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East Coast Pirate

(775 posts)
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:39 PM Aug 2013

Sometimes I think we elected Barack Obama president only in order to abuse him

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by EarlG (a host of the General Discussion forum).

That is sooooo funny. I love you BOG

http://www.democraticunderground.com/110214504

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Sometimes I think we elected Barack Obama president only in order to abuse him (Original Post) East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 OP
Whatever happened to the Duzzys? Autumn Aug 2013 #1
How Old Elm Tree of you. tridim Aug 2013 #2
i smell wood chips,for some reason... dionysus Aug 2013 #4
woodchips and hair burning. Whisp Aug 2013 #41
Nailed it... SidDithers Aug 2013 #27
"It's not something I want to encourage, no East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #47
Hit a nerve, did I?...nt SidDithers Aug 2013 #48
No. East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #50
Hahahahahaha.... SidDithers Aug 2013 #53
Oh my WORD. woo me with science Aug 2013 #3
Yeah, he is having peas forced right down his throat. TheKentuckian Aug 2013 #5
self-abuse by the look of it MisterP Aug 2013 #6
Oh no! Obama's under attack?! NuclearDem Aug 2013 #7
This is the BOG. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #8
Oh. Well that's a pretty stupid thought. Bonobo Aug 2013 #9
i voted for Romney Enrique Aug 2013 #10
Thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice. Autumn Aug 2013 #12
LOL nt Mojorabbit Aug 2013 #13
Bwah! woo me with science Aug 2013 #14
I'm saluting while belting out "I Don't Know How to Love Him." WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2013 #11
Betcha lots of younger DUers don't get the reference. Brigid Aug 2013 #19
I was in elementary school... WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2013 #21
I still have that on CD. Brigid Aug 2013 #24
This message was self-deleted by its author East Coast Pirate Aug 2013 #26
Do you take requests? - LiberalElite Aug 2013 #51
LOL Doing that musical in a few weeks. MuseRider Aug 2013 #52
OMG. LOL Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #15
Has any other group banned 101 people? rug Aug 2013 #16
I think we need to find them some help Arctic Dave Aug 2013 #18
Doubtful. Oakenshield Aug 2013 #28
sis boom bah! Whisp Aug 2013 #34
They're up to 102 blocked DUers. Lol. Union Scribe Aug 2013 #17
I wonder how high that number could go. 500, 1000 Autumn Aug 2013 #23
Up to 104 now. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #29
They block anyone that doesn't cheerlead or agree 100% Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #30
o, you poor thang! Whisp Aug 2013 #32
As if I ever spewed hate against Obama, the president I proudly voted for. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #33
if I am a fascist, who are you? Whisp Aug 2013 #36
Case in point. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #38
The actions of some posters on an internet discussion board Turborama Aug 2013 #35
Yes. I've never witnessed such group behaviors outside of the internet. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #37
o my, you have led such a sheltered life that the BOG is such a Threat to you! Whisp Aug 2013 #39
Case in point. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #40
You said outside of history books, not outside of the internet Turborama Aug 2013 #42
I agree that all those places are worse, no doubt. Democracyinkind Aug 2013 #43
I have n.ews for you. Skidmore Aug 2013 #49
And peace purists are such racists jsr Aug 2013 #20
LOL! Segami Aug 2013 #22
That's quite the echo chamber they've got over there. MNBrewer Aug 2013 #25
well, that's ridiculous- but of course it comes from the insular BOG cali Aug 2013 #31
Huh? Did I wander into a cave or old tree? FSogol Aug 2013 #44
Delusional LondonReign2 Aug 2013 #45
Wildly entertaining and always surprising BOG. Safetykitten Aug 2013 #46

Autumn

(44,743 posts)
1. Whatever happened to the Duzzys?
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:50 PM
Aug 2013

I miss them.

tridim

(45,358 posts)
2. How Old Elm Tree of you.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:52 PM
Aug 2013

dionysus

(26,467 posts)
4. i smell wood chips,for some reason...
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:55 PM
Aug 2013
 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
41. woodchips and hair burning.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:54 AM
Aug 2013

maybe we can bottle it and sell it at a premium price and call it Obsession. Might be trademark conflicts tho. lol

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
27. Nailed it...
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 01:25 AM
Aug 2013


Sid
 

East Coast Pirate

(775 posts)
47. "It's not something I want to encourage, no
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 08:37 AM
Aug 2013

I would alert on such behavior when I am aware
of it, and if I were on a jury I would vote to hide it.

I'd say it's pretty presumptuous for any DUer
(other than myself) to claim to know who are
sockpuppets and who are previously banned
people. I think that Sid needs to spend more of
his time discussing issues and less of his time
focusing on stuff like this."

