To all the pearl-clutching, bigotry-sniffing, finger-wagging Thought Sanitizers on DU...

[DainBramaged]

That OP just about says it all...........



http://www.democraticunderground.com/124072659


but unfortunately the 'jury' decided it was too true for school, even in the help & meta place forum thingy where you're supposed to talk about these things......



Life is too short for this insanity me thinks.


They need to come back to the beach here at DU2, where life is cozy and you can run your toes in the sand....








:rofl: :patriot:

[pintobean]

1. ...

[No Elephants]

2. 4267 posts since January 10, 2005 and THAT is one of them?

Interesting that people who posted on DU2 only rarely are now posting at DU2 to insult DU2, or to insult those of us who still post at DU2 and/or to praise DU3.

BTW, you and snooper2 seem close.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2474117

http://www.democraticunderground.com/124069364

http://www.democraticunderground.com/124069273#post1

He can't seem to stay away from Du2, either.

Give him my best.

[Leopolds Ghost]

3. Eh, pintobean's been around a long time. I have only 10k

I don't recall us agreeing on much, but I could be thinking of another DUer

[No Elephants]

4. My post was not only about post count, though.

[Leopolds Ghost]

17. What I meant is, I don't remember agreeing with pinto on much of anything

But he's been around as long as any other center-left (center-right?) DUer. Pintobean can correct me if I'm wrong.

[No Elephants]

27. My post was not about post count or about how long or how short his or her

stay at DU has been.

It is not about whether you agree with pinto on a lot of things. It is not even about whether I agree with pinto about a lot of things. (I have no idea if I do or not because I don't recall the name, let alone the posts.)

If you think I am implying that pinto is a newbie or a Republican or something like that, nothing like that had even crossed my mind.

[pintobean]

6. Wrong post count, wrong date

but your obsession is interesting. It looks like a carbon copy of your post from yesterday.
As to the insults, I guess you, and the handful of posters here, seem to think you're on a one way street. If you don't like it being reciprocated, I'd suggest you stop doing it. Sometimes DU2 reads like the dumpster at the cave.

[No Elephants]

8. If you think the numbers are wrong, maybe this will help

Member since Jan 10th 2004
Number of posts 4269
Avatar Image
Gender male
City St. Louis
State Mo
Country USA

Yes, my post from yesterday also said I am interested in people who have relatively few posts over a long time period who post as you did on this thread. My interest has not changed since yesterday. In fact, I have posted similarly whenever I have seen that fact pattern.

If that spells "obsession" to you, perhaps you do not know what the word actually means.

As to the insults, I guess you, and the handful of posters here, seem to think you're on a one way street. If you don't like it being reciprocated, I'd suggest you stop doing it.

Well, first, I am someone who posted very regularly on DU2 and still do. So, that is a false equivalency.

Second, I would love for you to point out when I have gone over to DU3 to insult DU3 or any DU3 poster. So, that is another false equivalency.

Bottom line, you are not "reciprocating" anything I have done.

Edited to put the copied and pasted profile in block quote.

[pintobean]

13. "relatively few posts"

Relatively, you're a newbie.

The date in post #2 doesn't match the date in post #8. For an accurate post count, go to the DU3 profile.

I don't draw a distinction between DU2 and DU3. We're all members of DU. This isn't a sanctuary where you get to trash DU. If you don't like the way I see things, put me on ignore and let DB fight his own battles.

[No Elephants]

14. I have no one on ignore and don't know why I would begin with you.

"This isn't a sanctuary where you get to trash DU."

I don't do a lot of trashing of DU2 or DU3. And I don't spend a lot of time at DU3 (so I will just have to content myself with your DU2 profile).

However, I know from posts that have been made here that plenty of trashing of those who are still posting at DU2 has gone at DU3. Yet, I still don't go over there and insult DU3 or the people who post there.

As far as letting DB fight his own battles, you misapprehend: I am not fighting his battles.

ETA: As far as being a newbie, you missed the point of my original comment, both on this thread and on the thread from yesterday that has now disappeared.

As far as the dates not matching you are correct. I readily admit I am the worst typist at DU and I rarely proofread. But, the correct date only makes it worse. Then again, since you did not get the point of the comment, you probably did not get that adding another year to the total only makes it worse.

[pintobean]

15. Who's thread is this?

Who's 2 deleted threads from yesterday did you jump in on? You replied to me about my reply to DB. I usually get along with DB, but he decided to go yank some chains. If you don't like the results of that, take it up with him. DU is my community and I defend it. You seem to have a problem with that.

[No Elephants]

20. Did you post to insult DB personally?

I can't say anything about the two threads that are gone because, well, they are gone. So, let's stick to this thread.

DB's OP said DU2 was a beach and you replied by posting a picture of a nasty looking sandbox.

Was that reply to call DB personally a nasty looking sandbox, or was that to say that DU2 is not a beach, but a nasty-looking sandbox?

Did I post to you anything remotely like "DB is a great guy. Leave him alone?"

Or did I remark on the way you use some one of the relatively few posts you've averaged per year while at DU? Point being, if you don't post all that often, I wonder why going out of your way to post against something or someone is enough motivation to post.

Your responses to me have been directed at me personally, as in "you" or "you and others." So, my response to you on that was in no way a defense of DB personally, either.

I don't have any problem with your allegedly defending DU, but posting a photo of a nasty looking sandbox is not defending DU, or even DU3. It was an attack on DU2.

I do have a problem with your going out of your way to come to DU2 in order to insult DU2 and/or insulting people who choose to post here. (And by you, I mean you and anyone else who does that. And by people who post here, I mean as a group, not any individual poster.)

