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In reply to the discussion: Is there trolling going on here in regards to Obama? Like [View all]applegrove
(118,613 posts)79. Oh I agree you cannot tell from one OP. I thought to myself
yesterday...could one of this Iran lovers and anti Iran/USA peace talks posters be a troll. No way of knowing. My feelings I recognize down to micro feelings. I don't know in that post. How could I. So I posted a new OP about anti-Obama talk to see if others sometimes felt the same way. A big picture question. And they do. Half of them. So I'm certainly not alone. I will just have to post all my Obama posts in BOG instead of general discussion - to be sure. Live and learn.
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it's only satire if done correctly, maybe BP could take you on as an understudy?
snooper2
Jan 2015
#68
Your disagreement with his politics doesn't mean he's doing satire incorrectly.
merrily
Jan 2015
#125
Err, I think you overestimate the importance of DU. This ain't the party's star chamber. n/t
X_Digger
Jan 2015
#3
He/she is very, very upset I posted a story of a child killed in a drone strike.
polly7
Jan 2015
#98
I did what on purpose? Accused someone of nasty things for posting about the death of a child?
polly7
Jan 2015
#122
Back to my first post in this exchange. Nothing I've seen you say is in context.
R B Garr
Jan 2015
#126
In other words, you've got nothing but filthy accusations, using the death of a child.
polly7
Jan 2015
#127
Still nothing? Lazy stuff. I thought at least you'd try a little something. nt.
polly7
Jan 2015
#142
Did you miss the part that I reply as I'm spoken to, and when I'm accused of filthy things
polly7
Jan 2015
#148
Funny thing is I have observed some in the AfAm community saying they see little difference
NoJusticeNoPeace
Jan 2015
#204
No more and no less incorrect than using a colon rather than a semi-colon to separate a dependent...
LanternWaste
Jan 2015
#52
The same ones (I think, not sure anymore) who relentlessly attack our President also
NoJusticeNoPeace
Jan 2015
#206
What is your complaint? The "I got" bit? Join the 21st Century--language is evolving far faster
MADem
Jan 2015
#94
Zounds! I knew she was beautiful from her back but I had no idea.. for one thing I thought
Cha
Jan 2015
#224
Maybe Manny's trying out a new persona.....like "Grammar Nazi of DU Manny."
msanthrope
Jan 2015
#188
I meant payed GOP trolls. Here to mess up life for democrats...and thus alienate
applegrove
Jan 2015
#8
You could not imagine why anyone would plant paid posters here? Or perhaps make it part of
merrily
Jan 2015
#53
He was on the Daily Show recently--book tour--saying essentially the same thing that my post said.
merrily
Jan 2015
#71
Torture problem is pretty simple. Failure to prosecute Bush criminals. Try google for a link
on point
Jan 2015
#88
Your original post insinuates Obama committed torture & the rest is, not surprisingly, all nonsense.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#90
Respectfully, I think it depends on your view of jury duty, not your view of DU.
merrily
Jan 2015
#160
Yes on civility and being a Democrat. But Democrats do not agree on all issues.
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#161
There's no doubt in my mind that there is trolling going on for that reason AND because
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#21
No. Not all of them, but it's hard not to be skeptical of some posts that are anti-Hillary here.
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#58
True. But she *is* the frontrunner...for now. It's self-defeating to put her down as some
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#60
I do not trust Hillary Clinton, and I think a writing campaign would be a waste of time.
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#76
"I do not trust Hillary Clinton." Then there's no reason to continue discussing her with you.
BlueCaliDem
Jan 2015
#162
I did not say that she was not a Democrat although I suppose you could read my words that way.
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#149
So you're not against all war making millionaires, just Hillary? That about right?
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#214
I am against Hillary's vote on the Iraq War. She should have checked her facts.
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#219
Just to be clear, you want to make war with ISIS, but only if Millionairess Warren is CIC?
