and supporting a Cemocratic candidate can really be implacable enemies of the Democratic Party.

Mike Nelson

(10,015 posts)
308. After seeing that..
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:33 PM
Jul 2016

...and a few other threads over there... my opinion is that they include an awful lot of Republicans masquerading as Liberals.

Renew Deal

(81,935 posts)
311. They better hope Hillary wins
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 08:38 PM
Jul 2016

Because they will not be able to stand the disagreement of a primary in 2020. They will turn on each other.

That place is boring as can be. No disagreement and nothing to support at the same time.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
320. I'm just happy they found a place to post all of their
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:06 PM
Jul 2016

Democratic party hate. Now I only have to read their garbage if I visit their site, which I have zero interest in doing.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
321. I occasionally get a "thing" from them on FB -
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:09 PM
Jul 2016

and sad to say, it's usually from a friend. I immediately nuke 'em.

Response to leftofcool (Reply #410)

Loki

(3,825 posts)
528. Yes it is,
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:48 AM
Jul 2016

and we don't call women we don't agree with names like the "c" word or "b" word that seems so readily acceptable over there. I definitely have a problem with that, I would hope that you do too.

Response to cosmicone (Reply #328)

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
339. Wrong analogy
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:31 PM
Jul 2016

If my favorite sports team loses, my life is not severely affected.

If Hillary loses and Trump wins, my life will suffer as will that of millions of others.

emulatorloo

(44,303 posts)
453. Nobody here is promoting or voting for that Facist Trump. Can't say the same about JPR.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:24 AM
Jul 2016

No exaggeration!

Response to joshcryer (Reply #343)

Violet_Crumble

(35,997 posts)
415. Can't see how I did. And squinch is unwilling to explain
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:45 PM
Jul 2016

So I'm tending to write it off as a case of people flinging meta mud in all directions.

My view as a non us DUer is the op and many responses aren't doing anything towards healing the rift in the party.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
422. The rift on DU was caused by the folks on that site.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:54 PM
Jul 2016

Those people are not who we need to get on board with healing the rift in the party. They were never on board and they don't intend to be.

BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
459. The voting for Trump part was a clear give away.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:51 AM
Jul 2016

It should be obvious that isn't a difference within the Democratic party.

Violet_Crumble

(35,997 posts)
513. I think there were people on both sides responsible for the rift...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:35 AM
Jul 2016

And I don't think a huge meta thread with specific DUers being called out and nasty stuff said about them is good for DU. It's time for people to build a bridge and get over the primaries, and it appears to me that there's a fair few folk who aren't interested in that and can't leave others who have decided to move on alone. This thread sucks and makes DU suck and if it's the way things are going to continue to be, it's going to get very boring very quick, which then leads to folk like me who weren't even involved in the primaries bickering giving up rather than reading repetitive nasty meta crap like all this stuff....

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
517. I am sorry DU sucks for you
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:04 AM
Jul 2016

The primaries are indeed over. The rift now is Hillary or Trump

DU is for her. She will be the next president

Who are you for?

Violet_Crumble

(35,997 posts)
518. Thank you for yr kind words and genuine question...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:13 AM
Jul 2016

I dunno, do you want to take a stab at who I'm for out of those two? I'll give you a few hints to steer you in the right direction. I've been at DU for 14 years, I'm left-wing and not American, which means that I see US politics as the Democratic Party being centrist and the Republicans being batshit crazy dangerous fuckers. Is that enough of a hint as to who I'm for? It's just I don't think I'll be as excited about it all as I was about Obama when he won the first time round.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
523. Love ya Violet but the evidence is against you here.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:22 AM
Jul 2016

The folks at JPR are there now instead of here because they can't handle rules to be civil.

That right there tells you all you need to know about the folks there versus the folks here.

Besides, I've seen already indications that when JPR folks aren't focused on hating Hillary or those of us here, they turn on each other with some frequency. There is a lot of nastiness there.

It's like I said, they can't handle being civil.

 

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)
524. The other thing I would say is, other than you check out the threads of folks trying
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:30 AM
Jul 2016

to defend JPR. Look at the nasty and snarky statements made by those folks, the worst you can't read by the way because there are posts removed.

Mosby

(16,464 posts)
1205. Did you notice that the admins removed the "reason" page?
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 01:24 PM
Jul 2016

I guess they felt that was too disruptive somehow.


 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
352. We don't call women - even our opponents - the C word
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:37 PM
Jul 2016

because it is demeaning to ALL women.

We don't call our black opponents the N word -- not even Clarence Thomas -- because it is demeaning to all people of color.


We support the democratic/progressive candidates even though they may not be 100% in line with our views -- by not letting good be the enemy of perfect.

We appreciate someone's life-long work as a democrat and work promoting progressive causes.

We are acutely aware of what GWB presidency did to millions of people and don't want to risk a Trump presidency in order to feel our purity.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
364. Which part of cosmicone's statement do you think does not apply to DU?
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:46 PM
Jul 2016

You seem to think he/she is wrong about something.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
367. Cosmicone's post was entirely about DU. You responded by saying he/she had painted with too
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:51 PM
Jul 2016

broad a brush.

What part of cosmicone's post was painted with too broad a brush?

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
378. Yes. I am not understanding why you are insisting on using them. If you have something to say
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 09:59 PM
Jul 2016

you should say it.

 

think

(11,641 posts)
388. I'm sorry if this is too complicated for you. An insinuation is when one compares a thing to another
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:08 PM
Jul 2016

without actually saying they are speaking of the other.

By stating what DU doesn't do the OP was INSINUATING that those at another site do those things.

Capiche?

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
392. Ummm.... no. That's not what an insinuation is.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:13 PM
Jul 2016

And the OP asked a pretty direct question. There was no insinuation there.

 

think

(11,641 posts)
393. insinuation: an unpleasant hint or suggestion of something bad.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:15 PM
Jul 2016

It's a fairly simple concept.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
396. So here's the thing. We can continue with this conversation in which you say silly and cryptic
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:17 PM
Jul 2016

things that make little sense, or you can answer the question: what was it about cosmicone's post about DU that you thought was painted with too broad a brush?

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
399. So basically, you simply will not own your statement that cosmicone's comment
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:19 PM
Jul 2016

about DU was painted with a broad brush.

If you have nothing to say, why pretend that you do?

 

think

(11,641 posts)
404. I explained that the OP was making an insinuation based on the context of this thread.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:29 PM
Jul 2016

I'm sorry if that doesn't make sense to you...

 

think

(11,641 posts)
408. Please show me the question in the OP's statement. While you're at it look for the insinuations
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:33 PM
Jul 2016

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
411. The OP, the original post, asks "Could this be the birth of Free Republic 2.0?"
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:39 PM
Jul 2016

There is no insinuation there. It's pretty direct.

 

think

(11,641 posts)
416. My response was to post #352 not post #1.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:46 PM
Jul 2016

You're post, #364, is in direct response to my post, #356, which is in response to the OP's post #352 is it not?,

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
427. The OP is the original post. Post 1. That's what an OP is. If you are talking about post 352,
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 11:02 PM
Jul 2016

there is still no insinuation. Someone asked how DU is different from the other site. Cosmicone gave clear examples of how. There is no insinuation there. It was quite direct. And you said he/she was using a broad brush, but you will not say what about his/her post you consider to be broadly brushed.

At any rate, I feel certain after all of this that you have absolutely nothing of interest to say, so I am going to get off here. You will need to have the last word, and I feel certain it will be some cryptic non sequitur, and frankly those cryptic non sequiturs became boring a long time ago.

So have at it. See ya.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
398. I am fully aware what a broad brush is. What part of cosmicone's post about DU were you talking
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:18 PM
Jul 2016

about when you said it was painted with too broad a brush?

joshcryer

(62,287 posts)
494. JPR = hate site. DU = progressive site.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:20 AM
Jul 2016

Simple calculus. All it takes is reading any given day's worth of threads posted here and compare them to threads posted there. Their threads are clearly about hate. Our threads are about love, supporting Democrats, and beating Trump (though we're not particularly concerned about it, because he's a failure of a candidate, contrast that to the opinion of Trump at that hate site, for a huge discrepancy).

Response to cosmicone (Reply #352)

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
382. We're not rooting for Trump against Clinton.
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:02 PM
Jul 2016

Which is pretty much a litmus test for being an awful human being.

Sarah Palin, Chris Christie, Ann Coulter, Newt Gingrich, and the membership of Just Plain Republicans. Trump supporters all have one thing in common.

 

La Lioness Priyanka

(53,866 posts)
612. yes, we support the democratic nominee, don't claim bill clinton has aids, dont support republicans
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:52 AM
Jul 2016

whole host of reasons why this website is different.

fleabiscuit

(4,542 posts)
419. You probably wouldn't if you have not felt alert trolled,
Fri Jul 8, 2016, 10:50 PM
Jul 2016

especially if a member of 'protected' groups.

Response to zappaman (Reply #472)

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
542. Did you see that one of the most aggressive ones just got PPRed in this thread?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:48 AM
Jul 2016

Yipppeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Yes, indeed, a constant source of mirth and merriment they are.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=271787

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
992. They're dropping like flies as they peel off their masks to reveal
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:30 AM
Jul 2016

their inner core of hatred for the Democratic Party and our nominee.

Numbers don't lie.



Notice in particular how very concerned they are with down-ticket races.

2x the topics and 3x the replies against the Democratic party and the nominee as there are about Mr. Sanders himself or anything connected to him.

Numbers don't lie.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
996. "Notice in particular how very concerned they are with down-ticket races." [sarc]
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:46 AM
Jul 2016

I noticed, I noticed. Nothing but one, great big, unhinged hatefest for HRC over there.

Their fig-leaf is "Bernie Supporting", but the post count belies that fiction.

The misogyny and sexism displayed by the worst offenders borders on "certifiably deranged".

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
1088. If a quasi-religious cult can be built around the hate of one person
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:49 PM
Jul 2016

then the collective denizens of that place are working very hard on it.



DanTex

(20,709 posts)
1002. Interesting catch. They don't care about down-ticket races at all.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:11 AM
Jul 2016

The only thing they care about is making Trump president. And to think these people used to be on DU pretending to be progressives!

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
473. Then JPR is the site for you!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:49 AM
Jul 2016

It's that site where no one is allowed to disagree with anyone who says that Bernie WILL BE the nominee!!!

It's the site where no one is allowed to acknowledge the bleedin' obvious (that HRC won the nomination) without also acknowledging that she "stole" the election!

It's the site where conspiracy theories are accepted as fact, as long as the "facts" point to tens of thousands of people being "in on the fix"!

JPR: You'll come for the poutrage, you'll stay for the CTs!!!!!


Renew Deal

(81,935 posts)
547. No one is allowed at JPR. They have rules against it
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:13 AM
Jul 2016

No criticism of Bernie allowed. No promoting of the Democratoc nominee allowed. But using the c word, cheering on republicans, and supporting Trump is fine. No one has the guts to tell the republicans on that site to get lost.

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
477. Thank you, cosmicone.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:00 AM
Jul 2016

Really enjoyed the thread, thank you everybody. I'm so glad all this is out in the open and feeble attempts at defending or pretending that the hateful behavior doesn't exist are easily shut down.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
1078. I think it's also important because we all knew all along that the VAST majority of DU's Bernie
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:26 PM
Jul 2016

supporters are good and sane people, and I think DUs Bernie supporters always knew that we are good and sane people.

