If I make the longest OP EVER, what do I win?

[Are_grits_groceries]

I will only fill it with articles of facts and links to those articles about one side of a topic.
It will prove I can google and ignore anything else.
Then I will use that as evidence I am right, and that anybody who disagrees with me is on THE OTHER SIDE.
That should do it!

[polichick]

1. Might get you a job somewhere.

[DesMoinesDem]

3. A nice paycheck.

[Egalitarian Thug]

65. Nah, they pay shit. Why do you think they are working so hard to re-legalize slavery?

The saddest thing is that there are morons out there that will happily do it for free.

[Apophis]

40. Ha!

[Electric Monk]

2. ?

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. DU's coveted Truthiness Award?

[zappaman]

5. Yes, how dare anyone say the support a Democratic president on DU!!!!

Oh, the outrage!

[Are_grits_groceries]

7. Wait! Whut? nt

[zappaman]

11. Huh?

Lemme guess...
Your alert was unsuccessful so you start this bullshit/callout OP?


AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service

At Wed Jul 10, 2013, 02:39 PM an alert was sent on the following post:

What
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3217504

REASON FOR ALERT:

This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)

ALERTER'S COMMENTS:

Disruptive because of its extreme size. It has already been posted as its own thread - could be referred to with a link. Don't want to start having this wall of text/images show up in every thread.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Wed Jul 10, 2013, 02:49 PM, and the Jury voted 0-6 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Well, that's 15 minutes I'll never get back. Hot air but I don't know why it was alerted on.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Until it becomes a violation of TOS or explicitly forbidden, I don't see this as hideworthy. It's relevant. Obnoxious as hell, but relevant. Reluctantly vote to leave it alone.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Frivolous alert makes me wonder if alerter is on board with the goals and aspirations of DU and its membership. These shared aspirations do not include using every trick in the book to get commendable and perfectly DU-worthy OPs like this locked. Leave it.
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: It's a form of spamming another poster's thread. I'm sure we'll see a copy and paste of this reply again. And not just in its own thread. Other people do this as well.

But calling it a form of spam is just my opinion. So, leave.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Bwhahahahahahaahahahahahahaha!!!!!!! "Disruptive because of its extreme size." Wow. What a fucking reach! Look, I get that we have people here who don't like Obama. Why they are here, I don't know. Once again, I will say that I wish the admins starting thinning the herd of the libertarians and "independents" on this site. Shame on you alerter. Really...you suck.

Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[11 Bravo]

14. Exactly right! Juror #6 nailed it!

I love it when the "I alerted on a post but my whine got shitcanned" bunch gets exposed.

[Are_grits_groceries]

15. Please read your post again.

I think you left something out.

AND I didn't alert on anything. Please don't accuse someone when you don't have a clue.

You can start any thread you want. So can I or have those rules been changed?
If they get hidden, then so be it.

[Myrina]

6. Aw c'mon now, my comment on that thread was alerted on & hidden!!

It was no more 'critical' than others that may or may not have also been alerted on by the sycophants.
No fair that you get to start a whole thread of your own about it!

I'm telling mom!!

[Are_grits_groceries]

8. I never said I was going to play fair.

[Apophis]

9. I'm going to tell everyone here every single day that I like eating Cap'n Crunch for breakfast.

I'll tell 100 people every day that I like eating Cap'n Crunch. And when someone starts a thread saying they don't like Cap'n Crunch for breakfast because it gets too soggy in milk or it cuts the roof of their mouth, I'll reply to that thread and tell them why they're wrong and that the only right answer is to only eat Cap'n Crunch for breakfast. I'll post several links supporting my answer to my posts from other threads where other people complained they didn't like Cap'n Crunch. And after I reply in that thread, I'll start my own thread and post the same exact thing as I did in the post.

[madinmaryland]

10. Don't forget to cite other posts of yours on DU to support your post.

[bunnies]

12. Now I have to go on a hunt to figure out who youre mocking.

It'd be so much easier if you'd just say.

on edit: ah yes. Now I see. DU's favorite punching bag. I should have known.

[Blaukraut]

13. As opposed to an OP devoid of facts, filled with snark and condescension, stirring up mob mentality?

And let's not forget name calling, presenting personal anecdotes as proof of a larger truth, and dismissing anyone who disagrees with the OP as "not a real progressive" as if there is some sort of blueprint for progressives and liberals?

[Are_grits_groceries]

17. That has happened on both sides of any issue

as far as I can tell.

[Blaukraut]

18. It does, I agree

I'm sick of it, frankly.

[renie408]

28. If Johnny jumps off a bridge, are you going to?

At least the post you are obviously referring to took some effort.

And that OP did not come off looking like an ankle biter.

[Zorra]

16. You will win the George F. Will award for longest OP in that category. nt

[JoePhilly]

32. That particular award also requires you to make

multiple inaccurate and misleading references to obscure and insignificant historical events that know one has ever heard of.

