Was Banned on "The Discussionist" board for Defending Hillary and Minorities

[REALforever]

I have a quite abrasive way of expressing my thoughts that can be construed as simply being REAL or "raw"... "Matter of factly"... "Non-Dog-Whistleish", maybe

But I brought that up because it's not the first time this has happened right at critical points in the political narrative. I'm talking about several political sites that seem to have the same folks that lurk there and actually stalk my ID even into Facebook(don't post there anymore)..

This banning occurred right after Hillary became "presumptive", and we all knew that the focus was gonna be on not just defending Democrats/Hillary, but "exposing" the other "presumptive"

I know there are many here who post over "there"..So when I return on July 27th, expect fireworks there because the choice is even more CLEAR.

[Paladin]

1. Don't sweat it. Discussionist has turned into another Free Republic. (nt)

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

2. Discussionist was

A sewer almost from the very beginning. Wear your ban as a badge of honor.

[Boudica the Lyoness]

4. The poster said he/she was going back there the first chance they got - on the 27th.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

9. Yes

I read that too.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. I think Discussionist is Skinner's social experiment.

It shows what happens when you let the inmates run the asylum.

Very little real discussion actually happens over there. Just about the time a reasonable conversation gets started, someone comes along to piss in the pool and it goes downhill from there.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

8. I participated over there very early on, for a few weeks

It became apparent, quite quickly, that discussion was not really valued there. It's pretty much agree with, or at least not counter the lunatics, or risk hides. I bailed out after maybe a month.

[Rex]

14. It is entertaining! Every other week is Rapture Week for Guns. And of course all the RWingers

are past-current military with 275 years experience driving a tank and breaking down an air craft carrier. I swear they are all Little Dubyas! All that pretending to be rambo, then going out and rolling in the dirt to play militia!

Makes me laugh and laugh.


They all have this pic hanging on their wall, that time they shook his hand. Honest.

[4lbs]

3. That site does appear to be right-leaning.

Look at the avatars of some of the posters.

They allow the confederate flag.

[Gabi Hayes]

15. har...I lasted six or seven posts. got ousted for calling one of those

confederate flag aholes out on it, and he went running to his nanny

I started a thread on it here. pretty funny. they graciously allowed me to returned, after they "reviewed" my body of work.

ha...maybe I will, just to see how long it takes this time....a half hour the first and only day I was there

[REALforever]

25. When I Targeted the Confed(they say "Battle") Flad ones I got alerted on

Then it's a matter of how many get a chance to hide/ban your post and if they are in cohoots.. Yer gone..

I lasted maybe a month up to the Hillary nominee, and the fact that I stated that I preferred Bernie, I was trashed..

To me, it's an honor being RIGHT since 2008

[Boudica the Lyoness]

5. Nobody gets banned from DI for defending Hillary or minorities.

Bet you got 'banned' for being breaking the TOS.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. It sounds more like OP is on timeout at DI, not banned. Alert swarms do happen over there

and several posters have gotten hides that were not justified.

[REALforever]

27. If the majority of the jury at the time are HATERS? Get REAL!!

[pintobean]

33. What's your user name over there.

This isn't our first rodeo here. Give us something tangible to back up your claims.

[REALforever]

30. You forgot SARCASMMMMMMM?

[cherokeeprogressive]

31. May be, could be, might be... you forgot how fuckin' smart DUers are.

DUers don't miss a fuckin' thing.

[Rex]

10. Welcome! We keep DI around so they stay over there with all their 'concern'.

WELCOME! You found the REAL site!

[pinboy3niner]

11. It's like having a kiddie table at holiday dinners

[Rex]

12. LOL!

It is! I have to admit it is fun reading the complete abandonment of reason over at DI. I won't touch Freeperville, so DI is it for that itch.

[pintobean]

13. Some kids get their asses kicked at the kiddie table.

[Rex]

16. True!

Been having a blast beating up on the assholes over at DI!

[pintobean]

17. Sure you have.

[Rex]

34. I have!

Like you would know.

[Gabi Hayes]

37. har DEEE! sent you a PM here, as a post

oopsaaaa

check yours

[Rex]

39. Got it.

Good question really. Probably someone that found a home over there. Like minds etc..

[rug]

19. Where everyone is throwing mashed potatoes at each other.

[REALforever]

29. Was here YEARS ago, but I didn't like the lack of diverse thoughts..Prefer adversity

[Rex]

35. Well that is the place to go for adversity.

No doubt.

[pintobean]

71. You should read post #69.

[closeupready]

18. If people on DU want to gossip about message boards,

I've got better things to do with my money than pay grovelbot to help support such tediousness.

[pintobean]

20. Lol

[cwydro]

22. Thank you. nt

[MrScorpio]

21. Just wait to see what I'm going to do there once we win the election

It's going to be interesting, to say the least.

[Arkansas Granny]

23. I do enjoy and appreciate your posts over there.

You manage to reduce some posters to sputtering and incoherent babbling. It's hard for many of them to respond to facts and reason with anything that resembles actual conversation.

[MrScorpio]

26. Thanks, very much

I simply let them do all of the work.

[Gabi Hayes]

38. how do you not get kicked out? I lasted half an hour

you must be a master of restraint

I salute you!

[pintobean]

40. He's smart enough not to

accuse the rw bigots of wearing KKK hoods.

[Gabi Hayes]

43. god forbid. when I go back, I'll kiss their shiny, white asses

this place is about the same, in terms of rigorous standards wrt closely adhering to the correct version of reference to revered figures.

for example, I was judged to be out of bounds for disagreeing that Obama was the most liberal president ever

not kidding

[MrScorpio]

58. There's really nothing about that would piss me off

I just make subject matters about anything other than who they are.

