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Next time the poutragers get your blood pressure spiking, just remember that this is all that's going on.
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http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/
elleng
(131,103 posts)I needed that!
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)You are welcome!
In_The_Wind
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TheProgressive
(1,656 posts)We need a dog food, I mean Cats forum...
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)is it not?
MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)You're back!
Hekate
(90,793 posts)I guess I am, aren't I?
I do, since SS accounts for part of the income at my house.
But I still thought it was funny anyway.
Go figure
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)about the elderly, poverty, war, human rights, or the future of the nation? Everyone should strive to be as indifferent as possible. It's not like we actually want anything to change. The 1% are handling things just perfectly as is. Everyone knows that posting kitty pics is so much more important than political engagement.
Sissyk
(12,665 posts)up sock accounts to alert over and over and getting baned for it?
Oh, I know what it is. You're adogslife. You don't like kittehs! lol
pipi_k
(21,020 posts)is not a sign of apathy.
Some friends made me laugh at my father's wake.
When my brother died, one of my sisters got up at his funeral and told some amusing stories.
And when my MIL lay here dead in my own living room while we waited for the hearse to show up, Mr Pipi and I and his siblings and their spouses had a few laughs.
Should we be accused of "apathy" because we found humor in painful situations, then?
I find your judgement of others to be vile and disgusting.
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)as a hissy fit committee is not vile and disgusting to you?
I don't share the intense concern many have here with that particular issue, but then I don't feel the need to ridicule their concerns as being a "hissy fit committee." I see no evidence the OP is expressing humor in a painful situation. I see members here taking delight in ridiculing others concerned with an important political issue.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)On the one hand, I'm sorry for all your losses.
On the other, more humorous hand, remind me to stay out of your living room and run for my life if you ever invite me there.
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Pathetic. Please spare me the sanctimonious bullshit.
Edit: link
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)Your insight is truly impressive. Perhaps I should feel flattered you've taken such interest in me, since I have no idea who you are.
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Credibility. Face it, it was a dishonest stunt, and you got caught in the act. You're still fairly new here, that you don't know me is irrelevant.
Your arrogance is equally impressive.
Honestly, if I were caught gaming the system with socks and the like, I would be too embarrassed to stay here. Pathetic.
SunSeeker
(51,695 posts)Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)It's just interesting how some are bold enough to wag their righteous finger at you with one hand, while pulling dishonest crap like this with the other.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)Once you realize that's what's going on, it's almost like it could be a party.
Kind of a weird dysfunctional party, but still a party. Kind of like, say, a Third Party.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)she
thanks for the support.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)There are some profoundly unglued people tonight, and they all dropped by to hate on your LOLcats. If I understand correctly, I myself am a vicious plutocrat without empathy, and probably a few other things I haven't noticed yet. You too. Ain't it amazing?
Actually, I am very sorry for their angst, but it's hard to get a word in edgewise when there's so much flailing. More so since their powers of prediction are limited, as we have experienced over the past 5 years.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)That totally made my day. I was trying to figure out which one I could have thrown at me, and that was near the top of the list.
I'm guilty of this one, too:
http://www.politicsforum.org/images/flame_warriors/flame_40.php
gollygee
(22,336 posts)We have a few of those.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)I wonder what those kittehs were actually hissing at!
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)Even they know it's bad news.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)What a mob. I miss mine, residing under the Afghan pine, and under a toilet tank lid in South Austin. They were great Kits.
PennsylvaniaMatt
(966 posts)Hope all is well on your end!
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)thank you.
I wish you the best also!
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)txwhitedove
(3,929 posts)SunSeeker
(51,695 posts)Last edited Mon Apr 8, 2013, 04:14 PM - Edit history (2)
Thanks, I needed that.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)When you stop laughing, you stop feeling.
SunSeeker
(51,695 posts)Honestly, when I saw that LOLcats pic, I thought of our gungeoneers' reaction upon any mention of gun control.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)demmiblue
(36,885 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)IMHO, I do not think that DU S**ks. Nor do I think my Op does.
What are you trying to say to me?
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)Personally, I think that your OP makes DU suck. But, if that is your prerogative, then so be it.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)Someone is trying to spread a little sunshine here, a little lighten-up.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)OneGrassRoot is a perfect example of spreading the sunshine-- people who strive to divide and deride fellow DUers... not so much.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Mocking and derision = corporate "lightheartedness."
Who Are These People? Foreclosure Firm Staff Mock Homeless People At Halloween Party
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2208524
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I think the OP's calling for the President to be impeached, are what is dividing DU and making it stink.
As for your language it is uncalled for.You are being blatantly rude to me, and I have been civil to you.
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)And I commend those whom have done so without hyperbole, disrespect, and borderline bigotry.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)demmiblue
(36,885 posts)Perhaps you should reread your OP and my responses.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2626873
Nothing wrong with this OP calling out the Poutrage over those who are foaming about .. "Impeaching the President".
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)I saw nothing in the OP regarding impeachment.
Y'all are making up things in your minds. I never knew of any impeachment talk. And even if I did, this type of OP is just shit stirring. Meta no longer exists.
Cha
(297,655 posts)right to call out the Shit already getting Stirred on DU.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)1) this makes DU suck by attacking people rather than positions
2) some people can't read minds.
We all have more in common here than we have differences. But if it means so much to you and yours, go ahead and make meaningless attacks.
Cha
(297,655 posts)who are silly and having little bitty hissyfits.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)When I posted about Meals on Wheels being cut for the neediest, 4 people blamed the seniors.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022628227
Call me whatever you wish, but living in a pretend world that nothing is happening.....harms everyone.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)If it bothers you, then alert.