[Zorra]

33. Whoops. Yep. And, of course, one of those events must be baseball related.

[font color="gray" size="2" face="face"]I forgot the fine print, didn't I?[/font]

[Pretzel_Warrior]

19. your OP was alerted on and passed the jury 4-2. that is ridiculous

because you are essentially attacking a poster that can write better than you and put more thought into their posts than you can.

[Are_grits_groceries]

20. That's your opinion, and

writing better than I do is not a very high standard.
In addition, links do not equal thoughts.

[Electric Monk]

22. quantity =/= quality (nt)

nt

[galileoreloaded]

29. turns out you are in the minority

here is a picture of a skiing squirrel.

[darkangel218]

38. How you know the OP is in minority?

I don't think they are. Alot of other DUers feel the same.

[galileoreloaded]

42. referring to the jury results. nt

[darkangel218]

44. Jurries are not always objective. and thats a fact.

[BainsBane]

35. Did you do an SOP alert?

That might be more appropriate.

[HappyMe]

21. Hopefully this one

will earn you a lock from GD hosts.

[AllINeedIsCoffee]

23. The respect you would deserve. nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

24. Touché nt

[NoOneMan]

27. 1) How many images/videos, 2) How many immediate snarky/sarcastic responses?

3) How many times did my posts get alerted in it.


That all gets factored into the win

[Skittles]

30. some kind of OCD prize, for sure

[dkf]

31. Make sure you kick your post numerous times too.

[RudynJack]

34. You should also go for the coveted Most OPs Award.

Don't let any random thought go unexpressed. Eat a strawberry that tasted a little "off"? Start a thread! Red light out of order down the street? Start a thread! Have an opinion that could be expressed in any of 50 other threads on the topic? Well that's no fun - start a new thread!

Learn to turn off your filter. Embrace Message Board Tourettes! Just let it rip!

I should start a thread about this...

[Laelth]

36. You ask a very good question that has been completely ignored.

What would you win, really?

What is the point of the behavior you describe?

Is it ethical? Reasonable? In good faith?

No, it's bullying ... its clear purpose is to silence dissent, to shut down the opposition, to demean critics, to end the conversation, and to control the message.

I am quite sick of those whose sole purpose in posting here is to "control the message." On that point, I share your frustration.

We happen to be open-minded liberals here, for the most part, and we instinctually resist having our minds "controlled" as some here try to do.

-Laelth

[carolinayellowdog]

48. The overt intention to persuade the unconvinced doesn't make any sense

There's a term called flooding that refers to the extremely prolific and long-winded participants in a discussion forum. Rather than an honest effort at discussion, flooding is a kind of bullying and the motive is as you say message control. Such participants are not going to make any converts, and their aggressiveness makes it apparent that isn't the goal. Rather, the goal seems to be to distort the dynamics of discussion. What is "won" by those who flood message boards with propaganda is our attention, which is being diverted from whatever topic the propagandists don't want to explore honestly and in depth.

[Mojorabbit]

54. + a gazillion. nt

[liberal_at_heart]

64. good observation. very true.

[darkangel218]

37. K&R!!

[reformist2]

39. We get to call you ProLonga?

[cali]

43. oh boy

[ProSense]

59. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=152034&sub=trans

[darkangel218]

45. Ummm.. something to do with Jurassic Park.

I wont say it though

[ProSense]

60. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=286706&sub=trans

[darkangel218]

63. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023087676

[reformist2]

66. 'Linkasaurus Rex' still makes me laugh.

I have to think even ProSense can see the humor in it.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

57. .

[Wounded Bear]

41. Well, it'll probably boost your number of ignorers...

[JI7]

46. i prefer OPs which complain about blue links and long threads

[malokvale77]

47. Please don't...

One here recently made my eyes roll back in my head.

Luv that kitty.

[malaise]

49. That's what you think

[Cha]

50. Instead you make a small petty thread about someone else's

work to make yourself look like a bmoc.

[Egalitarian Thug]

51. LOL&K&R For pissing off the right people. The authoritarian wackos thought they'd found

their (semi) literate saviour. Turns out it was just another retread with nothing new to add, nor anything of substance to say.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

58. x2

[mick063]

52. I didn't read it

The opposite of what was intended I suppose.

Subscribe to an old post, copy and paste, continuously add to it as you see more links that support your agenda.

Watch it grow like a chia pet.

They call it a "living document" except in this case it has become a "living" file cabinet.

A convenient way to build a browser library, but there are better methods out there.

[dkf]

62. Lol chia pet!!!

[WovenGems]

53. The prize

Your door gets kicked in
Your dog gets shot
You and the family are hogtied
Then you get told "Oops, my bad, wrong house".

[babylonsister]

55. Lame. Facts are fun, and they beat b.s. nt

[stevenleser]

56. Yes, I know, facts are evil things if they suggest Obama doesn't deserve to be attacked.

Even if the posted facts just suggest we need to have a clearer picture before we go off attacking Obama, or some other Democrat, that's evil. OK, yes, we get it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110211839

[bobduca]

61. Adulation

from like-minded prevaricators and fellow smear merchants!