Belated appreciation thread for William769

[BainsBane]

Cause his one from last month was, for some unknown reason, locked.

[PeaceNikki]

1. Love him!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I cannot praise him enough!

An all-around good guy, sweet, smart as they come...well-spoken!

I raise my glass to him!

[bravenak]

3. To William769!!!

[Kaleva]

4. Rec'd

[uppityperson]

5. k&r with appreciation

[steve2470]

6. k&r ! nt

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. Not an unknown reason.

Probably because he'd just spammed GD with multiple duplicates of this thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025160093 (There were five locked threads on the front page of GD with the exact same title and content.)

[BainsBane]

9. Oh right.

I forgot about that. To be clear, this has nothing to do with that. I forget who that was about. Who was it about?

[Spider Jerusalem]

11. That was about this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025159995

And this sort of thing? Yeah, it's really not doing anything to dispel the general attitude of cliqueishness. Yes, it has everything to do with that, and that was a dick move. But hey, we can excuse behaviour in people we like that we'd condemn in people we dislike, right? (I invite you to imagine how you'd feel if one of the usual suspects had spammed the forum like that if, say...Seabeyond had just gotten a timeout.)

[BainsBane]

12. Oh

I'm probably alone among DUers in not having strong feelings about her one way or the other.

[Damansarajaya]

43. +1

[Baitball Blogger]

20. It's probably not a good idea to pick up where a locked thread went wrong.

But, I understand that people outside the host forum might still be uncertain about how things developed. If I recall, there were two or three similar threads that were locked around the same time. One of the Admins had to step in to lock a thread which clearly was in the "Whining about DU" category; and the GD Hosts decided to lock the others to be fair and consistent.

[theHandpuppet]

24. I tried to follow that discussion in the host forum...

... and still couldn't figure out what was going on. For me, this is purely a thread to express appreciation for William and his contributions to this forum. I'll bet it's the same for many others.

[BainsBane]

25. Yes, cause I didn't remember any of that context

and never read those threads at the time.

[Starry Messenger]

8. k&r

Oh yeah!!

[theHandpuppet]

10. Happy to chime in!

Many thanks to William for his many contributions to this forum and for taking such a consistent, courageous stand for women and the LGBT community.

[sheshe2]

21. You said it theHandpuppet!

[sheshe2]

13. William...is the

Best friend a person could have.

What he said here~ Please watch it!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017188783

Best video ever. It came from his heart and he gave it to DU.

Love you William

[freshwest]

30. Loved it! I hadn't seen it and I've been enjoying his posts more and more lately.

William.

[sheshe2]

31. Glad you saw the video.

I wasn't able to bring it over here. It was awesome~

freshwest.

[pnwmom]

14. K & R

[babylonsister]

15. This is a thread to praise a locked thread?

[BainsBane]

17. No, it's because I appreciate William's stand on equal rights, including for women

and I got a bug up my backside about double-standards, not remembering the context of the locked thread. I really, really hate all the double-standards about locks and hides. Drives me bonkers.

[babylonsister]

19. OK. I missed the original

thread, so I'm totally lost, but it seems like I'm in the minority, so carry on! And ftr, I love William, too!

[sheshe2]

29. Thanks for the thread, BainsBane.

William does stand for equal rights for all. Brothers and sisters, we have each others backs.

[TDale313]

16. k & r

[The Magistrate]

18. An Excellent Fellow, Ma'am

I like him very much.

[Bobbie Jo]

22. Awesome DU'er!

[Cha]

23. To William~ An Awesome DUer who keeps us Well Informed of

of GLBT Issues and beyond!

To BainsBane Mahalo~

[JI7]

26. best host we have

[rug]

27. He's ok but he's no Fred M.

[BainsBane]

28. Not the same sunny disposition, huh?

[longship]

32. Regardless the reason, always willing to celebrate William769's value here.

Happy to R&

[UtahLib]

33. Here's to you William769 - one of my favorite posters. nt

[ismnotwasm]

34. Even I have to join this one

Cause he's awesome.

[cyberswede]

35. Meh...he's ok.

Just kidding! I think he's great. Never too sky to speak his mind; I like that.

[Cha]

37. I know, cyberswede.. I'd like to be more

"sky" like William.

[cyberswede]

41. d'oh!

I wish I could type.

[Cha]

49. I am not one to preach.. I am

one to laugh with you because of all the mistakes I catch myself doing and can only imagine the ones I don't.

Besides I like that.. sky like William. I still remember one time back in the day I wrote taters for tatters and someone called me on it and we laughed our heads off.

[Cha]

36. Night Kicker!

[TBF]

38. Bill fights tirelessly for LGBT and women's rights -

I am happy to kick this thread!

[SidDithers]

39. DU rec...

Sid

[greatauntoftriplets]

40. Bill is a great guy and DU is lucky to have him.

[egduj]

42. Way to go William769!

[Bluenorthwest]

44. What's with the flood of Meta OPs?

I like Bill, but that thread that got locked was deserved. This thread is more of that Meta flavored instant soup so many here prefer to actual discussion. Redundant, divisive and explicitly outside the SOP of this forum. It is good form to 'appreciate' people in private in order to avoid misuse of the praise as a weapon against those not praised or as debt owed by the one being praised. Praise with strings is called 'bullshit'. Praise which is, even in part, actually something else is also called 'bullshit'.

[BainsBane]

45. The explanation is in the thread. Read it.

[Bluenorthwest]

46. No.

nt

[BainsBane]

48. Fine

In the future, don't bother asking me questions when you aren't interested in the answer.

[Gormy Cuss]

47. I appreciate William769 every time I read his posts.

Well, not EVERY time.

[xchrom]

50. Du rec