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gduval

(12 posts)
Sun Aug 7, 2016, 10:04 PM Aug 2016

Found my people... thanks DU

Hi everyone,

I am new here but not to these types of forums. Years ago I participated in the forum formerly called Common Ground Common Sense. This election cycle I was looking for a new place that I could trust. Too much hyperbole and misinformation is out there blurring the lines of propaganda, rhetoric and campaigning. Too much is at stake.

I sought for an online community that is centered in critical thinking, one to call out a bluff and one where tough questions within the party can be discussed civilly without it turning into a hate fest. I remembered the DU from the early forum days. I was glad to see it still exist.

Every day I struggle with not taking the bait from yet another Hillary hater whether it be on line ( FB is a wasteland) or a super market. I want to come here so I can really get my game on, have the right talking points that are fact checked and really help dissuade that person on the fence from throwing a vote away in November.

- George

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Found my people... thanks DU (Original Post) gduval Aug 2016 OP
Welcome to DU gduval Lochloosa Aug 2016 #1
Welcome to DU. KMOD Aug 2016 #2
Welcome Lebam in LA Aug 2016 #3
help, please wncHillsupport Aug 2016 #4
need to have 10 posts before you can start a thread gduval Aug 2016 #5
title wncHillsupport Aug 2016 #6
Welcome Courtlynnw Aug 2016 #7
welcome to DU Skittles Aug 2016 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2016 #8
Welcome to DU The Polack MSgt Aug 2016 #9
the unhinged Hillary Haters are here too Skittles Aug 2016 #10
Hello George! OUNativeDem Sep 2016 #12
Hello. Portland_Anni Sep 2016 #13
Hello bigwillq Sep 2016 #14

wncHillsupport

(112 posts)
4. help, please
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 10:15 AM
Aug 2016

For the third time, including this post, I forgot to include a subject (title) and my post disappeared and so did the thread.

On the Welcome thread, I tried to post a question about this and got a message saying I can't start a new thread! If it is a welcome thread, why not? How do these other new members post their threads?

Why does the whole thread and my response disappear when I forget to enter a title?
I hope I can figure this out as it would be nice to be able to support Hillary without being attacked.
I belong to a number of other forums and none of them require a title when I am posting a response to a thread. And, I can always use the back button if I goof on anything. Thanks for any help for an actually generally competent computer user.

gduval

(12 posts)
5. need to have 10 posts before you can start a thread
Mon Aug 8, 2016, 01:35 PM
Aug 2016

One of the rules I found here was that you needed to respond to 10 posts before you can even do your welcome story. Looks like you have 3.

I followed a few threads, responded to 10 then I was "upgraded" to be allowed to respond. Also, you had to wait 3 minutes between each post. This is all to make sure you are not a robot. I guess.

Courtlynnw

(1 post)
7. Welcome
Mon Aug 15, 2016, 03:21 PM
Aug 2016

I'm new to this particular site as well. I live in a conservative community, so I understand the frustration of being outnumbered in a conversation! I hope you finally find some intelligent conversation here!

Response to gduval (Original post)

The Polack MSgt

(13,159 posts)
9. Welcome to DU
Mon Aug 29, 2016, 08:31 PM
Aug 2016

I'm mostly a reader here, but there are so many good writers to read that I keep coming back.

OUNativeDem

(10 posts)
12. Hello George!
Mon Sep 12, 2016, 10:33 PM
Sep 2016

Just wanted to say hi and welcome! I'm new here myself and I've never used forums before. I've been a bit inactive in politics lately but hoping to get involved in some lively and educational discussions.

All the best!
Patrick

Portland_Anni

(164 posts)
13. Hello.
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 07:35 AM
Sep 2016

Democratic Underground is s bright spot of sanity on the internet. It is a cohesive community that does good work in a manner forums like Free Republic wishes it could, or at least says it does.

I came here because Trump alarms and worries me. He is dangerous, but more importantly he represents dangerous political, social and economic ignorance amoug this in the electorate who adore this American Hitler.

I will do my best to be a good member here.

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