I've noticed some real bad spellin' on DU lately

[DonRedwood]

I don't know if y'all have noticed but there seems to be some really bad spellin' and some darn right awful bad grammar on DU lately.

I call it the "200 club". It's this sudden rash of anti-health care, anti-Obama, Anti-democrat postings that are wrapped up in little stories about personal experience. And they all seem to come from members who are hitting the 200s in their posts. ' I have this cousin's friend's sister who is going to have to pay thousands more in health care. Obama has really, really hurt them".

So I'd just like to say hello to that DU Troll who is quietly trying to manipulate the conversation on here. Hello and welcome to DU. We know you are here, we can smell your dirty little tricks a mile away. You think you are very smart but the twisted logic you use only works on the under-educated and the stupid.

This place is about sourcing facts. You never do that. Just an emotional tale of woe brought upon you by insuring the uninsured. Another family ripped apart by the evils of Obamacare. Another plea we shouldn't support the President based on some flimsy story about an Uncle's, sheep sheerer's nephew who has a friend whose life has been ruined because he now has to be insured. Always a low poster, a new member or, sometimes, a similar story with similar phrasing coming from several different posters over the course of a few days...and all with similar numbers of posts.

So, a pardon to new DUers who are here for excellent conversation. If you are in the 100-200 # of postings I am skeptical of you. There are trolls here who take great pleasure in trying to wreck things. As we weed them out by their terrible logic, and their lies you must pardon us as we get to know you. But please accept our welcome. We are thrilled to have you here and look forward to you sharing your knowledge and insight.

But there is mischief afoot. Luckily by fools. Fools who don't spel so good.

Happy Weekend everybody and a big welcome to all the new DUers this round of Washington craziness has brought us!

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Well Don, it does not help that some of us are giving up

on the site for the most part.

So you will hear more from the 100 and 200 club.

Enjoy.

I just wanted to kick this observation of yours. It's a good one.

Now back to my fiction.

[DonRedwood]

6. I've taken breaks before as well

I hope you don 't go. Your postings have always been interesting and your voice is one of the first I remember from when I joined here.

[Skittles]

85. ???

just put those assholes on Ignore

[Pretzel_Warrior]

94. I think she has, for the most part.

[nadinbrzezinski]

95. They are, don't help anymore

so outside of short answers, and atta boys... anyway, there are other things in life to a news aggregator, which is what DU is becoming. For that Huffpost does a far better job.

[DonRedwood]

116. I don't have a single person on ignore.

I always figure, if a bigmouth like me can't face them, then we're in a world of hurt.

[Codeine]

145. She has 85% of DU on ignore.

Her ignorance is legendary. . .

[Skittles]

154. I like nadin

[yourmovemonkey]

143. As someone with a very low post count

As someone with a very low post count, I'd like you to know how much I appreciate your posts. I've only just recently signed up, but I've been coming here to read for many years. I'm sure there are a lot of people, just like me, who don't feel the need to comment so often when there are people much more articulate and informed than ourselves in a discussion. A sincere thank you from a shy DUer. My low post count doesn't mean I'm not paying close attention to the knowledgeable folks who add to the conversation. You're one of them.

[pangaia]

144. Your comment IS INDEED very articulate.

Much more than I am. so, don't be shy. Jump in the deep end.

edited for spelling.. see what I mean. :&gt

[nadinbrzezinski]

146. Thanks, just that some of us have had it

[Skittles]

155. f*** them, nadin

stay and fight

[jeff47]

2. Huked on fonix wurked fur mee! (nt)

[northoftheborder]

3. Curious that poor spelling goes along with distorted facts. Duh. Giveaway to poor education.

[Egnever]

11. Sorry but education does not equal

Good facts. I know plenty of educated people that are blithering idiots.

[DonRedwood]

16. or good spelling.

But logic and problem solving comes from your environment a lot of the times.

