What is the deal with name calling on the forum?

[Disfronted]

Hello, I'm fairly new to DU, but I was wondering if someone could answer this:

What is the deal with name calling on the forum?

To be honest, I'm fairly new to political Internet forums (and DU), but I was somewhat surprised at the number of posters who use deragotory names for people or things they do not like such as:

Faux News
Repug
Rethug
Bu$h
etc.

I've gotten used to it, but it strikes me as being a bit juvenile. I mean, if Bush is being an idiot, post that Bush is being an idiot; is there a need to call him a name? To be honest, it strikes me as something the Republicans at Free Republic would do, reflecting their rather immature outlook, not many of the thoughtful posters here at DU.

It's not that big a deal, but does anyone think the forums would be a more eloquent place if things were called by the correct name? Or am I just being old fashioned? I don't mean to insult anyone, I am just curious as to how people feel about the (minor) issue.

[kentuck]

1. I don't know why people aren't nice to that mother fucker?

Juvenile, if you ask me...:)

[TNOE]

21. Definitely the best answer Kentuck

way too funny. To answer your question - its very healthy to express our complete disdain for the undereducated, overmedicated dumass of a puppet. This is America - and for now we are still free to call whoever we want names - although Bu$h* did say he thought there should be limits to our freedoms. I'm sure making fun of and critcizing him are one he would like to do away with immediately, but ain't gonna happen.

[AgadorSparticus]

83. ROFLM AO!!!! best damn answer....

[Webster Green]

2. Bu$h is being an idiot!

Happy now?

[liberal N proud]

3. Do you have a problems with us calling the repukes and freepers

what they really are?
bu$h does not deserve the respect to be capitalized and FAUX new is nothing more than just that Faux = fake!

Now if you don't have a problem with that then welcome to the DU.
It is all about the truth and facts.

[Disfronted]

6. I have no problem with anyone telling the truth

But it's the kind of thing I did when I was in sixth grade.

When I'm discussing politics with someone, I don't feel the need to say "Repukes" to tell them Republicans are slime.

[RaleighNCDUer]

55. The free speech movement wasn't launched by republicans.

Did I just show my age?

[Kahuna]

92. Correct me if I'm wrong. But, it sounds like you want us ALL to be..

just like you. Think about that for a minute.

[lancdem]

4. It's cathartic

I think DUers like being able to express themselves any way they choose. I know I certainly do. Actually, the names you listed are pretty mild, LOL.

[Disfronted]

9. I'm not suggesting censorship!

I'm not questioning anyone's right to express themselves. My (poorly worded) question was more for why they chose to express themselves in such a way, and did that way seem a bit juvenile to anyone else?

Answer to the above is apparently not, which is fine.

[ProfessorGAC]

54. It's A Simple Answer

This is a forum for like-minded individuals who generally have enormous disdain for the conservative movement in this country. Bush, Faux, mouthpieces like Hannity, Limbaugh, et al, and the anti-intellectualism they represent.

As a result, folks here are MAD!!!!! Since we are like-minded, this is the opportunity to vent and get the cathartic release of showing anger while expressing an opinion.

I know you're not talking censorship. You or i can't censor anybody anyway! But, sometimes people need to vent, and IMO, i think we've got plenty about which to vent.
The Professor

[Arkana]

66. No kidding--we're pissed off and we're not gonna play nice

We've called them MUCH worse than that. Personally, I don't respect Chimpy McFucktard any more than I would the guy I catch tearing my political signs out of my yard, and I'll show it if I have to.

And Faux News is exactly that--FAUX (Fake) News!

[ProfessorGAC]

68. You Don't Have To Sell Me!

I'm angry too! I angry at the willful ignorance of the american people and the capitalization of it by the conservative movement. Plus, i'm angry at their deliberate targeting of the least educated, and most poorly informed to push their hot button issues while demeaning and denigrating education and intelligence.

You and me are part of the same choir, Arkana. We're both mad, you and i.
The Professor

[kk897]

76. Welcome to DU, Disfronted

I think yours is a valid question and a not unwarranted conclusion.

I used to use terms such as Repuke or Rethuglicans, but another DUer pointed out that there's no need to dehumanize them. Well, essentially that was her argument; there was more, but it would take too long to explicate the whole thing.

