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I miss redqueen (Original Post) theHandpuppet Oct 2014 OP
Indeed. JTFrog Oct 2014 #1
I do, too. Nt seabeyond Oct 2014 #2
Redqueen is dearly missed. hlthe2b Oct 2014 #3
Me too Small Accumulates Oct 2014 #4
Me too. johnp3907 Oct 2014 #5
+1 nt brer cat Oct 2014 #6
I think about her often. She was an important voice. Luminous Animal Oct 2014 #7
Equitable treatment Android3.14 Oct 2014 #8
I miss her too. And Bainsbane. KitSileya Oct 2014 #9
What happened to Banesbain? marble falls Oct 2014 #10
She had some horribly bad jury results, KitSileya Oct 2014 #11
I've been called to a lot of jurys this week but haven't run into anything abou her. LOTS of alerts. marble falls Oct 2014 #12
You haven't run into any juries about her because she hasn't been posting. Sheldon Cooper Oct 2014 #14
We had some quibbles, mostly about form and not content. I thought I saw her last week... marble falls Oct 2014 #15
I don't find your posts boring; just seldom see them freshwest Oct 2014 #41
Thank you for saying that. KitSileya Oct 2014 #42
i love your posts. and you generally bring it from a different angle to see. du is more than seabeyond Oct 2014 #43
I miss her also yuiyoshida Oct 2014 #13
Feminist mentor to me, also! Kath1 Oct 2014 #18
K&R LiberalLoner Oct 2014 #16
Me, too! Kath1 Oct 2014 #17
I too. littlemissmartypants Oct 2014 #19
Thanks for the post- I miss her and the others who have been targeted Tumbulu Oct 2014 #20
bainsbane and redqueen? DonCoquixote Oct 2014 #21
She had a strong voice and used it! etherealtruth Oct 2014 #22
Add me to the list.Her voice is sorely needed. nt sufrommich Oct 2014 #23
I definitely miss her and BainsBane . PeaceNikki Oct 2014 #24
I also miss redqueen. MadrasT Oct 2014 #25
same here. . . did they unsubscribe or are they just taking breaks? zazen Oct 2014 #26
Nods - yes I didn't always agree with her, but she as an important voice. nt el_bryanto Oct 2014 #27
Redqueen and Bainsbane, TDale313 Oct 2014 #28
Me, too! Phentex Oct 2014 #29
I miss Squinch also - and when I read her last post and the thread she posted on, it makes seaglass Oct 2014 #30
interesting. i am kinda thinking everyone hook up on fb. i am getting good info... seabeyond Oct 2014 #31
I'm on board with that ismnotwasm Oct 2014 #35
My concerns with FB are privacy issues theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #38
Oh no! Phentex Oct 2014 #32
Absolutely! Squinch and BainsBane, too! theHandpuppet Oct 2014 #34
I agree with that thread, now that I had a chance to look at it. DU is battering a lot of us now. freshwest Oct 2014 #37
word. nt geek tragedy Oct 2014 #33
SO DO I! The IQ at DU went down with the absence of redqueen and BainsBane. freshwest Oct 2014 #36
What happen to redqueen? Lady Freedom Returns Oct 2014 #39
They, like Squinch, decided it wasn't worth the time here anymore. Many others have, or are leaving. freshwest Oct 2014 #40
Bainesbain is posting at the other site. Not sure about redqueen. Autumn Oct 2014 #44
 

JTFrog

(14,274 posts)
1. Indeed.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 12:51 PM
Oct 2014

The suck factor of this site goes up tremendously when we lose voices like hers.

Hope you are well RQ. We miss you.

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
3. Redqueen is dearly missed.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 12:51 PM
Oct 2014

I hope all is well with you, Redqueen, if you read this. May you come back soon.

Small Accumulates

(149 posts)
4. Me too
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 12:59 PM
Oct 2014

I used to click in a lot. Now, not so much. Good voices driven away, and so, so many bad voices making up my ignore list.

KitSileya

(4,035 posts)
9. I miss her too. And Bainsbane.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 02:29 PM
Oct 2014

I post at different times than the majority of DU, which I hope is why I hardly ever get replies to what I write (the alternative is that my posts are boring...) and it was always good to see that they had pointed out things early in the threads, telling truth to all of DU.

KitSileya

(4,035 posts)
11. She had some horribly bad jury results,
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 02:34 PM
Oct 2014

as in the juries were completely biased, and was sent on hiatus. She's now been off 5 hides for at least a week, but hasn't posted, so maybe she decided she didn't want to give Skinner et. al. the traffic?

Sheldon Cooper

(3,724 posts)
14. You haven't run into any juries about her because she hasn't been posting.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 03:58 PM
Oct 2014

Her last post was September 9. How many juries are you on?

marble falls

(56,371 posts)
15. We had some quibbles, mostly about form and not content. I thought I saw her last week...
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 04:45 PM
Oct 2014

I hope to read banesbane again soon.

KitSileya

(4,035 posts)
42. Thank you for saying that.
Wed Oct 15, 2014, 09:13 AM
Oct 2014

And yes, I usually come in at the tail end of discussions because of the time difference, so what I would say is usually said. Therefore, I don't post often - as you can see, just 2000+ posts in 12 years, though I have been a loyal reader. Lately I have been thinking about going the way of redqueen and BainsBane, but while the price of admission to DU has risen quite a lot in the past couple of years, it hasn't gotten to the point where I say to heck with it, participating on this forum takes more than it gives.

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
43. i love your posts. and you generally bring it from a different angle to see. du is more than
Wed Oct 15, 2014, 09:43 AM
Oct 2014

a feminist forum too. i first came here because of the politics. and news. i still use it for that. i think that is another reason, some of us do not want to walk. i do not watch tv so my staying abreast is only with du, mostly.

