2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRidiculously over the top rant about a candidate not to my taste and their supporters
Personal insults, hyperbolic distorted cherry picking and lots of virtual spittle.
Hydra
(14,459 posts)R B Garr
(16,920 posts)Old Codger
(4,205 posts)Denigrating you and all of your misguided beliefs..
lob1
(3,820 posts)and ending with 7 exclamation points and ones, containing words of total agreement with you and all your misguided beliefs.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)posters are coming from. I think I have them sorted out then they post something like you did and I am back to square one again.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)We like to attack Muslim women while yelling "white power!"...when we're not sipping lattes in our volvos...
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)The OP is a form of satire that I recently realized has just about disappeared on DU in the last couple of years but it was fairly common eight years ago.
Rather than whiny lecturing "can't we all just get along?" I was trying to point out how we are senselessly beating each other up by poking a bit of gentle fun at *all* of us because this forum is chock full of actual posts that sound like my satire but with specifics instead of generalized statements.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)....that the current crop of newbies and young whippersnappers lack the innate ability to appreciate. We who are wise with years shall plant signs in our sig lines demanding that they get off our lawns.
(Wanders off to locate fainting couch.)
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)of FDR when democrats were real not fake like those parading around now in their suspenders and tweets and whatnot.
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)That grave dancing sig gif wouldn't fly.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Dreamy recollection of other members of the animal kingdom, like woodchucks. Old days definitely better.
ms liberty
(8,478 posts)Notes which candidates supporters are humor deficient and general fun-killers. General remark about the good ol' days.
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)Unable to view as is archived too long.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)Insults related to your candidate.
Insults related to you.
Insults related to anyone associated with you.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)Ad Hominem Strawman!
TORTURED LOGIC ENDING IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE RANDOM WORDS!
Picture of a cat for some reason.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Ignores rest of message.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Bolstered by claim that it's what you don't say that's as important as what you say.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)Passive aggressive swipe at your dog.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)The same three or four people posting multiple right-wing sourced threads telling us how evil Hillary is.
I could cite names but it will get this post hidden.
If you could see through the froth at the mouth, you may think of something that sounds like origami, a wooden coffin-box and a hoodie in the signature line and a guy who voted for Reagan and regretted voting for Obama. Then there is the less than optimal logic of "Bernie is winning all 50 states."
The same theme over and over and over and over.
Who will take this bunch seriously?
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)Seriously I have looked all over DU for them. I can't even find them in the Bernie group.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)They are there every single day ... 10 times a day ... in GD-P
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)of Bernie supporters -- but keep coming back, posting multiple posts over and over about how evil the Bernie supporters are.
If I were that unhappy about what others are posting on DU, I think I would leave the place.
It's a small group of Hillary DUers who do most of the complaining.
But when I ask these DUers specifically what they are fussing about or why they object or even why they support Hillary, I do not get answers with any substance.
The only answers I get are complaints about Bernie supporters.
As I said, if I were that unhappy here, I don't think I would come back for the punishment over and over.
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Not angry just kind of weary and resigned.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)Thinly veiled conspiratorial aside about previous poster.
Assorted emoticons and pictures of people you like
and cats...for some reason.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Gratuitous use of every emoticon containing a heart to emphasize swoon.
Fairgo
(1,571 posts)Insinuation that it may, or may not be the orphaned offspring of Schroedinger's cat.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Posts blurry animated gif of world's most pathetic dog desultorily licking private parts.
Makes snarky comment about cats having staff.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)I was going to join in the spirit of the OP by replying "Expression of outrage that you linked to a site that fails my test of ideological purity."
Before I could do that, though, here you are with a perfectly nonsatirical whine about allegedly right-wing sources.
My admiration for folks like Borowitz and the Onion writers is renewed. They keep turning out good material even though they have to run to keep ahead of the tsunami of stupidity in the real world.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Posts animated gif of a head banging on a wall
BlueCheese
(2,522 posts)We could all try and relax a little more.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)(Especially since he refuses to endorse any candidate as yet.)
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)But there is no way to know for sure. His powder is kept very dry at the moment.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Fills entire message text box with floaty hearts.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)really sucked. Followed by argument about Ralph Nader. Followed by 'proof' that Nader didn't cost Gore the election. Followed by someone saying Gore actually won the election.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)is the only one that does it.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)Demeter
(85,373 posts)Cheers!
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Mnpaul
(3,655 posts)they attracted by all the dead fish
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)ms liberty
(8,478 posts)Followed by several rows of ROFL smilies.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)containing multiple spelling and punctuation errors
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)while my candidate's opponent is reprehensible and/or a laughing stock in every way.
Relentless focus on how said opponent's greatest strengths are really weaknesses, or irrelevant.
shenmue
(38,501 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)and piling on with more huffily expressed examples of the stuff the OP was satirizing.
Alert on OP, followed by slowly dawning realization that maybe it is time to lighten up a little, Francis.
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)is precisely zero -- followed by a series of increasingly heated responses indicating that, in fact, I have developed an instant, Ahab-like obsession with discrediting said poster.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)...and attention.
Picture of puppy sleeping on baby.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Jurors insult intelligence of alerter and thank them for wasting everyone's time.
tishaLA
(14,176 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Insists that all alerters and jurors be identified, harkens back to good old days when mods were in charge and everyone was blissfully happy with their decisions.
Skinner sighs heavily and walks away shaking head.
JohnnyLib2
(11,206 posts)Along with detached ennui related to surplus of titting for tatting
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)lovemydog
(11,833 posts)really says it all.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Starts thread complaining about this thread.
klook
(12,134 posts)beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Posts gcw thread in GD, is roundly flamed.
uppityperson
(115,674 posts)Reply from Skinner politely and curtly implying " grow up ".
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Flames out spectacularly and ends up on a 3 month vacation.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Waits for response that violates forum rules in order to alert.
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Followed by disappointment that a comrade down thread took it and got a lousy hide.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Takes enforced vacation courtesy of Admins.
Flying Squirrel
(3,041 posts)Together with a running total of your candidate's supporters I've added to it this week, and a proud declaration that I can only see 33 of the 51 replies to your OP.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Makes snarky comment revealing they read the post.
villager
(26,001 posts)n/t
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Hekate
(90,189 posts)....on privately owned message board, grandstanding announcement of intent to share feelings with Ask the Admins.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Skinner suggests telling other members to go fuck themselves might be the reason.
Thanks Skinner for nothing.
ms liberty
(8,478 posts)Expression of disgust that said members leave no thread unsullied.Inserts bunny pancake meme here.
treestar
(82,383 posts)we are all Democrats and all our candidates are great.
raouldukelives
(5,178 posts)*Insert applicable emoticon*
Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Full screen of emojis.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Observation that we've seen many such lately, combined with prediction that they will all go away after the primaries.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Repeat 300x per day
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Lmao, and thank you!
aidbo
(2,328 posts)klook
(12,134 posts)followed by long list of links, none of which back up the points being made -- followed by assertion that "Here, I've done the work for you," or alternately, no links and the assertion that "It's not my job to do your research for you."
aidbo
(2,328 posts)FlatBaroque
(3,160 posts)berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)Alerter comments that while the original content of the OP does not technically violate ToS, it's over the top hyperbolic nature triggers a divisive response.
Results 4-3 to leave it alone.
Juror #2 comments that while they didn't read the post they trust the alerter is being honest (right?).