DU Obsesses about RW "Tea Parties!" Post after post..Yet no attention to DEM Protests?

[KoKo]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5429508

Why IS THIS? Why do DU'ers Obsess over RW Actions yet fail to support and post on their OWN DEM ACTIVISTS ACTIONS?

When some post about "What Has DU Become" questioning stuff here...I usually read and go along. But, time after time it seems that DEMOCRATIC ACTIVIST ACTIONS sink like stones, ignored in favor of what Fox News or Talk Radio is promoting as the "ISSUE of the Day."

TEA PARTIES...BIG DU NEWS...."BANK ACTION PROTEST DAY" by Democratic ACTIVIST GROUPS" ...well "Move Along...Nothing to SEE HERE...just IGNORE.

Since this is "Democratic Underground" and not "Free Republic" can someone help me understand why we PUBLICIZE our RIGHT WING over our DEMOCRATS when ACTIVIST ACTIONS are called for? :shrug:

Dem Activist Alert, here...for Tomorrow...GET OUT OF YOUR PAJAMAS AND HAUL YOUR BUTT OUT!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5429508&mesg_id=5429508

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I guess I didn't get the memo. Do I have to take up teabagging, too?

[Phx_Dem]

2. Because I don't give a shit what Dems are protesting.

Just because they're Democrats, doesn't mean I automatically agree with their protests. Some Dems just like to protest.

[KoKo]

4. HUH? Could you give further info on what you are saying....

it sounds like RW crap to me...but I assume you are sincere...:shrug:

[mkultra]

14. what hes saying

is that just because some dems are protesting something doesn't mean we will all fall in line.

[AtomicKitten]

3. The wingnut plan of "teabagging" deserves plenty of ridicule.

I'm not seeing the connection of that to your perceived lack of enthusiasm for Dem activism. Sorry.

[KoKo]

5. Why is this more important than seeking out Dem Groups working for Change?

:shrug: You do realize you are promoting efforts that only undermine Democratic Ideals? :shrug:

[AtomicKitten]

12. you edited your OP after I responded

or more accurately AS I was in the process of responding (same difference) with the link to that cause which I didn't see - doh! - and which, of course, I support.

I also think the two people that posted before me didn't see it either. Hope that helps. Cheers.

:hi:

[Abq_Sarah]

11. I'm not the protest type myself...

But this seems pretty tame compared to some of the more uh.. interesting protests of the last few years such as "Breasts not Bombs".

[AtomicKitten]

13. it does

The OP added the link as I was responding and I didn't see it. Doh!

[omega minimo]

6. Hello KoKo, thank you for your efforts which mirror mine and we have the same question, which I OP'd

in GD.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x5431621


and GDP
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8334461

Let's see what the Gatekeepers have to say

[KoKo]

8. Will check out your posts...must have gone to archives before I could get to

which is a big part of the problem for us Dems working for Change..

[omega minimo]

9. overlap is good, esp, if some of us give up for lack of response... now i'm interested in

how DU answers the question we both asked in similar amazement at how this topic dropped. :toast:

[Sparkly]

7. Thanks for posting this. I don't know anything about it.

I'm a little wary of an "independent regulatory body" on the face of it... but am always willing to read. :hi:

[Better Believe It]

10. K & R

[biopowertoday]

15. kicking for a good cause.