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Ridiculously over the top rant about a candidate not to my taste and their supporters (Original Post) Fumesucker Nov 2015 OP
Sounds like a Tuesday Hydra Nov 2015 #1
Buncha irrelevant bullshit about 2008. R B Garr Nov 2015 #2
response in all caps Old Codger Nov 2015 #3
response in all caps lob1 Nov 2015 #4
I'm finding it hard to tell where a hand full of upaloopa Nov 2015 #5
Haven't you heard? ibegurpard Nov 2015 #6
<sigh> Fumesucker Nov 2015 #13
Expression of gratitude for old-timers still on board. Deep sigh for days gone by... Hekate Nov 2015 #28
Agreement and nod to the good old days lovemydog Nov 2015 #39
In the old days hootinholler Nov 2015 #66
Acknowledges profound truth of that statement... Hekate Nov 2015 #68
Seconds expression of gratitude ms liberty Nov 2015 #60
Stridently held opinion uppityperson Nov 2015 #70
Virtual eye roll. Claims of spittle-related offense. NuclearDem Nov 2015 #7
Bug eyed- non sequitor! Fairgo Nov 2015 #22
Comments on the cat. McCamy Taylor Nov 2015 #36
Claim that all you people hate dogs. lovemydog Nov 2015 #40
Pearl clutching remonstration Fairgo Nov 2015 #48
Look at Bernie supporters ... cosmicone Nov 2015 #8
I still can't find these posts you keep referencing. Kalidurga Nov 2015 #9
oh man cosmicone Nov 2015 #10
What is intereresting to me is how the same Hillary fans complain about the posts JDPriestly Nov 2015 #20
I never see them either and have looked. Not surprised. nt Mnemosyne Nov 2015 #12
Please see my post #13 I really don't feel like typing it over again... Fumesucker Nov 2015 #14
Words of encouragement Fairgo Nov 2015 #24
Swoons over cat. McCamy Taylor Nov 2015 #37
Humble brag about the cats exploits Fairgo Nov 2015 #49
Declaration that dogs are superior to cats in every way Fumesucker Nov 2015 #76
Observation that reality outstrips satire Jim Lane Nov 2015 #64
Posts plus sign the letter a and misspelling of popular search engine and self driving car builder Fumesucker Nov 2015 #77
I just trashed one of the most ridiculously hateful threads I've seen in a long time. BlueCheese Nov 2015 #11
Al Gore DECLINES to engage in your nonsese Scootaloo Nov 2015 #15
Best post in a long while. Betty Karlson Nov 2015 #16
You mean he DECLINED to endorse Hillary too? Fuddnik Nov 2015 #18
That's certainly the most probable interpretation. Betty Karlson Nov 2015 #19
Swoons over Al Gore. McCamy Taylor Nov 2015 #38
Comment that picking Joe Lieberman as his running mate lovemydog Nov 2015 #45
Response claiming 'your side' lovemydog Nov 2015 #17
+1 Cosigning this response. bravenak Nov 2015 #21
Either you need a stiff drink, or I do Demeter Nov 2015 #23
ad hominem insult followed by series of lols Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #25
Strawman followed by red herring. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #50
That explains all the cats Mnpaul Nov 2015 #80
And the straw is excellent for kitty to do his business in! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #81
Condescending sentence ms liberty Nov 2015 #59
insinuation that previous poster must not be very bright Warren DeMontague Nov 2015 #69
LMAO! beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #78
Insistence that I, my candidate, and my candidate's supporters have 100% of the moral high ground, klook Nov 2015 #26
Inaccurate graph, plus yelling shenmue Nov 2015 #27
Obtuse response to satire, totally missing the point klook Nov 2015 #29
Now you're getting ridiculous Fumesucker Nov 2015 #85
Instistence that the number of copulative acts I give about the poster's point of view klook Nov 2015 #86
Graph indicating that fully half of respondents...don't understand satire. Poll trolling for clicks Hekate Nov 2015 #30
Posts jury results, 7-0 to leave beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #31
claims of alert stalking followed by righteous indignation tishaLA Nov 2015 #73
Demands another audit of jury verdicts. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #75
Silent eyeroll JohnnyLib2 Nov 2015 #32
Denounces "titting" as sexist jab at candidate. McCamy Taylor Nov 2015 #41
Wonders why this doesn't have 100s of recs. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #33
Expresses outrage at number of recs, takes down names of rec'ers. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #34
Comment that viewing who recced and didn't rec lovemydog Nov 2015 #42
Posts unrec, goes off to group to pout. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #43
Alerts on thread complaining about the other thread. (eom) klook Nov 2015 #46
Thread gets hidden. Starts new thread with jury results, immediately locked by hosts. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #47
Whine in ATA "its not fair" uppityperson Nov 2015 #71
Immediately posts 3 more questions in ATA which get ignored. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #74
Lays verbal trap.... McCamy Taylor Nov 2015 #35
Refusal to take the bait. lovemydog Nov 2015 #44
Takes stunning pratfall into baited trap. Hekate Nov 2015 #54
A big fat welcome to my ignore list Flying Squirrel Nov 2015 #51
Wonders who posted, claims can't see post because poster must be on ignore. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #52
Snarky reply while insisting only others snark, and I remain blameless! villager Nov 2015 #53
Name removed Message auto-removed Admin lookup beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #55
Declaration of undying friendship, outrage at violation of supposed First Amendment rights.... Hekate Nov 2015 #56
Demands to know why post was hidden in ATA. beam me up scottie Nov 2015 #57
Points out number of posts from members with no sense of humor ms liberty Nov 2015 #58
Request that can't we all just get along treestar Nov 2015 #61
ALL CAPS raouldukelives Nov 2015 #62
ALL CAPS + many exclamation marks + ones Fumesucker Nov 2015 #63
Contemptuous dismissal of reply from someone with low post count. Jim Lane Nov 2015 #65
Accusations of ism, followed by single issue rant riderinthestorm Nov 2015 #67
I miss these type threads!!! cwydro Nov 2015 #72
Post pointing out typo in OP, and implying that this means the OP's author is a maroon. aidbo Nov 2015 #79
Challenge to reading comprehension skills of respondent klook Nov 2015 #83
Oblique non sequitur response that clears nothing up, but somehow implies deep & vast knowledge. aidbo Nov 2015 #84
Notice given that thread is being discussed over at the other site FlatBaroque Nov 2015 #82
Results of Alert berni_mccoy Nov 2015 #87