[MADem]

54. They may have dun gone to skool but they wurnt edjumacated....

[ThomThom]

81. Cruz to name one

someone should point out the spell checker at the bottom of the message page

[northoftheborder]

112. You're right, i was stretching the analogy.

[spooky3]

135. Example #1: Ted Cruz

[Jackpine Radical]

151. I have only one thing to add, to wit(less):

[UncleYoder]

4. Well don't shoot me.

I aint even got a garage.
You can call home
and ask my wife.

[DonRedwood]

9. Well, I welcome you personally

And look forward to what you have to add to the conversation on DU.

Great tagline, by the way...worry is a thief.

[jtuck004]

102. LOL n/t

[Gore1FL]

148. I hadn't heard that reference in a loooong time!

I hope you have something other than green teeth!

[Jackpine Radical]

153. So, where DO you keep your Commie flag?

[UncleYoder]

156. That song always makes me smile.

"He's a snake in the grass, I tell ya guys
He may look dumb but that's just a disguise
He's a mastermind in the ways of espionage"

They all started lookin' real suspicious at him and
He jumped up and said "Now just wait a minute Jim!
You know he's lyin' I been livin' here all of my life!"

[Jackpine Radical]

157. From back in the days before Charlie turned on us.

It was sad. Charlie's such a great fiddler, but I guess he figured his audience didn't dig that hippie shit.

[lunatica]

5. Thanks! I needed that

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

7. This low count poster is

Thrilled about the ACA,considering the current alternatives.I hope it's the first step toward single payer.I can't wait for my coverage to kick in.

Also I theenk I cun spel purty gud moste timmes.

[DonRedwood]

10. A very hearty welcome!

And, believe me, we don't agree on everything in here but our hearts are in the right place!

[Flatulo]

88. Some people put spaces after commas and between sentences.

Like this, see? Since we're picking on low count posters today.
^ ^

[Callmecrazy]

93. You misspelled "good"

But welcome anyway.

[Egnever]

8. My spelling sucks

I dont think spelling has any correlation to trolls.

Some trolls may spell badly but that does not mean anyone who spells poorly is a troll.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

14. But, that's why there is a "Check Spelling" button. Easy to use, by "Post My Reply" nt

[DonRedwood]

19. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

They haven't figured that out yet.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

28. Sorry, (But reality can be explained to trolls in many ways and they still don't understand.)

But if they are smart enough to understand the 'Check Spelling' button, maybe there is hope they aren't compete Zombies...

[louis-t]

33. "check spelling" gives you options.

"Nah, I speeled it curreckly, ignore!"

[DontTreadOnMe]

53. Spelling Deniers!

Who says that's the correct way to spell a word!

[Egnever]

21. Or you could just use chrome

That checks your spelling automatically without hitting any buttons at all. But then all you highly educated people know that right?

[freshwest]

121. Chrome is evil. Google has gone to the dark side, haven't you heard? We'll be spying on you now:

NSA kitteh sees your every keystroke! He knows so much, he's got a headache!

[kestrel91316]

47. There is?? Good lord, I NEVER saw that before. Seriously.

And there is is, right there.

I'm a complete maroon.

[ajk2821]

60. Cause "Check Spelling" is a gateway to SATAN!!!!!!!

Or is it spelled SATIN!!!!???!?!

We don't want no hippie Wicca SPELL CHECK? See the word SPELL is in the title...

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

71. You may have something there. Speaking is "Casting a spell" of sorts... nt

[niyad]

84. DARN-- you were NOT supposed to give that little fact away!!

[totodeinhere]

36. Correct. And the more articulate ones are the most dangerous ones.

And I doubt if many paid right wing trolls are bad spellers. They would need a certain competence in order to get that job.

[aka-chmeee]

48. But correct usage of adverbs says a lot, too.

Pet peeve, glad to see that someone still uses them.

[WilliamPitt]

12. Bunch of loosers.

[DonRedwood]

13. morans

[WilliamPitt]

15. Series.

Asparagus.

