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20. Sad that this kind of stuff

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #16)

Sun Oct 1, 2017, 09:03 PM

Oct 2017

happens here, it really shouldn't. We are a diverse group of people and no one should "bullied" out of here with different opinions or viewpoints. I do like being "schooled" here, you can really learn a lot about certain events. MM I want to give you this which we need more of nowadays.

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I have been on DU for almost nine years now. [View all] MineralMan Oct 2017 OP

K&R stonecutter357 Oct 2017 #1

Thanks, MM. Skidmore Oct 2017 #2

Thank You for your service... Stuart G Oct 2017 #3

MineralMan, I have the same feelings about DU and those who were driven off because of some The Wielding Truth Oct 2017 #4

I've had DU friends driven away so hard that I've never seen them again, on any other Aristus Oct 2017 #5

"...vulnerable people or people with minority viewpoints are ganged up on..." Comatose Sphagetti Oct 2017 #6

I don't think your Shangri-La will be here. aikoaiko Oct 2017 #7

You may well be right, MineralMan Oct 2017 #8

Thanks. K&R TheBlackAdder Oct 2017 #9

I'm with you. Feel free to DM me if you need help. sharedvalues Oct 2017 #32

Same here! I've had a few posts hidden that seem positively innocous compared to others. LongTomH Oct 2017 #66

It needed to be said 🙂 MLAA Oct 2017 #10

Thank you for this.....I've felt it myself but held on. AJT Oct 2017 #11

thank you MineralMan.... chillfactor Oct 2017 #12

Awesome iamateacher Oct 2017 #13

Ditto malaise Oct 2017 #14

That's a rather charitable explanation of things mythology Oct 2017 #15

I'm not referring to any individual DUer in this post. MineralMan Oct 2017 #60

"people with minority viewpoints are ganged up" left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #16

Been there... can't tell you how many times. (Don't give em the satisfaction.) InAbLuEsTaTe Oct 2017 #19

Sad that this kind of stuff bdamomma Oct 2017 #20

Someone alerted me a few days ago bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #29

Was the alert voted up or down? n/t left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 #56

Well, they deleted my post. haha bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #57

Bravenak and her pack did their best to drive me off riderinthestorm Oct 2017 #17

+1. pintobean Oct 2017 #24

"Stronger together". United is better than divided sharedvalues Oct 2017 #33

So that was only done by one person and one side. Thank you for your objectivity still_one Oct 2017 #35

Indeed, you can usually tell the trolls. Ninsianna Oct 2017 #38

Oh for gd's sake, you wrote in Bernie in the GE and as far as I've seen have expressed no regret. seaglass Oct 2017 #68

Thank you seaglass! I didn't see your post before I responded, but this says R B Garr Oct 2017 #71

Wow. Thanks for finding that, seaglass. George II Oct 2017 #73

They wrote in Bernie? sheshe2 Oct 2017 #92

Uh oh. Cat's out of the bag. betsuni Oct 2017 #93

Wow. SunSeeker Oct 2017 #95

As Skinner and EarlG have said, people who unrepentantly did not vote Hillary dont belong here stevenleser Oct 2017 #96

Oh ffs, I live in IL. HRC won here by double digits. I like Hillary riderinthestorm Oct 2017 #112

If you dont vote for Democratic nominees, youre not an ally. stevenleser Oct 2017 #113

I live in MA and it would be really easy for me to sit out a GE if it was all about me, it's not. seaglass Oct 2017 #115

You didn't vote for Hillary then you can go fuck yourself. tammywammy Oct 2017 #121

Don't even. You wrote in BS's name. I don't give a rat's ass what you think of Hillary. Squinch Oct 2017 #124

Well, you'll always have JPR. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2017 #125

To that now PPRd poster, as the character of Eva Peron said in the musical Evita stevenleser Oct 2017 #128

Sorry to see you go riderinthestorm. aikoaiko Oct 2017 #130

I'm not sorry to see anyone go who feels comfortable at JPR. They are not allies. nt stevenleser Oct 2017 #132

Everyone thinks their own purity test is OK. aikoaiko Oct 2017 #133

My test is simple. Did you vote for the one viable candidate in the GE against Trump stevenleser Oct 2017 #134

My point exactly. aikoaiko Oct 2017 #135

And mine as well. nt stevenleser Oct 2017 #136

Let me guess. This started in 2015. R B Garr Oct 2017 #70

Are you saying that the forum moderators take $$ to reverse a Flagged for Review? ehrnst Oct 2017 #72

You mean with things like this? still_one Oct 2017 #74

Great find! The troll Susan Sarandon saying "fuck them" R B Garr Oct 2017 #75

"her pack"??????????????? heaven05 Oct 2017 #79

her pack? sheshe2 Oct 2017 #91

+1 betsuni Oct 2017 #94

Her pack are those who voted Hillary in the General Election, apparently nt stevenleser Oct 2017 #98

I don't know heaven JustAnotherGen Oct 2017 #127

. ismnotwasm Oct 2017 #90

Notice how this posts inspires a 15+ post pile-on melman Oct 2017 #97

Because it has come out that that person did not vote for Hillary by their own admission stevenleser Oct 2017 #99

What are you even talking about? melman Oct 2017 #102

Post 68 above. nt stevenleser Oct 2017 #104

So you agree that Democrats are the trolls on Democratic Underground. betsuni Oct 2017 #100

