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In reply to the discussion: 'RIP William Rivers Pitt. Author, Husband, Father, and Friend. Flights of Angels, [View all]Nixie
(17,339 posts)293. Is this joining in the grieving?
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'RIP William Rivers Pitt. Author, Husband, Father, and Friend. Flights of Angels, [View all]
elleng
Sep 2022
OP
Didn't he used to post here? Or am I thinking of someone else who was a regular about 10 years ago
Quixote1818
Sep 2022
#6
I left here of my own volition because the place became too DLC and too intolerant
tavalon
Sep 2022
#335
Yes. He was before my time here, but I remember a thread with screenshots of those.
Treefrog
Sep 2022
#239
+1. I think that's what is commonly referred to as an Inconvenient Truth.☝🏽
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2022
#367
That is sad. I never knew the details of what happened. The post was just gone...
Demsrule86
Sep 2022
#407
I never saw the post, it was gone pretty quickly. I just heard about it...so I wasn't sure.
Demsrule86
Sep 2022
#408
I only knew him briefly. And I have to say the stuff about Clinton which was parroted here by more
Demsrule86
Sep 2022
#412
Was here from the beginning. Activist, history teacher, journalist, author, devoted father & husband
Hekate
Sep 2022
#154
Unconfirmed at Wikipedia, mobile phone edit by anonymous. No link here or there. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#23
It's a shame, especially with half an adult lifetime ahead of him. . . .nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2022
#357
PLEASE! HAS THIS BEEN CONFIRMED? His wiki page and truthout.com say NOTHING about this
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#39
I mean, it's his page, where his friends are all confirming to each other that the news is true, and
WhiskeyGrinder
Sep 2022
#50
I don't know him well enough to know if those posters were close friends of his or not
dsc
Sep 2022
#83
Me neither. So I am not sure. Seemed to all start over there around same time as here.
boston bean
Sep 2022
#87
It was a joke. 'Dr Knauss' is, of course, the ex FLOT, and also a VPN can make you appear to be from
Celerity
Sep 2022
#324
I immediately thought of his mother as well. She is still an active member here.
Rhiannon12866
Sep 2022
#111
I checked there after I went to his FB page and saw the posts. No posts on Twitter
Autumn
Sep 2022
#72
Oh no! Such a light. So ahead of everyone in calling out the corrupt playbook of politics.
ancianita
Sep 2022
#65
Yes... I think about Matcom from time to time and he was close (at least for a time) w Will...
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#92
He never came over from DU2--so I think he's been missing since at least 2007..
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#308
maybe the issues were with the way many people attacked him for a rather benign comment.
Grasswire2
Sep 2022
#311
Yes, Kephra is still very fondly remembered here. I am still hopeful Will's report is wrong.
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#98
Nice choice of music. The Irish know how to memorialize. I too am in shock, Solly Mack.
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#265
I've checked and rechecked this thread, half expecting to find out this is some cruel
Solly Mack
Sep 2022
#280
My heart is heavy. Haven't been in touch for yrs, but in the era of the drumbeats 4 the Iraq war,
salin
Sep 2022
#142
I sent Mopinko some mail...when she/he didn't reply, I checked the profile...was worried... FFR.
Demsrule86
Sep 2022
#387
I hope this is false news, Elleng. Nothing found on any news or progressive sites I searched.
KY_EnviroGuy
Sep 2022
#146
I don't want to believe this true and still hope I'll wake tomorrow to find it all an error.
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#156
Tragic. Here are his last posts on Truthout, where he was a frequent contributor:
Liberty Belle
Sep 2022
#157
His 2013-2016 profile below (no longer comes up on search results but old links work)
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#165
Thank you. It provides the link to his last post, which judging from the replies must have been ...
Hekate
Sep 2022
#171
I was working with the Veterans for Peace in those years, & Casey's mom Cindy Sheehan came by...
Hekate
Sep 2022
#419
Say it isn't so! His writing on Truthout (especially re PNAC) was unequalled.
CaptainTruth
Sep 2022
#223
I hope at our death, those who grieve us are not beaten down by our worst moments.
Cuthbert Allgood
Sep 2022
#348
Why zoom in on me? Did you miss the many revisionist posts, and outright mistruths about...
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2022
#363
Apparently, you got back to me before you got to others. Oh well. We could do this all day...
Tarheel_Dem
Sep 2022
#366
So sorry to read this sad news. I had the pleasure of meeting him during the Bush Reign of Terror
msfiddlestix
Sep 2022
#254
Why don't Democrats get the benefit of doubt for being authors, husbands, wives, fathers, mothers,
betsuni
Sep 2022
#266
Would you (and a few others) PLEASE read the room? It doesn't matter any more.
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#271
You are being insensitive as hell to the majority of fellow DUers, not to mention Raven, his mother
hlthe2b
Sep 2022
#278
You are being a smug typical "centrist" who always thinks they are right regardless of anything else
JanMichael
Sep 2022
#321
Wait. You are holding a deceased mans feet to the fire? A waste of time betsuni, but you be you.
Autumn
Sep 2022
#360
I don't get where the few of you who keep insisting that so and so didn't clap hard enough
Autumn
Sep 2022
#396
I'm a Democrat and an intelligent woman. I don't need a fucking thought leader.
Autumn
Sep 2022
#399
It mattered only on DU to a few posters. It never made the national news and Obama never
Autumn
Sep 2022
#404
2016 had nothing to do with Obama and what William had to say. Not one damn thing to do with it.
Autumn
Sep 2022
#410
One of the first politically aware posts I read that would eventually
Baitball Blogger
Sep 2022
#270
I remember reading a lot of his posts. I didn't always agree with him, but I admired his
highplainsdem
Sep 2022
#273
So sad. Will was the most well-known poster in the early days of DU!
ElementaryPenguin
Sep 2022
#286