lob1

(3,820 posts)
4. response in all caps
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 01:40 AM
Nov 2015

and ending with 7 exclamation points and ones, containing words of total agreement with you and all your misguided beliefs.

upaloopa

(11,417 posts)
5. I'm finding it hard to tell where a hand full of
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 01:44 AM
Nov 2015

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)
6. Haven't you heard?
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 01:50 AM
Nov 2015

We like to attack Muslim women while yelling "white power!"...when we're not sipping lattes in our volvos...

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
13. <sigh>
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 02:32 AM
Nov 2015

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)
28. Expression of gratitude for old-timers still on board. Deep sigh for days gone by...
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 04:46 AM
Nov 2015

....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)
39. Agreement and nod to the good old days
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 05:17 AM
Nov 2015

of FDR when democrats were real not fake like those parading around now in their suspenders and tweets and whatnot.

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
68. Acknowledges profound truth of that statement...
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 01:53 PM
Nov 2015

Dreamy recollection of other members of the animal kingdom, like woodchucks. Old days definitely better.

ms liberty

(8,478 posts)
60. Seconds expression of gratitude
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 07:43 AM
Nov 2015

Notes which candidates supporters are humor deficient and general fun-killers. General remark about the good ol' days.

 

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)
7. Virtual eye roll. Claims of spittle-related offense.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 01:51 AM
Nov 2015

Insults related to your candidate.

Insults related to you.

Insults related to anyone associated with you.

Fairgo

(1,571 posts)
22. Bug eyed- non sequitor!
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 03:54 AM
Nov 2015

Ad Hominem Strawman!
TORTURED LOGIC ENDING IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE RANDOM WORDS!
Picture of a cat for some reason.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
40. Claim that all you people hate dogs.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 05:19 AM
Nov 2015

Bolstered by claim that it's what you don't say that's as important as what you say.

 

cosmicone

(11,014 posts)
8. Look at Bernie supporters ...
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 01:57 AM
Nov 2015

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)
9. I still can't find these posts you keep referencing.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 01:59 AM
Nov 2015

Seriously I have looked all over DU for them. I can't even find them in the Bernie group.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
20. What is intereresting to me is how the same Hillary fans complain about the posts
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 03:49 AM
Nov 2015

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.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
14. Please see my post #13 I really don't feel like typing it over again...
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 02:36 AM
Nov 2015

Not angry just kind of weary and resigned.



