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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:33 PM Original message |
Why is DU so *different* than democrats everywhere else? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a behavioral sink |
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VelmaD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. From my own experience... |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. True enough, and you sometimes find the opposite situation, the anonymity |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Interesting... Any that you recommend? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:47 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. So....."Ringmastery" (master of the three ring) where is my answer? Why |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:21 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. I fully, totally and strongly disagree with you on this WilliamPitt. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. And... |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. You don't think that sort of thing happens everywhere? |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Everywhere online? |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:59 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. DU hasn't self-destructed. Why would the Democratic Party? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #49 |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 08:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Well "Mr. Ringmastery" did you have an "extended dinner date tonight?" |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 04:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
68. DU is hyper-reality... a mediated metacommunity |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:35 PM Original message |
Because this is an anonymous chat board perhaps? n/t |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. Simple |
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MurikanDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. I've noticed it too. Here's another thread on it .. |
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ringmastery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I also thought |
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MurikanDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:55 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I believe there are a lot of young members who have never been |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. Hello! Democratic "UNDERGROUND" ........underground, underground |
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MurikanDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 12:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
63. It's possible |
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Crachet2004 (725 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Is there any such thing as a passionate moderate? |
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BruinAlum (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 05:53 AM Response to Reply #35 |
70. "The Magistrate rocks" |
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fearnobush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. ABB, Except Nader, |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. DU has a few posters who oppose US policy |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Don't flatter yourself |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I agree Dookus. Everyone does to some extent. |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I mean the actual policies as opposed to what names they are given or |
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sangha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Would you then do us the favor of pointing out |
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RichM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Here's an example of the mindset of a typical DU "mainstream Dem" |
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sangha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. A nice little bit of sophistry at work here |
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RichM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. You have fallen into my trap. BWAhhaha! I shall now nail you to the wall. |
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sangha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. More sophistry |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. sangha, the posts I could show you ... |
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RichM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Gee, I'd like to see one of those posts myself!! |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Sure it does.. Parenti is a Stalin/Milosevic apologist... |
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RichM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Aww, poor little wolfie couldn't deliver the goods. What a surprise. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Defender of a Stalin apologist for his defense of Stalin makes one a... |
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bushclipper (297 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I dunno, Rich, he pretty much did what he said he'd do |
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sangha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. C'mon RichM! wyldewolfe defended his claims, why won't you? |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Great example! To be fair though, I think that like racism and |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 07:32 AM Response to Reply #17 |
74. Well found, Rich, excellent example! |
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silver state d (149 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
32. Its all about flattery, self flattery. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Yes, so rare indeed. |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:51 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Try counting the ones who opposed Afghanistan AND Iraq |
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mot78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. Politically-oriented sites tend to draw in more of the extremes |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
13. Because the Site isn't linked as : " Democratic Aboveground." |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
15. All of the above, plus... |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. I can't believe this. Honestly. I can't. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Mairead, could you explain more where folks here believe the media? |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 07:18 AM Response to Reply #28 |
73. Well, ringmastery starts out by contrasting |
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madfloridian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
26. I notice the media says the Democrats are more united. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Hey! Nice observation...about this. I don't think that ABB should be |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. United is figurative, the media doesn't lie but they stretch the truth |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 06:59 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. yep......subtlety is now the Media's real strength. And Debate isn't |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 07:41 AM Response to Reply #33 |
75. The media doesn't lie? Surely you're being ironic. Please reassure us |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
50. Kucinich supporters |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
51. We are more united...out in the real world |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
57. "Ringmastery," Wherefore art thou on this post of yours? "Hit and Run?" |
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Desertrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. I didn't realize we had a rule here on DU |
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AmyStrange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
58. I don't believe there really is any difference except... |
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mandyky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-07-04 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
61. Because we are liberal activists, not sheeple |
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notbush (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 01:17 AM Response to Original message |
64. Actually I have some worries |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 01:21 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. I don't know about that |
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notbush (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 01:26 AM Response to Reply #65 |
66. I think some of the early primaries |
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incapsulated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 01:29 AM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Turnout was high in NH and the second round of States |
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notbush (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 04:44 AM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Io wa and New Hampshire |
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BruinAlum (565 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 06:01 AM Response to Original message |
71. The DU is definitely more left leaning than the general population, and |
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Iverson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-08-04 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
72. It's not "disconnect." It's liberalism. |
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