When I read her posts on the subject, it struck me that my using these terms was akin to people calling the Japanese names during WWII. Now I see these people as the enemy of true freedom, but they are still people. I stopped using those terms (although I do sometimes abbreviate some things like "righties" for people on the Right or "Swifties" for the Swiftboat guys). I guess it's just my little contribution to trying to bring back at least a little civility to public discourse.

This is just for ME, understand--I'm not trying to say that it's true for anyone else, and I certainly understand the rage many people feel toward people on the Right. I don't condemn them for using those terms, either. I simply became uncomfortable with them myself.

[BrendaStarr]

57. Well said.

Very good point.

And well, maybe this isn't the place for those who get their panties in a bunch over it.

BTW, the right continually calls us names from idiot things like "lieberals" to very dangerous epithets like "terrorists".

Now we have someone coming in and telling us that we can't do the same.

Hypercriticalism is a good way to hurt a people's self esteem. You can see the Rovians doing it all the time on the internet.

And if you can destroy people's self esteem you then can either knock them out of the game or even impose at least a temporary brainwash which can be lengthened if the abuse is kept up and other factors are present, but self esteem is critical.

Read something on brainswashing. Also you can find hints of what to do in Mein Kampf if you want to destroy a peoples will to oppose evil. Karl Rove certainly has.

That can happen if we let these people come in and play these games on us.

Also we have to remember that we have a lot of younger more susceptible people here we need to protect from Rovian mind games.

[BrendaStarr]

60. Sorry I was wrong.

about: "Also we have to remember that we have a lot of younger more susceptible people here we need to protect from Rovian mind games."

After reading the rest of the posts. We don't have to protect anybody here.

We have a great bunch of rabble rousers.

Those Nazis in DC better watch out.

[CottonBear]

5. Our names are much more accurate and descriptive. n/t

[GiovanniC]

7. Usually, I Call Shrub a Gap-Toothed, Cousin-Fucking, Pabst-Drinking,

Sheep-Raping, Brain-Damaged, Coke-Addled, Dry-Drunk, Demon-Spawned Cauldron of Liquid Shit.

But, you know, Bu$h works for short, I guess.

[Binka]

26. Giovanni Giovanni Giovanni

That is too FUKIN' FUNNY! Usually I call him an ear wax eating, crotch sniffing, stick up the ass, frat freak, narcissistic asshat, belly button lint eating maggot of the first degree. But Bu$h works for me too!

[CanOfWhoopAss]

59. You forgot...

nose-pickin', booger eatin', knuckle draggin', man datin', bushwackin', country screwin', chickenhawk, cheerleader!!!! But Chimperial Monkeyman works better for me. Sorry.

[Stephanie]

39. Good answer!

[BrendaStarr]

58. LOL!

*

[linazelle]

8. Compared to "DemoRats" and "Dimocrats" I think we do a damned

good job of conveying our disdain with nicknames and name calling. There's always an ignore key if you don't like something here...

[Disfronted]

11. Demorats? Now thatt's weak.

Is that what they call us?

Now that is what I would expect from Republicans.

Regardless, it's not that big of a deal where I would ignore somebody; it more curiousity than anything else.

[Occulus]

41. the freepers call us DUmmies...

Original, huh? :eyes:

[Arkana]

69. Yep, that's original, all right...

About as original as beige computer housings or vanilla ice cream. Still, what do you expect from people who have IQs just north of a bedroom slipper?

[Cha]

84. And wasn't it "evil DUers" at one

time? }(

[Carni]

63. You mentioned freerepublic in one of your posts

And stated that you would expect name calling (like what supposedly goes on here) to go on at a RW site such as "free republic" but now you claim you have never heard the term "Demorats"???

UH HUH - Yeahhhhh Riggghhhhhttttt....

[No Exit]

73. Dirty ratty-rats! Demonrats! Communists! Marxists! Terrorist sympathizers!

Those are a few of the nicer names I've seen democrats called by rightwing posters.

All you right-leaning gentlemen and ladies should sweep around your own doorstep before you come here and get all shocked about "namecalling".

[UTUSN]

10. Uh, Shrub Has Set a Pretty Low Bar for Being "Juvenile" n/t

[Disfronted]

13. I agree, but we are better than him n/t

[WilliamPitt]

12. Oh, go stick your head in a pig, you poopyhead

:)

Hitlery, DemonRATS, Democraps, KKKlintoon...

