Awww... thanks! (Reply #37) - Democratic Underground

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Fri May 30, 2014, 05:24 PM

calimary (61,220 posts)

37. Awww... thanks!

For me, life's just too short to have to deal with much of what's over there. The contrarians here are sufficient. I love DU, and I prefer DU.

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122 replies	Author	Time	Post
To all the DUers I've argued with, and even the DUers I don't like or respect very much: [View all]	dionysus	May 2014	OP
Oh yeah?!?!	johnp3907	May 2014	#1
Like I said when I first checked that place out ...	lpbk2713	May 2014	#2
I know you are but what am I	NightWatcher	May 2014	#5
That's exactly how I would expect it to go.	lpbk2713	May 2014	#9
If I wanted to argue with brainwashed RW zombies I'd visit my family. #nothanks nt	TeamPooka	May 2014	#111
aw, you flatter us with your faint praise ;)	unblock	May 2014	#3
You got flattery out of that?	rhett o rick	May 2014	#57
Thank you.	shenmue	May 2014	#4
Amen	Egnever	May 2014	#6
I have no idea who you are......	monmouth3	May 2014	#7
Glad to be smart but wrong in your book	jberryhill	May 2014	#8
just one example, if the HOF folks here think DU is sexist, wait'll they get a load of that joint!	dionysus	May 2014	#13
Yeah, and they're stoning women in Pakistan. Your point?	SunSeeker	May 2014	#31
jesus christ, no. i'm pointing out they're even worse there. don't try to put words in my mouth, ok?	dionysus	May 2014	#64
Not putting words in your mouth. Just noting your swipe at "the HOF folks."	SunSeeker	May 2014	#73
indeed you have. you have now twice aspired to assign motives to me that i do not hold.	dionysus	May 2014	#75
And so it goes	pscot	May 2014	#84
Whatever your motives, your choice of words have consequences. nt	SunSeeker	May 2014	#105
it wasn't a swipe for crying out loud. HOF are the most dedicated feminists on DU. all i said was,	dionysus	May 2014	#92
Your comments were clear to me, I understood it as you just explained it. n/t	seaglass	May 2014	#99
Ah, there you go with that "if" again. nt	SunSeeker	May 2014	#106
well, there's lots of people over there who got banned from DU	geek tragedy	May 2014	#41
And banned for being homophobes.	greatauntoftriplets	May 2014	#51
Is Hannah Bell / HiPointDem / El_Johns over there?...nt	SidDithers	May 2014	#108
not with their old names, Sid. we need you to sniff em out :D	dionysus	Jun 2014	#112
Yes, indeed...	hlthe2b	May 2014	#10
Yeah, in the first few days I was engaged in a, um, discussion about that place, and I said	Warren DeMontague	May 2014	#11
I usually consider myself pretty civil but	arthritisR_US	May 2014	#12
Nice post Hitler.	progressoid	May 2014	#14
See below;	greiner3	May 2014	#90
What do you have against gin?	panader0	May 2014	#15
Beat me to it.	Enthusiast	May 2014	#19
it's made from poisonous berries, for starters.	dionysus	May 2014	#66
He said cheap Gin.	Mr.Bill	May 2014	#69
Tanqueray, hah!	Fortinbras Armstrong	May 2014	#87
That's good stuff.	Mr.Bill	May 2014	#110
Boodles gal here. nt	msanthrope	Jun 2014	#116
Why I'm here.	Benton D Struckcheon	May 2014	#16
Yeah, I tried	whatchamacallit	May 2014	#17
when you extrapolate outside of the DU bubble, where the infighting is viscious... and stroll to	dionysus	May 2014	#76
It's a complete trainwreck over there.	NuclearDem	May 2014	#18
They like things ....	oldhippie	May 2014	#20
it's like the Gungeon on steroids nt	geek tragedy	May 2014	#21
They're the new CC and FR. Long may they spew about DU there. Just not here. It's rough enough. n/t	freshwest	May 2014	#22
I'd choose cheap vodka over cheap gin - cheap gin can kill you!	AAO	May 2014	#23
better dead than red.....	BlancheSplanchnik	May 2014	#35
I wouldn't be drinking Russian Vodka - only French Vodka for me!	AAO	May 2014	#36
bleccccch	BlancheSplanchnik	May 2014	#39
If it ain't made with potatos...	awoke_in_2003	May 2014	#46
Discussionist doesn't bother me.	Blue_In_AK	May 2014	#24
It doesn't bother me either. I haven't had any issues with anyone there.	Louisiana1976	May 2014	#33
I'm disappointed...	Ligyron	May 2014	#43
On the few wingnut	Jamaal510	May 2014	#25
I'll take it.	ancianita	May 2014	#26
awww, you're pretty ok, too.	wyldwolf	May 2014	#27
Yes! Something we can agree on!	Rex	May 2014	#28
And that is why I'm kind of glad for the technical error that	Jamastiene	May 2014	#29