Fairgo

(1,571 posts)
24. Words of encouragement
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 03:58 AM
Nov 2015

Thinly veiled conspiratorial aside about previous poster.
Assorted emoticons and pictures of people you like

and cats...for some reason.

Fairgo

(1,571 posts)
49. Humble brag about the cats exploits
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 06:13 AM
Nov 2015

Insinuation that it may, or may not be the orphaned offspring of Schroedinger's cat.

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
76. Declaration that dogs are superior to cats in every way
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 08:30 PM
Nov 2015

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)
64. Observation that reality outstrips satire
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 09:39 AM
Nov 2015

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)
77. Posts plus sign the letter a and misspelling of popular search engine and self driving car builder
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 08:41 PM
Nov 2015

Posts animated gif of a head banging on a wall

BlueCheese

(2,522 posts)
11. I just trashed one of the most ridiculously hateful threads I've seen in a long time.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 02:09 AM
Nov 2015

We could all try and relax a little more.

 

Betty Karlson

(7,231 posts)
19. That's certainly the most probable interpretation.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 03:47 AM
Nov 2015

But there is no way to know for sure. His powder is kept very dry at the moment.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
45. Comment that picking Joe Lieberman as his running mate
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 05:32 AM
Nov 2015

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.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
69. insinuation that previous poster must not be very bright
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 03:45 PM
Nov 2015

containing multiple spelling and punctuation errors

klook

(12,134 posts)
26. Insistence that I, my candidate, and my candidate's supporters have 100% of the moral high ground,
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 04:36 AM
Nov 2015

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.

klook

(12,134 posts)
29. Obtuse response to satire, totally missing the point
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 04:47 AM
Nov 2015

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.

klook

(12,134 posts)
86. Instistence that the number of copulative acts I give about the poster's point of view
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 08:26 AM
Nov 2015

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)
30. Graph indicating that fully half of respondents...don't understand satire. Poll trolling for clicks
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 04:51 AM
Nov 2015

...and attention.

Picture of puppy sleeping on baby.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
31. Posts jury results, 7-0 to leave
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 04:54 AM
Nov 2015

Jurors insult intelligence of alerter and thank them for wasting everyone's time.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
75. Demands another audit of jury verdicts.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 08:10 PM
Nov 2015

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.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
47. Thread gets hidden. Starts new thread with jury results, immediately locked by hosts.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 05:54 AM
Nov 2015

Posts gcw thread in GD, is roundly flamed.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
74. Immediately posts 3 more questions in ATA which get ignored.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 08:06 PM
Nov 2015

Flames out spectacularly and ends up on a 3 month vacation.

lovemydog

(11,833 posts)
44. Refusal to take the bait.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 05:26 AM
Nov 2015

Followed by disappointment that a comrade down thread took it and got a lousy hide.

 

Flying Squirrel

(3,041 posts)
51. A big fat welcome to my ignore list
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 06:15 AM
Nov 2015

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)
52. Wonders who posted, claims can't see post because poster must be on ignore.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 06:17 AM
Nov 2015

Makes snarky comment revealing they read the post.

Hekate

(90,189 posts)
56. Declaration of undying friendship, outrage at violation of supposed First Amendment rights....
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 06:30 AM
Nov 2015

....on privately owned message board, grandstanding announcement of intent to share feelings with Ask the Admins.

beam me up scottie

(57,349 posts)
57. Demands to know why post was hidden in ATA.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 06:40 AM
Nov 2015

Skinner suggests telling other members to go fuck themselves might be the reason.

Thanks Skinner for nothing.

ms liberty

(8,478 posts)
58. Points out number of posts from members with no sense of humor
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 07:21 AM
Nov 2015

Expression of disgust that said members leave no thread unsullied.Inserts bunny pancake meme here.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
65. Contemptuous dismissal of reply from someone with low post count.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 09:47 AM
Nov 2015

Observation that we've seen many such lately, combined with prediction that they will all go away after the primaries.

klook

(12,134 posts)
83. Challenge to reading comprehension skills of respondent
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 11:11 PM
Nov 2015

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)
84. Oblique non sequitur response that clears nothing up, but somehow implies deep & vast knowledge.
Wed Nov 11, 2015, 11:39 PM
Nov 2015
 

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
87. Results of Alert
Thu Nov 12, 2015, 08:51 AM
Nov 2015

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?).

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