Otherwise, the OP is just shit-stirring for the sake of shit-stirring. Who knows what the heck she/he was talking about.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Do you think they'll recover?
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)Really. It says a lot more about you than anyone else.
Cha
(297,655 posts)You have no problem being nasty to the OP but now you're accusing me. What does that say about you?
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)demmiblue
(36,885 posts)But I still think that the OP was out of line, nasty and mean.
Cha
(297,655 posts)"nasty and mean".
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)demmiblue
(36,885 posts)Cha
(297,655 posts)demmiblue
(36,885 posts)I know it probably means a lot to you.
Taking you off ignore was a mistake.
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)Will you recover?
Cha
(297,655 posts)Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)I save that for people who get fucked by right wing policies.
Cha
(297,655 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I am not the one that is stirring the pot.
You are a DU member, you read the Home page. Every day there are multiple as in 5 or more OP's bashing the President, and yes a call for impeachment the other day. How could you not have a clue what I am referring to. Really?
So read the front page if you doubt what I say. And it is she, demmiblue.
sheshe2
freshwest
(53,661 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022631518
Attempt to Harm Social Security? Impeachment is on the table.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022626778
There is impeachment talk going on in GD. That's not Meta, neither is anything written here. This OP's picture and link is from a well-known and often quoted blog here at DU.
Cha
(297,655 posts)hissyfits in the OP.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Nobody reads links before they go off on people anymore, I guess. And you didn't post the Jury results first, you only referred to them being here. The statement you quoted was fair.
No one wants to know what the OP is really about, and refuses to admit they've been calling down hellfire and brimstone all day long. I find that disingenuous, but then it happens.
Cha
(297,655 posts)All day long and yesterday.. no doubt tomorrow and the next days ad infinitum.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)that have so much more information. The full story. However some do not like facts. Fiction suits their needs..
she
boilerbabe
(2,214 posts)a quick scan of it makes that perfectly obvious.
Cha
(297,655 posts)is calling out the hissyfits.
Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)It does not mean to apologize as in saying "I am sorry for x" or "sorry for the actions of my friend x".
It means to defend a religion, ideology, group, or in this case politician by making persistent arguments.
CS Lewis was a Christian apologist, my favorite in fact, he made some excellent arguments in more than one well known publication. He never apologized for his faith, not that I am aware of.
I am not Christian by the way, but I still respect him and his ability to make excellent arguments.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics
This is close to the context used by the poster to describe the blog in question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetics#American_Apologists
Of course a specialized term for Obama apologetics would require an additional wiki entry that would in fact term those engaging in it "Obama Apologists".
I hope this is helpful.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)is one of the best I have read on the net. Her Op's are well thought out. A twist on what is happening, and damn it is a great twist.
A quick scan, will not tell you the story. A thorough read might! Don't do a quick scan and report. Read it, you might learn something.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)DevonRex
(22,541 posts)Oh my god. And there we have it.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)OMGosh!
radiclib
(1,811 posts)WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)Welcome to the new and improved, dumbed-down DU.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Last edited Sun Apr 7, 2013, 11:36 PM - Edit history (1)
The real level of compassion of the Third Way element of our party is no longer being concealed. The mask of pretending to care about the same issues as traditional Democrats has dropped, and the vicious contempt of corporatists for the fears of seniors and the poor to this assault on our already tattered safety nets is on full display.
This is the attitude of utter contempt that claims to represent our party now. Don't think that people aren't paying attention.
neverforget
(9,436 posts)zeemike
(18,998 posts)And it is a bitter pill to swallow when you find you have been fooled and used.
And when they then make light of it all and call you a whiner.
Pholus
(4,062 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I need to see if I understand what you are saying, correct me if I am wrong.
The people that support the President are the Third way Element that you describe. We don't care?
The Link
(757 posts)It is for centrists.
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Marr
(20,317 posts)But it's a sentiment I'm seeing repeated by the Third Way cheer section all over the forum lately.
SalmonChantedEvening
(31,952 posts)OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)[IMG][/IMG]
What the Costumes Reveal
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/opinion/what-the-costumes-reveal.html?_r=0
On Friday, the law firm of Steven J. Baum threw a Halloween party. The firm, which is located near Buffalo, is what is commonly referred to as a foreclosure mill firm, meaning it represents banks and mortgage servicers as they attempt to foreclose on homeowners and evict them from their homes. Steven J. Baum is, in fact, the largest such firm in New York; it represents virtually all the giant mortgage lenders, including Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.
The party is the firms big annual bash. Employees wear Halloween costumes to the office, where they party until around noon, and then return to work, still in costume. I cant tell you how people dressed for this years party, but I can tell you about last years.
Thats because a former employee of Steven J. Baum recently sent me snapshots of last years party. In an e-mail, she said that she wanted me to see them because they showed an appalling lack of compassion toward the homeowners invariably poor and down on their luck that the Baum firm had brought foreclosure proceedings against.
When we spoke later, she added that the snapshots are an accurate representation of the firms mind-set. There is this really cavalier attitude, she said. It doesnt matter that people are going to lose their homes. Nor does the firm try to help people get mortgage modifications; the pressure, always, is to foreclose. I told her I wanted to post the photos on The Timess Web site so that readers could see them. She agreed, but asked to remain anonymous because she said she fears retaliation.
Emotionally-stilted, morally-bankrupt minds think alike!
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)And you're risking their wrath. Indeed, you're already incurring it, I see. As is typical of bullies, this particular lynch mob excels in pretending that they are the oppressed ones. They're going to pile on you like nobody's business.
Number23
(24,544 posts)Even though NOTHING has happened and the vast majority of DUers don't believe that anything actually will.
