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sheshe2

(88,096 posts)
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 02:13 AM Dec 2016

This is for 1StrongBlackMan. Kudos. Best thread ever

He is my friend. I miss him. This thread. He nailed it. Perfectly. Boom. Some have no clue. Most had a hell of a lot of fun.

1StrongBlackMan (31,849 posts)

367. It's pretty simple ...



I posted a thread thanking, en mass, a group for their input they provided me on a question I was considering ... and DUers took/are taking offense because I did not include them in the initial consultation, nor would I pose the question to them.

It then, spun into a "Look at Me!" post (which I claim and accept) and that became the out-rage and great sin ... except calling President Obama a POS Used Car Salesman, while mischaracterizing that Democratic President's signature legislative achievement, and another "Look at Me!" thread that blatantly made fun of Black folks, in general, and Black DUers, in particular, remain perfectly acceptable.

That is what this thread is about ... it is a mirror for self-reflection. that is not being met well.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024865234#top







Brava Bella~



We need you back



It is both hilarious and enlightening. Hmmm and much more.
_______________________________________

This is for my friends at AA.

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This is for 1StrongBlackMan. Kudos. Best thread ever (Original Post) sheshe2 Dec 2016 OP
Where are you, Number23? sheshe2 Dec 2016 #1
aw she irisblue Dec 2016 #2
Hey, sheshe2 Dec 2016 #16
It is jarring when reading that thread... brer cat Dec 2016 #7
Yup, they were among the best that we had. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #10
I am here.... heaven05 Dec 2016 #19
Hi heaven! sheshe2 Dec 2016 #21
I miss Number 23 too. (nt) betsuni Dec 2016 #26
I know betsuni. n/t sheshe2 Dec 2016 #29
K & R SunSeeker Dec 2016 #3
Alas, he is one of many whose accounts were PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #4
Yes, and when someone asked murielm99 Dec 2016 #5
Apparently not. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2016 #6
WTF is happening? BlueMTexpat Dec 2016 #8
Yes, blue I miss Suraya as well... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #11
I miss his posts too. lovemydog Dec 2016 #9
I don't know what happened here either. Starry Messenger Dec 2016 #12
Oh I understand why they did not feel safe and supported here. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #13
I so loved that whole thread! M0rpheus Dec 2016 #14
OMG... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #15
considering they allow right wing trolls to post here it just makes JI7 Dec 2016 #17
this place has never heaven05 Dec 2016 #20
Hm... sheshe2 Dec 2016 #23
The group is so accepting that people have to go out of their way to get blocked. betsuni Dec 2016 #24
Geeze. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #30
home for us all in this forum heaven05 Dec 2016 #28
Home for as long as we can at least. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #32
yep, a crackdown IS COMING heaven05 Dec 2016 #35
I see heaven05 Dec 2016 #18
:) sheshe2 Dec 2016 #22
Miss him. (nt) betsuni Dec 2016 #25
That was a brilliant thread gwheezie Dec 2016 #27
Many in all those groups went missing. ;( sheshe2 Dec 2016 #31
1SBM is one of my favorite posters Gothmog Dec 2016 #33
I do too Gothmog. sheshe2 Dec 2016 #34
Funny! ismnotwasm Dec 2016 #36

sheshe2

(88,096 posts)
1. Where are you, Number23?
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 02:28 AM
Dec 2016

MOrpheus? Heaven?

It is so quite here. Obama is leaving. I lost the BOG. I lost the HC group I do not want to lose you as well. I am scared too.

brer cat

(26,477 posts)
7. It is jarring when reading that thread...
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 08:21 AM
Dec 2016

so many gone or seldom seen, and they were among the best we have.

Sheshe, I don't remember where I was at the time, but I missed that thread. I am so glad you reposted it!

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
19. I am here....
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 09:51 AM
Dec 2016

the ones that voted for the trumpfuhrer are the worry. They, by and large, have no good common sense. Just driven by anti-everything that is decent, equal and good......hateful roof type people.......

sheshe2

(88,096 posts)
21. Hi heaven!
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 03:42 PM
Dec 2016

What an incredibly sad way to go through life with so much hate in their hearts. You nailed them perfectly "anti-everything that is decent, equal and good."

That is not for me.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,826 posts)
4. Alas, he is one of many whose accounts were
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:14 AM
Dec 2016

"flagged for review" and apparently have never been reviewed.

It's simply not right. He, and all of the others should be allowed back.

murielm99

(31,503 posts)
5. Yes, and when someone asked
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:27 AM
Dec 2016

about him in ATA, the thread was alerted. We can't even talk about our absent friends?

