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Doobie Newbie (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:26 PM Original message |
Dear DU: why the attacks? |
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coriolis (691 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. You actually bothered to read the rules! |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Doobie Newbie read the rules! Start flaming! |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's a heated primary |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. welcome to DU-- alas, there are too many days when this place |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here's a helpful hint. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I always thought that was really dumb. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And by the same token, if he thought people wouldn't get harassed for a low post count, |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Maybe he was just setting us up. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. ah jeez.... you're probably right |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. You know what, all the posters who got mad at me |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Wait!! You're NOT a troll? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm just biding my time. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. Well, if you choose to offer no information, the only thing that shows is when you joined. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. We forget that when new to the board, the preferences and options |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
48. Newb! |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Why am I supposed to care about your undeclared gender? |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #41 |
50. You're the first to ask about it. You aren't coming on to me, are you? |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. Some people do not implicity trust, nor feel safe, posting |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. It's easy enough to fill out just the date you joined. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Sounds like a stoner to me |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. The OP isn't complaining that this is happening to him or herself. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
44. Hidden profiles get on my nerves. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. If they've been tombstoned and they previously had a hidden profile |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
5. Some people don't notice their use of the F-word |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. Midlo is right. Enabling the profile is your choice, of course. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is the silly season, m'dear... |
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Doobie Newbie (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. I frequent Alternet, Commondreams, and Buzzflash |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
55. I take it that you've spent some time in General Discussion: Primaries |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. Well anybody who disagrees with me is clearly an idiot |
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Doobie Newbie (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:44 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I didn't see that in the rules |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I don't use venom; just anger. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I thought you were kidding, and didn't bother with the sarcasm smilie. |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. The problem is someone who seems to understand DU's "dynamic" and posting flow with only 11 times up |
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Doobie Newbie (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Actually, I've read hundreds of posts |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. You haven't been posting long enough to be fed up. |
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Doobie Newbie (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Read what I wrote again and take it less personally |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. I'm not taking anything personally. This is DU |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. no, I'm "fed-up" and many of the venomous posts are from trolls...nt |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
21. Oh, I just love it when newbies with no profiles start scolding and lecturing. |
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Doobie Newbie (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Being new to DU |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Do you start criticizing someone's house the first time you get invited over for dinner? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Yes. It does. |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. Welcome; your words make sense to me |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. I'm hardly a newbie |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Then take it up with the administrators. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
33. I think it's a little like road rage... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
37. I'm not going to get defensive or suspicious simply because you're new. |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
40. we care and we're human |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
42. Welcome to DU! |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. It is absolutely maddening. |
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Lugnut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. Hi Doobie! |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:05 PM Response to Original message |
51. If you are talking about the GD primaries thing, I would not consider that DU. |
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TheManInTheMac (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
52. I've been here over a year |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
53. because this is our home and we are sick of the sock puppets |
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Thickasabrick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
54. Sometimes the "f-word" is extremely useful - especially to people |
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