it's fun tearing down their lies and exposing their double standards.. up to a point. and liberals	dionysus	May 2014	#62
Imagine what DU would be like without MIRT.	KamaAina	May 2014	#30
Hey, I get to rec one of your posts!	villager	May 2014	#32
Yeah, what dionysus said!	FSogol	May 2014	#34
Awww... thanks!	calimary	May 2014	#37
I tried it.	janlyn	May 2014	#38
pillow full of Novocaine ... that's quite an adept description I like it!	DebJ	May 2014	#70
On Discussionist	Aerows	May 2014	#40
See, neither you nor I would ever have known that if not for Discussionist. (n/t)	Jim Lane	May 2014	#48
This is the face of Satan	Aerows	May 2014	#49
Yet another reason to ban Harry Potter......all those owls! n/t	DebJ	May 2014	#71
K&R	treestar	May 2014	#42
facebook is enough for me.	mopinko	May 2014	#44
Mind-boggling, isn't it? How big the differences can seem on DU until you...	Shandris	May 2014	#45
I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. nt	awoke_in_2003	May 2014	#47
KnR	doxydad	May 2014	#50
The hell we are!	rock	May 2014	#52
yeah it is pretty lame over there	jimlup	May 2014	#53
Nice.	Blue_In_AK	May 2014	#54
That site is a gift to DU.	MADem	May 2014	#55
That sounds like a great thing at this point! n/t	DebJ	May 2014	#68
Took one look over there and left, never went back, never will	alcibiades_mystery	May 2014	#56
I think I have everyone there on ignore	mdbl	May 2014	#58
I love this description of trying to engage in a "reasoned"	Liberalynn	May 2014	#59
"as Stephanie Miller says they may be entitled to their opinion but not their own set of facts"	Fortinbras Armstrong	May 2014	#91
Thank You. I will now give proper credit to Mr. Moynihan	Liberalynn	May 2014	#100
Amen nt	MrScorpio	May 2014	#60
All we are is dust in the wind.	Uncle Joe	May 2014	#61
Precisely why I don't go there	sellitman	May 2014	#63
Cheers to that!	grahamhgreen	May 2014	#65
I love Discussionist and have actually found a few Conservatives, granted they contacted me	sabrina 1	May 2014	#67
there are a few i was able to debate with in a polite fashion, but our ideas were just %100 apart.	dionysus	Jun 2014	#122
The right wingers at Politico make the Discussionist variety seem reasonable and eloquent	Tom Ripley	May 2014	#72
Aww, you're just saying that to please us. :blush:	NealK	May 2014	#74
yeah i know but i got to sign up with a cool new user name! ;)	dionysus	May 2014	#77
I don't huff or drink, but, in principle, the OP explains why I stopped posting	merrily	May 2014	#78
Discussionist is Gresham's Law in action.	Ikonoklast	May 2014	#79
The RWNJS are fun to play with	Gothmog	May 2014	#80
it's fun to destroy them and have the fellow liberal posters laugh at them, but even faced with	dionysus	May 2014	#95
You're an idiot!	randome	May 2014	#81
I was there briefly, lost interest	steve2470	May 2014	#82
Well and truly stated, dionysus.	Paladin	May 2014	#83
You are absolutely wrong about Snowden	LiberalLovinLug	May 2014	#85
Hell to the yeah!	libodem	May 2014	#86
Well, well--Benghazi	kairos12	May 2014	#88
no joke, i was arguing over there with a guy who had fucking Benghazi in his damn handle...	dionysus	May 2014	#93
Hear hear.	JoeyT	May 2014	#89
!	dionysus	Jun 2014	#113
My motto for The Discussionist...	MrScorpio	May 2014	#94
the dumbest most misinformed illogical DUr is a Mensa member compared to those reactionaries.	arely staircase	May 2014	#96
to quote Ed Bailey from Tombstone "jesus it's like playing cards with my sisters kids..."	dionysus	Jun 2014	#114
Right you are, dion	Bobbie Jo	May 2014	#97
ditto	defacto7	May 2014	#98
Lol...DISGUSTINGIST -nt	Anansi1171	May 2014	#101
So-crates is a dead Greek dude, right? n/t	tabasco	May 2014	#102
I am trying to remember who predicted this suck-age….	MrMickeysMom	May 2014	#103
you are so right	noiretextatique	May 2014	#104
My sig line says hello	BeyondGeography	May 2014	#107
Finally, common ground most can agree on again here!	herding cats	May 2014	#109
DU will always be my mainstay but i have a guilty pleasure into tearing into conservatives. sad part	dionysus	Jun 2014	#118
I've been trying over there...some.	herding cats	Jun 2014	#120
Yep. And this is exactly why I believe that dividing the country between liberals and conservatives	Zorra	Jun 2014	#115
.	dionysus	Jun 2014	#117
Love you too.	McCamy Taylor	Jun 2014	#119
The RWNJs seem to be getting dumber on this site	Gothmog	Jun 2014	#121

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