But conversations between us were always completely hijacked and overwhelmed by people who we KNEW were trolling us, who we KNEW had really nothing to do with Sanders and everything to do with hating Hillary.

Bringing those haters to light allows us to be allies again. It allows us to see that there really were people who were here for no reason other than sabotage and making sure we never had a civil conversation.

I really think shining the light on these people will go very far in showing us our commonality, and showing us that we never actually were enemies even though it often seemed like it during the primaries.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1080. Yes, I agree. And I will say again, 12 yrs on this site, there are a lot of people... not a few,
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:42 PM
Jul 2016

not some, but a LOT of people I have gotten to know over the years that I really respect, admire, value, appreciate, that were on the other side.

I still respect, admire, value, appreciate, these posters.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1091. I know. True that. Isn't that a hoot, Zappaman.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:57 PM
Jul 2016

And I agree it is a good outcome. I have enjoyed you the last year and much better for me to get along, than not.

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
1086. "Bringing those haters to light allows us to be allies again" OMG I fervently hope so
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:33 PM
Jul 2016

DU has so much to offer.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
493. Damn! Just read this entire thread.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:17 AM
Jul 2016

Omg. I cannot believe the hate at that site. Glad to see people like that not posting over here and bothering good democrats.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
810. I am all like.... Damn, too. Lol. I have only made it to this point in the thread.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:38 PM
Jul 2016

damn.... Lol.

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
894. It's more than a little exhausting at this point. But somehow I get the feeling this discussion...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:33 PM
Jul 2016

....is necessary. Like part of a house cleaning project after some room mates have moved out?

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
895. I am thinking of people I can actually invite to this site now. What a thought. Rules, rule. Nt
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:34 PM
Jul 2016

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
532. Yes! It took the new TOS to make it finally, finally sink in that this is a site for Democrats.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:56 AM
Jul 2016

And for people who can be civil. Why this was a mysterious concept until now I don't know.

BlueMTexpat

(15,381 posts)
508. Based on my one visit there
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:36 AM
Jul 2016

and the names posted in highlighted responses to this OP, almost all of that site's posters are already on my DU Iggy List.

If I don't want to see them here, I am not willing to venture over there to view their bile.

In a somewhat-related tangent, I made the mistake of responding to a Facebook post by one of my grandsons (19), who happens to be sweet, but fairly clueless politically. His dad was practically an adult before I married into the family and is also sweet but slightly more attuned politically because he is a union member.

My grandson and I know, love and mutually respect each other and he really does want to learn. But he is fighting against an upstream current since he lives in a "red" part of MD. He posted something about Rand Paul and how he was more honest than Hillary. I, of course, had to respond that Hillary was not only NOT dishonest, but had been continuously slandered, smeared and lied about for 25+ years and had not done anything wrong. He took it fairly well and, I know, will think about it. But one of his acquaintances - whom I don't know and who doesn't know me at all and who wasn't even part of the conversation - tore into me very nastily (I don't believe that he realized that I was my grandson's grandmother by marriage) and said that the only reason that I would support (nasty description) Hillary is because I too am a woman. I responded by listing some of Hillary's accomplishments and noted that, as a lawyer myself, I found the trumped-up charges against her without merit. I also mentioned that I would not be answering him again. He responded nonetheless and his response was that because I was a lawyer, I must be wealthy (LOL - comfortable, but hardly wealthy!!) and so anything I said had no credibility.

But I remain amazed and disheartened by what passes for logic among too many - and especially among our millennials. More unfortunately, too many of those on the "other" site discussed here do not even have the excuse of being young and un/misinformed.

Response to cosmicone (Original post)

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
521. With respects, you have been here 4 months. They have always been angry
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:19 AM
Jul 2016

Word to the wise: they hate Barack Obama too.

For years he has been lambasted on this forum every fucking "third way" day there were posts criticizing him.

Spare me your blind loyalty bullshit, OK?

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
590. Well, yeah, except for the fact that none of what you are saying about DU is true. You are
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:17 AM
Jul 2016

free to disagree without trashing, you are free to criticize without trashing. The only thing you are not free to do is shill for Donald Trump. And yes, all the poor dears who WANT to shill for Donald Trump are being stymied in that. But on the bright side, now there is a place where they can go and find friends. So everyone wins.

whathehell

(29,137 posts)
856. Well, thanks..
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:25 PM
Jul 2016

and it's good to see you too, Sea...,You're right. We
haven't crossed patths in awhile.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,850 posts)
546. Jackpine radical ....
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:10 AM
Jul 2016

was a well respected DU poster.
His ideals live on at JPR.
I'm so honored I was a friend of him

Look at his journal.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/~Jackpine%20Radical

Dare you to condemn any of his ideas.

Posted without any comments

Cary

(11,746 posts)
553. Jackpineradical is gone
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:19 AM
Jul 2016

He had his life and he will not have to suffer the consequences of a President Trump.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
563. Doesn't seem that you do.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:33 AM
Jul 2016

And my post is not assinine. You want to know what's assinine?

Do you support the jackpineradical idea of voting for Jill Stein if one lives in a blue state and Trump if one lives in a swing state?

That's assinine.

 

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)
557. Jackpine Radical was a great DUer, but that toxic, putrid wingnut hate site
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:27 AM
Jul 2016

shares none of his values. They defiled his memory by naming that dumpster fire of a website after him.

Jackpine Radical would NEVER advocate voting for Donald Trump for President or cheer on Congressional Republicans, or rely on fucking 4chan for rumors to peddle about Democrats.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,850 posts)
566. I agree, ...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:36 AM
Jul 2016

But all open sites have some that defile the main premise of the purpose.

Look at here. Maybe not so much at this exact current date, but I've been here a long time and have seen things, well read things I would never believe.

This is supposed to be a PROGRESSIVE site. Not a corporate loving, groveling damn any democrat but the chosen site.
We used to be able to have a rational discussion about politics, about policies, a real give and take, a learning experience.
Now it's just about bowing down and giving reverence.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
600. Disagreement with you equals "bowing down and giving reverence." Disagreement with you
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:28 AM
Jul 2016

equals "corporate loving, groveling damn any democrat but the chosen."

The reason there is no longer any give and take begins with positions like these.

BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
924. It appears that is the prevailing sentiment
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:11 AM
Jul 2016

In fact, when someone advocated voting for Clinton so as not to let Trump win, she was called a troll and had her posts censored.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
565. Mahatma Gandhi was a vegetarian and was a tea-totaler
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:34 AM
Jul 2016

That has not stopped people in India from opening "Gandhi Meat and Fish Market" or "Gandhi Liquors"

Just because a name is given to an enterprise doesn't mean anything.

Spazito

(50,786 posts)
579. Yes, he was respected and to see his name misappropriated...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:55 AM
Jul 2016

after his death is very, very sad.

He was able to disagree without being disagreeable and did so often with harmless humor. I never saw a post of his that was misogynistic or even intimate he would be supportive of the kind of invective found on that site. Maybe I missed them but I don't think so. Do you think he would have been supportive of the kinds of posts we have seen found there?

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
596. He was always kind, even in disagreement. I don't think he would have liked the way many are acting
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:24 AM
Jul 2016

on a site created to carry on his legacy.

At all.

He & I interacted quite a bit here... WI Dems are tight.

Spazito

(50,786 posts)
619. I totally agree...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:07 PM
Jul 2016

For all the years I read his posts I never saw him being anything but kind and often humorous in his responses to those with whom he disagreed. I quite liked him because of the manner in which he interacted with other DUers, always with respect never with invective or personal attacks.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
1216. Jackpine Radical was a good, rational man.
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 02:06 PM
Jul 2016

His handle has been appropriated for use at a haven of dead-ender cultists, trolls, tinfoil hatters, KGB bootlickers, and people who are so blinded by their hatred of Clinton or so intellectually dishonest they would rather vote for the closest thing America's had to a fascist running on a major party ticket than someone who's not nearly as left-leaning as Sanders.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
581. No surprise that BernieorBust would morph into full blown Trump supporters
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:00 AM
Jul 2016

Replete with cockamamie Bernsplainin as to why voting for Trump is a true progressive thing to do.

Wow. Just wow.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
584. Whatever one's criticism of Hillary
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:05 AM
Jul 2016

the most important issue is the supreme court because the next POTUS will shape the country for at least 30 years with 3-4 appointments.

Anyone who supports Trump because of anger at losing to Hillary is cutting their nose to spite theirs and millions of people's faces.

Astonishingly, Bernie's important issue of campaign finance reform (which I support) will become a victim of supporting Trump not to mention women's right to choose, LGBT rights and consumer protections. Bernie is smart enough to realize it -- wish his supporters would be equally wise.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
586. They morphed into "conservstives"
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:09 AM
Jul 2016

Strip away rhetoric sophistry and that's what's left. It what happens to human brains when bathed in a constwnt stream hate.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
735. That's what's so insane. All this time they've been telling us that we are such bad progressives
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:02 PM
Jul 2016

because we weren't pure like them, and now they're all voting for Trump.

It's truly crazy!

Andy823

(11,496 posts)
689. Most of his supporters are that wise
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:48 PM
Jul 2016

It's the ones who only "claim" to support him, but their real agenda seems to be more of a "right wing" agenda. They are the problem, and they are not really supporting Bernie, or Bernie's ideas.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
587. A good point has been made that they are using the name of a well respected DUer
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:10 AM
Jul 2016

for a site used to trash the Democratic Nominee.

Now I am all for them having that site. I think it is a good thing for them to give their opinions and keep friendships online. But I think considering how respected Jackpine Radical was and is here they might consider renaming the site.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
591. That's a great point Justin and I agree
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:18 AM
Jul 2016

It won't happen unfortunately, and since the momentum of the site is virtually unchangeable at this point--it will become just another conspiracy theory site, flagged by watch groups and generally despised---that it drags a good mans name into that mess is beyond sad.

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
599. I agree. He & I interacted a LOT. Wisconsin Democrats are a tight-knit group
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:27 AM
Jul 2016

and we all bonded pretty tightly during the uprising. He was always kind, respectful and reasonable. I think he'd be ashamed to be associated with a lot of what's happening on a site which bears his name.

MH1

(17,686 posts)
654. How does that work? I thought a keylogger involved hardware.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:31 PM
Jul 2016

(just curious, I believe you. and yeah I could google but you sound like you know what you're talking about)

MH1

(17,686 posts)
723. Thanks, but doesn't it still have to be installed on the computer
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:48 PM
Jul 2016

that is to be monitored?

So if you say JPR has a keylogger, isn't that basically like a virus, a bit of code that will install on the pc when you access their web page?

LOL, I have a brand new computer that came with a trial for McAfee so I haven't installed Norton on it yet. McAfee "site report" doesn't show me any threats for JPR.

(I have only peeked there out of curiosity. At this time not planning to sign up for an account. But I will be interested to see how that site evolves after a) Bernie endorses Hillary and b) the November election, which will presumably be won by Hillary.)

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
598. I said it before and I'll say it again.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:26 AM
Jul 2016

There seems to be a lot of Men's Rights Activists at that site.