-Skinner

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12592693

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
48. Hit a nerve, did I?...nt
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 08:51 AM
Aug 2013

Sid

 

East Coast Pirate

(775 posts)
50. No.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 09:03 AM
Aug 2013

I think it's funny.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
53. Hahahahahaha....
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 09:19 AM
Aug 2013

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
3. Oh my WORD.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:54 PM
Aug 2013

TheKentuckian

(24,934 posts)
5. Yeah, he is having peas forced right down his throat.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:57 PM
Aug 2013

How will he put his girls through school?

MisterP

(23,730 posts)
6. self-abuse by the look of it
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:58 PM
Aug 2013

hey, look--they got out of the kitchen!

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
7. Oh no! Obama's under attack?!
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:58 PM
Aug 2013

He'll be okay right? Please tell me he'll be okay!

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
8. This is the BOG.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:59 PM
Aug 2013

Yikes.

I like Obama. I voted for him twice and don't regret either vote, nor all the damn money and time. But I don't freaking worship him. When he's wrong, he's wrong.

Bonobo

(29,257 posts)
9. Oh. Well that's a pretty stupid thought.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 10:59 PM
Aug 2013

Obama was elected with great hope that he would show that the US was NOT what it had seemed to be under Bush.

It was, for many of us, our way of saying "Look! We are not Bush! He was not us! Our values are different! Show the world too! We want change! Real change!"

It was with hope and optimism that Obama was elected.

It is with profound disappointment that he is being criticized.

Enrique

(27,461 posts)
10. i voted for Romney
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 11:04 PM
Aug 2013

to protect Obama from all the abuse.

Autumn

(44,743 posts)
12. Thank you for making the ultimate sacrifice.
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 11:22 PM
Aug 2013



You made me spit water all over my laptop

Mojorabbit

(16,020 posts)
13. LOL nt
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 11:40 PM
Aug 2013

woo me with science

(32,139 posts)
14. Bwah!
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 11:59 PM
Aug 2013

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
11. I'm saluting while belting out "I Don't Know How to Love Him."
Fri Aug 30, 2013, 11:17 PM
Aug 2013

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
19. Betcha lots of younger DUers don't get the reference.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:20 AM
Aug 2013

Takes me back.

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
21. I was in elementary school...
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:30 AM
Aug 2013

and remember the album from the *cool* parents in the 'hood. Come to think of it, that's where I first saw a copy of "Our Body, Ourselves."

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
24. I still have that on CD.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:44 AM
Aug 2013

I used to have the vinyl double album.

Look at all my trials and tribulations
Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
Don't disturb me now, I can see the answers
Till this evening is this morning life is fine

Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
Knew that I could make it if I tried
Then when we retire we can write the gospels
So they'll still talk about us when we've died.

That part always stuck in my head.

Response to Brigid (Reply #24)

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
51. Do you take requests? -
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 09:11 AM
Aug 2013

Like, "I Will Follow Him"?

MuseRider

(34,057 posts)
52. LOL Doing that musical in a few weeks.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 09:15 AM
Aug 2013

Now THIS is what I will think of when we do that number. That and the fact that when I got my music and came to Pilate's pieces without thinking my mind went to the exercise pilates and that is where it has stayed. A friend of mine is singing that part and I now call him that.

So now when that beautiful song comes up I will think of BO and HIS worshipers. Great Only to be taken down by pilates, cramping?

 

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)
15. OMG. LOL
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:10 AM
Aug 2013

That place has lots its rabbit ass mind.

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
16. Has any other group banned 101 people?
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:13 AM
Aug 2013
 

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)
18. I think we need to find them some help
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:19 AM
Aug 2013

before they barricade the door, dress in the same track suits and drink the hemlock.


Creeeeeeeeeeepeeeeeeee!!!!!

Oakenshield

(614 posts)
28. Doubtful.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 02:09 AM
Aug 2013

Unless I'm mistaken, they banned me from posting there just today. Apparently they don't like it when they get called on their ridiculous cheerleader-esque antics.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
34. sis boom bah!
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:41 AM
Aug 2013

Union Scribe

(7,099 posts)
17. They're up to 102 blocked DUers. Lol.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:13 AM
Aug 2013

Autumn

(44,743 posts)
23. I wonder how high that number could go. 500, 1000
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:44 AM
Aug 2013

I had never noticed that before. That's sad, in a funny way.

Blocking a poster:

We hope this never has to be used. We'd rather not have to block anyone. But, in case we have to, blocking is not the same as banning from DU, which banned the member from the entire site. Not so here.

