Be honest: Do you consider yourself a controversial member of DU?

I don't--and it's partly by design and partly by accident. I don't post flamebait threads, and I don't usually disagree with the status quo--but that's only because I agree with it anyway, so that's really by accident.

What about you?

i feel i take a realist position on things, i'm pro gun, pro abortion, anti death penalty, anti-cop pro suicide anti-football

:9 I hope that's not a euphemism for something. I'm really talking about pancakes. MMMMMMMmmmm.

Not sure to this day.

Tho I hope to find out real soon.

<ope>

Deliberately so, so...

Ask some of the old-timers about the GD thread I started a couple of years ago titled 'All of you, each and every single one of you, can kiss my ass.'

:)

IIRC, you were the reason they invented the 'name removed' action.

Those were the days, eh? One could do or say just about anything back then. Except freep.

Good to see you and the other elite DUers hanging on, Pitt. Of course, since I am not an elite, this post will prob be ignored. Suits me fine. <G>

You probably don't remember me...I made one of my first posts in Feb. of this year, and you responded! I was angry at how Bulgegate was handled. You made some very welcoming comments and I was so happy at becoming part of DU! Thank you for that welcome! I'm nearly always here in the Lounge these days...it suits me much better than anywhere else on DU...

Good to see you!


:kick:


:hi:

I do kind of remember.... every time I see your name a spark occurs, now I know why, thanks for the reminder.

So, are you on track to becoming a DU elite, or what? I would guess not, if you're holed up in the Lounge, but then again, maybe you will be the Queen here, one day? LOL

Don't forget us little folks on your way up the ladder, eh?

ME? ELITE? Nevah! And you will always be a giant in my eyes, for your lovely post to me last Feb! And the same goes for being Queen...lolol
I love it here, and I really enjoy talking to people of all stripes and orientations...I don't think I'll ever be an elitist...

I'm glad you sort of remember...I wish I had the link to our conversation, but I don't. I did print it off and I still have it. And I put you on my Buddy list, too.

You take care now, hear? And play over here more often...This is such a cool place, the Lounge. As yvr girl says, "Silly is a Lounge requirement." I love being silly...The world outside is harsh enough; sometimes we need silly.


:pals:


:hi:

You leave me with a song im me head:

"I wish they all could be California girls"

I don't play in the Lounge much, but I have had some fun here recently... yall are not nearly as bad as eveyone says yall are. lol

It has been a nice respite from the real world. Kerry on.

in the Lounge, GD and GDP, etc. Usually to be found in Texas or hangin with the KOEB. :)

<poe>

Absolutely not. :evilgrin:

unnoticed.

....tag, you've been noticed!

:rofl:

:P

I am low key and on the sidelines mostly just observing the mayhem.:P

eom

...I used to post thoughtful threads in GD about economics and ideology, but they would be spoilt by the minority of those posters who seemed to go right out to be mean or disruptive.

I'm harmless (mostly). 'Occasionally entertaining, less occasionally insightful.

:grouphug: that's me in green.

to be controversial... :)

WELCOME TO DU! This is an amazing and normally friendly place (esp. the Lounge). Hope you have fun and make some good threads one of these days.


:hi:

Lot of information here... I look forward to spending more time here! :)

I think the NRA-GOA are the brownshirts of the neocon deathcult. They are the living embodiment of the theory that all political power comes from the barrel of a gun. I see any liberals who kowtow to the NRA as usefuls idiots for the reichwing. Zell Miller has given me a sour attitude toward Dems who whore for the NRA and that includes Howard (I was endorsed 8 times by the NRA) Dean.

I think I was branded from that day forward. :P


Actually I was just being clumsy, that's all.

I doubt you were branded, I don't think people lay awake at night trying to remember every thread started on every topic by everyone.

People DO lay awake at night thinking about my threads!


Don't they? :9

I, for one, have NEVER posted an idea in haste or poorly phrased in over 16,000 posts. Not me--I'm perfect. Perfect, I say! :sarcasm:

But I got so many good posts deleted that I had to change. <G>

It's hard to be consistently controversial anymore. Everyone pretty much agrees with me, or they don't read my posts, one of the two. <bigger G>

Besides the trolls and freepers have just about all been flushed, leaving an almost completely disinfected bunch of gol durn surrender monkeys who would rather make love than war!

I mean, c'mon, what's with all the french kissing, and hand holding smothering the boards these days? What are yall afraid of?

What we need is another election, eh? Then will see some teeth and claws again.

<G = grins>

And I think that those who read my posts/threads don't see me that way either. I'm having a lot of fun here. Once in a while, I like to speak up on issues where I consider my viewpoints valid. But I'm not here to make a flame war or anything like that. I want to shed some light on issues, not make things heat up.