The promiscuous use of the C word is disturbing.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
622. Yup
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:15 PM
Jul 2016

In the aftermath of all this, the effect of MRA's and gamergaters and Your general, unapologetic sexist will be a most interesting analysis. Of all the things I was NOT surprised by this primary cycle--the behavior and alliance of those types was number one.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
626. What do you believe is the genesis of misogyny, especially the misogyny at jpr?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:19 PM
Jul 2016

Do you think it emanates from a loss of control or a problem with relationships?

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
637. Both--the underlying emotion is fear in a most cases, if I felt like being kind
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:38 PM
Jul 2016

I have a friend who was so into conspiracy theory it ended up being his death---he didn't trust cancer treatments, because they were a tool of "big Pharma"--what was worse was watching the devolution of his mental state. Horrible. And fear based


We have a country whose power structure is rapidly changing. Straight white males are falling from their perch as the ultimate power brokers. The unreasoning and quite frankly bizarre reactions to Hillary we see at sites like JPR, are not, as they apparently think, anger at "the system" but fear of loss of power. Plenty of women post there, self-avowed feminists, even, yet aside from a couple small arguments, they accept the misogyny, they are stewing in it because it is ultimately a "known" quality, and therefore quite comfortable.

I have a friend who used to say if you step in fresh dogshit at first it feels warm and soft and you don't noticed the stink until you stir it up. That's not what's happening at JPR--The stink is there, ----remaining becomes a choice.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
640. Some of the female posters there seem to endorse the sexist and misogynistic language.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:55 PM
Jul 2016

It's like watching Men's Rights Activists and the women who love em.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
646. Well that's basically what you have
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:16 PM
Jul 2016

There are legitimate criticisms of Hillary Clinton--mistakes she's made, things she's said, action she's taken, but none of them, NONE of them should result in the widespread sexist/misogynistic response you see from what claims to be a progressive site. A man would not get the same treatment, how do we know this? History.

Progressive by definition means going forward for the benefit of society-- more or less-- the origin of the term is from the early 1900's--That mean rights for subjugated and the oppressed in real time, not rehashing a 2008 campaign to the detriment of the 2016 one, not using the RW as "sources" when it has a well documented track record of Hillary hatred that is based on the antithesis of every thing a progressive stands for. There are other examples, very easy to find. So when you have women veer away from legitimate criticisms to repeating RW based lies--which is the patriarchy in its purest form IMO, you have women who are simply participating in it without thought or analysis. It's very sad to watch.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
647. Hatred is always the enemy of reason. In fact it's the first thing to go out the proverbial window.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:20 PM
Jul 2016

If there were superfunds available for toxic websites it would make an excellent recipient. I see nothing good coming out of it.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
650. No, it has a certain momentum now
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:29 PM
Jul 2016

Even if it started with a single good intention instead of hate for a single individual, perhaps the momentum could be interrupted. I don't see that happening.

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
601. Oh, Cosmicone, when will you stop bashing fellow progressives? If I may insert a note of sarcasm:
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:28 AM
Jul 2016

Maybe it will all get better of you call them sexist and racist one more time?

Hating one Democratic politician - because of what she has come to represent to them - is not the same as going full GOP cheerleading squad. Face it: during the primaries, so many untrue things have been said about Sanders' supporters in defense of the now presumptive nominee, that comparing them to GOP cheerleaders is hardly going to register anymore.

A better title for your OP would have been: we have done our nominee a great disservice by connecting her to all the vitriol we spewed during the primaries. And here are the fruits of our labours: mostly poisonous. Do you guys have an idea on how to mend the bridges we have been burning? Because we need those votes, and what is more: we need that wing of our party.

Fair enough?

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
605. Advocating voting for Trump IS the same as going full GOP cheerleading squad.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:36 AM
Jul 2016

And, once again, the Democratic party is very nicely united behind Hillary, so it would appear we have already mended the bridges.

The lunatic fringe that site represents was never going to vote for the Democrat anyhow. They really like that GOP, judging from their own words.

Cary

(11,746 posts)
607. Come on
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:44 AM
Jul 2016

Who are you crapping? The people at issue have no intention of being accommodated or mollified.

Loki

(3,825 posts)
629. Your definition of progressive and mine are completely different.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:31 PM
Jul 2016

"Hating one Democratic politician" your exact words, tells me all I need to know. I can still talk about Bernie here and do it in a way that is not derogatory or hateful and I feel perfectly comfortable doing so. There is nothing hateful that I want to say about him, but at JPR, hatred is all they have and you're telling me I need to allow that ignorance to be an acceptable way to discuss what we bring to the table or I'm going to lose your support? I don't need that kind of support and don't know anyone who would want it.

Response to cosmicone (Original post)

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
631. Well
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 12:32 PM
Jul 2016

First a predicate. I scored -7s on the Political Compass so I consider myself a man of the left. I also consider myself moored to reality and aware of how much change can reasonably be achieved.

I had a close friend on this board, Cassandra, who was well to the left of me, and started her own board;Progressive Independent. We were so close that we used to talk on the phone. Despite having different political orientations we were able to see issues through the lens of one another. That was impossible with many of the Piners.

chknltl

(10,558 posts)
643. Dictatorship, Oligarchy and Democracy...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:11 PM
Jul 2016

....which would a non-partisan student of political sistems attribute to current DU, Free Republic and Jackpine Radical? Which would the majority posters on each attribute to their own and to the other two. I have little doubt that these answers would be quite illuminating.

On a related note, I am currently a fan of Free Speech TV.
Back in the days when Kieth Olberman was popular around here I was a fan of MSNBC. I was also a fan of the radio version of Rachel Maddow back then. Then things changed. Kieth lost his job, Rachel decided it was a good idea to let big money decide what she could and could not say.

I no longer watch MSNBC. Sadly the very reasons I can no longer support MSNBC with my viewership has drifted over to Free Speech TV. IMO The Stephanie Miller Show is likely following in the footsteps of Rachel Maddow. There are still quite a few good shows to learn from on FSTV like Thom Hartmann, David Packman, Ring of Fire, and of course Amy Goodman's Democracy Now but if they follow Rachel Maddow's lead i will be done with FSTV as well. I am just not all that into propaganda.

My point is that my principles are not the things which have changed over these years, what changed was where i get my information from. You see, I DO believe in democracy. I know the difference between a dictatorship an oligarchy and a democracy.

I may not have the most refined bullshit sniffer at DU but as long as i let my knowledge of those three forms of governance be my guide, i think i will be ok in finding the places to avoid and the places to get my news and enlightenment.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
648. Assuming that you prefer democracy to oligarchy and dictatorship
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:23 PM
Jul 2016

like most people,

You should have no problem supporting Hillary Clinton. She won more states, more delegates, more votes and more super delegates (who themselves are ELECTED by people).

Secondly, if so many radio and TV programs are leaving your "favorite" list, could it be that the problem is not them but it is you? Ideals are great but inflexibility is not. We never get anything ideal. We compromise when we buy a house, a car, take a job --- none of those give us 100% of what we want. Why should it be any different when millions more of our like-minded brethren have chosen a less than perfect candidate?

Amirite?

deepcover

(76 posts)
645. A new record!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:15 PM
Jul 2016

It only took me 4 posts to get kicked out of such a free speech site. Just a bad word about their idol and off you go. Ugly replies ugly people who seem lost..
I can usually get in 6 at FR before the ZOT comes. No real discussions just ad homs
sad

Peacetrain

(22,902 posts)
660. Okay I followed the link over there.. and kind of sorry I did
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:41 PM
Jul 2016

I looked through the areas.. read some of the posts.. and the sexism was so rampant.. it made my skin crawl.. I understand they do not like HRC.. but the inability to see that attacking someone using gender slang.. is an attack on all women is apparently not obvious to some..

And I saw names of people I truly enjoyed chatting with.. arguing with.. no we do not know each other in RL.. but they had good points of view that we could debate back and forth.. and for the most part agreed on most things of substance.. we disagreed on candidates but not philosophy..

And to see them there.. made me really sad, and wish I had not followed the link..

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
667. You can say what you like about Conservative Cave and Free Republic,
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 01:55 PM
Jul 2016

but to give them credit, they may hate Hillary too but I've never seen them flinging the c-word around on those sites.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
720. I had the same experience, and it saddened me too with respect to a few posters there,
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:45 PM
Jul 2016

but at the same time I am glad to have learned who those people really are.

Until a few days ago, there was an entire forum at JPR dedicated to trashing DU and DUers. Many of those posters I had liked were in that forum, trashing people here in a way that was pretty stunning to me.

I am glad to have had my eyes opened. What I am really sorry about is that I was taken in by trolls.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
675. Not many threads get 666 replies or more.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:15 PM
Jul 2016

If there's so much interest here on this topic, why not post about it?

 

Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)
712. Hey petty meta bullshit drama sells
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:33 PM
Jul 2016

I could get a thread up that high by talking shit about people we all kind of know. Gossip sells, doesn't mean it isn't bullshit.

 

Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts)
1198. Is it? I thought our primary goal HERE was electing democrats...
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 09:28 AM
Jul 2016

I didn't realize it was petty drama.

And hate site? you should be ashamed of yourself. Seriously.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
673. IMO there will never be another shithole like Freeperland.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:10 PM
Jul 2016

We weren't even allowed to bring up the name on DU2! That place has the biggest lowlife scum on the planet. Anyone that would post there is hopeless.

 

portlander23

(2,078 posts)
676. If we continue to attack our friends
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:17 PM
Jul 2016

We will be surrounded by enemies.

How about we care about this board instead?

xocet

(3,877 posts)
681. This is one of the most reprehensible threads that has ever existed on DU.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:38 PM
Jul 2016

Extending quote-mining to post-mining only constructs a false image of the object of the behavior - especially when the mined posts are used to form a stereotype.

It is unclear how much overlap exists between DU and JPR, but this sort of unthinking, gloating derision directed at posters whose company one has kept for years is at best not useful.

Good luck to the Democratic Party if this exemplifies its future.










DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
690. The raison d'etre of that site is to lambaste one woman. No good can came out of it.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:51 PM
Jul 2016
"So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit."

muriel_volestrangler

(101,480 posts)
706. That site has a bad obsession with Hillary Clinton
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:25 PM
Jul 2016

When you look at the topics they post on, you find, by number of replies:

http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/forum/main/

GD 6,996
Hillary Clinton & the Third Way 3,218
News 3,175
"Bar & Grill" 2,870
Clinton Email Investigation and Timeline 2,536
Help & Q&A 1,631
All Things Bernie 1,220

And if you look in their GD, you find the popular threads are about Hillary. But Hillary herself is wildly unpopular there:

http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/anybody-here-planning-to-vote-for-hrc-in-november/

The answer to "anybody planning to vote for HRC in November?" is "no". That is a website founded on loathing of the Democratic party. Of course a site founded on supporting the Democratic party is going to have bad things to say about it. It's not 'quote-mining'; it's looking at that site's fundamental ideology.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
733. So quoting people is somehow misrepresenting them? These are people have set up
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:57 PM
Jul 2016

a website where they can gloat about their trollery here. Nothing wrong with discussing that, being that we are on the receiving end of said trollery.

On the bright side, they HAVE suddenly disappeared their forum that was dedicated to trashing DU and DUers. So I guess there's that.

Response to cosmicone (Original post)

rbrnmw

(7,160 posts)
691. I see so many over there who attacked my good friend Bill
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 02:57 PM
Jul 2016

over a website he created in support of Hillary Clinton and nowhere on that site is anything misogynist, or in support of Republicans of any stripe. I think Bill deserves an apology. He had some of the nastiest homophobic shit thrown at him. He supports Democrats 24/7.

BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
702. Absolutely!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:20 PM
Jul 2016

He's a loyal Democrat and a good man. He is also deeply concerned about bigotry of all kinds.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
714. And the justification for their torture of him was a single post where he was disparaging
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:34 PM
Jul 2016

toward BS supporters.

They had, up until a few days ago, an entire forum dedicated to trashing DU and people who post on DU. It was one long hate fest about all of us.

But, you know, it's totally different. Because they are pure and we are oligarchs and banksters.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
724. The post that attacked Bill
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:50 PM
Jul 2016

was the most vicious and vitriolic towards a DU member I have ever seen. It was designed to hurt his feelings for no other reason than a political disagreement.

Shame that that attack was allowed to stand. I am happy that the admins have improved the site so such attacks will not be possible and civility will reign.

mcar

(42,534 posts)
737. Bill does deserve an apology
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:03 PM
Jul 2016

We Shouldn't hold our breath, though. Bill's site is great and he has been treated horribly by some.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
741. It was horrible.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:09 PM
Jul 2016

What made it even worse, was that jurors let that stand.

That sicko still has it displayed in his journal.

one_voice

(20,043 posts)
784. I was going to stay out of this thread then I saw this.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:38 PM
Jul 2016

One of the things I see when JPR people are defending the shit that is posted--'not everyone agrees with that' 'some of us don't like that word' 'not all are voting for trump' etc.

When that shit with Bill's site went down EVERY person that supported Hillary (cept maybe a few) were blamed for every single 'bad' thing that may/may not have been said there. EVERY ONE. There's a member of JPR that went out of HER way to say if you're posting there then you condone it. You are the company you keep, etc. Another one that also wanted to shit on every Hillary supporter that posted there. The list goes on.

At the time those epic threadS (yes plural) were up most of the people that are complaining about 'not everyone' didn't want to hear that shit when it was Bill's site. And that shit went on for days. Active DU members called out repeatedly. Some didn't even know what was going on.

Hell, people still bring up that site up and hate all over it.

I've never been a member there so I can't comment on what's posted there.

What I can comment on is rank stinking hypocrisy of the people that attacked Bill & Hillary supporters.

They created a site where they could go. Y'all wouldn't leave them alone. You had to know what was being said then drag it here for epic flame wars. Making DU suck for everyone else. I barely posted here it got so badand I was an O'Malley supporter.

Seems like the karma bus is making it's round and no one want's to take their well deserved ride.

as a note: I remember those threads so well because I was a host at the time. I don't post much, but I see a lot.



BooScout

(10,406 posts)
990. +1,000,000,000 my friend....
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:20 AM
Jul 2016

Bill and other Hillary supporters have been accused of every vile thing that folks can think of this past year....with no thought given as to whether any of the allegations and charges were true. The intent was to wound and smear, truth be damned.

Response to seabeyond (Reply #1030)

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
800. A lot of the posts here are talking about the problem with "lying down with dogs."
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:15 PM
Jul 2016

I keep being tempted to say, "Oh, yes. He's over there too."



Jury: this is not about a current DU member.

Cha

(298,508 posts)
832. Mahalo for this, rbr! It's a wonderul site supporting Democrats and our Democratic
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:08 PM
Jul 2016

nominee for President, Hillary Clinton!

UtahLib

(3,179 posts)
879. The fact that the disgusting post still stands
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:16 PM
Jul 2016

is evidence of the control BS supporters had over this board. There is absolutely no excuse for the fact that the person who spewed such filth is still a member of this site.

Bill always has and always will stand head and shoulders above that disturbingly hate filled individual.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
968. Not surprising at all
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:04 AM
Jul 2016

I find it sad that people went there and left here with a gbcw. Anybody who dislikes the full on sexism should run away from there as fast as they can and delete their account. Can't believe they had the gall to harass Bill for a full year. Glad they took the masks off.

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
912. Yes indeed Bill does deserve an apology, and in a way this subthread is it
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:26 PM
Jul 2016

If you know what I mean

Response to cosmicone (Original post)

Response to hrmjustin (Reply #697)

emulatorloo

(44,303 posts)
703. Yes, a site advocating voting for Trump is truly a progressive site
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:22 PM
Jul 2016

Praising Trey Gowdy and the other progressive House Republicans like him is very progressive as well.

No one fights harder for progressive policy than Rep Chaffetz of Utah. No wonder he is a hero there.

Banning female members who object to calling women "cunts" also is extremely progressive.

Everyone knows you can't be a real progressive unless you actively call women bitches, cunts, and whores while praising Republicans and praying for a Trump presidency.

I could go on and on about how progressive that site is.



BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
704. Right, because true liberals/leftists vote for Trump
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:22 PM
Jul 2016

Praise Gowdy, Mitch McConnell and Chaffetz, while conservatives vote for Democrats.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
716. Let's see. They are full of Trump love, GOP high-fiving, Fox News and 4chan, sexism, racism,
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:37 PM
Jul 2016

hatred for the Democratic candidate, conspiracy theories that no sane person would credit...

...Son, I think you've been had.

emulatorloo

(44,303 posts)
732. Is there any pushback on those who say they'll vote for Trump?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:57 PM
Jul 2016

Last edited Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:23 PM - Edit history (2)

Not much as far as I can tell.

I see Cali pushing back on some of the worst disinformation disseminated there, and for that she gets smeared as an HRC troll. There's even a thread where she defends our primary candidate Bernie Sanders against some stupid attacks made by other posters there, and for that she's smeared as a HRC troll as well.

Do you push back on the more egregious disinformation/misinformation there? Do you educate those who praise regressive Republicans by showing their voting records? Did you educate those trashing Elijah Cummings about his voting record and history? How amazing he was during the gun sit in?

Do you point out that no one murdered Vince Foster? Argue against baseless conspiracy theory and taking Fox 'News' at face value?

Do you point out that Trump's positions are egregious and go against everything Bernie and the progressive moment stands for?

Defend posters like Luminous Animal who are uncomfortable with calling women cunts? Get mad and speak out when they get banned for expressing that discomfort?

Were you uncomfortable when posters suggested in a leering manner that the female mods are having sex with the site founder?

If so good on you! Unfortunately it will probably eventually get you banned.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
739. Looks pretty prevalent to me. You've got a bit of a "lying down with dogs" problem.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:06 PM
Jul 2016

And no one is trying to dissuade those people from voting for him.

And no one is calling out any of the insane conspiracy theories.

And no one is calling out any of the crap right wing sources.

The only things that are being called out are those posters who request that the virulent sexism be toned down. Those people get yelled at but good.

Bleacher Creature

(11,259 posts)
1119. ALL of the people on that site are supporting Trump.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:02 PM
Jul 2016

Some are open about it by virtue of planning to vote for him. The problem is that EVERYONE ELSE on that site will either vote Green, Libertarian, stay home, or write in another candidate.

Make no mistake, anyone who doesn't vote against Trump by voting for the Democratic candidate is improving his chances, which in my book constitutes support.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
705. Is that the Conservative Cave, rebooted, or a parody site?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:23 PM
Jul 2016

That's not a Dem/Liberal conversation, there--it sounds like Fox News!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
730. LOL--that IS 'for real?' It's not someone being cruel and mocking up a page to
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:56 PM
Jul 2016

denigrate people? I know I'm sometimes slow on the uptake and am the last to get the joke, but if that is for real, there's some major unhappiness happening over in that end of the web-isphere.

smDh!!!

There's a lot of anger and rage and bitterness on that page. It's unreasonable, too. That kind of stuff is bad for anyone's health!

revmclaren

(2,593 posts)
717. K & R for continuing exposure.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:40 PM
Jul 2016

The light needs to be kept shinning on JPR and sites like it so that if someone says "hey, check out JPR. They let you say what you want there." the response can be "Heard all about it, not interested in a right-wing pro-trump hate site."



Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
731. I wish they'd
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 03:56 PM
Jul 2016

stay over there from here on out and leave us alone. I don't want DU or the party itself to ever be associated with a hateful, tinfoil-wearing crowd like that.

 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
764. I have been a Senator Sanders supporter. But, he did not prevail.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 04:50 PM
Jul 2016

So, I am NOW a Secretary Clinton supporter, and will do my best (since I've been doing since 1972) to get the Democratic nominee elected.

YOUR POST sucks so hard, and only HURTS your support for the Secretary's candidacy, that you should self-delete NOW!

SHAME SHAME SHAME as you scurry off...

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
768. I don't want my post hidden but if you want I will send you a link of what I discovered there.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:02 PM
Jul 2016

They are every bit our enemies as are the denizens of Free Republic. It is beyond impossible to find common ground with people like that. I am sure they feel the same way about us.

-On that site Hillary is called the C word

-There are prayers she will die

-Bill Clinton is said to be suffering from AIDS

-House Republicans are applauded for their e-mail indictment incitement


The seminal poster deserves a medal for shining a light on their perfidy.





 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
772. DSB, my friend, that site is toxic, and I would NEVER flee from DU to it...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:11 PM
Jul 2016

...because my candidate did not prevail. As Mom always said, it is what it is.

But, the time has come for unity. This is much like the summer of 1968. Social issues are at the forefront. I really don't care what takes place at a fringe website. But, I hope all here at DU, my home page for 15 years, understands that we need to stop the candidacy of someone who is the BIGGEST danger to our Democracy since the Civil War. No melodrama here, "it is what it is."

But this OP only serves to divide, NOT to understand and to unify.

Mine is a simple plea.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
773. Those people are never going to work with us.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:17 PM
Jul 2016

In 1968 Michael Harrignton, a democrat socialist and prolific author, pleaded with SDS members to support Humphrey over Nixon. They demurred. The SDS believed in maximizing the contradictions; that things would get so bad under Nixon the masses would turn to them. How did that work out? Nixon won in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972 with the largest popular vote/Electoral College landslide in the history of the republic.


Those people are gone.They hate us. They will never vote for Clinton.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
797. I agree. I sympathize with CH about his insistence on concentrating on defeating Trump.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:07 PM
Jul 2016

But the fact is, I see this as part of that effort.

For a year, those now posting on JPR have been diluting the Democratic message and the support for the Democrats.

Now we have a good resource in JPR: it is a list of all the people who were NEVER, NEVER EVER going to vote for Hillary. They are the ones on whom we should not waste time trying to convince. They are the ones who are completely irrelevant to us, or they are the ones in our own ranks who are actively working against us.

We suspected but we did not know before exactly who they were, but now we actually have the names of that radical fringe.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
1019. Okay, respectfully believe that, aside from exposing posters
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:27 AM
Jul 2016

on both forums for what they really are when it might be a positive move in DU, this sort of thing gives JPR and its wingnuttery an importance well beyond what they deserve. They're not a big threat but rather more of a curiosity. It's a little satellite site of DU, created in response to DU, that performs a real service by concentrating some of the worst hostility and dingdongery over there where no one notices. Usually.

Notably, there are also a few thoughtful people over there. How they tolerate what is currently predominantly a hate site I don't know, and that is suspicious, but they obviously want a site where anti- Democratic Party ideology is mainstream. Good luck to them in creating a viable one with these others following them around.

