What is written here on DU often gets shared on other websites.

[MineralMan]

I'm gratified to see many of my original posts appear, reposted, on conservative websites, especially one cavernous one, where they can be read by people who might not normally agree with me. Even if they are often the subject of ridicule at those sites, the messages are still read, nevertheless. I love it when my writings are shared. It tells me that my message is being read. I consider it a form of secular evangelism, in a way.

And I'm not the only one. Other OPs from DU are shared and reposted on such conservative websites. It's something we should celebrate, I think. Keep posting and they'll keep sharing it!

[LakeArenal]

1. You have great posts.

Hope some of them register with the conservs..

[MineralMan]

2. Thank you for your kind words!

I try to make sense, and hope I succeed sometimes.

[Leith]

3. Good

Maybe, one day, they will learn what it means to be gracious and wise. May they mirror every one of your posts!

[MineralMan]

4. It's always good to hope, I think.

So far, they repost about half of them, it seems. They must like me, I guess, or something.

[zipplewrath]

5. Yeah, just google your username

It goes back years. Conservative site summarizing comments made here and posting them elsewhere. I'm a little torqued that they are often misleading in their editing. Sometimes the original context isn't even presented. But it sorta suggests to me that they are so devoid of content on their own that they need to go find it elsewhere.

[MineralMan]

7. Hmm...I hadn't thought of it that way.

I guess they do need some content to discuss. Well, I'm happy to supply it, even if they try to make me the butt of their jokes or something.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Keep up the Great Work my Friend.

Reading is the best form of change for man kind.

[MineralMan]

8. As long as my fingers can still find the keys!

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Yes,

not to be silenced.

[trueblue2007]

10. i post NEWS and political cartoons on facebook and twitter

[grantcart]

11. Does the cave continue to exist? Besides the policy differences I wonder what they think about

1) The inevitable debt explosion that is about to take place with the changes in the ACA and the big con on infrastructure and huge tax reduction?
2) Less transparency in every aspect of the federal government?
3) People working in the federal government openly profiting from policy.
4) Complete abrogation of the emoluments clause of the constitution
5) Nepotism and Goldmansachism
6) A complete renunciation of science

Could go on. They promoted themselves as honest conservatives. If they were they would be in open revolt. This administration has nothing to do with Conservatism.

[MineralMan]

13. It does, but about all that goes on there is making

fun of DUers and their posts.

It's not really a serious discussion forum. It's more a circle of boys doing nasty things at the same time.

[MrPurple]

22. A few, like David Frum & George Will have called it out

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but I don't know how the VAST majority of Republicans can support the insanely obvious catastrophic issues you point out (and the many others). #1 is a time bomb. They like to attack Obama for deficits, but most of them seem clueless that that was because of the historic recession and that the deficits decreased each year. Trump's slashing of taxes and 10% increases in military spending are going to blow up the debt far more. I think some of them want this, to cripple our ability to spend money on any government programs in the future. It's idiotic.

But, Hillary had emails.

[Rainbow Droid]

12. Truth doesn't care who reads it.

nt

[MineralMan]

14. True enough!

[tiptonic]

15. Outstanding

That is outstanding to hear. My big concern is, who helps the republicans, with the big words? Sorry couldn't resist.

[MrScorpio]

16. I'm surprised that they read and repost anything from here...

With all of that goat-fucking they do in that cavey-place.

But your stuff is always particularly noticeable, so I imagine that even the bleating of their live goat sexual objects can't always keep them away.

[MineralMan]

17. Yah, I'm not the only one, though.

They have several favorite posters over here, and always post whatever they post on DU over there. Then, of course, they mock the poster and the post. However, lots more people read the posts than comment on them, just like happens here. There's an irony there that gets missed, I think.

[Orrex]

18. Every time one of them calls me a DUmmie, my power grows

[hunter]

19. I have big hands. I have big feet. I have many thoughtful posts about gun control.

[Xolodno]

20. Congrats!

I've yet to receive such an honor, but then, I don't post much.

But I have tarried over to some conservative sites now and then. And yes, lot of "commentary" but not much on substance.

However, blanket assertions, insults, etc. is a form of flattery. For example, if someone from the Westboro Baptist church called me a heathen, then I know without a a shadow of a doubt, I'm a good Christian.

[FakeNoose]

21. That's very encouraging :-)

I often get the feeling that we're preaching to the choir here on DU. That's not a bad thing, but the people who need to hear our message (you know who I mean) are not even made to feel welcome here. Or they have no interest in coming to DU on a regular basis.

That brings up another point. We should be careful to keep our language clean whenever possible, especially if visitors are picking up whole sections of a post and reposting without editing.

Mineral Man I'm not referring to you because your writing is always clearly written and gentlemanly (free of bad language). But I've seen other posts including one or two of my own where I'd be embarrassed I 'd known it would be reposted somewhere else. Yes the 4 letter words are sometimes hilarious, but they can also be misinterpreted and give people the wrong impression of why we're here.

[MrPurple]

23. This would inspire me to not keep the language clean

If they're reposting text without editing, I'd embed "grab 'em by the pussy" and "I'm gonna bomb the shit out of them" every once in a while.

[hunter]

24. The people who "need to hear our message" don't listen.

Hell, the Republicans could take away their health care and piss in their fruit loops and they'd still blame Obama or Clinton.

I've got a redneck nephew, guns, pickup truck, the works, who hates Trump with a burning passion. He seems to have changed a few minds among his peers, but I can't be sure it has anything to do with reason. They may simply be afraid of him. Fear is a powerful motivating force. That's why Fox News works, that's why Rush Limbaugh has an audience, always fanning the flames of fear, appealing to the lizard brain in all of us that's unable to distinguish television images and radio voices from reality.

Sometimes we humans follow after our gorilla-like ancestors, where there is a dominant male in the tribe keeping the peace, and sometimes we're more like the bonobos, keeping the peace with penis fencing and other overtly sexual behaviors.

Sadly since Eve tasted the apple, since Pandora opened the box, we humans have only enjoyed tantalizing glimpses of reality.

Mostly we react instinctively and rationalize our actions later.

[bresue]

25. I wondered about that...they should at least give us good credit..lol

How would we find out if the used our words?

[TomSlick]

26. This is hopeful and dangerous

I understand that something posted on DU will not convince many conservatives but it may convince some. There is no silver bullet. Conservatives have to be convinced one at a time. That's the hopeful bit.

Now the dangerous bit. If postings from DU are not well reasoned, calm and something you would want your grandmother to read, it convinces conservatives that liberals are unreasoned, irrational and profane - and should be ignored.

We would all do well to make sure our posts are fact based and rationale. As Colbert said, "Reality has a well known liberal bias." It only makes sense to argue reality.

[beaglelover]

27. A sock puppet on DI also shared your post. This guy's a real mental midget.

He's up to his 4th sock at DI but they don't give a shit about that stuff over there anymore.

https://www.discussionist.com/10151374585

[MrPurple]

28. This person chooses to name themselves after Martin Shkreli?

That's probably all you need to know.

[beaglelover]

30. Exactly. He's an ass.

[SoCalDem]

29. Wu Tang Clan once reposted a poem I wrote and posted on DU

Blew my (then) teenaged son's mind.. I found it by googling...back when google was new and fresh, and you didn't get pages of crap..

[BlueStater]

31. Don't care.

If a bunch of dumb assholes supporting not only the worst president ever but also the worst human being to ever become president want to mock me, so be it.