A Request For Tolerance (in which the word "asshole" and its derivations are used 15 times)

[Bicoastal]

There were assholes on DU before this primary started. This we know.

There will be assholes on DU after this primary ends. This we also know.

But what some seem to forget is that when an asshole has an Obama or Hillary avatar next to his name, it doesn't mean they weren't assholes before they chose a candidate. Neither, also, does it mean that assholes gravitate towards a particular candidate, or that a particular candidate turns their supporters into assholes.

What it means is that when you're an asshole, and you happen to support Obama, you're not going to be kind and thoughtful and logical in your support. You're going to support Obama in angry, divisive, insulting posts awash in assholery. Same goes with the assholes who happen to support Hillary. Trust me, there are plenty on each side.

In other words, the candidates aren't producing the assholes, the assholes are merely supporting their candidates in the only way they know how--by being total, raging assholes. You can't stop 'em--on the Internet, at least, it's the only way they know how to communicate.

So don't suppose for a minute that the assholes on DU represent anything other than their own asshole-ish selves. 95% of the people on these boards are sweet, smart, sensible people, regardless of which candidate they side with. If you willfully ignore or simply can't tell the difference between the overwhelming number of Obama and Hillary supporters who are nothing but nice, and the small-but-vocal 5% who stir up most of the trouble around here, well...

You're probably an asshole yourself.

[Xipe Totec]

1. Nice post, Jeff Foxworthy,

You might be an asshole, if...

:rofl:

[Kali]

2. and anybody can be an asshole on any given day

even those who are perfectly nice people 99% of the time

rec

[IsItJustMe]

3. One cheer for an ass holeless world.

[patrice]

4. K & R

:applause:

[boppers]

It's the GIFT

See:
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/

:)

[JerseygirlCT]

5. Good post! nt

[DerekJ]

6. Your post STINKS!!

Too many assholes.

:P

[patrice]

9. Ha, ha . . . you made me read you post!

:rofl:

[Labors of Hercules]

7. It is for this very reason...

that I have no ignore list. I figure If I can't tell by looking who the assholes really are, then I sure as hell don't need a constant "asshole alert" to remind me... :shrug:

And to all you wonderful DEMOCRATS out there... HI!:hi:

[patrice]

10. I don't have an ignore list either. I want to see what's going on. nt

[The Doctor.]

8. There you go being an asshole by calling people assholes...

At least I think that's how it works. :think:

[TahitiNut]

11. Hey! Try living without one!

More than one would turn one's world to shit, though. :shrug:

[cbayer]

12. Agreed.

And just like schoolyard bullies, they are best ignored. There is nothing you can do to change them and they thrive on trying to get you to fight with them.

:hi:

[BadgerKid]

13. Please, it's *Mr.* Asshole ;) n/t

[Towlie]

14. 16, if you count the thread title

[OneBlueSky]

15. everybody's an asshole to someone . . . n/t

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