Like I said in another post, the crap of the last few days is all the proof anyone needs to see how and why this place has diminished so much in membership and stature over the last 2-3 years. And the fact that this continues to pop up every 3-5 months just makes it all that much more face-palmingly stupid.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)They're circling, circling, waiting for the opportunity to strike. They rove in packs.
Be careful.
Cha
(297,655 posts)call them on their Poutrage .. "they make DU suck". The Hypocrisy is blaring.
Mustn't dare try to interrupt the foaming. Oooops, sheshe did it.
PennsylvaniaMatt
(966 posts)I thought we had reached the boiling point when there were progressives calling President Obama a "sellout" and pretty much saying he is no better than the Republicans, but the impeachment talk we are seeing today takes the cake!! Is this the "Free Republic"!?!?
freshwest
(53,661 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)so I am kicking this thread!
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My dear, Cha!
+1
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)We played that as kids, here it's not funny. I knew when I posted this it would cause a reaction. The great news, it's not all negative. Look at the rec's!
AM, Thanks,
sheshe2
Bobbie Jo
(14,341 posts)Prime example of DU suckage. We all know who they are, what they do, and how they do it.
Gore1FL
(21,151 posts)At Sun Apr 7, 2013, 11:16 PM an alert was sent on the following post:
Itty Bitty Hissyfit Committee
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022632517
REASON FOR ALERT:
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)
ALERTER'S COMMENTS:
Using a broad brush attack on a group of DU'ers, using similar language I have seen to attack LGBT DU'ers, Feminist DU'ers, and their allies when expressing their views.
You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Sun Apr 7, 2013, 11:24 PM, and the Jury voted 0-6 to LEAVE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: This is a SOP issue formthe hosts, IMO.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: nice try infer homophobia or sexism to get a hide on a comment that apparently is taken personally, I myself can think of a number of other applications here on DU
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Good grief. Those who like Obama have as much right to vent as those who are much harsher in their opinions.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: OFFS. Everything you see is not an attack against you.
Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)One less serial alerter for 24 hours.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)revealed. Poster A gets locked out with a bogus alert, poster B magically steps up to try and "sock it to" the very same person.
I'd think that would be grounds for a PPR, but I guess not!
Number23
(24,544 posts)If they feel the need to circumvent the system like that, must be because the system is not going in their favor in the slightest.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Can't understand why it matters so much...if ya game the system, it's not "winning"--it's not playing fair.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)So it really didn't take long for those who the software changes were arguably designed for in the first place to figure out how to circumvent the system. In the example I gave the person in question has something like a dozen hides on their transparency page, so apparently this is far from a PPRable offense.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I will say, I don't get it. Just doesn't seem terribly fair to me.
Number23
(24,544 posts)That would be hilarious if it wasn't so mind-numbingly, terrifying stupid.
Props to Juror #4
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)BRING IT ON!
Or to steal from another poster in this thread: Just kill me now, Ceiling Cat, just kill me now.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Thank you freshwest.
treestar
(82,383 posts)Always did make me
DerekG
(2,935 posts)In fact, it's to die for.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)Stunning.
DerekG
(2,935 posts)After all, there's going to be more folks reduced to eating cat food soon.
As far as I'm concerned, Barack Obama and his Third-Way supporters can go to Hell.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)There are those of us on DU that support the President. His ideals and a vision for the future. He is one man and can not do it alone. There are laws and the constitution that must be followed. He is not a Monarch.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022621891
First of all, I'd suggest that whenever you read a poutrager going ballistic about chained-CPI, look to see if they are including what President Obama's proposal does to mitigate the effect it will have on the most vulnerable. I can guarantee you that they won't because no one has seen the details yet.
But anyone on the left (including President Obama and Nancy Pelosi) who has been willing to negotiate about implementing chained-CPI has stressed the importance of including such measures.
There are two major changes necessary. First, add a bump in benefits to the very old, who are more likely to have high healthcare bills and to have exhausted their savings that supplemented their Social Security income. Second, exempt Supplemental Security Income, which serves the poorest, disabled and blind but still often leaves people below the poverty line.
One easy way to tell if people are including these mitigating measures in their calculations is that CBO has estimated that switching to chained-CPI will save $220 billion over 10 years. If these protections for the most vulnerable are included, that figure is reduced to $100-150 billion.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022610623
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)"But anyone on the left (including President Obama and Nancy Pelosi) who has been willing to negotiate about implementing chained-CPI has stressed the importance of including such measures."
Those measures do NOT just affect the neediest. They affect all of us and our state of mind as a country.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)can we take a breath here.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)Not going to take a breath.
abelenkpe
(9,933 posts)Only the well to do would be unable to see how fucked up that is. Or a total fool.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)A lack of respect for seniors, and a tolerance for what we once thought was intolerable.
I find it shocking.
It's getting ugly.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Hekate
(90,793 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I find it shocking.
It's getting ugly.
piratefish08
(3,133 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)Personally, I'm still waiting for the president (or his proxies) to reveal that he was just trolling them to highlight their radicalism. "we even offered to touch the Third Rail of American politics, and they still said 'that's not enough'!"
A number of people here assured us that proposing chained-CPI was just a bluff to make the Republicans look extreme (as if they don't have a track record already), but -- as in the past -- there doesn't seem to be much of an effort by the administration and party leadership to make an issue of the other side's destructive radicalism.
frylock
(34,825 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)The Link
(757 posts)dawg
(10,624 posts)Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)the plutocrats adore this kind of shit.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)... Pastor Warren's son's suicide. IMHO
freshwest
(53,661 posts)madfloridian
(88,117 posts)Ridicule those who care about seniors and the needy. Those our party has traditionally supported.