As far as my posting on thread DB started, it's news to me that posting to you on a thread DB started means I am defending DB personally.

Here's a thought: if you have a beef with DB because of something he did on DU3, take it up with him on DU3 or by pm.

BTW, your insults of DU2 seem mighty inconsistent with your position that you consider DU2 and DU3 all one DU and you don't approve of trashing DU. If you really mean what you say, you would not be trashing DU2 on any thread.

[pintobean]

21. FYI

post counts are not relative to intelligence.

Just saying.

[No Elephants]

23. LOL, IOW, you have no better comeback to my post than a lame attempt at a personal insult.

Message received.

[pintobean]

24. You brought it up again

I have no choice but to make the obvious assumption. As to the rest of your post, you deliberately mis-characterized the pic, rendering the rest of the post meaningless.

[No Elephants]

26. I did not deliberately mischaracterize anything. That is simply not my style.

If anything, I may try too hard to be accurate.

You seem to know very little about my posting and you obviously know nothing about me personally, but, apparently, that does not stop you from trying to insult me personally.

[pintobean]

28. Post #2 was an attempted insult.

I don't roll over and take shit from people, whether I know them or not. Post #1 was not directed at you. You don't know me or my relationship with DB. That post was a good-natured dig at him. In the past, we've taken jabs at each other and it was done in good fun.

You really need to get over yourself and your post count. It really doesn't look all that impressive, if one looks at all the OPs with no replies. Maybe you should start replying to yourself in those for appearance sake. The increased post count might impress someone.

It appears that DB has taken you off ignore. Maybe you can go play in his sandbox. I'm headed back to mine, now.

[No Elephants]

29. You are wrong again.

There is a difference between calling someone a liar, by claiming intentional mischaracterization, and saying I find it ironic that people come to DU2 to say that posting at DU2 is pointless.

You are also still wrong about my comment. Except in your imagination, I never said that a low post count is bad or that a high post count is good, nor would I ever say such a thing.

If you are indeed a friend of DB and were only teasing him personally, that is all you would have had to say in response to my Reply #2. But you never said anything remotely like that until now. In response to my Reply #2 went on about alleged misbehaviors by me and others posting at DU2 and how you cannot abide criticism of DU, etc.

Unlike you, I know that I have no mind reading skills. Hence, my responses to you were based on what you actually replied. Imagine that!

I don't care which sandbox you play in, if you play nicely. I am glad you finally decided to stop flailing around, though.

[pintobean]

30. DB will need waders.

[No Elephants]

31. Back so soon? DB seems more than able to express his own needs. Thanks, anyway,

for another non sequitur.

[No Elephants]

5. Dainbramaged,

are you aware that your thread about jurors is no longer here?


Please be careful. We can't really afford to lose a regular DU2 poster!

[pintobean]

7. ...

:rofl:

[No Elephants]

9. Yep, as I posted, a lot like snooper2.

We just can't get enough of him.

[pintobean]

10. I guess you fail to see the hypocrisy.

[No Elephants]

11. The hypocrisy of your false equivalencies? No, I caught it.

[NYC_SKP]

16. I will do my best to see that DB and the other good souls here stay here.

In case you were worried about him disappearing.

That said, sometimes the hammer falls without moderator input, so...

:hi:

[No Elephants]

25. Thanks, NYC. I am worried about any DU2er disappearing.

Actually, I always worried about DU2ers being tombstoned, even when there was no DU3.

And, at some point, I learned that deleted posts and threads can be counted against people when it comes to tombstoning decisions, so yes, I was beginning to worry about DB.

I was not thinking of your or anyone specific doing the tombstoning, but I do appreciate your reassurance....and notice.

I do not fear the stone for myself, though. In fact, I often marvel that I am still here, I do try to follow the rules.....almost all of the time.

[DainBramaged]

19. It appears I had you on ignore for a long long time for reasons I no longer remember

and it appears you are one of the few remaining denizens here who is trustworthy, or so a little bird told me.


Yes, I am aware, and yes, I made my point, I had my say, their jury system is PATENTLY unfair and biased towards the jurors and allows many injustices and bullying. I care not for those at 3 who are trying to purify the site and make all who post there form in a nice tidy group. I prefer to stay here at our beach until the tide comes in come hell or high water. There are some newly minted to my ignore list who seem to think I should bend a knee towards the bus-jumpers of the past few days.


I think not.


Till the end.


DB

:fistbump:

[No Elephants]

22. A bird thinks I am trustworthy? Good! Now, if I could get humans to agree with the bird, I might

be set for life!

LOL, I know you had me on ignore and I do remember why. But I try not to hold grudges and I don't have one against you.


I never put anyone on ignore, so I have formed my opinion of you from your posts. And I trust you because you, too, seem candid. And, I can appreciate that.


:toast:

[Contrary1]

12. C'mon folks, stop it already.

It's my experience that most people are just doing the best they can, no matter what their opinion.

Life is far too short indeed.

To quote a young philosopher from way back in 1989: "Be excellent to each other".

Seriously. :hippie:

[Leopolds Ghost]

18. Twinkles to Contrary1. :-)

[SidDithers]

32. Kick...

for shits and giggles.

The pattern is hilarious. :rofl:

Sid

[pintobean]

33. Kick

ass

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240143620#post58

[Divine Discontent]

34. it's so nice to see you in familiar form, SD! n/t

[Contrary1]

35. Let it go, DD

They'll tire more quickly if no one responds.

[Divine Discontent]

36. LOL... ;)

[pintobean]

37. You should have followed your own advice

in the other thread. Providing a skirt for a shit disturber to hide behind wasn't a great idea.

[pintobean]

38. Sorry. I replied to the wrong person

and the edit time has expired.