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(8,361 posts)and that's when the fight broke out. lol. actually, I have no idea what prompted this.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)I guess I'm off to the second and third pages to try to narrow it down.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,117 posts)to other threads in which charges of "woo" were being thrown about indiscriminately - for example:
http://election.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4183692
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4271323
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4271774
It has been a pretty steady drumbeat.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)So the response was to the regular topics and it finally came to a head? I only log in once a day and I miss all the nuance of DU discussion.
Ms. Toad
(34,117 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)progressive here
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)I've seen GD flareups over a bunch of things, but this is fresh to me
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)That's why I asked, but I think I found the thread that started it all.
pecwae
(8,021 posts)Gender wars, Olive Garden, not so much.
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It also helped that the usual suspects seemed to be absent this weekend. Something about overtime, I think.
BarackTheVote
(938 posts)The Midway Rebel
(2,191 posts)joshcryer
(62,277 posts)If it started there it's a slow burn to be sure.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Someone starts a thread about a topic. People weigh in with their opinions. Thread gets bigger. Many think their comment is way to brilliant and valuable to simply add to a long thread so they start their own. Next thing you know there are 50 posts on the same topic cluttering up GD.
Plays out the same every single time. No matter the topic. I always avoid these wars because throughout it is the same people saying the same things. *yawn*
Julie
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)After Shark Week, they ran out of good ideas.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Doing such threw DU off its axis.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)1000words
(7,051 posts)Skittles
(153,226 posts)pecwae
(8,021 posts)OK, I just LOL'd!
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I never trash threads, but today I'm trashing all the woo threads...except yours.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)I am half wanting to trash "woo" myself. I think you can trash by keyword, not sure how though.
It's a phase though, DU will move on.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)maybe 8-10. When people obsess about a subject so much it really makes me wonder if they shouldn't seek help.
Greybnk48
(10,177 posts)It's not only fucking irritating, it's fucking stupid, and I don't view this site as stupid. Things get playful here at times but never dumb, so are repug trolls doing this? STOP!
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)then others above have made suggestions, but my theory is that we're restless right now, and like the Gender Wars before them, the Woo Wars are just another way to use each other as sparring partners. I suppose that disrupters find it easy to put a burr under some individuals' saddles, and then these things just take off.
I sure hope that in no time, we'll be back to fighting Republicons instead of each other again.
joshcryer
(62,277 posts)But I've been at DU for 12 years. Woo has almost universally been frowned upon. The very idea, the very concept, that some of the more prolific DUers support "woo" is beyond me. It's really shocking. Either I've been out of the loop or "woo supporters" are joining a cause that DU hasn't historically supported. I think it may in fact just be an "argue to argue" type of thing, so I shouldn't keep kicking this thread.
It just went under my radar these past few weeks and put me off guard.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)has changed the new normal for many people, unfortuately. When people feel they can afford science, they go for it, when they feel they cannot, then they start looking for alternatives. Placebo effect means that a good many of them will attribute their renewed sense of well-being to the woo, and they start wondering why they trusted expensive science in the first place.
I hope all of us, left, right and mushy middle come back to science, but hard times reinforce superstitious beliefs.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)"Woo has almost universally been frowned upon. " ... it WAS frowned upon and not tolerated. This is a new DU where it is neither frowned upon and is supported.
Whether this is good or bad is open to interpretation.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)against the NSA snooping. Lots of posts about nothing. Uses up bandwidth. (Dear Agent Mike, I'm kidding. Happy New Year.)
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Or too much spicy food on New Year's Eve.