Ridicule those who point out the reality that both parties are advocating similar policies.
People are whining because they fear they will never be able to retire. Har har har!
Tell another funny joke.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)madfloridian
(88,117 posts)WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022632517#post144
Straight from the horse's mouth.
Junior Fucking High...
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Do you always swear at women like that, when you do not like what they say?
I love the rec's because, they show support of this President.
You are more than welcome to you opinion, however you language is rude, and not needed to make a point.
You seem to have no problem that the bash Obama threads go to the VERY top every single day. Incuding the Impeachment thread.
However when I use my constitutional rights, I am alerted on and told to shut up. Seriously?
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)Good luck with that, I am one. And where did I swear AT you? You posted flamebait, expect pushback. And stop playing the victim.
I'm happy the alert failed. As someone said elsewhere on this delightful thread of yours, it's pulled back the mask. I want you to keep talking... and digging.
Bash Obama policy threads should be at the "VERY top every single day" if he is advancing bad policy. Just as good policy should be highlighted. Why is that so difficult for you to grasp?
So much snit over one idiotic impeachment thread. Sensible Centrists really need thicker skin. And you accuse liberals of *poutrage.*
Response to WorseBeforeBetter (Reply #240)
sheshe2 This message was self-deleted by its author.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I have no respect for the verbal abuse by a man or a woman that is posting a reply at DU.
It is unnecessary to make your point.
As a surviving member of VAWA. Verbal abuse is wrong, in any form.You do support VAWA, yes? I have posted many times on the issue. I sure wish they had made it to the TOP! It seems the outrage does not cover these issues. women, meh, not important enough.
One thread, no it is the continued assault of this President that is the issue.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)Push, pushback, run to Mommy or Daddy, get the other kids in trouble?
There was no verbal abuse in the post. I quoted you, who proudly admitted that you posted flamebait. And don't assume the Recs are in support of Obama. Trainwreck threads are often recommended, just for sheer entertainment value. Of which you have provided, in spades.
I tend to ignore your threads -- they're generally way too fluffy and cheerleaderish for me, with crap blogs sourced. Maybe others do too, since they're not rising to the top the way you think they should.
And if Obama (or any Democrat) keeps advancing shitty policy, expect continued attacks on that policy. If you can't handle it, perhaps you should get out of the kitchen.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Your characterization is an insult to all those who have truly suffered verbal abuse.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)It's really an enlightening post. It shows clearly the divide between those who accept anything that is done by this administration and those of us who still question what is being done in our name.
It is a defining post, a clear post, about how those of us who question are looked down upon here now.
The ridicule toward the left is nothing new, but the open way it goes on now is quite new.
The Link
(757 posts)conservadems.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)When we who do speak out are diminished, it diminishes all of our party.
It changes the whole playing field.
On my post about Meals on Wheels having funding cuts four people blamed the needy seniors instead of the politicians making the outrageous decisions.
We do outnumber, but we are ones who must toe the line.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Are there no DU members here that have elderly family members from the labor class who are struggling?
Are there no DU members here that they themselves envision themselves struggling through their retirement years?
Are we so removed from an intimate relationship with our elderly neighbors that we have no clue what they are going through to survive?
This OP doesn't merely mock the left, it is mocking solid middle of the road liberal values. Values which guided our party until Clinton came along.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)I also have no idea whether or not I will ever be able to retire.
I consider myself a New Deal/Great Society Democrat and am appalled to see the great programs from those eras being systematically dismantled.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)community on the internet.
Kudos to you for insightful discourse.
I am so looking forward to deep thoughts from you.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)it's all they've got.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Other people don't think so. Just because you have not read her Blog, does not make her unknown to anyone but you.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)I've read a few of her blog entries, and I wasn't impressed. Give her time, maybe she'll crash and burn like AngryBlackLady and Duchess What's-her-Name.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)In their entirety? With the sub threads that were linked?
It takes a little more time to educate myself, I like to read the novel before I report or retort on it.
So smartypants after reading a few didn't impress you she will crash and burn like ABL? Duchess What's her name...do you mean
http://3chicspolitico.com/
or...
http://www.boomantribune.com/
http://www.balloon-juice.com/
http://www.hopeandchange.net/
or maybe
http://theobamadiary.com/
http://field-negro.blogspot.com/
http://bobcesca.thedailybanter.com/
http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/
Some linked blogs for source.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)to sit through bad writing and very little insight. Some of those you referenced are nothing but cheerleading crap, so they don't interest me. If that's what you were asking -- it's a bit difficult to decipher this:
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)I do not have a lot of free time on my hands. I work 40 hours a week and take care of an elderly father in my spare time. He has Alzheimer's and Dementia. I care about SS, Medicare and Medicaid. I fight for what is right.
You ridicule me for my post and the links I provide. You're not interested in her "bad writing" as you put it, does not make you correct about her insight, no it does not.
You are the one that said Duchess What's her name....I posted the links to ask which one you were referring to???? One I listed was Maddow. So Rachel Maddow is a cheerleader wow!
So, inquiring minds want to know, what blogs inspire you. The ones that lift your spirit and inspire you! The insightful ones, that have a genius for writing.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)don't care about "the children":
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/04/liberals-getting-distractedagain.html
For 8 years we listened to Bush wackos and Corporate Media call us "unpatriotic"; now the attacks come from Circle Ds. Fuck that shit. And you're getting the push-back you so rightly deserve.
The woman I was referring to was not in the list you provided. And if you read my post more carefully, I said "some," not "all" with regard to cheerleading.
