Anyone happen to notice the "DEMOCRATIC" is 1.5 times the size of the

"UNDERGROUND" in the DU logo?

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:D

As I understand things, that is historically accurate.

Replies to your question should be quite revealing. Rec.

:)

'Democracy is a political government either carried out by the people (direct democracy), or the power to govern is granted to elected representatives (Representative democracy). The term is derived from the Greek: δημοκρατία - (dēmokratía) "the power to the people",<1> which was coined from δῆμος (dêmos) "people" and κράτος (krátos) "power", in the middle of the fifth-fourth century BC to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states, notably Athens following a popular uprising in 508 BC.<2> Even though there is no specific, universally accepted definition of 'democracy',<3> there are two principles that any definition of democracy includes, equality and freedom.<4> These principles are reflected by all citizens being equal before the law, and having equal access to power,<5> and freedom is secured by legitimized rights and liberties, which are generally protected by a constitution.<6><7>'

its an action word.

and?

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:o

Protested Viet Nam policies in the home town newspaper and that was one response.

Ain't politics fun?

Trouble, oh we got trouble,
Right here in DU City!
With a capital "T"
That rhymes with "D"
And that stands for Democratic,
That stands for Democratic.
We've surely got trouble!
Right here in DU City,
Right here!
Gotta figger out a way
To keep the young ones moral after school!
Trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble, trouble

What's your point? I wish you folks that keep posting this BS would just come right out and give us all the laundry list of what qualifies one as a Democrat in your book.

I think many of you are simply trying to sow dissention and confusion. People have different ideas about what it means to be a Democrat. Get over it!

And of course Prof. Hill turned out to be a good guy...... :evilgrin:

The temperature is going down. People are taking steps to make the tone a little less hostile, and you are posting this shit.

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I responded the same on one of those threads as I have here. Please, please, please post the list of views one must have to be a Democrat in your book. You have obviously set yourself up as one who knows what a REAL Democrat should think, so please tell us!

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I've begun reacting to a sometimes hostile environment, as have others.

The charge of judging who is a D doesn't seem relevant to me. Maybe it's the background of protesting LBJ's war policies, while being a D before, during, and after.

Do you really not see some "fault lines*" here?

*earthquake reference, I grew up in the west.

by differing opinions.

and I'm talking to just you, not all of the President's ardent supporters which you are a poor example of some really good and decent people.

I think you have just hit on the main problem.


Edit to add- I will give you a hint to where the problem lies. Look at where those other three fingers are pointing. The ones that are just under the one you are point at me.

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No problem with the word 'Democratic.' Problem with those who think they and they alone know what it means. Post is flamebait.

No denying there are those here who think they are the keepers of Democratic thinking and believe all others should fall in line.

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"Do not follow someone into another thread to try to continue a disagreement you had elsewhere... Do not post messages with the purpose of "calling out" another member or picking a fight with another member."

still your efforts at censorship are duly noted

your daily dose of irony, if you need it.

Some people just are a little bit too in love with the *idea* of being in an "underground" movement. They heard about the Underground Railroad when they were kids, thought it sounded nifty, and wanted to grow up to start their own underground ... something, kinda like some kids wanted to be firetrucks, not firefighters, but firetrucks.

I can think of maybe (maybe) half a dozen people on DU who project the sensibility necessary to be a part of a genuine underground movement. We don't hear from them much, which is sorta the point.

Anyway ... there's nothing "underground" about posting on a publicly available website that solicits membership and uses blogads and google-analytics. In fact, using the latter pretty much makes you the exact opposite of "underground." It sounds good, and for the time during which the site was created, it was a good name and concept, and this is not a criticism of the founders at all. But, some of the members go just a wee bit overboard with their fantasy worlds.

...which is a long way of saying I've personally always thought the "Democratic" part was the pertinent term. Given the way the rules are constructed, this would seem to be the logical deduction.

but he didn't bother to respond. He only responds to posts that disagree with his, when he knows the poster is on the other side of the HCR bill. There is no middle ground here, as we can see in his DEMAND a few posts down that no one here disparage the sacred Democrats.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=7368123&mesg_id=7368173

Funny how you only reply to posts where I disagree with you. I try to be nice and admit I had moments where I was an asshole and you completely ignore that post. Then come in here and act all innocent.

enough to acknowledge a point. It seemed more like terms for some sort of cease fire. Still our board has lost (at least temporarily) a great poster in NanceGreggs. The ideas expressed here that "Democratic" is flame bait or fighting words would be the main reason she is taking a leave. It certainly angers me to see such a great poster being driven off by the venom and vitriol directed against the Democratic party and President on a regular basis. I appreciate that there are posters such as yourself that are willing to end the hostilities but until you guys start policing your own those of us supporting the DEMOCRATIC in DU have been made to feel very unwelcome.

this is seriously messed up. I guess this poster wants us all to go away quietly like Nance

Democratic used to never be a dirty word

Believe it or not, there are even people who think what goes on in this discussion board should be taken seriously.

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And the "com" is in red!! What does THAT mean? Is is short for "communist"?

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“Freedom for supporters of the government only, for members of one party only, no matter how big its membership may be is, no freedom at all. Freedom is always freedom for the man who thinks differently.“ Rosa Luxemburg

or maybe the Ben Nelson Underground?

Happy New Year!

:toast:

over and out

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I took measurements. It is 1.5 times larger. More, there are 10 spaces in the top line, and 15 in the second. Hence, the measurements are the way they are.

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or Right Wing COMmentator? Or that Right Wing COMmontator contains the work 'tator' as in tator tots, which are yummy when covered in ketchup, which is RED? I think not.

Nice one.:thumbsup:

unrec.

of course they are the same that are going out of their way to make Democrats feel unwelcomed

Just not a ConservaDINO corporate apologist.

Now, if you only had a point.

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REC'd ones?

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:crazy:

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NGU.

LOL

Hmmmmm...

NGU.

:shrug: :wow:

and underground.com takes up five more spaces than democratic

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Didn't even read the thread.

Of course I haven't been watching Fox News over the last week, so the bar is set kinda low for now.

But seriously, this thread is very helpful to everyone in DU who's busy looking around for something to be pissed off about.