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(967 posts)JustAnotherGen
(33,785 posts)pirateshipdude
(967 posts)JustAnotherGen
(33,785 posts)Unfortunately, there's too much silence lately.
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)sheshe2
(88,105 posts)23
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pirateshipdude
(967 posts)sheshe2
(88,105 posts)pirateshipdude
(967 posts)sheshe2
(88,105 posts)brer cat
(26,479 posts)Number23 is fun and also quite brilliant.
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)betsuni
(27,301 posts)I guess I'm doing that "echo chamber" thing that's supposedly so terrible, supporting people who are smart as hell and don't bash Democrats all the time. Oops.
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)I haven't followed this group for a while.
TexasTowelie
(117,489 posts)for an indefinite period of time.
montana_hazeleyes
(3,424 posts)I would like to see them back!
LuvLoogie
(7,582 posts)brush
(58,016 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 8, 2017, 10:56 PM - Edit history (2)
He called President O a POS used car salesman then doubled down on it.
He openly stated that he wasn't going to vote for Hillary in the general and tried to influence others to do the same.
Oh, did I mention he's been tombpstoned, yet the admin allowed his work to stay up despite alerts?
THAT EFFIN' SMELLS TO ME.
sheshe2
(88,105 posts)fleabiscuit
(4,542 posts)brush
(58,016 posts)JustAnotherGen
(33,785 posts)Are running amok.
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)JustAnotherGen
(33,785 posts)Between brer and me.
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)brer cat
(26,479 posts)pirateshipdude
(967 posts)sheshe2
(88,105 posts)Luvs ya!
sheshe2
(88,105 posts)Gothmog
(155,434 posts)calimary
(84,587 posts)I miss seeing their posts here.
ismnotwasm
(42,478 posts)I hate that they are not here. I hate why. Its bullshit.
pirateshipdude
(967 posts)pirateshipdude
(967 posts)Squinch
(53,151 posts)sheshe2
(88,105 posts)To our friends...gone but not forgotten~
JHan
(10,173 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)we can do it
(12,789 posts)Number23 host extraordinaire of the AA Group.
we can do it
(12,789 posts)sheshe2
(88,105 posts)Thanks
we can do it
(12,789 posts)I'm not always funny😹
still_one
(96,802 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Brother Buzz
(38,015 posts)They didn't take no shit from her. None!
I'm sorry to see 1StrongBlackMan and Bravenak checked into the roach motel (a.k.a flagged for review).
Times have been better
still_one
(96,802 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,443 posts)sheshe2
(88,105 posts)Yet silent non the less.
murielm99
(31,503 posts)we will be closer to competing the purge.
sheshe2
(88,105 posts)lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)lunasun
(21,646 posts)left on thier own for twitter . I know sometimes I have to leave DU for a while
I get too pissed off at some of the non sense
BlueMTexpat
(15,502 posts)VOICES BE HEARD!!!!
They have been in purgatory long enough. MUCH TOO LONG!
This is censorship, no less.
betsuni
(27,301 posts)Dammit.
betsuni
(27,301 posts)Pearls before swine.
mcar
(43,619 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)wryter2000
(47,588 posts)Don't know 23 well, but I always look forward to what 1SBM and bravenak have to say.
irisblue
(34,405 posts)BainsBane
(54,884 posts)KitSileya
(4,035 posts)Important voices that DU should be ashamed they silenced.
Starry Messenger
(32,375 posts)I can't stand coming here much because of precisely this--minorities getting banned from DU for fighting bigoted bullshit. At least on twitter there are no juries with axes to grind.
JI7
(90,844 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)steve2470
(37,468 posts)sigh....
brer cat
(26,479 posts)but she has gone silent.
steve2470
(37,468 posts)betsuni
(27,301 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)What's the average age on this site? 45-60? Because its a lil amazing to me grown ass people are running around on an alert spree to get people FFR'd.
It's not an interesting adult hobby. Sad.
