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In reply to the discussion: It's almost time for a big "Welcome Back" to Willy T [View all]Union Scribe
(7,099 posts)222. yawn.
Do you ever get tired of pretending to be righteously indignant about everything posted on DU. You good, all who disagree bad. It's getting pretty old. Yeah I know, hammer that alert button oh warrior of virtue.
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it was a right wing attack on the pres and the poster just thought it was hilarious
JI7
May 2014
#16
who said they didn't ? again, this is a democratic site, why are some always upset at how unfair
JI7
May 2014
#34
I will bet your posts of "W" would get a real chuckle over at "Republican Underground."
MADem
May 2014
#144
that's how BBI slipped up... he got desperate and couldn't help himself from using RW sources...
dionysus
Jun 2014
#368
That's flat out bullcrap. The Third Way dont like him and look to hide his posts.
rhett o rick
May 2014
#177
Yep, you are correct. They are NOT 'liberals'. Willy is a Liberal. They are Third Wayers and as we
sabrina 1
May 2014
#290
Sounds like Over Reactive Alerters...doesn't it? After all "Willy T" has huge amount of posts
KoKo
May 2014
#174
skinner addresed that once in ATA and said the daily amount of alerts is much smaller than we think.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#371
sure. i can't disagree on that. at least activate the alert percentages in the profiles that are
dionysus
Jun 2014
#383
it's only biased to the opinion of the 7 randomly chosen people to serve on that particular jury.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#373
at least we don't post rightwing attacks from rightwing Republicans like willy did.
geek tragedy
May 2014
#213
not everything, just rightwing garbage. you're free to join free republic or discussionist
geek tragedy
May 2014
#227
That's low, even for you. It looks like the Third Way'ers have declared a war on the left. nm
rhett o rick
May 2014
#180
that's going a little too far. i'm not a fan of Willy, but i don't see him as malicious as other
dionysus
Jun 2014
#394
It wasnt a right wing cartoon. But you dont care. Any chance to hide a lefty.
rhett o rick
May 2014
#302
if you look the post linking to a bunch of the guys other work, he appears to be quite RW. nt
dionysus
Jun 2014
#374
I am going to take a guess at your point. Guess 1, WillyT should have done more research
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#379
1: most likely scenario; the typical teleprompter "joke" is a RW one, but there can be a funny one
dionysus
Jun 2014
#382
I was not aware that "the typical teleprompter joke" is RW. I would hope that liberals
rhett o rick
Jun 2014
#384
Edited - you can see the cartoon from the WaPo in his thread by showing the post.
Aerows
May 2014
#15
"Do you think the point of the cartoon is to say Obama is so smart that he can read Chinese
Aerows
May 2014
#94
bowing to a foreign leader is another rightwing meme attack on the president
geek tragedy
May 2014
#241
are you saying you agree with the rightwing attacks from this cartoonist?
geek tragedy
May 2014
#254
c'mon, it was a rehash of the lame old "he's not smart so he needs a teleprompter to speak" meme.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#366
maybe so, but neither of us are alone in our interpretations of the intent behind the post.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#369
Yeah, go figure, people don't want to see this place become free republic or discussionist
geek tragedy
May 2014
#224
not as upset as the people whining in this thread because rightwing garbage
geek tragedy
May 2014
#274
I don't think Willy himself was being malicious, but teleprompter jokes are RW in origin.
dionysus
Jun 2014
#393
Does it not show Obama reading, mindlessly, whatever is put in front of him?
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#196
You do realize Scott Stantis, the cartoonist, is a right-wing Obama hater, right?
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#317
LMAO. It was a rightwing Republican who drew it. the sophisticated ones are the ones
geek tragedy
May 2014
#248
Of course. I'm sure you've never heard of Obama being born in Kenya, either...
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#113
lots of people are throwing outrageous whiny temper tantrums over that post being hidden
geek tragedy
May 2014
#286
Shall I copy and paste all of the vicious attacks and conspiracy mongering
geek tragedy
May 2014
#298
you were the one talking about sock puppets being deployed to alert on posts like that, no?
geek tragedy
May 2014
#307
Intent is irrelevant, as people are reacting to their interpretation of what they see
pinboy3niner
May 2014
#295
they are feeling outrage, because it does not occur to them that they do not know everything.
geek tragedy
May 2014
#301
LOL! I bet the person who alerted is angry WillyT's post was alerted...