Whatever, for all their input is badly outweighed by the all the irrational nastiness, a very few things like this are also posted by people who apparently manage to not be too affected by what is seems to be a potentially infectious exposure to uncontrolled hostility:

I've thought about that argument because I'm also not in a swing state. At least, I don’t think it likely that New Jersey will be in play.

My reason for not voting Green is that I don’t want to encourage them. Given the current structure of American political system, third-party politics is a thoroughly noodle-brained enterprise. If there are enough progressive voters to elect the Green Party candidate, then there are enough of them to nominate and elect a progressive Democrat, without having to overcome all the advantages that the system gives to the two major parties.

Anecdote time (proves nothing but might be interesting): Some years ago, a leader of the Green Party in Germany was traveling through the US and wanted to meet with like-minded people here. I was then chairing the New York City Group of the Sierra Club, so the German embassy, which was coordinating his trip, got in touch with me to set up a meeting when the visitor was in New York. We naturally talked about politics. His very strong view was that, as long as we have the single-member-district-plurality-election system (instead of Germany’s proportional representation), it would be a mistake to work outside the two major parties.

That last should not be mistaken for an endorsement of our party from this person, but it's also not the typical scurrilous lie.

Bleacher Creature

(11,259 posts)
1116. Your example is absolutely spot on perfect.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 06:57 PM
Jul 2016

People sometimes assume that the type of shortsightedness inherent in the BOB mentality is something new.

It's not, and it's resulted in some pretty awful people being elected to some pretty important offices.

Thank you for reminding people of that point.

still_one

(92,617 posts)
796. To a large extent you absolutely right. However, as you know, this was not a very pleasant primary,
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:06 PM
Jul 2016

and a lot of ugliness was exchanged here.

During the primaries there was no question that the number of Bernie supporters on DU exceeded the number of Hillary supporters, and that is fine, we had two progressive candidates.

I believe the majority of Bernie supporters on DU support the presumptive nominee, Hillary.

However, there were some who helped foster a very unhealthy environment here, and a lot of Hillary supporters were made to feel very bad.

While there is no doubt this thread does not provide the unity that is needed among Democrats, I think it provides a cathartic outlet for some who were treated badly.

There will be much more important issues to pursue in the weeks ahead. This thread is an opportunity to blow of steam after a very trying primary.






George II

(67,782 posts)
809. My theory is that many of them were never "Democrats" but only here to do what they could....
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:35 PM
Jul 2016

....to bring down Clinton's candidacy, which is why they were such zealous Sanders supporters.

They WANTED the republican candidate to face up against Sanders rather than Clinton. Now that they're not getting their wish, they're doing what they can to continue to destroy Clinton's candidacy because they are NOT "Democrats" or "progressives".

Thankfully a huge majority (estimated at over 80%?) of Sanders supporters are sincere and willing to support the Democrat, no matter who it is. So they're standing behind Clinton and working to get her ELECTED (geeze, did anyone see that "autospell" error? Embarrassing!).

Rhiannon12866

(207,863 posts)
782. I know! It's baffling that there are so many other boards who are obsessed with us
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:34 PM
Jul 2016

And discuss what's going on here rather than discussing important issues of the day. I've always been grateful that we don't do that here...

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
786. How many of those sites were created by former members to mock us and excoriate our nominee?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 05:39 PM
Jul 2016

Thank you in advance.


And how many of those sites have forums closed to the public devoted to bashing DU?

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
804. I think you are absolutely right. And from the looks of this thread, we had a lot of
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:18 PM
Jul 2016

steam to blow off.

For me it was about the self-righteousness. And most of the posters over there who were so critical of our lack of purity and who are now voting for Trump, are exactly the ones that were the most self-righteous.

Rhiannon12866

(207,863 posts)
802. I stay away from FR and CC and their ilk
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:16 PM
Jul 2016

Have spent most of my time here as a mod or a host or on MIRT, felt that it was more important to support this board and give something back for all I've learned here since the lead up to the invasion of Iraq.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
815. If you google my screen name I am mentioned there and not in a flattering way.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 06:48 PM
Jul 2016

I wear their scorn like a medal.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
826. They waste their entire day talking about us here on DU. Waste.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:36 PM
Jul 2016

What a way to waste a life away, I am thankful over the years at DU to have so many great conversations. I cannot imagine being obsessed with another website.

They are sad people. No wonder they don't have any ideas - all they do is talk about people and not ideas.

Rhiannon12866

(207,863 posts)
829. I have to admit I have posted on FR
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:56 PM
Jul 2016

Back in 2004 I actually went there and defended John Kerry and his military service. Several backed down since I was armed with the facts - except this one hostile creep who said he wouldn't listen to me until I read John O'Neill's book - and as far as I know, I'm still a member there in good standing, for what that's worth. But after the awful attacks on Andy Stephenson - who was one of my first friends on DU - I learned my lesson and never went back.

I'm grateful for all I have learned on DU over the years, and I'd rather continue that journey than deal with the uninformed and angry. It's amazing to me how obsessed they are with us, even to the point of discussing individual DUers! I agree it's a pointless waste of time and bandwidth, and it speaks well for us that we almost never see that here.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
831. Me too I am grateful for all I have learned on DU over the years.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:06 PM
Jul 2016

I tried trolling FR, back in the day and found it to be a boring waste of time. I think most of them are lost causes.

And AFAIAC LBN still has the latest news and world events. Still, many times DU will scoop a story long before the mainstream media picks it up. We are still at the forefront of information and I think it drives those that rely on lies to live day to day absolutely crazy.

The obsession over our site and the members has to be very unhealthy, I wish they could find a more productive hobby.

Thanks for all the work you do here Rhiannon.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
873. Well
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:01 PM
Jul 2016
How many of those sites were created by former members to mock us and excoriate our nominee?


Missed the italicized part, did ya?

Oh, patronizing folks is the sine qua non of you and you and your cohorts. It must be nice to go through life thinking you are better than everybody else. I would ask where that sense of self assurance gets you if I expected a candid answer.




P. S. Send my love to the denizens of that board.


Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #873)

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
884. I wear your ...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:21 PM
Jul 2016
You're either lying...



I wear your ad hominems like a crown.



Lovely. Also, there's no closed forum at JPR for talking shit about DUers.



Mea culpa, the forum was closed and every trace of it was erased, kind of like the Soviets air brushing figures out of photos who fell in disfavor with the party.


so long as the annointed (sp)one isn't denigrated.


Who is the annointed one?


Your (sp) can keep your feigned niceties and love.






Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #884)

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
903. Can you please share with me
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:02 PM
Jul 2016

Can you please share with me how your ad hominem attacks:


I couldn't hear you over the smug self-importance that typically oozes out of each and every one of your posts.



comport with the rules the Administrators have established for our board:


No personal attacks or flaming
Do not personally attack, insult, flame, threaten, bully, harass, stalk, negatively call-out, ascribe ugly ulterior motives to, or make baseless claims about any member of this community. Do not post in a manner that is hostile, abusive, or aggressive toward any member of this community.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice


And , as always.
 

opiate69

(10,129 posts)
907. "ad hominem"
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:12 PM
Jul 2016


Ad hominem (Latin for "to the man" or "to the person"[1]), short for argumentum ad hominem, is a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself.[2]

Ad hominem reasoning is not always fallacious, for example, when it relates to the credibility of statements of fact or when used in certain kinds of moral and practical reasoning.[3]


Since you have proferred no discernable argument,there can be no fallacy.

As for the rules of the board, that is a subject in which you lack authority. Your passive-aggressive threat notwithstanding. My posts can be adjuicated by my peers, and if the administration deems me to be out of line with the new program, they can do as they please.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
908. I believe I know
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:16 PM
Jul 2016

I believe I know what an ad hominem attack is and when a person is being patronizing, your obscurantism notwithstanding.

As always:




DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
911. "Self praise is the worst recommendation."
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:25 PM
Jul 2016
"Self praise is the worst recommendation."

-DemocratSinceBirth




As always,

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
915. So true..
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:39 PM
Jul 2016

“Men at some time are masters of their fates:
The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
—Cassius in Julius Cae

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
917. I like this.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:45 PM
Jul 2016
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.

2 Corinthians 10-12


ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
933. Or this:
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:34 AM
Jul 2016

"Does a man who makes his observations while he himself is a prisoner possess the necessary detachment? Such detachment is granted to the outsider, but he is too far removed to make any statements of real value. Only the man inside knows. His judgments may not be objective; his evaluations may be out of proportion. This is inevitable. An attempt must be made to avoid any personal bias, and that is the real difficulty..."
Viktor E. Frankl

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
1057. I have seen the Bible dismissed as a manual for living in an agrarian society...
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:22 PM
Jul 2016

I have seen the Bible dismissed as a manual for living in an agrarian society that is no longer relevant. Of course I don't interpret it literally and see it as a book of parables and metaphors but the writing is amazingly good in parts and instructive.

And a lot of the writers of it were agitators in their own way.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1061. I had a top Moron dude come to my house because twice I spent a half hour arguing with the
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:38 PM
Jul 2016

underlings on my porch why I would not validate their religion in all its patriarchy. That I am not a less person, per religion. The top dog came knocking at my door to tell me how women are not under men as.....

he states

god
man
woman (man cherish and take care of women.)

he literally used his hands god... high
then man
then women

I am looking at him flabbergasted. Physically and verbally you showed me women are underneath man

Ya, but, man is suppose to take care of women.

Man is doing a shitty job. Lol

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1070. I do not either. I even have an argument for that, the bible asking it not be literally interpreted,
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:08 PM
Jul 2016

but, I am not getting into that.

Not because of you. Because Du is not the site for this conversation.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
1074. Reading the bible is fascinating
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:15 PM
Jul 2016

And I am a perfect agnostic--The theories in the quantum world keep from being an atheist--But, back to the bible, the first time I read it was simply to say I did--I wanted context. The second time I read it, it was out of feminist anger, I was researching how women came to be subservient, how a patriarchal society could evolved.

Then I got interested. In particular, I look at the story of David and Jonathan, and wonder how anyone could think of that as anything but a love story? Or that one of the most beautiful expressions of love ever was between two women, Ruth and Naomi?

And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God"
Ruth 1:16


There are other clues. I read theologians like Elaine Pagels and the bible suddenly looked very different to me.

Also--I don't believe in hating on religion in general or people of faith. I find that abhorrent

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1081. Personally, I am all for the Lilith, first woman, cut out because she was independent,
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:45 PM
Jul 2016

competent, strong, an equal, before they create the "Eve", creator of all sin, the original liar.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
1121. And isn't THAT a fascinating story?
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:02 PM
Jul 2016

Lilith became a demon because she wanted to be on top--such a crime!

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
883. What fascinates me are the pompous patronizing I'm-the-smartest-guy-in-the-room
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:20 PM
Jul 2016

types who are WRONG ABOUT EVERYTHING but don't notice. Seems like something a person would notice, eventually.

BainsBane

(53,142 posts)
936. One of the great values of education
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:38 AM
Jul 2016

is that we learn just how much we don't know. The problem with believing one knows everything is that it forecloses possibility of learning.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
923. Ah. A meme of someone else's recycled thoughts! Except your meme doesn't apply even a little
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:08 AM
Jul 2016

in this case.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
855. The OP is being mild, if you ask me.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:22 PM
Jul 2016

I've read the vile horrendous, misogynistic crap spewed on that site.