 

Warren Stupidity

(48,181 posts)
29. Up to 104 now.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:28 AM
Aug 2013

Bonobo just got booted after accidentally posting there and then being explicitly told to fuck off by pretzel warrior.

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/110214504#post73

They appear to relish their beleaguered status.

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)
30. They block anyone that doesn't cheerlead or agree 100%
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:28 AM
Aug 2013

Most of those 101 blocked people are folks who had no idea that they were posting in BOG and were in no way " disruptive. It's positively fascist how they ban and gloat over banning. I wish BOG wpuld not show up in greatest threads and such so it could just be ignored.

KEEP BOG OFF THE GREATEST PAGE!

The way it functions now is they just goad critical posters with ridiculous posts only in order to ban them when they reply so they can then high-five themselves and be shocked about the "hate" against Obama.

In all my life, this is the most fascist thing I have witnessed outside of history books. Positively scary to me.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
32. o, you poor thang!
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:37 AM
Aug 2013

you have acres and acres to roam and spew your frothing Obama hate, but it galls you there is a tiny space where you can't or your ass will be grass.

must keep you up at night!

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)
33. As if I ever spewed hate against Obama, the president I proudly voted for.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:41 AM
Aug 2013

You are a prime example of the fascist mindset I was referring to.

I'm not cheerleading so I must be the enemy!!

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
36. if I am a fascist, who are you?
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:46 AM
Aug 2013

Bambi? Poor misunderstood, downtrodden baby deer that can't go eatin in the BOG patch

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)
38. Case in point.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:48 AM
Aug 2013

Turborama

(22,109 posts)
35. The actions of some posters on an internet discussion board
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:45 AM
Aug 2013

...is the most fascist thing you have witnessed outside of history books?

Wow!

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)
37. Yes. I've never witnessed such group behaviors outside of the internet.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:47 AM
Aug 2013

I have seen governmental actions and such that sure fits the label better, but concerning the groupthink thing this is actually as exemplary as my personal experience gets.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
39. o my, you have led such a sheltered life that the BOG is such a Threat to you!
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:51 AM
Aug 2013

you better call somebody, quick! maybe Congress. RIGHT FUCkING NOWWWWW111!!!!

<----- there aren't enough of these in the universe for you.

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)
40. Case in point.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:53 AM
Aug 2013

Turborama

(22,109 posts)
42. You said outside of history books, not outside of the internet
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 07:05 AM
Aug 2013

And fascist, not just groupthink.

That's what amazed me.

Regardless, even inside the internet there are sites like Freereupublic and Conservative Cave which are much worse examples of groupthink and infinitely more fascistic. Other places to check out are the comments sections under any article on Fox's website, or the UK's Daily Mail. How anyone can think the Barack Obama Group - a "safe haven" on Democratic Underground for supporters of President Obama - is worse than any of those is beyond me.

Democracyinkind

(4,015 posts)
43. I agree that all those places are worse, no doubt.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 07:13 AM
Aug 2013

Also, I used to post on boards about conspiracies and argued holocaust deniers, and that was way worse, no doubt about it.

I should therefore further qualify my statement by saying that the shock comes from finding it on such a forum as DU. I don't frequent FR and the rest so the baseline on which I am arguing here is not "the worst on the internet". If people took my post as saying that the BOG is the most fascist place on the whole internet then I'm sorry. That wasn't my point. But among boards that I consider "friendly", I have never seem anything like it. The slightest, unpersonal criticism can generate the most personal attacks.

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
49. I have n.ews for you.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 08:59 AM
Aug 2013

DU, particularly GD, is awash with conspiracy theories and magical thinking these days.

jsr

(7,712 posts)
20. And peace purists are such racists
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:23 AM
Aug 2013
 

Segami

(14,923 posts)
22. LOL!
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:35 AM
Aug 2013

MNBrewer

(8,462 posts)
25. That's quite the echo chamber they've got over there.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 12:52 AM
Aug 2013

I'm proud to be blocked member #4.

 

cali

(114,904 posts)
31. well, that's ridiculous- but of course it comes from the insular BOG
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 06:32 AM
Aug 2013

supporting terrible policies is not something anyone should do in order to "support" the President.

FSogol

(45,355 posts)
44. Huh? Did I wander into a cave or old tree?
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 07:15 AM
Aug 2013

LondonReign2

(5,213 posts)
45. Delusional
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 07:57 AM
Aug 2013

There are actually people there that think DU supports Sarah Palin and Louie Gohmert?

 

Safetykitten

(5,162 posts)
46. Wildly entertaining and always surprising BOG.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 08:01 AM
Aug 2013
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