[ieoeja]

18. Oh no! Know your doing it to. n/t

[WilliamPitt]

22. Did you see the thread in LBN?

The Vatican had a papal medal made, and whoever made it misspelled "Jesus" as "Lesus."

My Jod, it's lust terrible.

[Ikonoklast]

38. Holy Grist Almighty, how did they manage that?

Gary Mother of God, this world is going to Hell.

[totodeinhere]

42. Anyone can make a typo. I'm terrible at that but I'm not a troll either.

And educators will tell you that good spelling is an aptitude rather than a function of intelligence. There are some very intelligent people out there who can't spell worth a damn. And spell checkers are nice but not 100% effective. But I found found that DU's spell checker is better than the built in Firefox checker.

[ThomThom]

83. It's the thinkos that can be really embarrassing

but we all make mistakes

[Squinch]

110. But they recalled them, and now the ones that are still out there are worth a fortune.

The Lord must love bad spellers...

[louis-t]

34. Ooooooh, I HATE that one.

[msanthrope]

40. This is hugh! nt

[IveWornAHundredPants]

76. "Loosers" is in my top three ARRRGHH HOW CAN THEY BE SO DUMB spelling quirks.

The others are "Ghandi" (or "Gandi&quot and "Opps." Come on, how hard is it to spell "oops?"

[Iggo]

101. Definately.

[TeeYiYi]

122. That's the one...

...that drives me insane. What in the H. E. Doubletoothpicks is going on? It has become pervasive across the internets and insidious in its prevalence.

I'm reminded of the campaign to replace the pronunciation of 'nuclear' with "nookuler."

TYY

[Rex]

17. O grate. a speelin nasi!

tn.

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. I love when they switch between the bad spelling and complex discourse

"My wife was worried that her cuzin would stoled her truck, because her cousin is the very model of a modern major general!"

What a buffoon.

[REP]

79. That one had me vacillating between tears of laughter and pain

BUT I managed not avoid being drownded in the deluge.

[valerief]

23. You must mean "anti-democratic" not "anti-democrat", right? nt

[DonRedwood]

25. Both :0)

[Southside]

24. As a newbie, I find it interesting that you can detect moles.

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So many Tea Party members hate the Republican Party making it difficult at times to differentiate a progressive bashing from a Tea Party bashing. A post that reads "that repug boner is caving", I can't assume that person leans left anymore.

When I read a post from a new member that sounds like a freep post, I will go back and read their earlier posts, in almost every case, I will see posts that criticize republicans mixed with terms like "repugs", "retags" " repukes" etc,.

Good luck sorting them out, they often put out disinformation or contact information favorable to their cause. Hopefully, in a small way, it is flattering to have the Tea Party stalking DU.

[DonRedwood]

27. Welcome!

I've also noticed those questionable name-calling tactics. Very rarely do many of the long term members I follow use those name callings. Though, it could just be that I have gravitated to posters who don't use those tactics.

[Southside]

72. Thank You

I read that Rush sent an attack here in 2008, that is insane, but a tribute to the power of DU.

Thanks again for the welcome.

[jeff47]

30. The typical pattern is to make a few brief posts

that they think "sound democrat". They appear to believe that will build up their credibility. Then they'll start on lengthy posts that just so happen to follow the right-wing narrative of the day.

[DonRedwood]

44. and then they get mad and the facade crumbles

they usually self-sabotage themselves because they just can't keep that boiling hate tamped down inside for too long.

Though, I think there are a couple of long-time DUers that might also be moles. They never go far enough to get in trouble but they are not particularly supportive of any given democrats.

[kestrel91316]

52. I'm pretty sure I know which two you mean. Been noticing lack of support for anything Democratic for

years with them.

