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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI feel a fresh clean breeze running through DU...
Ahhhhhhhhhh!
It's all shiny and beautiful and without malice personal vendetta. No posers or multiple users or kobolds or provocateurs. Just civil discussion and unchallenged opinion.
It's a good thing.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)malthaussen
(17,205 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)PCIntern
(25,558 posts)Enquiring minds want to know!
luvspeas
(1,883 posts)rhymes with Collie damn or us
or folly am is us
or polly cam isthmus.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)And I've been here for ten years.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)pacalo
(24,721 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)cosmicone?
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)cui bono
(19,926 posts)Was there a group made for that or something?
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Some on DU were unable to recognize the contrived nature of the posts and they jumped in with both feet to help a nasty and mean poster shit all over LGBT equality celebrations. For days, well known LGBT DUers attempted to explain to them that they were being duped but several DUers by reflex shit all over those well known posters in order to defend posters that were not even real, not authentic, they were a draw full of stinking socks and many people in our community eagerly shared that stench.
cui bono
(19,926 posts)Thanks.
Cassidy1
(300 posts)BainsBane
(53,035 posts)Is this a ban or a forced vacation? If it's a ban you can say the name.
MineralMan
(146,318 posts)If you won't say, maybe someone else will. Thanks.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)so do tell.
Need to write stories. but I am way too tired. Though we got some cool shots
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Skidmore
(37,364 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)backscatter712
(26,355 posts)I bowed out of those threads a couple days ago.
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,842 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!
Tell me more, tell me more
Gidney N Cloyd
(19,842 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)S/he was a Little Darlin'.
MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)BainsBane
(53,035 posts)You trashed GD-P and filled up your ignore list to the max?
luvspeas
(1,883 posts)too lazy
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)seveneyes
(4,631 posts)luvspeas
(1,883 posts)all I know is that it's been almost 24 hours without one thread in the top 50 about...
Dolly Flamerpuss.
Prism
(5,815 posts)Using multiple accounts in an attempt to circumvent a flagging.
And now GD is safe from the d20 system of jury verdicts.
All those threads were about dice, right?
City Lights
(25,171 posts)cui bono
(19,926 posts)ileus
(15,396 posts)Warpy
(111,292 posts)GD has been a much nicer place since that happened.
With GD-P blocked, I only have to go there if I'm on jury duty. And I even turn some of those down if they are too long and contentious. Life is good.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I'm ready to fight for team Democrats because right now I can say I like all 5 of the democratic candidates equally. However should Biden jump in the race I won't be heading over to GDP. Why would I waste time arguing with people whose minds are made up on their candidate of choice? I would just be jumping into the pissing match of 'why my candidate is superior than yours' and in the end even with Joe I still like them all and I still want to like all DUers. So if Joe joins the campaign then I'll spend my time offline helping out where I can make a difference. Anyhow being in DE I'm sure Joe will have a local office here for volunteers to make calls.
I think in the end until the primaries are done GD is the safest for me!
Warpy
(111,292 posts)for Jackpine Radical, who created it. It's the most partisan I will ever get.
I agree with you about Biden, he would make the race far more interesting. Yes, he's been overly friendly to bankers, but he's also hard working and as honest as any real pol can be.
It's still many months until the first primaries. There's plenty of time to let people who are rabid partisans slug it out in GD-P off my screen before we're presented with whomever the party has chosen.
BainsBane
(53,035 posts)Very clever.
blm
(113,071 posts)Right now I'm with Bernie and STILL staying away from the bulk of those threads, pro and con. Biden would be a good fit for me. A combination of Bernie and Biden would be a near PERFECT fit, but, Kerry won't run again. ; )
marym625
(17,997 posts)So please do.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)I was wondering what the hell happened to DU. It is a fresh breeze.
SecularMotion
(7,981 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)"Operating multiple accounts, created new accounts while flagged for review."
Anyone know which the new accounts were? And does that mean they also had multiple accounts before the 'flagged for review' (which would have been on July 7th' the ban wasn't until July 10th)?
lindysalsagal
(20,695 posts)They're all at the beach...
olddots
(10,237 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)MH1
(17,600 posts)hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)luvspeas
(1,883 posts)The last week, more or less there has been a large uptick in the number of posts on DU regarding poly or multiple relationships and the potential for legalization in light of the supreme court decision. I've been sucked in to this debate a few times on the no side, not because I am against anyone creating family relationships with whomever they please, but because it simple legally does not fit with the given legal rights regarding marriage in the US.
This tidal wave of posts along with their accusations of insensitivity, bigotry, etc seemed a bit odd to me. The opinions all seemed a bit similar and fervent. Many good DUers tried to reason with this group of people without success.
So the fresh clean breeze came about over the last couple of days now. No new posts in the top 50. No replies to old posts on the topic. Whereas before there were at least 5-10 new posts per day about the topic, and most were pro poly marriage legalization. What Happened?...two DUmembers that I know of have been banned for making multiple identities TatianaLaBelle and Wella. I do not know if these people were one in the same or if they created more personas. All I know is that since these 2 members were banned it's been much more civil around here.
It's totally cool to have an opinion on DU and to express it. I hope that when people do, others take it as just that, an opinion. Opinions are hard to change. One or two replies is sufficient to voice one's rebuttal, but for god's sake, don't make up people and situations to try to create a constituency.
That's it. That's all I know. Let's all hope this ushers in a new age of civility and shared purpose to kick every goddamn right wing conservative the fuck out of power now, in 2016 and in to perpetuity!!!