[Photographer]

24. That place has become FR2.0

[Squinch]

28. That's nice, dear.

[SwankyXomb]

32. It's a full-on festering shithole.

But Skinner thanks you for the clicks.

[Nancyswidower]

41. No that's not why....you got a time out

[Gabi Hayes]

44. care to elaborate?

can't wait.....

[Nancyswidower]

49. "..elaberate.." on what?

I'm quite certain you can wait. You have so far.

[pinboy3niner]

42. I thought the band on Discussionist was that metal group from stormfront

"What's all this fuss about the band on Discussionist?"

[Gothmog]

45. There is a ton aof bogus alert swarms on that board

[yuiyoshida]

46. I won't go there

Too many bigots for my taste.

[Gabi Hayes]

47. total and complete waste of time

somebody here recommended that it was worth checking out

worst advice I had since buying lucent at 80.

jst kdn, carly. I got it for free, and was too stupid to dump it

[pinboy3niner]

48. I don't blame you

You have enough experience with hate and discrimination.

I don't go there either, and I'm not even in a discriminated minority group. There's enough random ugliness around that I don't need to go to a place that specializes in it.

[Gabi Hayes]

51. in my brief time there, I saw no attempt at serious discussion

it reminded me of Bizarro planet

me love KKK!

me hate martin luther commie!

fire BAD!

fire GOOD!

[Rex]

52. The best are the old war generals that talk about their gun porn all day.

That is some great entertainment. They have such vivid imaginations over there.

[pinboy3niner]

53. There was a great political cartoon in the late '80s...

...when we were seeing a lot of phony wannabes claiming to be Vietnam vets.

The first panel showed a bunch of people sitting at a table and was captioned, "Will the real Vietnam vet please stand up?" The figures at the table included Stallone and other macho-looking men.

In the second panel the only one standing was the lone woman at the table.

[Rex]

54. Ha. That is good.

[pinboy3niner]

61. On multiple levels. :)

[phleshdef]

55. I make it a point to get myself occasionally banned from Discussionist.

The ugly, racist, low information bullshit over there gets too over the top that sometimes I just have to flame out. Its actually kind of cathartic. I've tried to be civil and have intelligent discussions there, but those efforts are almost always in vane.

[pinboy3niner]

56. It's clear that you know which way the wind blows there

You must have a good weather vain.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[phleshdef]

60. LOL... thanks, I think.

[edbermac]

57. You got their attention.

http://www.discussionist.com/1015915997

[pinboy3niner]

59. They'll take their shots at someone unable to respond

While claiming HE'S in a safe space. Nice.

[pintobean]

66. Only because it's true.

[ronnie624]

64. The syntax and grammar is unmistakable.

They can't see their own racism and misogyny.

One of them posted a photo of some mean-looking rifles, and I promptly left, before someone got any on me.

[AgadorSparticus]

62. I couldn't stomach Discussionist. You go get 'em! I love your spirit.

[pinboy3niner]

63. I spend 28 hours a day on DU...

How the hell would I even have TIME for DI?

Not to mention my complete and utter aversion to that contaminated place.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

65. K&R

[Photographer]

67. I hear LL says you betcha.

[Skittles]

68. LOL

Discussionist is Freak Republic Lite

Fuck them

[pintobean]

69. Here are two hides that will roll off the transparency page on the 27th

21. I do not believe that political action is the way to make change happen. The system is too
rigged in favor of those who already own it, and us.

ONLY by taking DIRECT ACTION against the individual "bad actors" can anything positive happen.

We cannot change the laws that make it legal to bribe local officials in order to continue polluting our river.
We can eliminate the corporate executive that runs the company that pollutes our river.

Only if the ones who commit the crimes against humanity that are SOP in the corporate world are afraid for their personal safety, and that of their families, would they possibly think about changing their behavior. Without any threat of consequences, WHY would they change a policy that enriches them?

But make them afraid to show their face on the street, make them afraid to have their chauffeur drive their child to their private school, make them afraid to appear anywhere in public - and they just may rethink their decisions.

The law only protects those in power.
Obeying it only enables the PtB to grab tighter control.
Ignoring it is the only way to affect change.

23. Take a "whack-a-mole" approach and exterminate every one of them as they appear.
When the replacement shows up, eliminate them.

Rinse and repeat.

Again, I do not see any ability to change the system until there is no one willing to participate in it.

That ties into your (and Peterson's) view. There is perhaps 10-20 percent of the population that benefit by fully participating in the scam known as capitalism. I don't think it is possible to get rid of all of them. But the number of 1%ers is (obviously) lower and more vulnerable to extermination.

I think of an exchange student we hosted years ago. From a well-off family in Mexico. She had to be driven to school by an armed driver, and then locked into the wall-surrounded school to protect them from attacks by the "disgruntled masses" that did take the attack directly to the enemy.
Just imagine the little brats of America's privileged class having to be protected like that. It would be glorious.
While 1%ers are notoriously cold-hearted toward others, I have to believe they would not want their little angel's guts splattered all over the walls.

You hit them where they are weak.
Attacking them on their home turf (politics) is just asking to lose.

http://www.discussionist.com/1015806864

Advocating murder, and the murder of children should be a permanent ban. It would be here.

[pinboy3niner]

70. Your assessment is right on

And yes, it would be grounds for a PPR here. No way would it just be a timeout.