[Fumesucker]

119. That works the other way too

One of DU's most memorable, popular and long lasting trolls had "Fuck Nader" as his battle cry and regularly posted "X percent of Liberal Democrats Love Obama" OP's.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=127001

[chervilant]

134. Wowzer!!!

There's one that can drop off the ol' ignore list...

[Comrade Grumpy]

152. Yet he still has a 40% chance of appearing on juries? Huh?

[kestrel91316]

50. I use "repukes" all the time, lol, and I am pretty sure I'm not a teabagger or RW er of any sort.

[Rozlee]

26. I luv the ACA.

It's saving the life of the mother of my grandson in WV. Indigent care in WV was terrible before Extended Medicaid and now, she's been able to get care for her brittle Diabetes and circulation in her legs.

A big problem I had a couple of years ago. Some grammar Nazis got all over a DU'er that had poor grammar and spelling and who I know for a fact had English as her second language. Not cool. Belittling and mocking someone as being uneducated and ignorant has no place in our forum and is a form of bullying, especially when the person was indeed educated and knowledgeable and struggling to learn the language.

[Diclotican]

46. Rozlee

Rozlee

I think one of them, was me - I do have what you can call a bad grammar - even as I suspect it is starting to improve... But yeah - it was not to funny being named out all the time for the grammar - even as I suspect I write better english than they do with my native language anytime of the day...

Diclotican

[Rozlee]

49. *

[Diclotican]

75. Rozlee

Rozlee



Diclotican

[steve2470]

64. I always enjoy your posts, Diclotican

Your English is 100000000000000000000% better than my Norsk

[Diclotican]

74. steve2470

steve2470

Thank you - I try to keep on track most of the time

And yeah, I suspect I'm better in english than many here is in norsk, or norwigian But I have discovered many who have ancestry from Scandinavia at least - and quite a few one who have Norwegian ancestry way back

Diclotican

[malokvale77]

107. One generation back here...

on my father's side.

You were one of the first DUers I responded to. I think it had to do with the Norwegian justice system. I always enjoy your posts.

Uff da! My grandmother's answer to almost everything.

[Diclotican]

111. malokvale77

malokvale77

Cool then you are "almost" Norwegian then And I think we have been talking to each other before - when it come to our justice system - I think it might have been around the time Breivik was in court for his crimes, after 22 july 2011..
I try to stay civilized even if my opponent are using a faul language - I'm not to well into the more colorfully language in the english language, so I keep it civilized - so at least I have my corner covered

Yeah - Uff da is a way to express everything - from a mild confusing to the opposite - and many americans who have ancestry back to Norway - have told that they do remember their older family members often express it that way when something was going bad... It is kind of a classic Norwegian expression - and most people will use it one way or another I guess..

Diclotican

[malokvale77]

114. Yes, it was about Breivik.

Many here were upset that Norway would not give him the death sentence.

Uff da, so barbaric.

[Diclotican]

117. malokvale77

malokvale77

I do remember the uproar - when Breivik got a life sentence - of 21 year - plus "protective custody" for as long as it would be seen needed to keep him out of circulation - and from what is known he would be there in his prison cell for a long time - mostly because he have never shown any form of remorse - or at least to say that he might had been in the wrong.. He have stated, rather publicity that if he was given his freedom again - he would try to go after the government - or organizations like AUF again - to kill even more if he had the possibility to do it..

But, it is Norwegian LAW who gave him that sentence - and in our constitution it is stated rather clearly that no law can be given after the fact - and that a murderer can be sentenced to a stricter law than the strictest law who was at the books when the crime happened.. And at the time mr Breivik killed so many and kind of turned us all upside down here in Norway - the strictest punishment you could be given was 21 year plus be kept in protective custody - for as long as deemed necessary - of course a court would have to decide every 5 year - if persons like Breivik is sane enough to possible given a new Chance in life.. Even though I doubt Breivik will be given his freedom the next 30 year.. Mostly because no Justice Minister in Norway, will pardon this guy.. It would be a kind of pardon that would ruin chances for the Prime minister to ever have any governance in Norway for life - and I guess mr Breivik will be kept under lock and key at least to his 70th birthday.