The OP was holding back.

Response to cosmicone (Original post)

 

Prism

(5,815 posts)
825. You should read for context
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:35 PM
Jul 2016

Just once, for a change of pace.

Mainly where I devoted multiple sentences where I explain, if I see it, I will speak out against it.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
828. I did. First you say no to the word, and I thought cool. Then you proceeded to give reasons it was
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:48 PM
Jul 2016

not a big deal as you listed the big deals. I thought that interesting, and unsurprising. Consistent, actually.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
830. Also there doesn't seem to be any mention of the Trump support, GOP fawning and
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 07:57 PM
Jul 2016

"Destroy Her Legacy" posts.

Interesting. Plus, a lot of words for someone who "is not here anymore."

mcar

(42,534 posts)
835. That is what you said
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:16 PM
Jul 2016

You said in your post that you draw the line at the n-word, but the f-word and the c-word are a OK. Picking and choosing here?

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
842. Thank you...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:38 PM
Jul 2016
You should read for context.
Just once, for a change of pace.



Thank you for patronizing one of the denizens of this board. That's what I always loved most about you and your cohorts.


Squinch

(51,127 posts)
931. For a guy who "never comes to DU" and "only rarely stops in at LBN," he sure is here a lot.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:29 AM
Jul 2016

Two days ago, at which time he spent enough time here to diagnose all of us as mental midgets, and then today when he chatted us up so charmingly. And sorry, but this thread is nowhere near LBN.

I think he secretly has a crush on us, but doesn't want his new friends to know about it because if they found out they wouldn't let him sit with them.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
838. Hi
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:27 PM
Jul 2016
My first response is, "Seriously, this is how you spent your weekend?" I went to a club, hiked up the Berkeley hills, had some excellent mushroom ravioli. And yet, Friday hits and some people are all, "Someone is saying things on the internet!!!!!"



That is the tiredest return on the internet; "I have this fabulous life while you losers are on the internet 24/7." I am always perplexed why these posters have to take the time out of their wonderful lives to let the rest of us know.

But the idea, the C-word is the worst thing in all history. That's a DU-ism


Your casual dismissal of the c word is telling... It is not okay to use a pejorative that denigrates members of an entire group even if you believe that person deserves it.

Oh, and lets ignore your friend's posts that applaud Jason Chaffetz and denigrate Elijah Cummings, discuss whether or not Bill Clinton has AIDS, and wishing for the death of Hillary Clinton.

Oh, please tell your friends at jpr DSB says hi!

P.S. Thank you for interrupting your fabulous weekend to talk to us plebeians.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
841. I am having a most productive weekend myself.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:35 PM
Jul 2016

While I am very glad you are enjoying yours, I doubt yours is more productive than mine has been thus far.

What JPR is, is a site devoted to conspiracy theory, illogic and misogyny. It is completely regressive. It has the thinnest veneer of the kind of actual progressive politics that work as positive change agents. In fact could stand for the poster child of the regressive left. It's whole premise is based on hatred of one particular politician. there is nothing redeemable or admirable about its conception, its inception or its growth.

Anti-semitism is just as vile as any other biogtry, including homophobia and mysogyny. Words, singly or in paragraphs or a treatise for that matter, matter in their use and their intent. Words carry cultural freight. It is never a good policy to dismiss one many find offensive because it may not effect you personally over another that does.

Enjoy your new home.

Loki

(3,825 posts)
843. Long assed post for someone who is
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:40 PM
Jul 2016

No longer here. Keep trying to convince yourself of your superiority, I'm sure it will come eventually. Shedding light on that hate infested site is the best disenfectant there is.

George II

(67,782 posts)
848. Okay, you brought it up.....where are all those "anti-Semitic" threads and, as you put it....
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:53 PM
Jul 2016

...toward the end, the "Jew-hating"?

That faux accusation has been floating around this site on and off for almost a year now. WHERE ARE THEY?

In truth, they don't exist. We've seen phony contrived "dog whistles" created to conform with so-called "anti-Semitic" posts (which in fact were NOT) and then pointed at as "ooooh, they're anti-Semitic"!! And when asked to clarify, the accusers turn tail and run.

So, where are those threads and post?

One last thing, what does this mean, which you just posted: "That is why I'm no longer here".

zappaman

(20,606 posts)
846. Goodness gracious! They certainly don't like Democrats over there!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:47 PM
Jul 2016

i can't imagine any of them being members here at DEMOCRATIC underground!

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
849. Here is another jewel ...
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 08:55 PM
Jul 2016

"Anybody Here Planning To Vote For HRC In November ???"

Look at the responses -- all are members of DU, some with different sobriquets

https://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/anybody-here-planning-to-vote-for-hrc-in-november/

zappaman

(20,606 posts)
851. Oh my goodness!
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:01 PM
Jul 2016

Could it be they are just nasty RWers using the names of good DUers here in an attempt to smear their monikers?

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
863. Smh
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:37 PM
Jul 2016

That "my state will go blue so I don't have to vote for Democrats"...expression..is particularly, how shall I put this.. I'll just just quote Dr. King:

"nothing in the world is more dangerous than than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity"

And follow with a facepalm


Squinch

(51,127 posts)
943. Don't miss this one... "We must work to tarnish her legacy"
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:52 AM
Jul 2016
I think that our new job will be to continuously correct the record and to throw ourselves onto the gears to make Third-Way as costly as possible, ideally unbearable for them. The way to do this is to cost them money, because that is the only language they understand.

If we don’t resist with all of our might, this shit will never end.

http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/we-must-work-to-tarnish-her-legacy/

That idea is catching on over there. They think this is a really keen idea.
 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1032. This reminds me what was done to Obama, what they Republicans declared immediately. Do NOT let
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:04 AM
Jul 2016

him ever be successful even at the expense of the people and the country.

Says something about a person.

Gothmog

(146,402 posts)
900. Many JPR posters were never really democrats
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:58 PM
Jul 2016

These posters attacked President Obama and then turned their guns on Hillary Clinton. I doubt that many of the JPR posters have ever voted in the democratic primary or attended a democratic party function

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
919. One of the most strident anti Democratic former DU posters lets the cat out of the bag
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 11:48 PM
Jul 2016

He admitted he'd had never voted Democratic. What a shock!

R B Garr

(17,051 posts)
971. Yeah, that has to be that guy who was a Ross Perot voter. He admitted he never
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:11 AM
Jul 2016

voted for a Democrat, but I'm sure he's not the only one that you might have seen there. His "concern" about Bill Clinton goes back before he was Governor of Arkansas. His Clinton hate even prior to Bill's rise in politics revealed some serious discrepancies in his story, and I've since read that others have followed his links all the way back to their origins from some dubious places..... which was not surprising at all. At least now we see that we were right about them and their obvious "concern".

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
858. So Rex, what do you want to talk about? Meh... I am good with them having their site.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:30 PM
Jul 2016

I do not really care what they have to say. Like DI, it is not a part of my word.

But you... funny.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
860. Clearly we care about that site 800 replies in.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:35 PM
Jul 2016

To each their own. If they want to live there, then more power to them. Does it matter? No, not at all imo. I have this feeling, many will come back here and stay low key.

I do believe many will leave when BS throws all his weight behind HRC.

Tyty...this thread has been one of the better discussion threads on DU in a long time imo.

DI has some real sad people posting there, many seem to think the End of the World is every other weekend.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
859. On the other hand, I am totally being non productive with my Saturday. I apologize to no one for it
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:32 PM
Jul 2016

I worked hard last week and doing just what I want to do on my day off. Tomorrow, mowing and cleaning. Today, ya, sitting on a puter. Oh oh.... I have gotten hooked on a show though. I am really enjoying Burn notice, too. I think I am off to be non productive on my couch and watch some Burn notice.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
862. Me too! I've spent way too much time avoiding going outside.
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:37 PM
Jul 2016

But dam it is HOT out there, still! Have a good one sea! I'm gonna go watch some Samantha Bee on youtube, I've missed her latest episodes.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
866. What..no mountain climbing?
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:40 PM
Jul 2016

No discovery of new life forms? Didn't even try a new micro brew?


The horror...

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
871. Didn't work for me though I am thinking of sauteing the mushrooms I have, now that they
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 09:52 PM
Jul 2016

have been mentioned.

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
929. Here are the cold noodles I prepared just now:
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:27 AM
Jul 2016


I thought I still had a bottle of dipping stuff in the fridge but didn't. I'd already started to boil the noodles and had to quickly prepare the broth from scratch, which caused me to go into paroxysms a little, but it turned out fine. I'm still here.

LostOne4Ever

(9,311 posts)
872. Funny, for being FR2.0 I don't remember seeing anyone there propagating a transphobic stereotype
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:01 PM
Jul 2016

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]to defame Chelsea Manning like I did in LBN...

Regardless, I plan to continue posting both there and here both.[/font]

LostOne4Ever

(9,311 posts)
882. That would be a call out and get my post hidden, but I will link to the overall thread
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:19 PM
Jul 2016
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141509928

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]Poster in question is promoting the anti-transgender stereotype of transpeople being deceptive by saying she was hiding her true self.[/font]
 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
888. Nothing transphobic in that thread
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:25 PM
Jul 2016

Only anti-Manning posts but no broad-brush attack against transsexuals.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
901. Chelsea Manning was not called deceptive because she was a transgender
Sat Jul 9, 2016, 10:59 PM
Jul 2016

She was called deceptive because she used a whistle blower defense. If she had handed her material to another governmental agency empowered to investigate wrong-doing, it would have been a genuine whistle-blower case and there would have been no punitive action.

Instead, she gave it to the Assange-Greenwald axis and claimed it was whistle-blowing.

LostOne4Ever

(9,311 posts)
930. Word for word quote of what was said:
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:28 AM
Jul 2016
She was hiding her true self when she joined the military.

Like so many others, she thought a big change would "fix" things. When that big change, that new life, didn't do what she hoped it would, she started lashing out--at everyone and anyone who didn't understand her, and she sought "retribution" against an agency, the Army, that demands the conformity that didn't solve her problem as she hoped it would.


Instead, she was an extremely poor recruit, abusive to her supervisor (attempted to beat the woman up, but that didn't go well) and she ripped off, wholesale, classified material and dumped it on the wider world in a fit of pique. Those jerks who encouraged her to do this share some of the blame, but no one put a gun to her head and told her to do what she did--that was her choice, her actions. And actions have consequences.

I feel sorry for her personal issues, but a half century ago she would have gotten the death penalty for what she did. She got off light. I hope she gets better and makes the most of her time in Leavenworth--she is NOT doing "hard time" in the big picture--it would be a much rougher go in a civilian prison, and the longer she stays where she's at, the more she moves up the prisoner ladder, as it were.


[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]That is pretty blatantly calling her deceptive for being trans.

Transperson tries to be themselves as they are inside and they are being deceptive and trying to trick people. They try to live as the world tells them they are and they are deceptive for not revealing who they are on the inside.

They can't win.[/font]
 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
940. Your interpretation is a bit of a stretch IMO
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:47 AM
Jul 2016

however, if that was what was intended by the poster, I do not support such bigotry. Nevertheless, it does not condone what is going on at JPR -- praising republicans, conspiracy theories about Hillary, calling her a C-word, open support of Trump, saying Bill Clinton has AIDS etc. etc.

