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kentuck

(111,098 posts)
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 06:49 PM Jun 2015

How many former "Discussionists" now post on DU??

Perhaps they still post at "Discussionist"?

How many DUers have ever visited the Discussionist? Why did you return to DU??

But as Bob Dylan said, "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"...

Has DU become more "liberal" lately?

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How many former "Discussionists" now post on DU?? (Original Post) kentuck Jun 2015 OP
I checked discussionist a couple of times and was so disgusted I never returned kimbutgar Jun 2015 #1
Same here. It is a cesspool. n/t FSogol Jun 2015 #3
Same here.. butterfly77 Jun 2015 #12
quadditto rurallib Jun 2015 #28
I went once marym625 Jun 2015 #2
Never been there, never will still_one Jun 2015 #4
Some of us post at both sites. pintobean Jun 2015 #5
I'm there as hunter. hunter Jun 2015 #6
A lot of those cultures belong in a petri dish. justhanginon Jun 2015 #13
Why did I return to DU? Because it's saner than Disgustingist. KamaAina Jun 2015 #7
I haven't visited Discussionist in a LONG time Cali_Democrat Jun 2015 #8
Hard to say with the RW contingent over there. Lizzie Poppet Jun 2015 #17
I checked it out mainstreetonce Jun 2015 #9
I only look when a DUer links to a thread there. m-lekktor Jun 2015 #10
The stupid is very thick. I make it there about twice a year. immoderate Jun 2015 #11
I've peeked at FR a few times. onehandle Jun 2015 #14
I looked at it in the very beginning but never signed up. What I saw I had no interest in. n/t Jefferson23 Jun 2015 #15
I've started posting here again... Lizzie Poppet Jun 2015 #16
I started an account there on about LuvNewcastle Jun 2015 #18
I still have an active membership there MrScorpio Jun 2015 #19
I posted there for a while Fumesucker Jun 2015 #20
I was there when it started for 2 hours...until it turned to complete shit NightWatcher Jun 2015 #21
I have used it before PowerToThePeople Jun 2015 #22
12. Nt GusBob Jun 2015 #23
if i wanted to debate conservatives, i don't even have to leave DU KG Jun 2015 #24
I'm mostly there to get jury duty. Paulie Jun 2015 #25
I'm a member of Discussionist, but it reminds me of that Freak Republic cesspool Skittles Jun 2015 #26
Never visited. SamKnause Jun 2015 #27
I lost interest in it a few months ago. HughBeaumont Jun 2015 #29

kimbutgar

(21,155 posts)
1. I checked discussionist a couple of times and was so disgusted I never returned
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 06:54 PM
Jun 2015

A cesspool of hatred, racism and dumb a$$es. A few minutes I lost in my life. Much like reading yahoo comments.

marym625

(17,997 posts)
2. I went once
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 06:55 PM
Jun 2015

I think I might have even registered. But that was enough. Ya know, like you walk into a bar and realize it's all Brewers fans, so you walk right back out.

#BernieBounce

#Bernie2016

 

pintobean

(18,101 posts)
5. Some of us post at both sites.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 07:03 PM
Jun 2015

I think more DUers should post there. Turning the site over to the RWNJs and bigots doesn't make sense to me.

hunter

(38,316 posts)
6. I'm there as hunter.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 07:04 PM
Jun 2015

I visit occasionally as an anthropologist studying foreign cultures.

A lot of it leaves me feeling

 

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)
8. I haven't visited Discussionist in a LONG time
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 07:07 PM
Jun 2015

Anyone know who their preferred candidate is?

I'm sure it's not Hillary.

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
17. Hard to say with the RW contingent over there.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 08:26 PM
Jun 2015

Few of the RW crowd at DI talk about their own candidates. They mostly just bash Hillary (and to a lesser degree, Bernie...although one staunch RW'er there posted a rather nice complimentary post, praising Bernie's honesty and no-bullshit presentation).

I'd say most of my fellow leftists over there are Bernie supporters.

 

immoderate

(20,885 posts)
11. The stupid is very thick. I make it there about twice a year.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 07:15 PM
Jun 2015

Purely academic, I assure you.

And as far as I can perceive, DU is the same as it was when I got here in '01. But, that's me.

--imm

 

Lizzie Poppet

(10,164 posts)
16. I've started posting here again...
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 08:24 PM
Jun 2015

...mostly due to excitement over Bernie's candidacy. I still post much more at DI. Not to put too fine a point on it, it's far, far less of a cliqueish echo chamber. I have to tolerate some really dimwitted RW nonsense...but that's not really all that hard to tune out.

LuvNewcastle

(16,846 posts)
18. I started an account there on about
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 09:02 PM
Jun 2015

the second day after it opened. It was pretty cool at first. In some ways I liked it more than DU. As the RW traffic increased, my involvement decreased. Finally, I went there at the beginning of Israel's invasion of Gaza and saw people cheering the deaths of Palestinian children. I'm not exaggerating, they were literally happy about those kids dying. I haven't been back and I don't plan on going back.

MrScorpio

(73,631 posts)
19. I still have an active membership there
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 09:06 PM
Jun 2015

And post on occasion.

My thoughts about the place are well known, or at least should be well established.

 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
22. I have used it before
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 09:19 PM
Jun 2015

I do have an account there. I signed up after it first opened when I had a posting timeout from here. Less traffic and you have right wing nutjobs posting there. If I had more energy, I might go there and jump into the fight, but it is tough enough railing against right wing Democratic members. I'll keep it open and depending how primary season goes, may start using that more than DU.

Skittles

(153,164 posts)
26. I'm a member of Discussionist, but it reminds me of that Freak Republic cesspool
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 09:25 PM
Jun 2015

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stupid, racist assholes

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)
29. I lost interest in it a few months ago.
Mon Jun 8, 2015, 10:03 PM
Jun 2015

Let's just say their grasp on facts, logic and reality would make RationalWiki cringe with agony.

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