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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday is the start of my 23rd year here on DU
I had lurked for a while here in 2001. It was a place for me to help retain my sanity as I watched W steal the presidency. Along with Bartcop, Media Whores Online, and Atrios, it gave me vital information that often ran counter to the prevailing media narrative.
The day after 9/11, I made an account and started to contribute. I met and have read so many fantastic posters here. I have been through 5 election cycles, and all of the in-fighting that goes with Democratic primaries. DU has seen me through four job changes, a house fire, and cancer.
Just wanted to shout out to the founders, the mods, the contributors here. All of the news gatherers and posters that make this such a vital place. Looking forward to many more years ahead.
It's nice to know that so many people actively support the party of human values, kindness, care, and equity.
malaise
(269,761 posts)Get thee to the greatest page RFN 😀😀
ProfessorPlum
(11,285 posts)and I treasure your contributions
malaise
(269,761 posts)samplegirl
(11,577 posts)twenty years myself. It went so fast. We have all been through so much since the Bush years.
Thanks to D.U. it kept many of us sane.
twodogsbarking
(10,113 posts)Win win. Good for you Professor.
betsuni
(26,002 posts)because I was disgusted by the attacks on women members and wanted to support them. The beginning of anti-Democratic pro-Russia populist attacks that peaked in 2016.
multigraincracker
(32,858 posts)All you have to do now is out live your competition.
hibbing
(10,123 posts)Lunabell
(6,159 posts)I've been around almost that long. Life long Democrat, though. In the never have I ever game, my answer would be "voted for a republican "!
PCIntern
(25,735 posts)Whoever produced that, and to my knowledge that's still a very big question, was brilliant. I've been trying to figure out who it was for years - whenever I see someone who is creative in his or her pithiness, I follow them to see if they are The One.
ProfessorPlum
(11,285 posts)brilliant, scathing, with honest language and insider info
PCIntern
(25,735 posts)I will be celebrating my 20th year next year. It has been a great experience...
mamacita75
(73 posts)ProfessorPlum!
DU has been a mainstay in my life for as many years!
I really do believe that only the sane with survive.
MiHale
(9,854 posts)Kinda of a newbie, 14 years lurked for far longer than I should have. Learned so much here.
CTyankee
(63,945 posts)sellitman
(11,616 posts)Member since: Sun Nov 28, 2004, 12:58 PM
Almost at 20 years here.
Now that I'm retired it's even more appreciated.
Cheers!
murielm99
(30,813 posts)sensible posts.
I lurked for a year and joined in 2003. Any of us who join discussion groups are going to have our disagreements from time to time. But we learn a lot here, and make good friends, don't we?
I am glad you are here.
underpants
(183,280 posts)ProfessorPlum
(11,285 posts)so glad to see you still here too
underpants
(183,280 posts)My anniversary is coming up too. Same basic story about reading here and the joining.
2naSalit
(87,258 posts)It's a place that is vital for many of us! Glad you're here to participate!
ancianita
(36,275 posts)for sharing a little of your history here. I'm an aged newb, and love to learn of the OG's of this special place.
Long may you run.
sinkingfeeling
(51,553 posts)SouthernDem4ever
(6,618 posts)I still go read the older stuff on bartcop.com. Also CrookandLiars.com is still going strong but now is behind a paywall.
niyad
(114,381 posts)posts, for being part of this great community. Here's to many more.
ProfessorPlum
(11,285 posts)niyad
(114,381 posts)Frances
(8,553 posts)I joined May 10, 2001, at 2 AM
I echo your sentiments
ProfessorPlum
(11,285 posts)I love it
LoisB
(7,302 posts)blm
(113,177 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)and of course you're among those I'm grateful for.
On to the future!
herding cats
(19,569 posts)DU is indeed a unique and special place.
bif
(22,899 posts)Good on ya!
Member since: Wed Aug 29, 2001, 05:00 AM
Permanut
(5,782 posts)and thanks for your contributions to this incredible community.
Therefore, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the Universitatus
Committeeatum e pluribis unum, I hereby
confer upon you the honorary degree of Th.D. -
That is, Doctor of Thinkology, with permanent tenure at Democratic Underground.
BumRushDaShow
(130,846 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(146,489 posts)Spazito
(50,796 posts)kskiska
(27,054 posts)FirstLight
(13,406 posts)I agree, this place has been a haven through everything we've seen and been through...as well as personally having support in trying times.
Love to ALL my DU peeps!!!
(ETA: huh, it says 2008 on my profile, wonder if I changed it back when we changed names a long time ago...I know I was here during the W years...weird lol)
mike_c
(36,281 posts)DU can be infuriating sometimes, but I stick around for the positive experiences. I've learned a tremendous amount here, from politics to history to online behavior.
Aristus
(66,656 posts)I registered a month after 9/11/2001. (for years I had misremembered it as the day after.)
Good to see you still here!
ProfessorPlum
(11,285 posts)H2O Man
(73,839 posts)Way recommended, at that.
Emile
(23,518 posts)Raine
(30,565 posts)Skittles
(153,538 posts)I too despaired over the Supreme Court picking that piece of shit Dubya as president - where the hell is THAT written anywhere? I had lurked in 2001 and joined DU a month before the tragic events of 9/11. And I too treasure being in an environment free that is for the most part free of hateful assholes, especially since I live in a red state. DU has long been my oasis of sanity.
bluestarone
(17,230 posts)Happy to be part of the family here. What a great bunch here. We all need each other when America is under attack with these scumbags!!
Elessar Zappa
(14,193 posts)Many websites fell by the wayside with the advent of Facebook and Twitter. DU is still here. Ive been here for 20 years, I was 19 years old and very concerned about the march to war with Iraq. Glad youre here, Professor Plum!
roamer65
(36,749 posts)Wow.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,592 posts)...and thank you for all your efforts over the years.
Friday will be 20 years for me.
Hekate
(91,313 posts)moniss
(4,274 posts)to read your posts. Thanks for mentioning Bartcop which got so many of us here and to MWO and many others. Some day I hope someone writes a book (a real book) about the early days of the Progressive/Liberal internet people who worked so hard every day to have content and to reach out to like minded folk and those who may have been just wondering. Those efforts to maintain sites, develop content and build up a good list of links have been critically important to us all.