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Fumesucker

(45,851 posts) Mon Feb 23, 2015, 11:44 PM Feb 2015

Belling the cat

My last OP got me looking at my Discussionist Journal and got me thinking, how many of you have belled the cat, taking on conservatives/Republicans on neutral or even their own turf?

I was doing it quite a bit a decade ago and got bored with it, if I didn't get kicked off I could get to the point I could say almost anything and not get any replies except maybe other liberals.

When Discussionist launched I went over there and tried out my old conservative taunting chops for a while until I got bored again.

http://www.discussionist.com/?com=journals&uid=101107&page=1

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Belling the cat (Original Post) Fumesucker Feb 2015 OP

Tried Discussionist, but didn't last. Conservatives are far too facile to be interesting and the Sarcastica Feb 2015 #1

I was on Newsbusters for a few years MannyGoldstein Feb 2015 #2

Yeah, that's the kind of thing that will get you tossed Fumesucker Feb 2015 #7

I used to troll Republicans on Facebook marym625 Feb 2015 #3

Multiple Hides on Discussionist for calling them greedy, ignorant, racist, warmongers, gun nuts, etc Hoyt Feb 2015 #4

I can't remember if I got a hide or not on Discussionist Fumesucker Feb 2015 #5

Belling the Cat Aerows Feb 2015 #6

Sarcastica

(95 posts)

1. Tried Discussionist, but didn't last. Conservatives are far too facile to be interesting and the

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 12:02 AM

Feb 2015

clichés just pile up. It's like a transcript of Fox or Rush.

MannyGoldstein

(34,589 posts)

2. I was on Newsbusters for a few years

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 01:06 AM

Feb 2015

Handle was MassLiberal. They eventually figured out I was not one of them.

It was a hoot.

I eventually got kicked off when they ran a piece claiming that the Liberal media were wimps for not running cartoons with Mohammed in them, and I asked why Newsbusters didn't do the same.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

7. Yeah, that's the kind of thing that will get you tossed

Reply to MannyGoldstein (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 05:28 AM

Feb 2015

Which is kind of cool about Discussionist, you can corner them and there's nowhere for them to go and they can't just get rid of you.

Then you start pounding the tent peg into the ground.

But you have to be able to admit your weaknesses easily, if they make a valid point go ahead and agree and accept they are right about some things, it pulls them off balance enough that you can jib jab them with some other stuff before they get back on stride with the talking points.

I was on Riehlworldview for a while, Dan wouldn't kick you off back then if you obeyed the rules which was mostly no profanity/personal attacks. A few others I can't even remember the name of, it's hard to find right wing sites that don't reflexively can anyone who deviates from orthodoxy.

marym625

(17,997 posts)

3. I used to troll Republicans on Facebook

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 01:44 AM

Feb 2015

But I could never pretend to be one. Just couldn't get the words out to seem believable. Made my skin crawl

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

4. Multiple Hides on Discussionist for calling them greedy, ignorant, racist, warmongers, gun nuts, etc

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 03:14 AM

Feb 2015

I too have enjoyed engaging today's right wingers, but it's difficult to play nice with the typical right wing haters and jerks. They say they want to discuss issues, but only if you are into gunz, racism, war mongering, etc. Screw em.

There are folks here who are difficult to discuss issues with; but unless they are trolls, their hearts are usually in the right place.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)

5. I can't remember if I got a hide or not on Discussionist

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 03:55 AM

Feb 2015

It wasn't more than one..

I've always found it's better to show than tell.

For instance notice no one actually disagreed with this OP of mine wherein I thoroughly trash trickle down economics..

http://www.discussionist.com/1015104018

And then there was this one about gay marriage..

http://www.discussionist.com/101588859

Aerows

(39,961 posts)

6. Belling the Cat

Reply to Fumesucker (Original post)

Tue Feb 24, 2015, 04:45 AM

Feb 2015

is one of my favorite parables. Everybody knows something has to be done about something, but nobody wants to do it.

A few have in my lifetime, and I count Snowden and Manning among them.

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