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#118
with one cartoon alone, i can see that point of view.. but in this thread there's links to more of
dionysus
Jun 2014
#381
ok nostrodamus, mods would have definitely locked the thread for it being a RW toon, despite
dionysus
Jun 2014
#390
It was 100% a good hide. It was rightwing cartoon from a hardcore rightwing cartoonist.
geek tragedy
May 2014
#211
I wouldn't be too sure the raccoons aren't hatching their evil plots behind your back
pinboy3niner
May 2014
#159
I'm don't see eye to eye with hom on a lot of issues, but I hope he's back soon
Algernon Moncrieff
May 2014
#42
Hi WillyT, stay well and we'll see you soon. Obama would have laughed, I think.
Jefferson23
May 2014
#76
I thought it was funny that the Chinese hacking the teleprompter made his point
pinboy3niner
May 2014
#95
No he does not do that, agreed. It was an unfortunate hide, madfloridian. n/t
Jefferson23
May 2014
#121
I'd never heard of teleprompter jokes until Drunken Irishman posted them above.
madfloridian
May 2014
#77
really ? you have never heard of teleprompter jokes against Obama from the right wing ?
JI7
May 2014
#81
This place has been a great posting place for him, for me, and many others like us.
madfloridian
May 2014
#140
But, good "lord", mad, shouldn't they pluck their eyes out lest they view an offending passage?
jtuck004
May 2014
#354
Because it's been a common attack on the President since he became president...
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#204
It's an attack from a writer who has done anti-Obama cartoons in the past.
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#316
It's hard to miss when there's been thousands of threads about it over the years...
Drunken Irishman
May 2014
#199
I understand now, but before learning it was a right wing cartoonist and about that RW
Jamastiene
Jun 2014
#362
The haters are getting desperate. Alerting, locking, hiding, censoring, that's all they got. They
rhett o rick
May 2014
#181
But the unlimited safe-harbor for hating dissenters, doesn't that count for something?
bobduca
May 2014
#188
Not if the "site's owners" are liberals. Liberals dont alert, lock, hide and hate. Just sayin. nm
rhett o rick
May 2014
#191
with all due respect MadF, are you serious? they were everywhere, well documented on DU for years...
dionysus
Jun 2014
#392
You're being too nice. It's more like junior misses being in the basement playing DD.
L0oniX
May 2014
#225
Well, call me stupid then....on the podium it said Fighting Cyber Crimes.
madfloridian
May 2014
#347
juries are random, Willy just got bad draws. i don't agree with him on some things but i see him as
dionysus
Jun 2014
#395
Dammit - I wish I'd known about so many hides and possibility of getting suspended...
nc4bo
May 2014
#185
Good hide. it was a wingnut teleprompter joke by a wingnut cartoonist, Scott Stantis
geek tragedy
May 2014
#198
Wow, Guess there's lot of us "freepers" around here. Hate to be thought of that way.
madfloridian
May 2014
#203
No, they correctly perceive him as a liberal who is very good at exposing
woo me with science
May 2014
#236
and tons of DUers who think it's a-ok to spread that rightwing, borderline racist horseshit here. nt
geek tragedy
May 2014
#242
You're way out of line and your implications are not accurate nor honorable. n/t
Jefferson23
May 2014
#278
You're absoultely correct about WillyT, he is not and never was a racist. Glad you agree.
Jefferson23
May 2014
#300
the problem is that a great many who had the wrong impression of that cartoon
geek tragedy
May 2014
#305
You were correct about the cartoon? No, the cartoon and it's meaning, motive, is
Jefferson23
May 2014
#308
In Feb 2013 the NY Times wrote a big story on the Chinese government and hacking
hack89
May 2014
#332
ya, some of the other ones were bad hides, but kinda ironically this one was well deserved
geek tragedy
May 2014
#264
they are trying to get a critic of the obama administration kicked off of here.
m-lekktor
May 2014
#266