They started it. Neener neener neener.

[Name removed]

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[Disfronted]

17. I think my original post was misunderstood.

I think my original post was misunderstood.

Past a point, I really could care less about the issue. It's not something that will cause me to dislike the forums.

It is something that surprised me, however, and I was curious as to why it was so popular. Nothing more or less.

I am certainly not trying to pass a value judgement.

[Rainbowreflect]

30. I understand what you mean, but I think it is our way of letting

off steam. It is nice to have a place where I can say what I really think about those on the right without having to worry, even if it might be a little childish.
I usually just write bush. I refuse to give him the respect of putting the word president in front of his name or even a capital B.
Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Disfronted]

37. Thanks! And I really did not mean to offend n/t

[Rainbowreflect]

43. Just remember anytime you say something important

you will offend someone.

[trogdor]

52. Besides, I've discovered that I like calling him "President Bush."

It adds horseradish to what I am saying about him, like, "look people, this is the President of the goddam United States talking like this, behaving like a goddam retard, pissing people off."

[tavalon]

45. I'll give you one reason

We are watching a train wreck (the destruction of our democracy, right before our eyes) and we are being, for the most part, ignored. We are angry and we vent our spleen that way. It's very likely that none of us will go postal because we let off the steam here.

[petronius]

86. How much less could you care?

A lot? Or just a little? (Just yanking your chain - you'll find there are cleverer nicknames AND pickier grammarians here than most other places...)

As for your original question I tend to agree with you - most of the derogatory nicknaming is a bit silly, and I personally choose not to participate. However, some of it is pretty funny and apropos (e.g. Faux), so it can add a bit of meaning/interest to a post...

[UdoKier]

27. TOTALLY Agree. This is OUR place.

On the corporate media, Bush's obvious and outright lies are treated as sane statements or at best "less than truthful". The media persists in depicting the WORST president EVER in the history of this republic as though he were a decent and admirable person.

On most other boards, we are inundated by right-wing blowhards if we dare to question the wisdom of borrowing $2 trillion dollars to flush down the Wall St. toilet, while looting Social Security into oblivion.

When we go out in mixed company, we're assailed by "friends" who tell us that not supporting the mass murderer Bush is tantamount to supporting terrorists, and a lot of us are sick of it.

I think it's extremely healthy that we have a place where we can call fascist liars and murderers exactly what they are, without retribution.

If you don't like it, go to "democrats.org" or some middle-of-the road board. This is a progressive board, not a moderate one. If you don't like it, you're free to leave.

[in_cog_ni_to]

15. NONE of them deserve any respect. NONE.

Repukes, especially. They have stolen 3 elections, lied about reasons for war, illegally invaded another sovereign country, they are trying to destroy SS and Medicare, they are taking away our civil liberties with the Patriot Act, they lie, they cheat, they steal, they are hateful, they shove their beliefs down everyone's throats, they illegally outed a CIA agent, they hired the swift boat vets to destroy Kerry, they rigged voting machines, they have taken social programs away from the less fortunate, they gave tax breaks to the wealthy while the poor make ends meet, they spent 8 years trying to destroy Bill Clinton, they continue to out-source our jobs, they are now beating their war drum to attack Iran and Syria....shall I go on? Faux News is nothing but a WH propaganda machine. If we're childish, what the hell are they?

I say they're fascists. :grr:

you forgot to mention MY personal favorite for the chimp..."The Idiot-in-Chief."

[MADem]

16. It's far better than calling them

...the really foul names that truly represent them. The weecowboy IS a nitwit, the GOP IS all about money and power, and screw the little guy, to boot, Faux news is faux, and fucked up, too, while they're at it....it just saves time.

You get the sense of the poster's emotion about the swill being shoved our way, without having to deal with a long explanation. It is way easier to just type Faux news, as opposed to 'Fox News, the bullshit "news" organization that is a propaganda arm for the Bush White House and the GOP...' Type that enough, and you'll wear out your digits!

[followthemoney]

18. I think your problem is that you are only exposed to character

assassination of Democrats and other non-right wing positions in the main stream media. This may sound discordant if you are adjusted to hearing yourself referred to as being liberal and deserving of right wing hate.