The impeachment suggestion was idiotic, as are the hair-on-fire accusations. This is serious business.
Inspiration? Why, Hamsher, Greenwald, and Taibbi, of course!
Good luck with your father, and I mean that sincerely.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)don't care about "the children":
I wonder whether or not they actually give a shit about children.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2013/04/liberals-getting-distractedagain.html
Why is bigtree being bashed over at this thread, for the Sandy Hook children and common sense gun control. Bashed from some of the posters here tonight.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022638645
Hmmmm?
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)From a quick skim, it seems the person who caused the bulk of the problems is someone who posted a gun porn pic thread shortly after Newtown, in which even Skinner made a comment. (I'd post a link, but I think it was Meta. And it was probably the most toxic thing I've seen on DU and would rather not breathe new life into it.) So, consider the source.
Bigtree made a rather snotty comment re: "very important threads on SS," so he's not exactly innocent. Social Security IS a very important issue.
I'd wager the vast majority of DU supports LONG-OVERDUE, common sense gun control. Of course, opinions in the incredibly toxic gungeon may differ.
You don't seem to grasp that anyone with a computer and e-mail address can become a member of this site. Their intentions may not be "pure." STOP making it so personal. Some people thrive on being assholes and getting a rise out of others. Ignore them if you can't handle it. And rather than knee-jerking to anything you perceive as being anti-Obama, why not listen to what some of the more thoughtful posters are offering up? Have you not figured out who they are?
In closing: Gun control GOOD; cuts to Social Security BAD.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)It's meant to keep down criticism of the new policies set in place by our New Democrats.
The Link
(757 posts)Do they support cutting social program or do they just not like people criticizing dear leader for proposing it?
Occulus
(20,599 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)OP feels like a punch to the gut. FDR's compassion for the poor, and the program he set up, united a whole nation behind Democrats for generations. Despite the differences on other issues, the spirit of the New Deal has been one issue that has always united us going on 80 years. It's what differentiates us from "fuck you" Republicans.
So many people will suffer from a SS cut, FDR must be rolling in his grave. How can anyone make light of that?
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)By the way the itty bitty committee includes most the the U.S. who are decidedly against any social security cuts.
The Link
(757 posts)Cult of Personality.
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)I only have respect for the threads organizing petitions and calmly explaining why it's not an ideal policy, not those threads that are full of FUCK YOUS, threats of impeachment, and hyperbolic nonsense.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)warning that this was coming for several years and have been mocked and dismissed.
When it mattered, we were told that Obama would never ever ever do this.
And now we are simply fucking pissed. Are you?
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)I became a supporter only a year before the election.
I haven't told anyone anything for years and I have not been in the position of being let down.
dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)I'm always waiting for them to come back and apologize after all their toxic attacks on those that see it coming. It comes, then what? Then we get threads like this, rather than apologies. Sad and revealing.
Occulus
(20,599 posts)Fixed.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)And use it to start to fix what they are not happy about, things would be getting better!
Here is a starting point for them!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022633279
freshwest
(53,661 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)and thank you, our voices as one can be strong.
Cha
(297,655 posts)Thank you!
HiPointDem
(20,729 posts)you gave a list of contacts for reps & told us the work starts at the ballot box.
here's why the 'rage'.
we voted for democrats, over and over. we've donated money & helped gotv.
we've called, written letters & emails, marched and protested.
they are not responsive.
they. are. not. responsive.
when we attempt to organize, they infiltrate us, surveil us, put us in 'free speech zones,' hassle us, arrest us & worse.
and then, to add insult to injury, we are told by democrats like -- not necessarily like you, but like some people on these threads --
that we're not doing enough, we're not doing it right, our concerns are mere poutrage, we want ponies -- i can't even list all the crap.
the fact is, our representatives are not responsive. we are not their constituency. they don't represent us, they represent, 99% of the time, the 1%.
the constitution is a piece of paper. we are not 'the bosses,' that's a joke, and we're its butt.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)You MUST get friend and family in on it. Go out and get involved in your community to get the word out for others to do the same.
The power is in the numbers, I repeat, the power is in the numbers! And the number have been dwindling on our side.
One must remember the old saying "the squeakiest wheel get the most oil" and our side it not been as load as the other as of late.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)There are real obstacles and the government is pretty corrupted with money.
But We the People have alot more power that we realize sometimes. If we get organized.
shanemcg
(80 posts)It is unbelievable the number of ways the 99% has been split in this country and it is all by design.
I tried to bring that point up on a "people that paint their face like their sports mascot" thread, but it just seems to bounce off people's heads. "Fuck people that paint their faces like that! I will divide myself from them!". It may make a person feel good, but the fact still remains that you have whittled down the 99% further still. It is going to take The 99% fighting together against our common enemy to win this thing.
I really think that' what all the -American bullshit is about too. I do not ever remember ANYONE referring to themselves as a -American growing to adulthood. It's just another method to sew division among the people who really have much more in common than we have differences.
Marr
(20,317 posts)support the team? I expect you will.
Think back to this when you do, and remember that you were a part of the problem.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)My priorities are clear. I know who I will vote for.
Marr
(20,317 posts)With this attitude, you most certainly are part of the problem. Laugh it up.
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)The people at DU that trash the President and call for his impeachment, they are the problem. With that attitude we have a problem, a huge problem in 2014!
My vote my voice is clear. So is my vote!
Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)They rely on that.
carolinayellowdog
(3,247 posts)thanks, helps keep the ignore list up to date
chervilant
(8,267 posts)I like Dylan's version of Johnson's iconic quote:
"Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings."
Playing the blame and shame game, snarks about "tone," and other forms of verbal bullying are becoming ubiquitous online...