:kick:

But I've learned in the last few weeks to avoid certain things. I'm a little controversial because I'm a progressive catholic. I've decided to stop even going there outside of the catholic group. I'm going to just have fun in the Lounge, and stay out of anything having to do with religion. You live, you Learn. :shrug:
Duckie

thanks for the opportunity to vote for pancakes.

I'm a practicing Catholic, which has lead to a number of heated arguments over the church and the role that faith should play in our personal beliefs. Overall I'm a pretty progressive person, but I'd bet that some of my stances have landed me on a few ignore lists. I don't believe that you have to rabidly agree with every facet of liberalism to be considered a liberal, and I've never been afraid to voice a dissenting opinion if I honestly felt it warranted (I don't argue to argue, but I'll argue if I think I'm right). I'm pretty sure that I landed on another one yesterday during the debate over that girl with leukemia that refused treatment because of her religion.

I really don't know whether most people here have an opinion of me one way or another though. I've been here for years, but I haven't exactly been a prolific poster. Still, some of those threads were memorable :)

I rarely start threads, and I'm not interested in "flamebait," but I do take some positions that are are extremely unpopular, most notably my stand on feral cats. (If you must know and don't already, yes, I believe they should be de-populated, sorry.) I don't take any position to be a mean nasty insensitive person or to make Democrats look bad but because I honestly believe it's the greatest good for the greatest number.

I try to do it courteously, and if I am rude or tactless, I try to be responsive to complaints. But nonetheless I suspect I am considered at least somewhat on the side of weirdness.

Don't like confrontational situations.........maybe I should run for Congress........:evilgrin:

I'm not high-profile enough. But these days, to be controversial on DU you almost have to post non-controversial posts.

Soy el hombre invisible.

I do not believe in keeping certain topics silent. Sometimes they are not easy to talk about. But this does not mean they should remain silent.

Contravercial topics can be discussed IF those involved want to remain civil and they want to improve knowledge on the matter. Silence is death. Giving voice even to difficult subjects is critical. It may ruffle a few feathers, but that is what the lounge is for. Putting the feathers back in place.

Now I'm not sure.

I think some people get thier kicks misinterpreting posts to stir the shit, and I don't really go out of my way to avoid them because it dignifies that sort of behavior, so I have more than my fair share of run-ins with those posters. There are a few people I have legitimate disagreements with on issues we feel strongly about, but that rarely causes the sort of massive flame fest more peripheral issues do for some reason.

I'll take the vegan pancakes with maple syrup and whipped earth balance, please and hash browns and orange juice too if you've got 'em.

I wouldn't take it personally, by any means. ;)

I sort of consider bare knuckles to be par for the online course, so I don't think engaging in a spirited argument is "controversial."

All the same, many times it's just not worth a post.

I don't mean to.}(

Middled aged woman, living in Mexico with a bunch of other gals and two mules.

You do the math.

Especially in the Lounge?!

Just kidding of course, but if you are controversial for DU, I'm the Pope!

:hi:

maple

I'm also, either:
1. Stupid;
2. A terrorist;
3. Anti-having a dog/cat;
4. Sexist, exploiting women for my own agenda;
5. Tree-hugging hippie freak.

Or, all of the above. Oh, well.

I don't think so, but I do like to write long and possibly rambling posts at times when I need to rant.

Butter will do in a pinch.

Actually, I blame Neal Boortz, who once said that a woman wouldn't make a good talk show host because "a woman can't be controversial enough." HA! And double HA!

I can out-controversy any controversier any time.

I'm a vociferous controversiator.


But I'd rather make love than war...Really. I would....

I say it, period. "Something to say" doesn't mean I only speak on important topics, of course.

:P

there are two main thngs i have learned on site these last 4 years.

one is that there are many brilliant people who post here and the second is that many of the people who post here think with their heart and not their heads.

:sarcasm:

Just call me caspar milquetoast.

pancakes with crunchy peanut butter and sugary syrup! Yum!

Sorry-wrong thread.

He confessed; it's part of his new policy of total openness and honesty...




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Other than defending Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods and America (the group) here in the Lounge I don't think I really take any particularly controversial stands. For one thing I don't like confrontation and for another, though many of my views might cause controversy with the majority of Americans they are in the mainstream here on DU. There are perhaps a couple of issues (generally non-major, not particularly important issues) that I tend to disagree with the majority of DUers on, but I usually present my views diplomatically enough that I don't really piss anyone off.

That is, as far as I know I don't really piss anyone off... For all I know hundreds of you have me on "ignore" and you can't even read this post! (Yeah, I'm kinda paranoid, too. :-))

never. I'm too shy and really not much into arguing and debating.

:shrug:

You are an intelligent lady who makes well reasoned posts.

The controversy is all about us boys pumelling each other unconscious in order to be the first one to ask you out to dinner. But that's our problem, not yours.