[retnavyliberal]

79. Well, we let the word "liberal" become a bad word

We should start saying "Well, thank you. Appreciate the complement." when they say it. I do not see any repubs getting all bent cause they are called conservative.

I get that some people like to use the derogatory terms to vent, and that is fine with me, but using the argument "Well, they do it" is not a good reason. Would you accept the statement from your children?

[followthemoney]

82. Would you give thanks for the compliment when it is screamed

by a red faced moron who thinks liberalism is tantamount to treason?

[retnavyliberal]

87. When we say conservative don't we mean it as tantamount to fascism? n/t

[followthemoney]

94. The word conservative, when used in the media is next to

Godliness. Those who would use the word conservative as an insult do not communicate through the mainstream media. The meaning of the word is not relevant when the word is not spoken. What does not happen in the media does not happen, for all practical purposes, at all.

Reporters are killed in Iraq to suppress unfavorable news. Reports of the killings by mainstream news organizations result in firings of those reporters who challenge the official line. Fascist?

[mairceridwen]

19. it's fun

and many of us have to watch our tongues in mixed company--i teach women's studies and refer to "the administration" and "its supporters" on a regular basis. I won't use names in there, so it's nice to have a place where I can and not have it be such a big deal.

I've seen many a thoughtful, intelligent post that uses name-calling. it's about content for me.

[Disfronted]

20. That makes a good bit of sense

[smoogatz]

22. Passions run high.

And part of the reason a lot of folks come here, near as I can tell, is to vent. Besides, I think "Faux News" is pretty clever.

[JDPriestly]

23. Confusing

I'm OK with the silly names for things, but I am sometimes offended by statements made and names used for specific individuals such as the Bush daughters. They can be held responsible for what they do, but not for what their parents do.

As for the name calling, many contributors to DU are professionals or extremely well educated people who have to use eloquent language in their work and normal lives. At DU they can let let go of pretense, let out their aggressions and frustrations in a harmless way and have fun discussing political issues and ideas. We are, after all, among friends.

You are right that a lot of the terms that are used are not very "eloquent." In fact, most of them are dumb, stupid, unprofessional, hokey . . ., but the point is, people have fun using them. Bring your sense of humor. If a post is just too "idiotic," I simply don't read it.

[Kota]

24. Not everyone uses names. Do what you are comfortable with.

And ignore what you don't like.

[Solly Mack]

25. You want I should be polite about the Boy Blunder?

I treat the resident malaprop just like the piece of shit wants to be treated...if the pus-pocket wanted to be treated better, then the sack of shit would treat other people better...

Fuck Bush. Fuck Bush supporters ,defenders and apologists.

[noiretextatique]

28. obviously, you haven't been paying attention

fox news is FAUX.
many republicans (check out top 10 conservative idiots) are THUGS.
bush is an IDIOT.
this isn't "name-calling," it's truth-telling. the american obsession with being nice, i.e., homogenizing and white-washing the truth to be more palatable to some mythical middle is he main reason why we are where we are right now.
liars who work for fox news or live in the white house are still just plain old liars.

[ultraist]

46. exactly, why should we whitewash the truth?

I wouldn't equate it to juvenile name calling as much as I would consider it FRAMING.

Most of us here, have no interest in being apologists for the Right Wingnuts.

If creative expression bothers you, you have come to the wrong place! LMAO!!! You will see a lot of clever uses of the language here. Enjoy it.

[noiretextatique]

62. framing, indeed...and it needs to be strong, clear and honest

to counter the bs from the other side.

[Mz Pip]

29. I consider it more like

shorthand.

I seriously doubt you'll find much eloquence on any discussion board. The veil of anomimity allows people to drop with any pretense of civility. It's no different here. Political ideology and civility are not necessarily mutually inclusive.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[porphyrian]

31. Those are just short for "fucking traitorous pieces of shit." - n/t

[Selwynn]

32. I hate to break it to you OP, but these boards ARE juvenile....

..which is why a lot of things strike you as juvenile. :)

[asthmaticeog]

33. Sorry we're being such a bunch of DUmmies.

[kentuck]

34. Basically, we do not have the luxury of being nice or eloquent....

When people are trying to destroy eveything you believe in, there is no time to be "nice". I appreciate your intentions but they are not going to do you much good when you are behind bars or worse. That is the direction we are headed. If you do not see that reality, then "name-calling" is the least of your problems.