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#220
It's a discussion board, is it not? Many of us fear that the hype surrounding EW is just that.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#251
My big issue is disparity in wealth. I do not believe that Hillary Clinton understands that issue
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#253
It's easy to do--what's hard is to weigh the good, the not-so-good, the things ya like,
MADem
Jan 2015
#252
The sitting POTUS can attest to everything in your post. The pitting of one Democrat against another
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#258
But of course....which is why, despite all the pot stirring, we're not seeing much
MADem
Jan 2015
#260
Truth be told, I don't see EW creating the kind of enthusiasm that HRC & BHO did. People were.....
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#261
P.S.: If by "most Americans" you mean the ones who want EW not to be POTUS, follow the numbers.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#155
EW is "G" at the scribd link, but you have to scroll to the very bottom if that tells ya anything.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#211
Where was "she" herself, Hillary Rodham Clinton, personally endorsing the pipeline?
MADem
Jan 2015
#235
She was Secretary of State when the pipeline deal was being discussed and negotiated with Canada
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#236
You do realize that, as Secretary of State, she is NOT her own actor? She speaks for POTUS.
MADem
Jan 2015
#240
If you are correct, then I would expect Hillary to make it very clear that she opposes and opposed
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#241
Sorry. But aside from the issue of the pipeline, that is Hillary at her least clear, her most
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#244
Warren was an unknown challenging an incumbent. Of course it was touch and go.
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#247
An incumbent IDIOT who was an INTERIM seat-filler. He hadn't done a full term--he was finishing
MADem
Jan 2015
#249
No, we've heard that before--it's not news. We will tell naysayers to cut the crapola, to get
MADem
Jan 2015
#266
Neither Hillary--nor Barack--are "rulers." They don't have the power you ascribe to them.
MADem
Jan 2015
#269
She managed 8 pts, in a state that Obama carried by 23. Eight pts would have been impressive if....
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#259
If she wasn't worth millions by now, I'd think she was pretty stupid--and she's not stupid.
MADem
Jan 2015
#230
+10000000. Oh, the horror of it. Someone daring to think for him- or her-self. Imagine that.
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#34
considering Obama's positioning in the polls are absolutely dependent on DU - there must be - Part
Douglas Carpenter
Jan 2015
#37
Mahalo great white snark.. those posters know criticism of the President is rampant in GD.. the OP
Cha
Jan 2015
#184
Instead of vague accusations, maybe those who feel this way can lay out what positions Obama has
dissentient
Jan 2015
#55
IMO it is so illogical to let Republicans win because Democrats are not conservative enough
treestar
Jan 2015
#74
Trolling? At an anonymous online bulletin board? Why would anyone suspect that?
struggle4progress
Jan 2015
#77
As a critic of many Obama policies, all I can say about "innocently" criticizing him in the BOG
merrily
Jan 2015
#129
Then I am sorry I assumed you would surely know. Criticism of Hillary should not be
merrily
Jan 2015
#185
From the defensive tone of some of the responses, I think you got your answer.
Tarheel_Dem
Jan 2015
#86
Do people really believe that Obama discussions here on DU impact his numbers?
oberliner
Jan 2015
#95
No but creating strife on settled issus, like Iran negotiations in exchange for no nukes,
applegrove
Jan 2015
#96
That is up to them. Plenty of Democrats, rightist, center and leftist, supposedly were
merrily
Jan 2015
#167
I have a grand total of four posts hidden, they are posted as journal entries.
1000words
Jan 2015
#201
Major Hogwash, pls link to one of those daily posts about about impacting Obama's poll numbers
merrily
Jan 2015
#132
Oop. You didn't get perplexed about Reply 168 until after my reply 169 called you out for bad faith
merrily
Jan 2015
#175
Oh, sorry. I didnt notice that you were asking for a link to EVERY SINGLE post that I have seen
merrily
Jan 2015
#169
Predictable much? In other words, due to your bad faith, I very obviously never looked.
merrily
Jan 2015
#174
Thank you, grasswire. At this point, I'm ignoring the posts (on this thread) of one of them.
merrily
Jan 2015
#231
Just using logic to deduce why they think they have an impact on Obama's poll numbers.
Major Hogwash
Jan 2015
#229