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,826 posts)
6. Apparently not.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 04:42 AM
Dec 2016

Another thread that mentioned him by name was shut down.

I'm quite saddened by what DU seems to have become.

BlueMTexpat

(15,502 posts)
8. WTF is happening?
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 01:42 PM
Dec 2016

1SBM STILL not allowed to post here?

I also miss Suraya! Too many good ones are still in limbo.

Starry Messenger

(32,375 posts)
12. I don't know what happened here either.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 06:30 PM
Dec 2016

I can understand if AA DU no longer felt safe or supported here though.

sheshe2

(88,096 posts)
13. Oh I understand why they did not feel safe and supported here.
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 06:33 PM
Dec 2016

Sadly many women I talk to feel the same way.

Hugs Starry~ love ya.

M0rpheus

(885 posts)
14. I so loved that whole thread!
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 08:04 PM
Dec 2016

And as one of the "10 trusted DU'ers" it was soooooo much better this way!

It was hilariously painful watching people contort themselves into angry pretzels trying to figure it out.



There's also the added benefit that on reading this 2 years later.... I crack myself up!


Cheers 1SBM, JAG, 23, bravenak, and to you, sheshe!




sheshe2

(88,096 posts)
15. OMG...
Sat Dec 10, 2016, 08:46 PM
Dec 2016

MOrpheus!

So good to see you. I miss you.

That thread was a thing of beauty in motion. You all cracked me up, it was inspirational. You and JAG, sweet Jaysus... and 23 went cra cra not being able to see your gifs. Brava Bravo. Keep up the good work.

Dayum that pissed people of..."well you could have just PMed them and not made a whole thread about it."



Shocked that I was one of the '10' as well.

Ooooh and I reread the 'Counter' post as well from Quinnox...they are long gone now. Geeze more butt hurt.

Thank you, MO.



Thanks MO, cheers to you as well.

JI7

(90,844 posts)
17. considering they allow right wing trolls to post here it just makes
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 04:30 AM
Dec 2016

no sense to keep him blocked from posting.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
20. this place has never
Mon Dec 12, 2016, 09:56 AM
Dec 2016

Last edited Tue Dec 13, 2016, 02:38 PM - Edit history (2)

been a place where true equality is respected. Trolls are known for who they are and thusly allowed to stir the shitpot while adding their poisonous ingredients. Someone comes along with true spice and flavoring of truth, the RW trolls alert and we're off to the races, usually to the detriment of the truth. NO ONE said it would be fair as the history of ameriKKKa has proven right up to today.

sheshe2

(88,096 posts)
23. Hm...
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 12:12 AM
Dec 2016
this place has never

been a place where true equality is respected.


The site, no you are correct. Equality, no you have never been totally respected.

This group? AA? One of the most diverse and accepting on this site. I have watched the hosts, JAG, Starry, Number23 so fair when they have to block someone. They talk to them and they tell them why. They give them a chance. This is one of the most accepting diverse groups on this board and one of the most maligned.

You all welcomed me here. I thank you. I know that has been an issue for some incoming peeps. They think I pretend to be black when I have always said I am white.

This is my home. I am sticking until someone tells me otherwise.

Hugs~

betsuni

(27,300 posts)
24. The group is so accepting that people have to go out of their way to get blocked.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 01:47 AM
Dec 2016

I see them accuse you, sheshe, of pretending to be black. Sigh. And then some of them doubt that 1StrongBlackMan is black. All projection, of course, because they pretend to be what they're not online all the time.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
28. home for us all in this forum
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 02:38 PM
Dec 2016

for how long? Times are in flux, not in a positive manner either. When NPR went center right, in 2003-4 I knew nothing on the left was guaranteed to stay the same.

sheshe2

(88,096 posts)
32. Home for as long as we can at least.
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:24 PM
Dec 2016

The rest, I just don't know, we are about to get 'fluxed'.

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
35. yep, a crackdown IS COMING
Wed Dec 14, 2016, 10:13 AM
Dec 2016

the gullible and naive will be going OMG!!!!!,he lied. We'll be saying...."we tried to tell you". We're in deep kimchi.....

gwheezie

(3,580 posts)
27. That was a brilliant thread
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 02:36 AM
Dec 2016

I miss so many from the AA, BOG & Hillary groups. It's where I stayed during the primary. I'm mostly on twitter now. I think with fake pres trump I might come back here more often because I'm one those old liberal dems & I might have jump back into the fray.

sheshe2

(88,096 posts)
31. Many in all those groups went missing. ;(
Tue Dec 13, 2016, 03:11 PM
Dec 2016

Have missed you gwheezie, good to hear we may be seeing more of you.

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