Is there an opposite site, something like the Republican Underground?

[captain queeg]

Just wondered. I tried googling it, there a Facebook site called Underground Republican. Didn’t look like it was an inverse DU. Thought it might be interesting to take a look if there were some such site.

[watoos]

1. Cable news

[Demonaut]

2. there are a few but we don't link to those sites often, in the old days we did though

[tblue37]

3. There are several, but we don't like to send them traffic. nt

[applegrove]

4. Free Republic? I don't think we are supposed to name them here. There

is also the Discussionist which is owed by DU and is a mixed board. I found lots of russians there during the 2016 election.

[Rhiannon12866]

10. We used to see links to what they were discussing all the time here, but that was years ago

They used to talk about us quite a lot, wonder if they still do. Didn't they experience some major problems? I don't even know if they still exist.

[applegrove]

11. I went there once. I could not stand it.

[Rhiannon12866]

14. A lot of us signed up there, back in the day

I was one of them. I defended John Kerry's military record during the 2004 election. Everybody backed down except for one guy who said he wouldn't listen to me until I read John O'Neill's book - which was never going to happen. Someone even thanked me for my service! As far as I know, I'm still a member in good standing, but I've been sober for more than 10 years so I wouldn't consider trying that again.

[applegrove]

19. Yes. DU is a haven from outright awful people. That's how i found the DU.

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I could out argue the most vain right wingers but i didn't like it. That is not me so i left the mixed site i was on and went to the "DU" i heard talk about.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. I was really angry and upset about the baseless attacks and lies about John Kerry

I don't know if I changed anyone's mind, but it made me feel better. I sure wouldn't do it again. I never signed up for Discussionist - we have enough to deal with here (I volunteered as a mod).

[applegrove]

21. I can't do that. I have trouble with written comprehension. I often bail on juries because

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i don't understand the way some people express themselves.

[Rhiannon12866]

22. I do find the new way we do things to be more confusing

But this was on DU.2 and my first assignment was as an LBN mod and the rules for that were pretty straightforward.

[Lefta Dissenter]

5. Yeah,

I used to check those out on occasion, but it’s not worth the heartburn. People are so mean on those sites!

[watoos]

6. The Hill

[Hoyt]

7. Try the Discussionist. Lots of ignorant white wingers on that site.

Plenty of confederate flags, trump love, racist crud, gun love, and whatever else Deplorables get off on. A few Democrats, but not many.

[ornotna]

8. Whitehouse.gov

Polar opposite.

[marble falls]

9. Its probably on 4Chan.

[jberryhill]

12. Facebook, from what I hear

[Initech]

13. There is Conservative Underground.

There is an entire forum of DU haters. I won't link to it, but let's just say they hate us cause they ain't us.

[saidsimplesimon]

15. The name and new member, OK.

This is a site for Democrats. Contact a member of your local Democratic party for assistance in becoming a member.

[blogslut]

16. Here's the thing. DU keywords are mighty.

Go to the Google machine and type in "is there a republican underground" (without the quotation marks, natch)

See that? Your OP is the third search result.

So, yes. There are sites where wingnuts gather but I won't mention them on DU because they don't get to leach our traffic.

[stopdiggin]

17. you mean like for serious conservative opinion? I'm not sure if there is such a thing

they're pretty much drowned out by the Breitbart, QAnon, Hannity, Limbaugh stuff. Are you sure you want to go for a swim in the cesspool?

[Raine]

18. There's a site called the conservative

cave, where they mostly make fun of DU, they have a whole section devoted to just that.