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ellenrr

(3,864 posts)
12. if someone wants to get a particular person elected, there are lots of things to do--
Wed Nov 25, 2015, 07:51 AM
Nov 2015

petitions, coffees, emails, phone calls,
strategize, focus groups,

a lot more I'm sure.

casting shit on DU is not one of them, lol...

but hey, if that is someone's thang, go ahead and have a ball.


Repeat after me:
THIS IS AN INTERNET FORUM. THIS IS NOT REAL LIFE.

It is really important to know the difference.

Some of DU pintobean Nov 2015 #1
NAZIs called Jews 'vermin' Octafish Nov 2015 #62
I was talking about an image of a bug. pintobean Nov 2015 #74
Notice he is the first person to rush in here Rex Nov 2015 #76
Lol pintobean Nov 2015 #77
Kewl story Rex Nov 2015 #78
It Is In Honor Of A DU Member Tombstoned By HRC Supporters cantbeserious Nov 2015 #2
Why would supporters of HRC Snobblevitch Nov 2015 #8
He got himself tossed out by breaking the rules, Hortensis Nov 2015 #21
Yeah. Scootaloo Nov 2015 #79
Admin banned someone. Admin supports Clinton. Eom uppityperson Nov 2015 #51
Ah, yes. Another sad victim of The Third Way Conspiracy® Orrex Nov 2015 #22
like accusing someone of racism, homophobia and anti-Semitism without even one link of proof. Octafish Nov 2015 #61
If you don't like being associated with racists, homophobes, and anti-Semites... Orrex Nov 2015 #64
You say that, but you don't show where I've done that. Octafish Nov 2015 #66
Sid has already done so--take it up with him Orrex Nov 2015 #68
He hasn't either. So that makes Sid a smear artist, as well. Octafish Nov 2015 #69
Well, you're a demonstrated liar and a thread-stalker Orrex Nov 2015 #70
Show. Octafish Nov 2015 #72
I have, and you are. Orrex Nov 2015 #73
I don't understand either of these responses... ellenrr Nov 2015 #3
The DU Member Also Had A Fly - It Was Their Trademark - It Drove The HRC Supporters Crazy cantbeserious Nov 2015 #5
For the record, it's not only HRC Supporters that it drives crazy. MH1 Nov 2015 #53
L0oniX was PPRed for encouraging DUers not to vote in the general pintobean Nov 2015 #6
oh I see. the bug is some kind of resistance symbol. ok. thx. nt ellenrr Nov 2015 #7
UNTRUE. That's how the alert may have read, but those are not the facts. merrily Nov 2015 #26
Uh huh pintobean Nov 2015 #48
Dude, here's the post. Tell me how I mischaracterized it so I'll, you know, merrily Nov 2015 #49
I just went to the link in the post, and it seems very clear that it discourages breaking the pledge MH1 Nov 2015 #56
Serious, shmerious. It's not legally binding. I mean, Hillary supporters laugh at internet polls, merrily Nov 2015 #57
BTW, I just checked the link I provided. merrily Nov 2015 #58
Here's what Skinner had to say on the subject: Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2015 #65
Yes, I know. How that applies (or not) to what L0oniX actually posted is the issue, merrily Nov 2015 #71
Actually, it could be important... TreasonousBastard Nov 2015 #10
if someone wants to get a particular person elected, there are lots of things to do-- ellenrr Nov 2015 #12
Oh, I agree absolutely, I didn't mean... TreasonousBastard Nov 2015 #13
oh. I see. yes.. many people here have a hugely inflated idea of the importance of DU. ellenrr Nov 2015 #14
BRAVO!!! Kilgore Nov 2015 #30
You might make the same quest for the ones that Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #52
Someone told me someone was banned at some time. ileus Nov 2015 #4
It's a mystery. Android3.14 Nov 2015 #9
"Communicating with symbols provides unambiguous signature of our modernity" ellenrr Nov 2015 #11
Reams and reams of words written on that very subject. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #45
That annoying, crawling fly EL34x4 Nov 2015 #15
oh, PLEASE tell me how to do that. ellenrr Nov 2015 #16
Select "My Account" in the upper right-hand corner. EL34x4 Nov 2015 #18
lol. I agree. and I don't mind having all signature lines removed. ellenrr Nov 2015 #19
Yeah, I'm not on either side of the bug people - the flies or the swatters. cwydro Nov 2015 #36
Thank you! for some reason I had not found that before. MH1 Nov 2015 #55
I think I found it. "Account" . "remove user signature". we shall see if that is it. ellenrr Nov 2015 #17
Me, too. randome Nov 2015 #33
It's a display of solidarity for some. NCTraveler Nov 2015 #20
As a matter of fact, I believe that is the formal term. Orrex Nov 2015 #23
All loonix did was post about someone else's petition about not voting for HRC aikoaiko Nov 2015 #24
Overprotective HRC fans. Love it. NCTraveler Nov 2015 #25
Is that person blaming admin? bravenak Nov 2015 #38
I believe so. NCTraveler Nov 2015 #42
Yep. bravenak Nov 2015 #43
Good point. nt cwydro Nov 2015 #67
Three threads will give you the story... SidDithers Nov 2015 #27
I love what you've done BlueMTexpat Nov 2015 #35
Great post! bravenak Nov 2015 #54
You're like an authority for Central Scrutiny. Octafish Nov 2015 #81
It was a response to unseemly gravedancing by the HRC crowd after a long time site user Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2015 #28
It's a thing the 8th Graders are doing for Spirit Week! Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #29
The reaction to the bug bigwillq Nov 2015 #31
It's just a joke treestar Nov 2015 #39
Congrats on 60,000 posts! bigwillq Nov 2015 #59
I didn't even notice that!!!! treestar Nov 2015 #60
When my daughters accidentally turn on subtitles and we don't need them... randome Nov 2015 #41
Reminds me of my favorite disgusting joke: tavernier Nov 2015 #32
See your eye doctor. There are no bugs here. randome Nov 2015 #34
don't laugh. But given my eye condition, I can't see that f****** bug. nt msanthrope Nov 2015 #44
Sorry! I laughed! randome Nov 2015 #46
I knew you would. I laughed that the ratfucker was rightly tombstoned. msanthrope Nov 2015 #47
We need more Raid. And foggers. bravenak Nov 2015 #37
You've been here two years and you know who to eliminate? Octafish Nov 2015 #80
CT bravenak Nov 2015 #82
It is a tween thing snooper2 Nov 2015 #40
I have it, but I only speak for myself, nadinbrzezinski Nov 2015 #50
It's nothing more than a moving black dot. Some see what they WANT to see. cherokeeprogressive Nov 2015 #63
Why are animated graphics in the sigline all the sudden an issue on DU? Never have been before. Rex Nov 2015 #75
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