*sigh* I am starting to understand you lizards.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

It really is starting to look like consigning oneself to the lounge, exclusively, is a wise strategy.

[blondeatlast]

1. As a fellow get-my-hands-mucky GD and GDPer, I know how

you feel completely.

I haven't given up entirely yet, but I cna feel it coming on.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. There seems to be a lot of people...

Who feel the need to shout others down reflexively. I find that nettlesome. Not the DU I originally knew, lo those few years ago.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Hell of a lot safer in here

There's hardly ever any ad hominem attacks, you weasel-brained ignoramus.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. Thank you...

Oh, and let me give you the Official New Jersey Good Morning Greeting of Affection:

Go. Fuck. Yourself. Joikoff. :D :D :D

Trust me, there is a lot of love in that. It's just a New Joisey thing. :loveya:

[papau]

3. You want to relax - and miss the blood and guts in GD?

:-)

Actually I also avoid the fights - claiming to myself that I get a pass as being too old!

:-)

[Longgrain]

4. I personally never intended to become a Lizard...

I'm still not afraid to post in GD or LBN, but I just got sick of seeing my post there go unresponded...

[iconoclastic cat]

5. Hey, we still read all the GDP stuff.

I know I do. But I really have nothing constructive to add to the discussion. I usually just absorb the information and use it in whatever practical way that I can (letter writing, etc.).

[RetroLounge]

8. I read GD and GDP all the time, along with LBN

Just got tired of the trolls and so-called Dems in there.

So I pick my fights now. Still fight, but more selective.

RL

[progmom]

9. We welcome you with open arms!

I think most of us read GD, but post a heck of a lot more here in the Lounge.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

10. There seems to be this nasty streak...

That has taken over. Rather than discuss, the ad hominems are reflexively thrown about. That is a broken process.

[progmom]

12. I am hoping it's just a phase

...and we can get to constructive dialog.

[Bok_Tukalo]

11. I stopped after the election

I'll get back into it when things start heating up a bit for '06.

[Longgrain]

13. I used to post a lot around the Campaign 04 forum until Jan. 20

Then I sort of gave up...I have been spying on the Campaign 06/ 08 forum and the Democratic Party forum. They look pretty cozy and welcoming...I might just go and post there one of these days...

[all.of.me]

14. i'm turning into a lizard, because...

...it is fun! i love to read the threads, even if i don't respond. when i am stressed, this is where i come, looking for goofy stuff so i can laugh and laugh and laugh. that is a great way to alleviate stress! i share some of this with my kids, almost 11 & 15, and they crack up, too. it is sometimes family entertainment! what's better than that?!

[terrya]

15. We have our flareups here, but nothing like GD. Nothing.

It's a afternoon tea party in here compared to the hand to hand combat in GD. :-)

I pretty much stay in here...and some group, GLBT and the Books groups these daya.