[riverwalker]

35. If you have to ask why

then you are not outraged enough.
There are no words in the english language to express what these people are. We do the best we can. It's like how the eskimos have 65 words for snow, and we only have one. The word "idiot" does not even begin to encompass what this man is.

[arwalden]

36. And Those Are The NICE Terms...

you should hear us when we REALLY get going!

[Stephanie]

38. I wonder why anyone would start lecturing before they're really acquainted

with DU - it always strikes me as odd. What if I barged into your house and immediately redecorated the living room? Would that bother you at all?

[Disfronted]

40. Sorry I offended

Yes it would. And I did not mean to lecture - I apologize if it sounded that way.

My questioning was more of the reasoning, and it has been eloquently (there's that word again) answered in this thread. :)

But I do apologize if I offended you, twas not the intention.

[ultraist]

48. I find the white middle class genre quite boring, myself

I enjoy posts that invoke a poetic license and use the language creatively.

I also have appreciation for those posts that are cleverly humorous.

If you are looking for stale, dull writing, read M$M articles.

[tavalon]

47. I don't see this as lecturing

It looked like asking, granted asking about something that offended him/her, but still it was gentle.

[ultraist]

51. ummm...no,.. the OP said that our code words were juvenile

and a form of name calling. That is a criticism from someone who is not familiar with the blogspeak commonly used on this forum.

Again, if he/she prefers only dull, stale, conventional writing, I would suggest that they read M$M articles.

I happen to enjoy the colorful posts!

[mairceridwen]

71. OH MY GOD!!! WOULD YOU DO THAT?

I would LOVE it if you barged into my house and immediately redecorated the living room!!! ;)

[stanwyck]

42. This is our place to vent

so occasionally, that means juvenile name-calling. If we enforce strict Emily Post guidelines for behavior, we won't feel as able to lighten our burden of living under an admnistration which we consider wrong-headed, at best, and evil, at worst.

[RethugAssKicker]

44. because they're dangerous and FUCKED UP people

The GOP wants to destroy the American dream. They want to turn the clock back on so many things we worked so hard to correct.

They're simply scum-sucking neanderthals!!

FUCK 'em ALL

[Just Me]

49. *LOL* This forum is not only about freedom of speech,...

,...but also freedom of expression of anger, frustration, empathy, sadness, inspiration, disgust, etc.

It's a GREAT PLACE!!!

You can not only share information and ideas but also extract some therapeutic benefits too!!!

:bounce:

[tsuki]

50. I live in a TOTALLY RED area where the name of George Bush is

spoken with a whispered awe. Where the pulse of the Red Hat Society races when he is mentioned. Any dissent is BLASPHEMY, AIDING THE TERRORISTS. DU keeps me sane.

[LondonReign2]

53. You mean like FuckWit?

Which is what I call pretty much every Repub these days.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

56. welcome to DU

i agree about the calling names thing, you are not the first to have started a thread like this. keep in mind there are all types that post here. some post here to vent, and thus they will call names like that. get used to it or learn to ignore it if you wish to participate here.

welcome to DU
:hi:

[madfloridian]

61. If Shrub quits lying, we will quit calling him names.

Promise.

[flvegan]

65. I won't. He'll always be fucknut to me.

[CanOfWhoopAss]

64. Why take the moral high ground?

If wading in the mud works for them... Sometimes you have to take the fight to them wherever they may be.

If cheaters never win, how come that nose pickin', booger eatin', knuckle draggin', man datin', bushwackin', country screwin', chickenhawk, cheerleader is in the White House?

[Generator]

67. It's fun

One thing I liked about DU the most when I first came was the free speech. People have posted "Fuck Kerry" and all down the line for all kinds of Republicans and Dems. And it is a release to say what you proabably never could to your boss or teacher or maybe even your wife.

And I hate being told how to speak or think. I think that's what makes me a liberal.

[Catherine Vincent]

70. Welcome to DU!

Now that you have registered with us, you are officially a DUmmy (according to the freeps at freerepublic). Wear it proud. LOL

[No Exit]

72. Are you KIDDING? This place can't compete when it comes to

namecalling! If you want to see some real, acrid, venomous, searing, namecalling, you should log onto www.libertypost.org.