JI7
(90,844 posts)that has always been the case.
but there were still POC that i remember in the early days and MANY of them left during Obama's presidency because the disgusting attacks on him.
DU was full of Obama haters during his presidency and many of them(obama haters) ended up supporting trump.
Squinch
(53,151 posts)betsuni
(27,301 posts)I'm assuming it has to do with hurt feelings over her post "Guess what I am doing right now" making fun of the silly neoliberal/establishment/corporatist buzzwords. And she's a Democrat and intelligent and funny, so obviously ...
Squinch
(53,151 posts)Really, I am more and more convinced that those buzzwords are tells for bots intentionally creating disunity among Democrats. I was very happy to see her lampoon them.
This sucks.
Squinch
(53,151 posts)There are plenty of the latter here too.
JHan
(10,173 posts)it blows my mind.
Don't people have lives?
ismnotwasm
(42,478 posts)I have my own theories, mentally unstable, prone to malignant gossip, poor work history or are retired or on disability--because who has the time for that shit when you're working? Very little emotional intelligence, obsessive/addictive tendencies, anger issues. Some of the more unpleasant DU characters have openly talked about--or inadvertently exposed-- one or more of these these traits so I'm extrapolating really.
Not the kind of people I hang out with.
JHan
(10,173 posts)I'm a gamer, I used to frequent gaming forums a lot, it's almost the same drama but still unexpected.
I cannot get over that someone has the time to STALK someone on a forum and alert their posts to get them klcked off. That kind of abuse shouldn't happen anyway?
ismnotwasm
(42,478 posts)But I've been in juries where I regret my vote because I didn't have enough context--I just did the best I could. I think there's a lot of unresolved bitter as well. What's very concerning is it appears a disproportionate number of PoCs have been FFRd--not outright banned, which I don't get, seems petty--so they remain in that strange, insulting limbo. I wish I had the numbers. Of active posters, how many are PoC, and what percent are FFRd?
Gaming culture absolutely fascinates me, especially when more and more women joined. I am not a gamer, but I like reading about what's happening in the gaming world on occasion so I've heard about some of the drama that can happen.
JHan
(10,173 posts)when there were some strong female game developers... douchebro culture invaded late 90's to early 2000's.. and gaming culture changed culminating in the gamergate nonsense. The most righteous rant about this came from Chris Klewe - "Why GamerGaters piss me the fuck off" His opening hits em straight in the gut
Do you know why you piss me the fuck off?
Because youre lazy. Youre ignorant. You are a blithering collection of wannabe Wikipedia philosophers, drunk on your own buzzwords, incapable of forming an original thought. You display a lack of knowledge stunning in its scope, a fundamental disregard of history and human nature so pronounced that makes me wonder if lead paint is a key component of your diet. You think youre making piercing arguments when, in actuality, youre throwing a temper tantrum that would embarrass a three-year-old.
I've been lucky, I played in some great guilds but the misogyny is toxic. These dudes have mental problems.
ismnotwasm
(42,478 posts)I've recently learned the derisive term "neckbeard" that describes certain toxic-sexist male individuals immersed in gaming or comics. Usually white, libertarian and always sexist. They sometimes join the Nordic cults springing up all over the place.
JHan
(10,173 posts)return of kings site - run by a dude living in his mother's basement.
they can't even patriarch right...but they wanna pontificate
JHan
(10,173 posts)I was once alerted on here for saying Michael Tracey is a neckbeard douchebro....
I guess a neckbearded douchebro in kind was offended?
"Neckbeards in the wild"
I hear they consider themselves deeply sensitive...
JHan
(10,173 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,478 posts)How many people of color are left at DU? It's never been a high number, but every one with a vocal voice gets hammered with these 'midnight' alerts. And too many voices are on reviewed status--from a place that can't afford to bleed diversity if it wants to retain any quality.
betsuni
(27,301 posts)That's for sure.
irisblue
(34,405 posts)betsuni
(27,301 posts)And then there were nine, and then there were eight, and then there were none.
sheshe2
(88,105 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)Those are great DUers.
Bring them back.
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