Did not say that melman Oct 2017 #101

The "pile-on" are those who voted for the Democrat in the election and the "piled-on" didn't. betsuni Oct 2017 #105

No I didn't melman Oct 2017 #106

Yes you did. Your words are here for all to see. betsuni Oct 2017 #116

12 years here, and it turns out that you are one of the BOBs who gave us Trump. Squinch Oct 2017 #110

And now they are trying to justify not voting for the Democratic nominee for President stevenleser Oct 2017 #114

@$!# the trolls amd their pile-ons. Scurrilous Oct 2017 #18

That person wasn't ganged up on and provoked into exploding melman Oct 2017 #21

Sometimes when people can't rebut the message they (metaphorically) shoot the messenger Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2017 #22

you old fart spanone Oct 2017 #23

I embrace my old fartness, I'll have you know. MineralMan Oct 2017 #61

as do I spanone Oct 2017 #65

There's a lot of beating of dead horses. milestogo Oct 2017 #25

FlameSuit Goonch Oct 2017 #26

I could not agree more. Jarqui Oct 2017 #27

That happens to me a lot. Jim Beard Oct 2017 #37

You actually got banned for saying that?? DFW Oct 2017 #45

I've always supported Dems Jarqui Oct 2017 #50

OK, now I get it. DFW Oct 2017 #51

No I was banned - posting ability revoked Jarqui Oct 2017 #52

It's definitely not the same mentality in that party. DFW Oct 2017 #53

It was weird - particularly without explanation. Jarqui Oct 2017 #55

It's OK DFW Oct 2017 #58

My US family enjoys care from Johns Hopkins. My brother in law works there. Jarqui Oct 2017 #64

The long waits for non-urgent afflictions scare me. I would have been dead for 13 years now. DFW Oct 2017 #67

That is not the Canadian system Jarqui Oct 2017 #69

Cheers and good tidings to you! flvegan Oct 2017 #28

There are posts in this thread implying that an undefined minority viewpoint was ganged up on still_one Oct 2017 #30

Not to mention, the minority that says they were Ganged up on were 80% of DUers stevenleser Oct 2017 #103

Took me a few more seconds than it should to realize "Ganges up on" betsuni Oct 2017 #108

98,000 Yupster Oct 2017 #31

Not sure why but I found your reply very funny. grantcart Oct 2017 #109

I treat every post I make... Xolodno Oct 2017 #34

I have all sorts of heterodox opinions--even a few heretical ones... First Speaker Oct 2017 #36

Thanks Mineral Man. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #39

I love reading your posts. Scruffy1 Oct 2017 #40

I've been on DU since 2001 and I have more problems with the thought police Submariner Oct 2017 #41

Amen.. I miss the good old days too SoCalDem Oct 2017 #43

Always glad to read your posts, MM. I bailed twice, taking grateful refuge in spinoff groups... Hekate Oct 2017 #42

I'd like others to agree with me, because....ego. What I cannot abide is being misunderstood, WinkyDink Oct 2017 #44

One of the real tricks seems to be the hardest to learn DFW Oct 2017 #46

Perfectly put. cwydro Oct 2017 #47

Too many people think we all hatched from the same egg. DFW Oct 2017 #48

Exactly. cwydro Oct 2017 #49

Everyone on DU has opinions, and should be able to express them. MineralMan Oct 2017 #63

The second approach to disagreement seems to have become more common here on DU over time. Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2017 #83

I've been a member for 13 years samplegirl Oct 2017 #54

+1 get the red out Oct 2017 #59

I read you! Amd i know you are right. The profile of those doing doing the 'alerting" and causing haveahart Oct 2017 #62

No one that DU was created for would try to drive you off. Hortensis Oct 2017 #76

I'm sure that's true, and I'm not going anywhere. MineralMan Oct 2017 #80

Very well stated! Va Lefty Oct 2017 #77

They almost ran me off early on. It can be brutal here. redstatebluegirl Oct 2017 #78

For anyone who has strong opinions, only an ability to shrug off MineralMan Oct 2017 #81

Oh my...Compuserve in the 80's annabanana Oct 2017 #82

Yup. The Compuserve Politics Forum was a lot like MineralMan Oct 2017 #85

By the way, the Compuserve Political Debate Forum MineralMan Oct 2017 #88

I'm here as a Democrat (as in DEMOCRATIC Underground) louis c Oct 2017 #84

They do find (or start) other sites, but often stick around MineralMan Oct 2017 #86

This is the only site I belong to or visit louis c Oct 2017 #89

Super into unity right now StrictlyRockers Oct 2017 #87

It sounds to me SCantiGOP Oct 2017 #107

you post too much Demonaut Oct 2017 #111

No. I post exactly as much as I choose to. MineralMan Oct 2017 #117

lol, it was a terrible joke Demonaut Oct 2017 #122

And I post too little. So what? betsuni Oct 2017 #118

what Demonaut Oct 2017 #123

I've been here a while. It's really not that hard to follow the rules. nt redgreenandblue Oct 2017 #119

You're right. It's not that hard. MineralMan Oct 2017 #120

You're alright, Mineral Man. Sugar Smack Oct 2017 #126

Not new just quiet bcbink Oct 2017 #129

Thanks very much for posting a reply! MineralMan Oct 2017 #131