I think Norway have a decent law system - who works in Norway - we have not had death penalty in Norway since 1848 - when the last one was hanged in Oslo, he had been stealing horses and doing many other rather horrible crimes in a few years - and after that - everyone who was punished with "death penalty" was instead given life without parole in some of the fortresses in Norway - where they had to work for the best of the community for the rest of their natural life.. But as the century progressed - also the justice system progresses - and by the late 1860s some of the first modern prisoners was build - and the criminals kept there.. Most of them is today closed down and demolished - but it exist a few ones, who still is in use - albeit modernized to a better standard than the 1870s...

The last time death penalty was used in Norway - was after World War two - when 25 of the worst criminals, who had been supporters of Germany when they was in this country - got the death penalty - as part of the court proses after the war - it was officially over 40 who got the death penalty - but most of them was given pardon from the death penalty - and in most cases was given pardon even from prison by 1960.. Most of them wa in fact given freedom in the late 1950s - but was not given "all the rights of a citizen" for another decade.. Aka the right to vote in elections and so one.. And even the use of death penalty in Norway - bu 1945-46 when the proses against war criminals, and supporters of the occupying Germany - the use of Death Penalty was not that popular - and it is maybe one of the reasons most of them who formally was given the death penalty in the end was not killed - even if they definitely could have been excecuted...

And most of them who ended up death after the cort process was shot by rifles - either at the fortress in Oslo or in Trondheim a few ones was also executed in Bergen - but for the most part, it was in Oslo and Trondheim the 25 was executed after the war... And they was given that sentence by the treason laws in our law system - and the military law who until 1975 formally could give death penalty to enemies of the State.. Today no one can be executed in Norway - at least not legal - as we do not have any death penalty - that be in the civilian law system - or the military system.. In fact all criminal charges over fines is given to the civilian court to be deiced there - as the military system is not sovereign from the civilian court system in Norway..

Diclotican

[malokvale77]

118. That's pretty much the way my grandmother told it.

By the way she was from Trondheim. My grandfather was a fisherman from one of the Kvale Islands off the coast (hence my name).

[DonRedwood]

124. *1 from me as well

[Chaco Dundee]

89. good point

Many of these spelling bee stars never mastered a second language.

[DonRedwood]

126. welcome Chaco DUndee

I hope DU treats you well!

[mecherosegarden]

29. My spelling is horrible!

I struggled with my spelling during my graduate school. I took several classes trying to learn proper writing skills. I can write perfectly in Spanish ( my native language) but I really do poorly in English. And in top of that, I tend to switch letters and numbers , although I am not dyslexic. I don't post very often to avoid offending anyone. And I am not a troll... actually , I am a Clinical Psychologist looking for a post doctoral job in California

[DonRedwood]

45. I have to use spell check religiously

A good soul is a good soul, spelling be damned!

I also end up going back and fixing a ton of errors after I post.

But it is the tone of the message that is the only true giveaway.

[RebelOne]

61. So do I. I don't post until I have run the spell check.

I am a retired copy editor and spell check is my dear friend.

[DonRedwood]

136. I was a copy editor right out of college!

I think it is why I spot patterns quickly in people's writings. Hence me noticing a couple of different profiles that were posting very similarly constructed tales of woe.

[steve2470]

66. good luck with your job search !

[mecherosegarden]

90. Thank you!

It seems that everything is geared toward children . I would love to work with older adults.

[BluegrassStateBlues]

31. oh pls

i got a chain lettar today that told me about eval stuf goin on with this bamacare and stuff

and how he named it aftar alabama to make it seem gud for every1

how can u deny that its not a communion plot to overthaw america?

[DonRedwood]

127. Hello and welcome!

We love hearing from our Southern Democrats.