(I'm one of "those" who're already struggling. Hurts to be mocked like this. )
sheshe2
(83,898 posts)However you do not know me.
I for one have no one on ignore. I choose to read what is on the board and freely choose to agree, disagree or ignore what has been posted.
thank you for your thoughts, carolinayellowdog.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)you appear to have struck a nerve.
Sid
FSogol
(45,525 posts)Floyd_Gondolli
(1,277 posts)It's fairly entertaining when you look at it that way. Almost like theater.
FSogol
(45,525 posts)to suppress Democratic voting in the 2014 mid terms. It would be hugely popular.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)All the "lesser of two evils", "no difference between the parties", "we need a better solution" posters should have the courage to advocate for the third party they so clearly want, and accept the consequences of their principles.
They're the ones that loudly proclaim "Principles over Party", but apparently principles only go so far. Certainly not far enough to jeopardize their membership on a political website.
Sid
FSogol
(45,525 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)The blog you linked to is poorly written and the format is hideous. Looks like it was put together by a teenager.
grasswire
(50,130 posts).....is to be a real life fairy tale princess. I kid you not.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)I was thinking for a minute how I wish I could dream/have aspirations like that. Then I came back to reality to realize it would just be a complete waste of my life. I still hope they meet their version of their aspirations.
Fairy tale princess you say. Really is kind of cool even if a complete waste.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)..but THIS thread wins the Award for the MOST
Shallow, Condescending, Smug, Self-Absorbed, Dismissive of People in Need
thread at DU EVER!!!
"Itty, Bitty, HissyFit"?
You should be deeply ashamed.
Floyd_Gondolli
(1,277 posts)I wish I could rec it over and over again. But hey to each their own
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Callous:
feeling or showing no sympathy for others, hard-hearted
insensitive; indifferent; unsympathetic,
"Itty Bitty HissyFits"?
Have you no shame?
http://savesocialsecurity.tumblr.com/
frylock
(34,825 posts)where right-wing policy is soundly embraced because it emanates from our dreamboat president.
dsc
(52,166 posts)have to start stealing food from them, then even you might care.
Knightraven
(268 posts)With four such cute examples, hard not to!
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)or starve to death or die because they can't afford medication, or the people who care about those people?
I mean, why don't they just shut up and stop having their little poutrage fest, am I right?
Rex
(65,616 posts)nt.
Number23
(24,544 posts)But you got the bvar22 Seal of Approval ('cause I know you were desperately wondering) so that's definitely something in your favor.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2636334
bvar22
(39,909 posts)I already bestowed that award in Post #202 of THIS thread,
and signed my name to it.
Unlike you, I didn't sneak off to another thread and post her name in a Call Out.
Why don't you got to the thread you linked to,
post YOUR defense of the indefensible,
and sign YOUR name to it.
Its easy to find because it is at the top of The Greatest Page
passing through 216 Recs with 18 hours yet to go.
But here, I'll help you out:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022636080
....or maybe you do have a sense of shame.
Number23
(24,544 posts)I thought the OP should know that you were calling her out in yours. Odd, that you took such offense to me calling out YOUR call out of the OP.
And 216 recs around here is par for the course for any anti-Obama spiel. Which you well know.
And your "with 18 hours yet to go" comment, as if any of this shit means ANYTHING would be almost laughable if it wasn't indicative of something sort of sad. Wake me up when any of that crap gets to 300. Or even more importantly, makes ONE DAMN BIT of difference to the political climate in this country.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)I just pointed to this embarrassing thread, and all the participants.
I condemned the entire thread as "callous and disgusting".
YOU violated the Call out rule, not me.
I said nothing I have not already said In This Thread under MY name.
I stand by every word.
I also agree with this slightly modified statement in your post:
"As usual, I have no idea"--- Number 23
I am NOT "Anti-Obama".
I AM Pro-Social Security,
and Pro-Democratic Party.
I worked hard to get him elected in a very hostile area of The South.
However, I AM anti-creepiness, and NEVER place personality before principle.
Number23
(24,544 posts)Do you seriously believe that calling a post "callous and disgusting," worthy of eternal shame, the worst thread in the HISTORY of DU and whatever other melodramatic tripe you were spewing complete with a LINK that no one will figure out who you were talking about? Really? REALLY??
I have seen you post some Grade A, earth-shattering foolishness around here, but I think this one takes the cake. Maybe you should go back to counting the recs on your thread and the remaining seconds that it will live on the front page before falling off the page and everyone's collective conscious. Sounds like an excellent use of your time, especially since it seems to be so terribly important to you. Such a... FULFILLING existence you must have.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)We are very lucky to be living a rich and rewarding life in the Woods of the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.
Many people say that we are living their dream.
We are excited to be harvesting our first Asparagus spears of the season tomorrow.
They are To-Die-For, and the Strawberries are not far behind.
Looks like another Bumper Crop.
It is surprising how well thing do with a little love.
Cheers!
Number23
(24,544 posts)Go get those recs, tiger!
Apparently the Ouachita Mountains and that precious doe in your pic needs them as much as your love to survive...
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Think it'll bust 300?
That is pretty rare on DU these days.
Back when this was a Progressive site,
Recs would top 1000 often.
We love our life here.
It is much more than just "surviving".
We "Live Well" on a laughably LOW "taxable" income using stuff we learned in the 60s. My Wife & I have a compatible skill set that makes
living sustainably and independently fun (most of the time).
Our bank account isn't RICH, but our everyday life certainly is.
My Wife is the ONLY Medical First Responder for over 60 square miles,
and we are both active officers and firefighters in our local Fire Department.