LostOne4Ever

(9,311 posts)
944. Yes there are some who go too far
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:58 AM
Jul 2016

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=#009999]But I usually do with them as I did with that poster, I ignore them and do my own thing.

Okay, for complete transparency, I did make one joke about voting for Cthulhu but that was about it

Either way I oppose all republicans and WILL be voting for Hillary come November.

I care too much about the Supreme court and civil rights and liberties to ever let orange skinned Hitler wannabe within 100miles of the presidency.[/font]

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1036. I am glad to hear that you will still vote Democratic for very important reasons, that has nothing
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:08 AM
Jul 2016

to do with Clinton personally. I respect that.

Response to cosmicone (Reply #938)

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
963. Yeah--even a brief glance reveals it to be devoid of joyful humor
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:48 AM
Jul 2016

Looking at it longer--as painful as that is--doesn't improve it. Quite the opposite.

Mean and small-spirit analogs of actual humor-well, that they have at JPR.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
946. I am finding it fascinating to find my suspicions about some people so thoroughly confirmed.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:00 AM
Jul 2016

So often when the posters over there would post here in the past, I would think, "That person is either a troll or deluded. They are not liberal or Democratic. They are the opposition. They work against liberals and Democrats."

And there they are over there, proving that to be an absolutely accurate assessment.

So many of those posters spent most of their time criticizing the rest of us for our lack of purity. And there they are, reading Fox and 4chan, wallowing in racism and sexism and batshit crazy conspiracy theories, and pledging to vote for Trump.

It's somehow a very satisfying validation.

Anything else you wanted to know?

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
950. Is that your rapier-like wit we are seeing? At least you've moved on from your "OMG" phase. Now THAT
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:05 AM
Jul 2016

was odd!

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
961. It's like group therapy.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:36 AM
Jul 2016

Linking to the JPR discussions posted in this thread made me remember how bad it was here and I'm not looking any more. I've had enough of that hate and stupidity to last half a dozen lifetimes. I just want them to leave us alone. I hope JPR is a huge success and they forget DU and work on their new relationship. It's not us, it's them.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1039. Yup, I didn't go beyond one Op with over a 100 rec names on a list. That was all I wanted to see.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:12 AM
Jul 2016

I have no desire to ever click on the link again.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1037. Validation. All those hides. Validation. Being kicked off the board... validation. I agree. Nt
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:10 AM
Jul 2016

NanceGreggs

(27,822 posts)
973. I think that's why ...
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:43 AM
Jul 2016

... this thread is so popular - a lot of us are feeling that same "satisfying validation".

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
927. I know. Upthread I likened it to cleaning out after roommates leave....
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:26 AM
Jul 2016

Sometimes you just have to process your feelings along with clearing out their junk, especially if you find out they are relentlessly badmouthing you behind your back.

I'll bet we can get to 1,000 posts before midnight somewhere.

herding cats

(19,569 posts)
965. Finally! I've gotten this whole thing to load, my phone wasn't cooperating earlier.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:58 AM
Jul 2016

It was an unpleasant journey, but I suppose a necessary one.

JFK said, "forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."

To me that means it's healthy for us to forgive wrongs, but not to turn around and give the person who wronged us our trust foolishly just because we're not holding a grudge.

Yes, I completely agree the examples posted here of things being said by people there are horrific. Some of the names aren't too surprising. Many made their hate of the Democratic Party no secret in the years I've been here. Some were banned from the site for their various inabilities to contain their biases and/or hate. Others, well, some surprised me, and I'm not sure how long they'll be content there. There's a vast difference between working within the party to create change you want to see, and voting for Trump. They're not even on the same spectrum, and if a person thinks they are then they're blinded by their own idealism. Which is sad, but not uncommon on either side of the political aisle.

Lastly, Jackpine Radical was a thoughtful, kind and highly intelligent member here. I like to believe he wouldn't have condoned the RW conspiracies, or the hate speech taking place under his moniker. I'm mentioning this so others know, and don't confuse him with that place who may not have read him here. He wasn't like that at all in my experience with him.

herding cats

(19,569 posts)
972. Some of the previously banned members, for sure its not.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:17 AM
Jul 2016

They were the haters of the Democratic Party, bigots, misogynist, etc. who didn't surprise me by being there.

I'm being gracious to the ones I didn't see act that way. In disclosure, I didn't really participate in GDP this primary season. So, I have missed much of what took place. What little I did see was due to being on MIRT the previous term, and serving on juries. Even that little bit was eye opening.

Hekate

(91,286 posts)
974. Thanks for saying what you said, esp about Jackpine Radical the person.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 02:57 AM
Jul 2016

It's good for people here to be reminded of the difference between the man and the discussion board.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1040. A lot of the people are friends I have known many years. I can compartmentalize 2016 primary
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:16 AM
Jul 2016

with who they are as people for the last 12 years I have had conversation with them. I have absolutely no problem at all seeing that the last year is not all of who they are and appreciate a hell of a lot of who they are.

I hope as things settle, they can put this in a healthy place.

JNelson6563

(28,151 posts)
977. There have been many off shoots of DU.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 03:39 AM
Jul 2016

The first I know of was in 2002 after a group of very pure martyrs was tombstoned. They put up a forum and talked endlessly of "the night of the long knives". It was pretty dramatic stuff, in a ridiculous sort of way.

Since then, among the ones I have been aware of, most have consisted of the purest of pure liberals who think anyone not of the exact same view is an idiot. These forums usually wither and die with varying lifespans. Often when a new one springs up the same disaffected, all-knowing pure beings among us congregate there, mostly talk about all the people they hate here. Additionally much discussion is about how awful Democrats are. The mindset closely resembles that of religious fundamentalists. Rather distressing to witness, especially if anyone you felt a particular bond with goes that route.

More commonalities, many are in reasonably comfortable situations and have zero time, money or effort invested in any political effort besides on-line rants.

Frankly I can't understand having one's discussion forum participation take up such a large part of one's life. Sad business all around.

Julie

joshcryer

(62,287 posts)
980. While Democrats put marijuana path to legalization in the platform...
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 05:19 AM
Jul 2016

...JPR posts an article rec'd by 50 of its users by Maureen Dowd, filled with invective.

Yeah, I'm glad I have no association with those people.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
985. Thought I'd add, JPR is the best example yet of group polarisation
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 06:54 AM
Jul 2016

We've talked about this several times throughout the primaries. Here's a post I made in the Hillary group back in the beginning of March:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110770936

And here's another post from June:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=2174436

Some basic info about group polarisation from my March post:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_polarization

A well-supported theory of social psychology:

"Group polarization is the phenomenon that when placed in group situations, people will make decisions and form opinions to more of an extreme than when they are in individual situations. The phenomenon has shown that after participating in a discussion group, members tend to advocate more extreme positions and call for riskier courses of action than individuals who did not participate in any such discussion."

In conjunction with the social comparison theory:

"The social comparison theory, or normative influence, has been widely used to explain group polarization. According to the social comparison interpretation, group polarization occurs as a result of individuals' desire to gain acceptance and be perceived in a favorable way by their group. The theory holds that people first compare their own ideas with those held by the rest of the group; they observe and evaluate what the group values and prefers. In order to gain acceptance, people then take a position that is similar to everyone else’s but a little more extreme. In doing so, individuals support the group’s beliefs while still presenting themselves as admirable group "leaders"."

Real-life applications of group polarization - The Internet:

"In a study conducted by Sia et al. in 2002, group polarization was found to occur with online (computer-mediated) discussions. In particular, this study found that group discussions, conducted when discussants are in a distributed (cannot see one another) or anonymous (cannot identify one another) environment, can lead to even higher levels of group polarization compared to traditional meetings. This is attributed to the greater numbers of novel arguments generated (due to persuasive arguments theory) and higher incidence of one-upmanship behaviors (due to social comparison)."



The dynamic on JPR is so far gone into group polarisation that people who don't conform to the most vile, hateful expressions against Hillary are hounded and demonised. Another psychological theory is called subjective group dynamics - this is the idea that group members will ostracise other members if they don't conform to the more extreme group norms (even more so than they would an outsider). Both of these points are well-represented on JPR. Fascinating from a psychological point of view, even if toxic from a social point of view.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
995. Here!
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:42 AM
Jul 2016

You're welcome.

Someone on my March post said, there's a dissertation worth of interesting psychological material on political discussion boards. I tend to agree.

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
999. I've often thought the same thing.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:54 AM
Jul 2016

Somebody has to be doing a dissertation on this, writing a book, something. It's fascinating.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
1006. Oh, I think it was far longer than this.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:24 AM
Jul 2016

"I want to create a thread that never dies" was one. The kudzu thread another. Both in the Lounge, if I recall.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
1007. We have out goal, aunt.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:28 AM
Jul 2016

This thread is all kinds of awesome.

Reminds of the quote attrubuted to Isoroku Yamamoto, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. "


The proverbial worm has turned.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
1009. Ha ha, I think it will die down soon.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:32 AM
Jul 2016

I agree with whomever upthread said this was a good opportunity to blow off steam post-primaries. There were a lot of people here who never veered into incivility, but were continually abused by some of the people on JPR who have now revealed themselves to never have been progressives (as evidenced by the fact they are voting for Trump) and would never have supported the nominee. Possibly not even if it had been Bernie. If Bernie had won, they would have found fault with him in some way. When group polarisation that strong sets in, by the end of the process no one is pure enough. If he'd won the primary and complimented Hillary on her performance, for example, that would have likely been enough for them to turn on him.

I don't think it's healthy for this thread to run on and on. Not for them (don't care, they are Trump voters and therefore my enemy) but for us. We needed this catharsis, but we've still got an election to win.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
1011. I don't know what is sadder
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:38 AM
Jul 2016

The misogyny on that site or the female members who seem to countenance it. I remember there was a lot of talk about a "Stockholm Syndrome"on our site. The irony doesn't escape me.

In the few ventures I make into free republic it seems the posters are mostly males, so in some ways that site is worse.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
1012. It will be interesting to see how many folks drift away
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:46 AM
Jul 2016

from posting on JPR as things descend more and more into hateful extremism.

There are DUers, people I consider reasonable, who I saw post a couple of times over there and then never again. It won't be to most people's taste, not people who consider themselves progressive. Imagine joining a site that describes itself as progressive and then finding most of the members are voting for Trump. Talk about cognitive dissonance.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
1010. tl;dr version: some so-called Bernie supporters during the DU primaries
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:35 AM
Jul 2016

turned out, on another site, to be hateful extremists who are now voting for Trump. As they are not any longer DUers, people are taking the opportunity for a bit of a catharsis without being in violation of the rules.

I recommend reading the thread - it's fascinating.

EDITED to change "a lot of" to "some". I think they were a vocal minority, not by any means the majority of Bernie supporters, who are still here and supporting our nominee.

auntpurl

(4,311 posts)
1053. Hard to say really.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:19 PM
Jul 2016

Bit of both, I suspect. Mostly Hillary haters with some opportunistic Trump trolls joining in the fun over there. Not that it makes much difference - a Trump voter is a Trump voter and the enemy to democracy.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
1015. Renegade members who set up a site to mock Hillary Clinton and the denizens of this board.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:58 AM
Jul 2016

There is much of the former and a bit of the latter. In my last voyage there I learned they believe the denizens of our board are and I quote "conservative dumb f--ks."

ms liberty

(8,659 posts)
1017. Blech. After reading this thread, one desires a shower.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:25 AM
Jul 2016

This sounds more like the popular yet mean girls clique from junior high school than a group of thInking, reasonable adults. But hey, whatever floats your boats; I just stopped by to see SCE's weekly thread. Stumbling into a used latrine trench was not in my plan.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,719 posts)
1020. Do you feel the same way when the denizens of our board mock free republic?
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:35 AM
Jul 2016

If we mocked one group for their reactionary behavior and not the other would that not make us hypocrites ?