[Aldo Leopold]

32. Good call, DonRedwood, but don't you know

"sheep sheerer's" is properly spelled "sheap sheerer's"? Sheash...

[louis-t]

37. Sh...shep....shooopp...

Arrrrggh!

[DonRedwood]

128. Whatever it is, except a sheepish welcome to DU

glad to have you in the herd.

[Myrina]

35. ... sadly, some of them offset the 'WOW! It's better than wonderbread!' infomercial posts ...

.... which are so comprehensive and slickly worded but still devoid of detail that they could have been written by an OFA staffer.

Don't kid yourself ... trolls exists on both sides of any issue.

[leftstreet]

39. Disgruntled Dems don't copy/paste their grievances

Could explain it?

[IkeRepublican]

41. Yeah, I can see some of it too

Barely been a member here for a week or two and can see some posts that appear strangely similar to some of the trollings on Raw Story's comment sections. Not a lot, but they do jump out rather brightly.

[DonRedwood]

125. Let me welcome you to DU!

It's usually just a couple but lately we seem to be a little troll heavy. But it is still my favorite place on the web.

Hope you enjoy your visits!

[Coyotl]

43. they mispel a lot.

They even say they don't "mispell" in a post I had to "grammar police"

[L0oniX]

51. splell chek iz yore freind

[OldEurope]

55. Could you tell me

why you spell

anti-health care, anti-Obama, Anti-democrat
in a different way?

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

56. Another idea here...

I switched from computer to a pad, it seems like my spelling skills went down. Although the pad auto-corrects sometime it's not what I intended. Plus I seem to hit the wrong place on the letters, can't call them buttons.

But I get your point. Too true.

Love the ACA. I'm covered by the VA but ACA is going to be for my wife, I'll sleep better knowing she's covered.

[ybbor]

57. I've been here for a long time

I just never comment. As you see this is only post #100, but I've been a daily reader since 2004 and a member since 2008.

I'm not a troll, but if your a yooper I wood be. (I live below the bridge, Mackinac that is)

[DonRedwood]

129. Well, congrats on breaking 100!

it has to be more of a math problem...low count + negative attitude + constant digs at Democrats + bad spelling.

None of them would be enough on their own. It's the combinations of those that I'm talking about.

[watoos]

58. I'm a low count poster

but I can give personal examples of young Republican friends of mine who have signed up for Obamacare. I think they still hate Pres Obama, but they are happy with the insurance.

[DonRedwood]

130. Welcome watoos!

[murielm99]

59. "This place is about sourcing facts."

That is an excellent way to put it, Don. That is why I come here. And if I can't find the facts, someone at DU always seems to know how to help. Of course I know Google and Snopes are my friends.

We get a troll infestation from time to time. We seem to ride it out.

I guess if they can't spell their protest signs, they can't spell their trollish posts, either.

[Blue_In_AK]

62. And then there's autocorrect.

I'm an excellent speller, but I'm amazed at what sometimes shows up in my posts when I'm using the iPad.

[yuiyoshida]

63. I love it here...

I should have come sooner... Hugs to my friend, (she Knows who she is)..for inviting me!

[AsahinaKimi]

67. Shhhhhhhhhh...

nobody knows... oops.

[yuiyoshida]

68. bwahahahahaha!

[JeffHead]

65. Who needs spellin?

[fadedrose]

69. You tell'em Don...

we'er witcha.....

[ChazII]

70. I need a grammar check program. n/t

[DJ13]

73. Im just a moran, sorry

[Richardo]

77. *shearer

[valerief]

82. As requested

[Theyletmeeatcake2]

97. Awwww.....how the fuck do i unwatch this????

As a disillusioned catholic i don't know whether to laugh or cry....

[valerief]

100. That's the correct reaction. nt

[DissidentVoice]

78. My spelling is quite good, I think

The only "caveat" to that is that I use Oxford/Commonwealth spellings, like the rest of the Anglosphere.

Why?