Khash.

But thanks. :)

I rarely type fast enough to be able to hold on to any anger I might have long enough to post a snarky reply before I am able to cool down, and make my replies more palatable for general consumption.

Might I ask as to how you acquired it?
Really lovely...

Dem2theMax, another DUer gave it to me. I don't know where she got it.
(Dem has a photobucket account, and dumped it in there; I just link to it and voila)

but I don't think I'm that controversial. We can't agree on everything.

Me, controversial? Hardly.

I have a serious arm/hand injury that makes it hard for me to type a lot or for a long time, but occasionally I piss a few people off. If I had full use of my hands, more people would be coming for me with torches and pitchforks (probably).

I am one of those people who bares it all and it can sometimes be controversial. Yet, at the same time, I am one of the people who swear up and down that DU has enriched my quality of life. I live in a red state where people think like it was still the early 1950's. Having the wonderful people of DU to talk to helps alleviate a lot of pent up stress and in some cases aggression. I haven't popped a mental cap too incredibly bad and I attribute that to DU. Some may find that controversial, but I'd be willing some would agree with that notion.

I pretty much bare it all, too. Some people like it, some people hate it, and some people are really helpful (even if they don't realize it).

DU really helps. I live in Texas and as a gay pagan man I'm not exactly adored. So when I get trashed I can come here and talk to people and just have fun, let off some steam, and more often than not, learn something from them.

In fact you are one of those people - you responded to one of my posts and I've been thinking a lot about what you said. It made me think about myself, read stuff I haven't read in years, and ask people questions I never thought I'd ask. I guess you could call that "controversial", but I'd rather think of it as "valuable".

Khash.

Pancakes! :D

although i'm just misunderstood.

which of the DU ladies has the hottest case of the hots for you.

Not, of course, that I'm jealous, or even envious, or anything like that, no, not me...

Redstone

:P

how you doin'? :loveya:

:evilgrin:

Personally, until now I thought I was just average on the scale of "low-key to neutrally- regarded poster," but in this one week I've been called hostile, reactionary, a liberal freeper and someone who needed to "lighten up." Someone even posted that I was going to get banned "soon," to which I say, whatever.

I guess I'm getting intolerant of the controversial people you speak of.That doesn't make me controversial,does it?

though I hardly run around trying to recruit new Greens.

I'm too damn boring for anyone to notice!

I think I've only had about 5 posts deleted--out of over 16,000!

:O8)

I think that for the most part I am on the sidelines of DU watching the action.

:shrug: I know some folks don't like my posts, but that doesn't bother me in the least. Controversial? Nope.

sometimes i just shoot the breeze...sometimes offer advice and sometimes i just get on my high horse and demogogue....

i think some people here might consider me controversial...not anyone in the lounge, but certainly in the GD...but then everyone is controversial there.

:P

universally disliked, not controversy there.

Keeps things on an even keel, though.

Redstone

You are certainly NOT controversial, at least not in my book. But you are a lovely guy and I always enjoy reading what you have to say. I also liked very much the photo of your house that you posted the other day. The house and the photo looked wonderful!

And I have NO IDEA why you would say you're universally disliked! Nothing could be further from the truth, IMHO! At least here in the Lounge, everyone I've seen talking to you likes you a whole lot; and that includes ME! For what it's worth...

It's time you got your eyes opened as to your worth, which is considerable!


:loveya:


:toast:

I should have expected nice words of support from you, as you seem to have a large supply of them always at the ready.

You're a peach.

Redstone

There, is that controversial enough for you???

(OK, not really. Butter is much better.)

:shrug:

No one seems to care one way or the other what I have to say but it doesn't bother me. I just go on doing what I do.

Like you said, just gotta go on doing what you do.

I consider myself controversial and innapropriate in life in general.

but then I really pissed this one DUer off........

:shrug:

As apparently, I am. ;-)

:wtf:

:shrug:

And I totally deserved it, so I don't suppose I'm in the least bit controversial. Snarky sometimes, but that's about the extent of it.

don't think so ~

no and no. Controversy sees me and runs screaming in the other direction!

The most controversial thing I have ever said is that I liked Sheryl Crow. And that is anathema to my indie pals.

..at a conservative message forum and another liberal forum - neither of which can be mentioned here.

Not really "controversial," but a clown for sure.

to be nice and agreeable and not call people bad names or say outrageousely awful things. The handful of people who read my posts will know that I am fundamentally incapable of any of those things, no matter how hard I try I'm always gonna make an ass of myself. I can only hope that some people find it kinda lovable, or amusing, or at least give me some credit for at least trying....

Khash.

without ever being spanked for it.

although I did run afoul of the spam blocker with extreme prejudice unknowingly once when I responded appropriately to an obsessive-compulsive thread.