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[Arkansas Granny]

1. You might consider taking your own advice. Just sayin'.

[RKP5637]

2. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[True Blue American]

5. I have been treated very fairly here.

Much better than most boards I have been on. Emotions run high during Primaries. Mine included.

[flying_wahini]

7. Exactly what I mean.

[Nature Man]

19. Take heart

and understand it's easier to be snotty than to take a good look at oneself.

I completely understood what you're saying.

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Ironic, isn't it?

[Nature Man]

20. like rain on your wedding day ironic?

or some other kind of ironic?

[Nature Man]

17. There wasn't anything "not nice" in the OP

read like an observation.

You're making the OP's point, btw.

[mikeysnot]

3. some people have a lot of time on their hands.

And like to waste others peoples time presenting their opinions off as fact.

[DonaldsRump]

4. I think it's fine

There's a lot of suspicious traffic around these parts and a little tough love early on in your DU experience doesn't hurt.

I just cleared a 1000 posts a couple of weeks ago, and a few bits of this tough love at the start of my DU posting helped me think twice about what I was trying to accomplish. It also made me do a little bit of research before making a post.

I've had much tougher experiences in conversations, at work etc than at DU!

[True Blue American]

6. Same here!

[Sanity Claws]

8. I am wary of certain types of posters

I am wary of posters that seem to be concern trolls or that put down a candidate or that otherwise try to drive a wedge among the various groups in the Democrats' big tent.
I don't think DU should be accepting of them. I don't think I am rude to them but I will try to point out what the post seems to do.

[TxVietVet]

9. I've been a DUer for years.

I try to play nice.

[hlthe2b]

10. I won't say you don't have some valid points. It is easy to slip into mistrust rather than

benefit-of-the-doubt when new posters make controversial first posts.

That said, civility goes both ways. One does not "shit" upon the dinner table of your newly acquainted hosts (as my grandmother used to say in an albeit more G-rated manner)

[Nature Man]

18. Except DU isn't a dinner table in someone's private house

it's a web-visible site open to the public.

[hlthe2b]

21. It belongs to owners/administrators. We are all visitors here and must follow the rules accordingly

So yes. Those who come here with the intent of antagonizing/inciting, rather than accepting the conditions of registration, are proverbially shitting on their hosts' table.

[Nature Man]

22. Although I appreciate where you're coming from

I wasn't talking about that.

Nor was the OP.

But we all know what you are saying.

I don't personally own the gas station, someone else does. But when I go there, I definitely DO NOT take a steaming hot shit right by the cash register.

[hlthe2b]

24. Just responding to what you DID say.

[Nature Man]

25. That DU is a web-visible site

open to the public?

I made no mention of defecation until you did.

We all (hopefully) know that none of us actually OWN DU. But thanks for pointing it out!

[dware]

23. .....

[CaptYossarian]

11. My insults and barbs are only directed toward the Repubs and trolls.

If they are misread or misunderstood, I sincerely apologize.

Just not to the Repubs and trolls. They can slither right on out of here.

[hunter]

13. I have superior knowledge of ALL subjects. Get used to it.

[dware]

14. I've been a member of DU since it's inception,

and I don't believe I've ever slapped down any new member because they're a new member or a low count poster.
As a matter of fact, I question the motives of those that do go after new members just because they are new members.

Just in case you are wondering why my profile says member since 2019, I had to take a leave of absence in 2004 due to life problems, but I did join up in 2001.

[Nature Man]

27. what was your former username?

[Nature Man]

15. I think there's a lot of senior citizens here

like myself.

The "shitty" will always be a thing on the Internet, I reckon.

[sarisataka]

16. .

[Mrs. Overall]

26. Posts like this drive a wedge between those with high post counts and those with lower

post counts, between long time members and new members.

This thread is going to be a shit show.

Why not just kindly respond to the posts that seem to be condescending? Perhaps the DUer isn't even aware of his/her tone.

Calling this out publicly just seems to be an attempt to stir the pot.

(Even though I have a relatively low post count, I've been an active member since 2003, and personally, I tend to have some admiration toward those with high post counts--most of them know what they are talking about, and if you engage with them in disagreement, they tend to interact respectfully.)