Because I LIKE them. Noah Webster wasn't necessarily correct! If he had been, why don't we spell "neighbour" as "nabor" (apologies to Jim; I still like "Gomer Pyle USMC&quot ? I drove my teachers in high school nuts with it.

The main problem I see here on DU is the unstated expectation that one must support everything President Obama and all past Democrats have done.

That is not going to happen, not from me.

I believe Mr. Obama was completely wrong in not pushing for single-payer, caving on the public option, re-authorising the Patriot Act and all this NSA BS.

I believe Bill Clinton was completely wrong in rolling over and playing dead on health care in 1994, and even worse for jumping on Newt Gingrich's "the era of big government is over!" bandwagon.

That's it, for anyone who cares.

[Pretzel_Warrior]

80. dont be talcing about my langwage.

we aer all jus humane and need to give each other the bennifitt of the dowt.

[Zorra]

86. Yuppie Third Way corporatist trolls who can pay for private insurance are calling

all the folks who desperately need insurance and are complaining about spending 50 hrs trying to navigate the healthcare.gov website, and $50 dollars in cell phone phone charges calling healthcare.gov, RW trolls. It doesn't matter how many posts you have, or if you can't spell, or are a spelling bee champion.

I've just about been called a RW troll for complaining about Experian and the other RW corporations who deliberately put bugs in the system.

Who knew? Go figure. What a shock.

[Buddaman]

87. I spel gooder when I tryed ta...

[The Wizard]

91. Helter Skelter (NT)

[Kingofalldems]

92. K and R for the disgusting teabaggers

[Mira]

96. We suffer fools relatively gladly

they make us laugh and we love to spot them and send them on.

[last1standing]

98. The fires are stoked. Let the witch hunt begin!

I'm glad you're around to make sure that new members of DU are made aware that their comments and beliefs are suspect until you give them the green light.

Now, do you accuse me of being a troll because I don't have as many posts as you, or do I get to call you a troll for signing up to the site later than me?

Either way, this OP is horrible. There will be good Democrats who are happy with ACA and good Democrats who believe it is flawed legislation that needs to be fixed. Bullying them into submission doesn't help anyone.

[Vashta Nerada]

99. Hey! I only have 200-something posts and I'm not a troll!

It's because of the ACA that I will have health insurance come January 1!

[DonRedwood]

131. You're just very full of good news tonight! Welcome to DU

[Vashta Nerada]

133. Is that sarcasm?

It's hard to tell.

[Warpy]

103. I've noticed it, too, and it's the kind that can't be atrributed to typos

After all, I'm an expert in Typoese and have been since I flunked typing in junior high school. However, these are glaring illiteracies.

I'm sure some of them are recovering Republicans, still used to getting their information through their ears but listening to Rachel Maddow instead of that damfool Beck. Even Maddow can't improve the spelling of folks who don't read, though.

Some of them are the troll brigade, as you very rightly suspect. Don't worry, they won't last long. People who aren't smart enough to write clearly aren't smart enough to fool people who can for very long.

[Paper Roses]

104. 'spel so good'.....Love it.

[mountain grammy]

105. First time for me, I voted to hide a post. It was unanimous.

When I read the post, my stomach hurt, like someone kicked me. I didn't look up the poster, too many good posts to read on DU to waste my time.

[jberryhill]

106. Smartphones

Poor spelling used to be more indicative of something about the poster before the advent of smartphones.

Typing with your thumbs on a small screen is not conducive to good form.

[malokvale77]

113. Even on a keyboard...

It is difficult when you have RA. It seems that is also an offense on DU.

There seems to be a lot of "you made a mistake so you are a troll" going on here.

My brother, who is visually impaired, won't post here, because of the call out on silly typos. He is far from stupid. His whole life has been full of ridicule just because he can't see things as others do.

When did democrats lose empathy?

PS: I took a long time to type this in hopes my gnarled fingers wouldn't make a mistake.