Kath1

(4,309 posts)
17. Me, too!
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 05:24 PM
Oct 2014

I really do miss her. I learned a lot from her posts.

But she did have to put up with a lot of shit. I regret her decision but I understand it.

littlemissmartypants

(22,418 posts)
19. I too.
Sat Oct 11, 2014, 11:47 PM
Oct 2014

Everything in good time. Silence, is at least as important, to the message, as the noise.

We all are better for Redqueen's perspective and influence.

Thanks for the thread, theHandpuppet . I am here to lift and be lifted. Sometimes the less one says the more it makes their message remembered.

DonCoquixote

(13,615 posts)
21. bainsbane and redqueen?
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 08:13 AM
Oct 2014

What the hell is this, a Stalinist purge?

What is sick is that the people responsible are either:

A) people that will vote for Hillary and call her a (censored) behind her back
B) people that will demand to be considered the "real" democrats and wind up voting for Mitt or Jeb, and blame WOMEN for why the did that.

I stay here not because I love DU, though I love many on that. I stay because I know the vultures are seeking to pick the bones, and I, and those like me, will NOT let them!

BTW skinner, if you want progressives to actually put so much as a dollar towards this site, here are two non negotiable demands:

One: consider a review of the jury system. Quit saying "we know it is not broken" like a broken record. There is smoke, if not fire.

Two: quit shoving ads for Discussionist down our throats when we log in. It is bad enough that that place is being used to some to harass YOUR ORIGINAL CUSTOMERS. Now we have to get reminders that we are the red-headed stepchildren. They will already have word of mouth, especially from the people that manage to somehow get kicked off here in between changing sock puppets!

MadrasT

(7,237 posts)
25. I also miss redqueen.
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 08:52 PM
Oct 2014

DU used to be special. It was a place where I could read things that made me think.

It is basically pointless now.

Endless bullying and bickering has driven almost everyone of value away.

I fucking hate DU3.

zazen

(2,978 posts)
26. same here. . . did they unsubscribe or are they just taking breaks?
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 09:04 PM
Oct 2014

I know they were hounded and I'm impressed they put up with crap as long as they did, but we really did get so much from their strength and insight.

TDale313

(7,820 posts)
28. Redqueen and Bainsbane,
Sun Oct 12, 2014, 09:39 PM
Oct 2014

Miss ya both. Your voices were so important. Come back when/if you can. It SUCKS that DU has become such a hostile place for feminist posters.

seaglass

(8,170 posts)
30. I miss Squinch also - and when I read her last post and the thread she posted on, it makes
Mon Oct 13, 2014, 12:33 PM
Oct 2014

me wonder wtf I'm doing here.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1139&pid=11538

Thankful for the many who are still here.



 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
31. interesting. i am kinda thinking everyone hook up on fb. i am getting good info...
Mon Oct 13, 2014, 12:44 PM
Oct 2014

and interesting conversation here and there, on feminist issues. and hell, we would certainly fare better with our peers. so. an open invitation to all in this forum, to my fb. ignore the person, if you choose. but, would be fun

ismnotwasm

(41,921 posts)
35. I'm on board with that
Tue Oct 14, 2014, 12:23 AM
Oct 2014

I'm about done here as well. Not quite, but close.


The world is changing despite them, and I get to be a part of it.

theHandpuppet

(19,964 posts)
38. My concerns with FB are privacy issues
Tue Oct 14, 2014, 08:57 AM
Oct 2014

I just can't see myself signing up for it, considering their track record.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
37. I agree with that thread, now that I had a chance to look at it. DU is battering a lot of us now.
Tue Oct 14, 2014, 12:49 AM
Oct 2014
The definition of insanity, is doing the same thing (coming to look at DU for intelligent discourse and information that is useful IRL) and expecting different results.

I don't know how many of the worst offenders are paid trolls, garden variety trolls or just profoundly disturbed who come here to cause other pain - wait, that's a troll, too.

So now it's RedQueen, BainsBane, Squinch and a few others... who will no longer grace this place with their wisdom. And (the always on the verge of being silenced for 90 days) Seabeyond.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
36. SO DO I! The IQ at DU went down with the absence of redqueen and BainsBane.
Tue Oct 14, 2014, 12:38 AM
Oct 2014

They were intellectually gifted and well able to conduct themselves in any fair debate, and also in so many unfair ones. It was a pleasure reading their opinions on many issues, not just women's.

So many good posters have left, and the pus laden hatred is unworthy of ones' time to refute. The provocateurs seek another variation to spew upon, never rebutting facts to their foulness.

The atmosphere is like a cesspool at times, and it never ends. The stench finally overwhelmed RQ and BB. Why dumpster dive if you're not starving?

The OP here on the Game stuff and reading the link fully, showed how toxic the online experience is. It truly does change one, and not just online. As one of the victims of the bullying said, how do you know the anonymous person isn't someone you know in real life?

And it is normal to defend oneself, to protect one's life from such hatred. Why bother to be here, other than see a few friends and read what they have to say?

After a while, it truly is bad for one's physical and mental health. We only have one life to live or so it's said. And even if that is wrong and we come back, why should we spend this one life being abused?

RQ and BB put up with some of the most vicious, prolonged abuse by those they could have beat in fight of wits with one hand tied behind their back. And those who did it are still here, and just yesterday I read one who was gloating over RQ's absence. Nauseating.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
40. They, like Squinch, decided it wasn't worth the time here anymore. Many others have, or are leaving.
Tue Oct 14, 2014, 10:22 PM
Oct 2014

BainsBane profile indicates she will not be back, but she still reads and recs at times. Redqueen and Squinch threw up their hands after tired of the mental and emotional pollution that DU dishes out to women and minorities. And to all Democrats in the foulest ways possible.

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