When people need help, we are the ones they call.
While that can be a huge Pain-in-the-Ass at 2AM,
it IS immensely rewarding, and we are grateful for this opportunity to be helpful in our little community.
But, again, we were/are very lucky to have this happen for us.
We did some leg work, made some choices, and invested a lot of sweat and sore backs, but LUCK is always a BIG part of the equation.
Planning & Control are subordinate to LUCK & Blessings.
Like most Americans, it can all disappear in the blink of an eye,
so we focus on being grateful every day.
That is WHY a traditional Democratic Party Issue like Social Security is so important to Democrats like us. We have seen what happens without it.
Social Security is the cornerstone of the Modern Democratic Party,
and the New Deal & Great Society Social Programs are a BIG part of WHY my wife & I have worked tirelessly for the Democratic Party for over 40 years.
As far as we're concerned, without THOSE, there IS no worthwhile Democratic Party. ANGER is an appropriate response to seeing these programs marginalized,
and the people who support them ridiculed.
Another "Anti-Obama" Itty Bitty HissyFitter
Adding the link so you can go see all the other "Anti-Obama" fools:
http://savesocialsecurity.tumblr.com
I am proud to stand with the above loyal Democrats!
Number23
(24,544 posts)If so, congrats!! Now you can feed your family and that precious little deer!! They must be absolutely THRILLED!!!
Never say that your hard (EVER so hard) work here slamming and constantly criticizing this president at EVERY SINGLE DROP is for nothing. Those recs are obviously putting food on your table. You are The Man.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)When you can't support your position with truth, facts, or outside verification,
you just fabricate some fantasy that makes you feel good?
Do you do this often?
Very creative, but childish and unproductive.
Also damaging to DU as a community.
You said:[font color=red]"Those recs are obviously putting food on your table."[/font]
which, of course, is an outright fabrication (polite for "LIE" .
I challenge you to support your claim,
or retract your fabricated Ad Hominem and apologize.
We don't need DU to put food on out table.
We grow our own.
That thread was not about me,
and I did very little work.
That thread is about THESE solid Democrats.
and the hundreds, thousands, MILLIONS of DEMOCRATS who support the cornerstone of the modern Democratic party, Social Security.
I am privileged to have been a small part of making THEIR voices a little louder.
If that gives you pain,
that is YOUR problem, and the others here who discount THEIR voices as "poutrage".
Cheers!
[font color=firebrick size=3][center]"If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for,
at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them."
--- Paul Wellstone[/font][/center]
[center][/font]
[font size=1]photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]
Number23
(24,544 posts)day in and day out over EVERYTHING and then posts his little meaningless OPs and sits breathlessly counting the seconds and the recs is truly the LAST person here that needs to question anyone's intellect, bitterness or any other vaguely human quality.
You got your precious, all important recs. Yeah, you managed to juuuuust squeak past the 300 mark. The socks must be dancing in their drawers! And yet, here you are still posting your... whatever and you accuse ME of being the bitter one?
Why in God's name would I be bitter? The president's approval ratings just came out. He's at 51% and the group keeping him afloat is... LIBERALS as well as the young and female. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/08/cnn-poll-obama-at-51-approval-but-lower-on-key-issues/
"The gain among people under 35 years old was a whopping 15 points, compared to no change at all in the middle age brackets and a seven-point drop among senior citizens, possibly fueled by concerns over Obama's proposed changes to Social Security," adds Holland. "Obama has also gained among moderates, while his high support among liberals and his low support among conservatives has remained unchanged."
So sorry to have to tell you. 311 measly recs on a web site that few even know about versus the hundreds of thousands of liberals that support the man and always have. The numbers are not in your favor, though I know that you have totally managed to convince yourself otherwise.
But as I said before, congrats on the 300 recs! Your wife, I mean... that deer must be so thrilled.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)I hope so, because this is a serious issue.
You have knowing posted false accusations about a member of DU.
This diminishes YOU,
and it diminishes DU.
I am referring to your post #263 where you stated:
[font color=red][font size=3]"Those recs are obviously putting food on your table."[/font][/font]
which, of course, is an outright fabrication (polite for "LIE" .
I called you on your fabrication,
and asked you to support it, or retract it.
You have failed to do so,
and have knowingly left false information about another member of DU standing
with YOUR name on it.
That is much worse than making a mistake out of confusion and frustration.
That is a sign of desperation and low character.
I take that seriously.
So should you.
So should DU.
If you have enough integrity to correct your falsehoods,
I will amend my posts publicly calling attention to them.
Number23
(24,544 posts)I take great comfort in knowing that you are the only person here so paranoid that a benign comment about your meaningless, purposeless recs feeding your deer and the mountains that you live in has to be blown up to some "fabrication." God, you love to hear/read the sounds of your own voice/words!!! I know this place is the Alpha and Omega of your existence, but pretty sure that no one else feels this way.
But maybe there's a reason for all of that paranoia. If only I cared enough to find out...
bvar22
(39,909 posts)you have chosen to leave FALSE information and False Accusations about a member of DU posted at DU.
That is your choice, and a public display of your character.
In my 12 years at DU, I have never knowingly posted false information,
or knowingly posted an attack on any member of DU that contained fabricated LIES.
In fact, I rarely engage in personal attacks at all,
and prefer to keep my debates focused on the issues.
I have made mistakes,
but have always corrected them when information became available.
You are choosing to take the low road.
Until you correct the false information you have posted,
I will respond to any reply or comment you make to me, or about me,
with a post containing this bookmarked incident,
a screen cap of your desperate, fabricated Ad Hominem attack,
and a challenge for you to correct your falsehoods.
