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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:16 PM
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If you have secret meetings and/or mass ignore lists, you need to find something better to do.
I basically posted the same thing this morning, yeah, but I think this thread title will get more attention.

If you are so upset by what happens here that you are participating in the aforementioned tactics, you should know that there are other things out there that you could be doing for your candidate. The fighting here is pretty insubstantial in changing the course of the primary; there's really no need to participate in it very much. Come here to get news and editorials, but don't get sucked into the silly stuff. Just use it as a reminder to spend your time more wisely than that.
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:17 PM
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1. What if I have mass meetings and secret lists?
:D
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theredpen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:21 PM
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9. Or, for that matter, meeting lists and secret mass
Edited on Mon Mar-24-08 06:22 PM by theredpen
What if you're Secretary of the Crypto-Catholic Society?!
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Liberal Veteran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:23 PM
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11. Or list meetings and mass secrets?
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theredpen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:31 PM
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21. Geez, I can't keep a little secret... mass secrets?! ferget it.
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:32 PM
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22. don't forget decoder rings and secret handshakes.
:+
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:35 PM
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23. Ah ha! I knew it
You are one of the illuminati running this forum aren't you?;-) :P
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:42 PM
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25. I'm secreting masts, and I think it's the best thing one can do!
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Drachasor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:28 PM
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17. Then you are Joe McCarthy
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:18 PM
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2. thanks for your concern
But I'll keep doing what I want to do.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:19 PM
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3. That is right, I am a concern troll trying to get people involved in real-life political activity.
You caught me.
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theredpen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:19 PM
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Does that require leaving my house?
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:24 PM
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13. Is "the red pen" a reference to /The Autobiography of Malcolm X/?
There's a part in it where he talks about getting drafted for World War II, and he shows up to the draft office pretending to be crazy so they won't take him. He talks about how the psychologist that interviewed him put down his black pen and picked up a red pen after he said something particularly outrageous. I use that technique now when I'm interviewing candidates for jobs at my company when I think they're lying to give them a subtle warning that they really shouldn't do that.
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theredpen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:30 PM
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20. Actually, no
I hadn't heard that before. Interesting story. :)
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skooooo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:20 PM
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5. one activity doesn't negate the other
It's not an "either or" thing you know.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:20 PM
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6. As long as there are only 24 hours in a day, yes, it is. n/t
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ThatBozGuy Donating Member (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:19 PM
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4. Off topic thread please move to proper forum
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4_Legs_Good Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:20 PM
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7. Who keeps down the electric car?
We do! We DO!!!



I have secret societies!

:)

The Paddling of the Swollen Ass!

David

P.S. Sorry, couldn't help myself
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:23 PM
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12. LOL
I mentioned that Simpsons episode to my daughter the other day when she asked who Steve Guttenberg was and why he was on Dancing With the Stars.
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HuffleClaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:21 PM
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8. the equivalent of plugging their ears and going 'nya nya nya, I can't hear you!'
childish and just downright silly
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Auntie Bush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:28 PM
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19. Well....aren't they?
down right silly that is.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:22 PM
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10. Right on dude
You and I have locked horns on more than one occasion, but I'm in full agreement with you on this one. Such divisive bullshit tactics aren't needed or welcome around here:toast:
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parasim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:25 PM
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14. I don't know about any secret meetings and the ignore function makes the forum easier to read...
But I agree with the rest of your post. Posts on DU aren't going to make a whit of difference when it comes to the actual voting in elections.

Yes, there is much to do outside of DU.
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tritsofme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:26 PM
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15. I'd love to see this list.
.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 07:31 PM
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26. I felt dirty after I saw it.
There are people I like on it. It's a weird event.

It just seems people could figure out who to ignore on their on. But the purpose of the list goes beyond the ignore function. Weird.
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:27 PM
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16. Agreed. (nt)
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ruggerson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:28 PM
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18. There must be some kind of intergalactical shift
I agree with you on something.
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 06:36 PM
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24. How McCarthy-esque
Oh, the drama.
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myrna minx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-24-08 07:45 PM
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27. I have to agree.
Edited on Mon Mar-24-08 07:46 PM by myrna minx
I got here late in the game for list-gate, but I was able to piece together what happened, and I did, indeed see this list posted on a thread, and I feel worse for it. I'm quite fond of some of the people on that "list", and it made me feel yucky. :-( There are people here that I wholeheartedly disagree with, people who have insulted my intelligence and my critical thinking skills, but I'm not for a mass ignore. I originally jumped into the "let it sink" thread as a self discipline to not participate in flame fests, not as a tactic to silence anyone. This just makes me really sad that it's come to this. :-(
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