[doc03]

108. So iffin we cant spel to good you ar sayen we is trols and

sutch. I thinks u is paintin wif a brood brush. Ar u sayin we cant be good DU membrs
unlessen we spel good.

[awoke_in_2003]

109. the worse trolls are the ones that came here...

in the 2008 timeframe during Rush's Operation Chaos (during the primaries). They know how to skate that very thin line of being extremely irritating, but not enough to get TS'ed. Not saying all that came here then were part of it, but when I start smelling troll I see a lot of people who came here then.

[tiredtoo]

115. Are you suggesting we have been invaded by

a bunch of "morans"?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

123. You betcha! (nt)

[freshwest]

120. BUT WUT BOUT MAH LOLZCAT SPELLIN? IZ I TROLL NAO, 2?

But seriously, yes, I've seen what you've seen. Including one with 200 posts who had Recs like a Democrat that said the ACA was trying to force a 'black' law on white people. I should have asked for the poster to add a smilie, maybe.

I reasoned he may have been clumsily trying to suggest that's why there is so much RW resistance to the ACA, they won't be told to do something for their own good, from THAT MAN in the White House. To which I'd say, give us more 'black' laws!

Plus another one's first post saying he was a Republican, liberals are intolerant of free speech and he wanted to debate the facts and was giving us a chance. With some wrong facts added, too.

I didn't respond to either, since it was so late at night it was early into the next day. Really, I haven't had the time for battling them, as I'm looking for facts and the very latest decisions.

This waiting game is hell. October 17th and the month of November are coming fast. And many Americans are scrambling.

But yes, they are coming out of the woodwork. I wonder if any will reply on this thread, LOL.

[DonRedwood]

141. You're too much of a softy to ever be called a troll!!

Though, I have a little troll cat here who thinks walking on my head at 5 a.m. on a Saturday is a super fun game!!!

[freshwest]

142. And you were caught on video!

Well, not really...

[LWolf]

132. Unadulterated BULLSHIT.

My spelling and grammar are just fine, thanks, and I have a bit more than a couple of hundred posts or a couple of years in. My personal experiences are valid. My point of view is valid.

If I want to criticize the ACA, which is a health INSURANCE mandate, not health CARE, or criticize Obama, neither of those things are anti-democratic. They also are not anti-Democratic.

Call me a fool. DU3 allows most personal attacks, so go right ahead. I'll call you disingenuous, and move on to something more productive.

[DonRedwood]

138. Obviously I wasn't talking about you then

And I have no problem calling out Democrats or my party when they are off-base.

I'm just talking about this sudden rash of new people who have similar stories, and some similar spelling errors. And, when you look at their other comments, they are all very anti everything Democrats pretty much agree on.

Trolls are trolls. The rest of us are just opinionated. But there is certainly a difference.

So, sorry to offend if you mistook what I said--but my post was about new members and low posters who have nothing positive to contribute in any of the conversations they have entered. I doubt you fall into any of those categories.

[LWolf]

139. I don't fall into any of those categories.

I never HAVE related, though, to the concern some show over possible "trolls." I'm sure every internet site has a few, but why feed them?

[grantcart]

137. New and Concerned.

[Sunlei]

140. Populism tactic. Look like one of 'the people' misspellings & all-get in the "anti-obamacare" theme

To post on message boards and comment in news articles is a job in a lot of paid media businesses. Populism tactic is part of propaganda. RW especially their Corp. buddies- spend billions on propaganda because it works.

or maybe an ignorant troll who gets a rise out of the feed & trolls for free to much time on their hands. They should grab one of those paid media troll JOBS

[Rebellious Republican]

147. Careful Don....

I resemble that remark! Remember a PM a while back?

[mrsadm]

149. I've been a member here since 2002, and yet,

I've had only about 400 posts. More of a reader than a talker.

Remember, don't feed the trolls!

[Jackpine Radical]

150. Wat R yuo tying to say hear?