If you find the courage or integrity to correct your errors,
I will amend my posts to remove public mentions of your shortcomings.
There is little wonder that you and I wind up on the opposite sides of so many issues. It IS a matter of Values and Character.
Number23
(24,544 posts)Oh my God. You could not be more full of yourself if you tried. But the thing about arrogance is that it needs to be actually backed up with something. Like intelligence. Or a moral fiber.
You are BEYOND hilarious. You could type "Number23 is a poopy head" which is pretty close to the intellectual depths that you regale us all with here regularly anyway, and it would have absolutely NO bearing on my enjoyment (or lack of) of this web site. You mean absolutely nothing to me and your opinion, of me or of ANYTHING, means even less.
You, sir, are nothing short of absolutely ridiculous. Even that poor deer must find you an unbearable know-nothing bore.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)Despite your furious spinning, that exactly what you have done.
Either support your accusations,
or remove them.
That is the RIGHT thing to do.
I take that seriously,
and so should DU.
When the Ancients first got together and established guidelines for their society, one of the first things they agreed upon is that
It is NOT OK to make up Lies about each other and spread them.
Virtually ALL ancient and modern cultures agree.
You state:
[font size=3 color=red]"You could type "Number23 is a poopy head"[/font]
I agree. I could type that,
but I chose not to do so.
I could have fabricated any number of LIES about you and posted them,
but I chose not to do so. Most of us don't knowingly post lies.
Fabricating Lies and posting them IS a sign of desperation and low character.
As promised:
Number23,
You have knowingly posted false accusations about a member of DU.
This diminishes YOU,
and it diminishes DU.
I am referring to your post #263
of the thread
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022632517
where you stated:
[font color=red][font size=3]"Those recs are obviously putting food on your table."[/font][/font]
which, of course, is an outright fabrication (polite for "LIE" .
I called you on your fabrication,
and asked you to support it, or retract it.
You have failed to do so,
and have knowingly left false information about another member of DU standing
with YOUR name on it.
That is much worse than making a mistake out of confusion and frustration.
That is a sign of desperation and low character.
I take that seriously.
So should you.
So should DU.
If you have enough integrity to correct your falsehoods,
I will amend my posts publicly calling attention to them.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2644074
You have the power to make it all go away.
Amend your post and retract the lie.
shanemcg
(80 posts)"You could type "Number23 is a poopy head"
He might very well be one. So if you were to type that it might not be a lie. But of course you're bigger than that.
Always consistent and always on the right (correct!) side of things. Thanks bvarr2! I hope Sen Wellstone gets justice some day.
OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)JimDandy
(7,318 posts)Where's Meta when we need it? Piss poor call out on all the DU Democrats protecting social security. Noone on ignore...but you.
Cha
(297,655 posts)PennsylvaniaMatt
(966 posts)That a post with a friggin' picture of kittens can cause such a uproar!
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)you're not too bright.
boilerbabe
(2,214 posts)and talking in a scarlet o hara voice when they proclaim "how can anybody get so angry over a cute lil ole LOLCAT pic. hmmm?" they must think we are too fucking stupid to see CONTEXT.
WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)Yeah, I hear ya. I'm actually thankful for this thread -- it's been a MAJOR eye-opener.
PennsylvaniaMatt
(966 posts)WorseBeforeBetter
(11,441 posts)MellowDem
(5,018 posts)"Next time the poutragers get angry at cuts to social services for the weak, LAUGH AT THEM"
-Zombie Thatcher
Rex
(65,616 posts)raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)sheshe2
(83,898 posts)Itty Bitty Hissyfit Committee
Next time the poutragers get your blood pressure spiking, just remember that this is all that's going on.
Wow, seriously? A picture of kitties hissing, doth project too much? Seriously, William?
bvar22
(39,909 posts)[font size=1]Please dont fold under the pressure of the Republicans. Change the amount of income on which workers pay the S.S. tax. You know that will work!![/font]
or THIS single mother:
[font size=1]DO NOT CUT SOCIAL SECURITY! I am a widow and depend on Social Security to care for my minor children whose father died. [/font]
Or THIS activist:
Poutrage?
You should be ashamed.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Every Democrat needs to see this thread in all its ugliness.
The mask is finally off, and so much for all the pretending to stand for the same values and principles as traditional Democrats. Standing up against assaults on seniors and the elderly and our bedrock safety nets now elicits mocking, sneering screeds like this, worthy of FOX News. It is no coincidence that this viciousness is brought to you by the reliable defenders of every corporate policy coming out of this administration.
Make no mistake about it: This is your party on corporatism. And this is the level of human compassion we can expect in this country when we cede our party and our government to them.
shanemcg
(80 posts)No pun intended!
As the Republican party has drifted ever further rightward into fruit loop land, right wingers who were not totally batshit crazy on social issues decided they MUST be Democrats and came over to the party. You can see it all over with usernames like conservative this and formerrepublican that, even former freepers posting as solid Democrats these days. They are still financial conservatives and the present Democratic party speaks to them on their fiscal matters, so they feel even more at home. Enough so that they can tell YOU what it means to be a Democrat.
Some are paid operatives I'm sure, but most are easily hoodwinked Repubs that decided they must be Dems because they can still hate on poors and not have to support walking caricatures like Gingrich or Santorum.
Rex
(65,616 posts)'I am having a hissyfit over the hissyfit commitee, commitee'!
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)To expose the poutragers who continue to infest every thread. This is like the ultimate honeypot.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)For some, such things are as close as they can come to reasoned arguments or human empathy.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)They used to be shut down after an hour or so. The huge, pointless, complaining threads about DU and DUers.