Thank you in advance.

Loki

(3,825 posts)
1021. Group think?
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 09:56 AM
Jul 2016

Oh you've got to be kidding, right? Used latrine trench? Appears you must recognize that, since you mentioned it first.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
1033. I hope you feel better
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:05 AM
Jul 2016

And you are right, JPR is very like a group of mean, bulling people, although personally I find the "mean girls" meme sexist. I don't think meanness Is gender or age specific.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1042. I felt it was sexist too, but hey. A site that embrace vulgar misogynist slurs isn't going to be
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:23 AM
Jul 2016

sensitive to keep a harmful stereotype out of their language.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
1043. Very true
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:33 AM
Jul 2016

At DU at least there are discussions and arguments about words and meanings not just a--wholesale defense of sexist language because of hatred for one woman.

At Bill's site he has it programmed so you can't even use the "c" word there.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1045. I love the sites that automatically do not allow. That is respect. That is getting it. What is not
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 11:37 AM
Jul 2016

getting it is to justify the use of the slurs on one woman because people do not like her, and ignore the ramification of it affecting all women. They get it on the n word. They do not get it on misogynist slurs. That tells us how endemic it is in our culture.

So, when someone puts out, what is worse today, racism or sexism, this shows so many levels of thought.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
1054. Yup
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:20 PM
Jul 2016

And in spite the many discussion and all the information--to continue defending the indefensible exposes the bone of basic thought.

It's not a free speech argument--you know how people try to frame it that way? So annoying. In the environs of one's own space, using sexist language is a choice--usually an unconsidered one. On-line, confronted with a variety of opinions, it is also a choice, but one would think consideration would happen. The cutting one woman out and saying "for her and her alone, this language is ok" is simply bizarre, and could not end there--devolution of gender equality starts there and places like it.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
1068. It starts there. Another, They have considered it, and aware and know just what they are doing.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:06 PM
Jul 2016

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Men get it. They have used these words to denigrate, shame and humiliate. They are not clueless. They know exactly what they are doing. And they are telling the world, they will continue, at the expense of women, to feel like a man.

I do not give them, that they are unaware. They will respect blacks to not use the n word, but then they identify with man, in black. Not the same with women. All are sub.

Even the ones in the group playing with the boys. I am waiting for a "make me a sammich" joke, and the giggles and thumbs up.

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
1079. Again, true
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:37 PM
Jul 2016

It's not only men using the words to denigrate, shame and humiliate--many women follow the script, and quite frequently make attempted to "own" or "reclaim" words. I think that is what is troubling me the most. To see good feminist names compliant.

Did I tell you I'm reading the Feminist comic "B**** Planet? Holy shit it's intense. I'm just about to start volume two. The premise is a prison planet for "non-complaint" and criminal woman--and a society run by men "Fathers" It is essentially a classic dystopia story for women.

 

annavictorious

(934 posts)
1060. Sanders needs to repudiate these people.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:37 PM
Jul 2016

He's been personally aware of the problem even before the Dr. Paul Song incident in New York.
Sanders needs to stand up and loudly and strongly condemn this faction of his supporters.

And it is a faction.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1065. We don't know
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:55 PM
Jul 2016

if Sanders agrees with those tactics.

I personally speculate that it is part of Jeff-Weaver-think and there is a tacit or implied encouragement to behave in such a manner.

Plus, JPR's main honcho is so obviously a Republican, he has no qualms about using naïve and radical left wingers to assist in Cause de Trump. He probably laughs at the mayhem he has created daily and shakes his head in glee.

Response to annavictorious (Reply #1060)

ms liberty

(8,659 posts)
1051. Interesting
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:12 PM
Jul 2016

This thread is not at JPR, and the replies are not primarily by members of JPR; but it is almost exclusively commentary about JPR and members of JPR. So what I am disgusted by is not JPR, a website that does not resemble FR in any way.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1052. I agree with you
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:18 PM
Jul 2016

JPR is different from FR.

FR doesn't devote 80% of its posts to wishing Hillary (or Bill) would go to jail, come down with a disease or be assassinated.
JPR does.

For a site developed to promote Bernie and his message, <20% of the posts are about promoting Bernie. At least FR promotes Republican ideas and message other than pure hatred of Hillary.

In those regards, FR is more honest with their stated political goals than JPR is.

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,427 posts)
1075. Is the "mean girls" meme aimed at JPR? Or at this thread?
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:21 PM
Jul 2016

I can't tell. There's some animosity in both places.

vdogg

(1,384 posts)
1056. Meh
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:22 PM
Jul 2016

Let them have their little sandbox. What they do over there is of no concern to me, just so long as they don't come crawling back over here.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1069. They do come back here
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 01:08 PM
Jul 2016

and even when they're not posting, they still have alert and jury privileges to silence the dialogue here.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1099. If there are
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 04:00 PM
Jul 2016

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they are either being silent or joining in because of Stockholm syndrome! I wouldn't know which applies.

Maru Kitteh

(28,354 posts)
1118. When they dare to speak, they get beaten up pretty severely.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 07:02 PM
Jul 2016


It's gotten to where people are getting smacked upside the head for saying anything nice about Elizabeth Warren.

 

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
1103. Wow this thread finally got over 1000 posts.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 04:20 PM
Jul 2016

Maybe it was needed to get some things off people's chests.

Again I have no issue with them having that site and I see some good people have migrated there.

But since people don't have to worry too much about ehat they say there some people are letting their true opinions slip out. Amd since many are doing it under their DU names or letting people know who they are on DU prople will give opinions here on their opinions.

This thread touched a nerve and rightfully so.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1111. They might as well have only one rule .....
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 05:34 PM
Jul 2016

Rule: Get high or low on something, channel your internal self-righteous anger and spew hate against anyone and/or anything that could be construed as establishment in order to feel 100% pure.

DangerousRhythm

(2,916 posts)
1108. This year's PUMAs.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 05:29 PM
Jul 2016

Sad. I read some threads there and just shook my head. I wonder how many decried PUMAs in 2008, only to find themselves in the same position.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
1112. #1112! Red Five standing by!
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 05:35 PM
Jul 2016

Epic. Many thread come and go, but rarely are they full of epic.

Squinch

(51,127 posts)
1114. Yes. I think I'll just join you in kicking the epicness. I like this thread.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 05:58 PM
Jul 2016

It's like that last chapter in the mystery book where you find out whodunit.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
1115. Excellent analogy.
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 06:05 PM
Jul 2016

I can't remember the last time I saw such epicness. This thread is also full of win. A huge amount of win and epic, they are rare threads indeed.

still_one

(92,617 posts)
1124. absolutely. Maybe we could try for a guinness book of world records, or have a guinness beer for
Sun Jul 10, 2016, 08:23 PM
Jul 2016

each new post

Gothmog

(146,402 posts)
1142. We heard this crap from Nader and got Citizens United and the gutting of the Voting Rights Act
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 12:09 AM
Jul 2016

The key issue is control of the SCOTUS and Trump would appoint horrible justices. Nader helped bush win and as a result we got Citizens United and the gutting of the voting rights act

betsuni

(25,983 posts)
1149. I never read FR, but yesterday when I saw this I thought I should take a look.
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 04:54 AM
Jul 2016

To compare and contrast.

I have a "newspaper styled" homepage thing that installed itself, it was just there one day. It posts things from the sites I frequent, sort of convenient. But now half the stories are from Free Republic! Headlines like "How the Left Lies When Blacks are Shot by Police" "How Many People Have to Die Because of the Black Lives Matter Movement?" "The Leftist/Islamic Alliance Does Dallas" and "Comey Testimony Reveals Hillary Clinton's Brain Damage." I'm so embarrassed my homepage thinks I'm suddenly a Republican. I went there ONCE. Oh well, could be worse: at least not everything's about how Hillary "Satan" Clinton wants to murder everyone and drink their blood, so not as bad as SOME places -- and I didn't see anyone at FR stupid enough to think that everyone who says they're voting for Clinton is a paid shill (are they still doing that over there in can't-tell-the-forest-for-the-pine-trees?).

ismnotwasm

(42,044 posts)
1197. Ah yes--Armchair psychology over there I see.
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 08:59 AM
Jul 2016

Always an interesting pastime by the untrained Google-educated internet psychologist.

I'll raise their projection by a full house of displacement..

I win.

 

MohRokTah

(15,429 posts)
1166. I wonder what the most replies a DU thread ever had?
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 11:54 AM
Jul 2016

This thread must be giving whatever thread that was a run for its money!

Response to cosmicone (Original post)

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
1168. Is it so bad that people supporting Democrats
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 12:03 PM
Jul 2016

and the Democratic nominee are complaining on a Democratic board about people supporting Trump and the Republicans ?

mentalsolstice

(4,465 posts)
1171. I went to their version of the DU Lounge
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 12:18 PM
Jul 2016

They have a new member check-in. As they should certainly know by now what a cesspool that place is by now, I was surprised at who had checked in in recent days. Many are still very active here. Let's just say some do a good job putting forth a certain persona here that we should no longer be fooled by. Whenever I interact with them here, it will always be in the back of my mind that they willingly signed up to be members of a site that advocates supporting Trump over the Democratic nominee, and they accept calling Hillary names that would earn them a PPR here.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
1185. The folks who started that site
Mon Jul 11, 2016, 05:51 PM
Jul 2016

were well-known here by level-headed people. They're the furthest thing from liberal that I can imagine. Juvenile, demeaning and sarcastic.

They couch it in rhetoric like blaming the 'third way' for anything liberal they don't like. They spent years here trashing President Obama, trashing Hillary Clinton, trashing any democrat not named Warren or Sanders.

Utterly self-righteous, hilariously predictable rhetoric that they are 'more progressive' than anyone who disagrees with their boorish personal attention-seeking behavior.

It was evident when they posted here. They were ignored and despised by people for whom civil rights and women's rights matter. Especially on the personal level of treating others with courtesy and respect. Listening to and trying to understand where other people with different opinions are coming from.

They were banned from the AA group for good reason. And later, properly banned from DU for being right wing trolls.

Gothmog

(146,402 posts)
1193. The people who started that site are not democrats and do not care about the Democratic party
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 01:56 AM
Jul 2016

The fact that so many of these former posters are supporting Trump is all the proof that one needs

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
1202. The hate there is epic and extremely repelling !
Tue Jul 12, 2016, 09:52 AM
Jul 2016
cosmicone (10,848 posts)

Could this be the birth of Free Republic 2.0?

Even freepers don't exhibit so much Hillary-hate and cheering of Republicans ....

Warning: Some names may appear familiar to those on DU

http://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/fbi-director-james-comey-hearing/#post-28532


** NOTE: This was locked in GD:2016 as not having anything to do with elections. Reposted here by popular demand **


Not sure how they themselves can tolerate it! Sucks to BE THEM!
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