Except there, it's not posters doing namecalling of PUBLIC FIGURES or POLITICIANS they don't like--it's posters doing namecalling of EACH OTHER.

[oasis]

74. Poetic license. (eom)

[datasuspect]

75. our "commander and chief"

deserves respect.

the same respect you show for the dog shit you scrape off your shoe.

[Sugar Smack]

77. George Bush

is a shit-throwing monkey fucker. Asshat. Disgrace. Embarrassment. Assrot. Pus on the boil of a chimp's ass. Captain Veggie. President GermyLips. Scab-faced cretin stinkrot. Gunnysack of weasel shit. Buffoon of the highest order. Profoundly stupid, blazing infestation of crablice. His mighty, incompetent Loftiness. Brain-Dead Meathook. Sphincter-mouthed, pabulum-spewing King of the shitstorm. Slab-sided pasty-faced, pucker-butted, deplorable son-of-a-bitch bastard. President Unholy Travesty. Giggling Murderer. Contemptible Piece of Trash. Pinheaded drug-addled Test Monkey. Shit-pantsed, apoplectic coward (thanx for 9-11, BTW). Contrary Little Slow-Witted Moron Fuck. President Foul. President Cokehead. President Horseshit-on-a-stick. Empty-Headed Shit-Shuttle. Prima-Donna Neanderthal. Stinkeyed Freak. Cartwheeling Purveyor of Death. Spluttering Lunatic. Ham-Handed Candy-Assed, Damnable Savage Madman. Bumbling, Slack-Jawed Vegetable. Dismal, Offensive, drooling Ratbag. Weevil. Kunkus. Punk. Chucklehead. Captain Clusterfuck. Shit-on-the-boots of he Anthropoid Rabble. Dick. Coarse Aberation of Humanity. Sorry, Unfeeling, Unfunny Milquetoast Comedian. Lout. Sluggard. Uncouth Hillbilly. No-Account Clown. Lump. Muckworm. Diseased, Two-Hoofed, greased snake, Two-Hoofed, Pestilent Botch-of nature Bastard. Impudent, indigest, pestilent, Deformed Want-Wit. Black-Livered and Black-Hearted nest of Maggots. Nightmarish, capering little Smirk-Eyed Night Crawler. Ugly, depraved Jackass trail of Cat-Sick.

[Sugar Smack]

90. *gasping for air*

*reaching for Klonopin*

[JanMichael]

78. It's shorthand. I for one get tired of typing how the ways I loath Bush.

IMHO.

FYI: It's ok to do that on the web:-)

[HeeBGBz]

80. I get tired of being told what I can or can't say

On other forums. Coming here is like a breath of fresh truth. Sometimes it's good to rant. It doesn't mean we can't articulate the hell out of a heated discussion.

[MrsMatt]

81. I'm not new to this board

but I find that the more I see these terms, the less impact I feel. The first few times I saw them, they struck me as rather clever (I have a particular weakness for puns) but when used time and time again, they just become coarse, vulgar and common to my thinking. It's like hearing the same old joke over & over again - it fails to amuse after awhile. I'm more of a traditionalist - I prefer to use classic insults such as asshole.

[Bhaisahab]

88. classic insults- dead right! you go MrsM! :) n/t

[SemiCharmedQuark]

93. lol "classic insults"

I agree!

[cags]

85. Oh The Fun Police. If name calling is wrong then I don't want to be right

[onager]

89. I like using "Bu$h..."

...as a constant reminder that the whole family is a pack of chiseling, money-mad grifters and always has been. Ever since Prescott Bu$h had the good fortune to marry the boss's daughter. And probably even before that.

As Kitty Kelley noted in her book, King George I and the lovely Bar-Bar were spat out of the White House in 1992 with "both hands open." Everybody from Rev. Sun Dung Moon (whoops! another one!) to the dictator of Kuwait lined up to line their pockets.

Of course, the Bu$hes, with their usual cognitive dissonance, have always piously denied that they would EVER try to profit from public service. Only white trash like Bill Clinton would do something like that.

And naturally, the 'Ho Media just genuflected and ignored all the stories staring them in the face about the Bu$hes lapping at the trough.

[Kahuna]

91. Great! A lecture from a stranger..

Just what we all need. :eyes:

Otherwise, welcome to DU. :hi: