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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 12:57 AM Original message |
Salon.Com TRASHES DU...responding to NEGATIVE energy. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. After watching that rose garden thing this morning I was reminded |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
87. I was reminded that people who are losing tend to take cheap shots |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. Is Salon right-wing? |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. They are NOT "right wing" |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. I'm not quite sure myself...Perhaps they just need & hoping to get noticed |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I think it is a tad unfair |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:46 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Just my opinion - and from watching Salon's evolution from the git-go. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. As I posted below |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Rebuttals on a any forum are rarely received with the same validity |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
52. That is exactly what they did |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #36 |
63. The rebuttal was not in a forum |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 05:59 PM Response to Reply #63 |
84. If you don't find Manjoo's arguments transparently, laughably |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 05:40 PM Response to Reply #36 |
81. Many neutral tech experts have weighed in a E-voting CAN |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:39 AM Original message |
Then you've been missing out GREATLY. |
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RagingInMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
21. The good thing about DU is |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Different strokes for different folks - rock on! |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
40. They catch their $$$'s from 'liberals' but they're basically legitimizing |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
50. They have done no such thing |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:04 AM Response to Original message |
3. How is that trashing DU? Link to the article: |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. fourth paragraph names us |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. "Names DU" doesn't equal "trashed DU". nt |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Details, details, |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:43 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. And what does "Then there are...." mean? |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:01 AM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Both are right, and both are wrong |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
29. Context and tone. n/t |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 04:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
49. The tone of the headline is what autorank depended on for context. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:39 AM Response to Reply #13 |
53. No bowing, scraping or fellatio |
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liberaltrucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
22. RFK, Jr has been debunked twice |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Sure it is... |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:23 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. I think I understand why you take it personally |
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Mr_Spock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
60. I agree - good point |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
4. If only one vote was stolen, that's one too many. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. True |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
5. DU is hardly THE place for election reform |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. so fuck`n what |
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RDU Socialist (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Salon has Eric Boehlert |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:40 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yep! |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
42. Totally agree..!!! n/t |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
74. Huh? So Joe Conason and Sidney Blumenthal are not "brand name" writers? |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
10. Whoa whoa whoa |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Exactly. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 01:39 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Because Salon isn't agreeing blindly with |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:03 AM Response to Reply #16 |
27. To be fair to autorank, his larger point is that we have better |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:09 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Except that his post title is |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. See? And I read, "Salon Slashes DU!". |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Then why post a shitty headline full of "negative energy"? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I'll raise you -- I'll go to bed. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. Me too! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:01 AM Response to Reply #10 |
25. It's a slam because the tone of this passage is disparaging: |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:04 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. What is there to connect one with the other? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:12 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Hmmm. I was reading "then" as "next". Is there an elision |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
37. So? |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #25 |
77. Definitely sounds dismissive to me. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
39. Followed by "and then there are" which would seem to be moving on |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. The clear implication is that Kennedy can't think for himself..and.. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:32 AM Response to Reply #43 |
46. go to sleep! |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
78. haha...you got me into this over here & I won't forget it...:) |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. Um.. they ways and means of GOP voter suppression is still OPEN |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
45. Reading comprehension give you much trouble? |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 04:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I agree with Spider... |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 04:47 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. I agree with you both. :) nt |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:42 AM Response to Reply #45 |
66. But jumping to conclusions |
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DemonFighterLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:17 AM Response to Original message |
51. Salon can follow the neocons to hell |
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Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
54. That's not a trashing. At most it is a mild diss. |
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greyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 07:55 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. I feel the Positive Energy radiating from your post. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
73. It seems to suggest DU is wasting its time, |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #54 |
75. Thanks for the insertion of sanity. |
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western mass (718 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
56. Salon caught hell from its subscribers. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:05 AM Response to Reply #56 |
57. Bingo |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
58. It's not exactly obscured. |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:12 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I have heard this exact same thing |
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Ripley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #59 |
61. . |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #61 |
69. Why did you edit this |
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dogday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
68. Why did you edit this post? |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
62. I can't get excited... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
64. Salon screwed up this time. They're going to lose paying readers. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #64 |
70. They published a rebuttal |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #64 |
85. TOO LATE! |
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porphyrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
65. So? Fuck 'em. - n/t |
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Neecy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
67. I wonder... |
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bigbrother05 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #67 |
76. Many of us also lurked and posted at the "Horse" |
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Anarcho-Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 08:58 AM Response to Original message |
71. Where does it trash DU? n/t |
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npincus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
72. one man's trash is another's free publicity |
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kerry-is-my-prez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 05:28 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. just be sure to spell our name right.... |
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BigBearJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
79. Makes me glad I cancelled my subscription to them last year! |
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rinsd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
82. That's a trashing? LOL |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 06:13 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Manjoo's whole premise is that the information is basically worthless, |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-15-06 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
83. Oh my, it's so sweet of Salon to be thinking of us! |
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