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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTo all real DUers. Put on your thinking caps, use your critical thinking skills...
Disrupters are getting more and more active in preparation for midterms. My advice before you join in a Hillary/Bernie discussion
1. Ignore the post
2. Trash the thread
3. Block the poster if you question their legitimacy (low post count or something else seems off in tone or language)
boston bean
(36,224 posts)all kinds of wrong about Hillary and the democratic party.
I agree many of those persons are here to do nothing but disrupt.
R B Garr
(17,009 posts)lapucelle
(18,378 posts)and putting your critical thinking skills to good use?
I am.
R B Garr
(17,009 posts)betsuni
(25,764 posts)R B Garr
(17,009 posts)Always.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Is there a list?
Cha
(297,935 posts)R B Garr
(17,009 posts)The two OP's are quite concerning. Post no. 11 in the first one really illuminated quite a bit about what this was really about. Wow....
Cheers to you, Cha!
Cha
(297,935 posts)do 'cause.. reasons..
to our Blue Tsunami, RB, on Earth Day!
Me.
(35,454 posts)Because there isn't anything to say about this. Just came by your post to say...
BannonsLiver
(16,542 posts)The other is attacking our institutions. There was a blatantly obvious straight from Moldova thread doing that today that garnered dozens of recs. We need to not be suckers.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Is it still up, or has it been deleted?
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)I am perfectly able to come to my own conclusions as to what discussions in which to engage and which to avoid along with whom to ignore and which threads to trash.
Different Drummer
(7,669 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)They stick out like sore thumbs. Some others don't seem to recognize them.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)lpbk2713
(42,772 posts)Both names are on my OP subject line ignore list. I found that
most posts with either name result in a poo flinging contest.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Butterflylady
(3,555 posts)If I see either Hillary's name or Bernie's name, it goes in the trash immediately. My trash bin is overflowing. Im not here to bash past, present or future candidates. I'm here to keep in touch with what's going on. Note: I do love the bashing tRump threads, so please do keep them coming. I have them all saved!!!
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)mcar
(42,439 posts)Thanks very much.
Raine
(30,541 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)MuseRider
(34,136 posts)I know of quite a few oldies with rather large post counts that I definitely consider to be trolls. I got rid of my ignore list after the election and have begun building it recently since there is simply no good reason to be going after those who are actively working for us except sour grapes and an inability not to fall in love with their candidate making letting go impossible. Anyone still fighting like they are are not thinking clearly and may never be able to after all the crap I have read here. I see quite a few must be posting to your OP. IGNORE the people you think are trolls or are making your experience less than informative. They have little to offer. Keeping them around to read the few things they post that are actually informative is just not worth it.
YMMV
Tribalceltic
(1,000 posts)I would like to ban any post with B* in it
louis c
(8,652 posts)We should all know the tell tale signs.
FakeNoose
(32,854 posts)I think it's because the rules for posting are a little looser in GD?
But the trolls will jump in anywhere they can to start an argument.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Before they're shown the door.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)RandySF
(59,614 posts)sheshe2
(84,005 posts)Mine is to support our party and vote Democratic every time.
Dream Girl
(5,111 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)betsuni
(25,764 posts)Is this computer real? Am I a real DUer? Are you? Is anybody? Does time exist? How do airplanes stay in the air? Why does sleeping make you thirsty? ... I need my thinking cap!
Her hair. OMG!
Aristus
(66,509 posts)I either ignore them or *Ignore* them.
Lil Missy
(17,865 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)as the Buddha would probably say "many paths can lead to the same destination "
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)Oh dang... now I have to ignore myself!
elocs
(22,633 posts)but I just post here and don't consider myself to be a DUer. I'll stay for awhile and then when I've had enough of what I consider to be the preaching to the choir echo chamber I'll leave for a year or 2 and then check back in until I've had enough. I think my disenchantment with DU for long term came with the changes and redesign along with the juries and everything.
I still recognize many of the usernames from many years ago.
I believe there are still legitimate discussions about Bernie/Hillary--only 1 of whom is a member of the Democratic Party, but that some may not like to read what is written or vehemently disagree with it doe not necessarily make the poster a troll or we could just consider them all to be trolls and let god or a jury sort it out. I just hope Democrats can learn from past mistakes and keep a big tent, hanging together on the broad things they have in common rather than splintering (how Republicans love it when we do that because honestly, we love it when they do it as well).
The Democratic Party desperately needs to pass the torch to a new generation and as a senior citizen myself I would be more than happy to vote for candidates too young to collect Social Security and retreads from past elections rehashing past campaigns and making excuses for not winning. There are no perfect candidates overall and each of us cannot have our own personal and perfect candidate who is capable of being elected by millions of others.
So I'm here until I'm not which probably applies to all of us to one degree or another.
elleng
(131,292 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Do "real DUers" like their porridge with or without sugar?
Sid
Cha
(297,935 posts)are! Surprised? lol
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)16 years and 40,000 posts. I thought I might not be real.
And for the record, real DUers do eat their porridge with sugar.
Sid
Cha
(297,935 posts)Whatever floats your boat.
You are not an apparition! "real DUers".. smh
sheshe2
(84,005 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,838 posts). . . . on posters with post counts above their current remit.
raven mad
(4,940 posts)betsuni
(25,764 posts)("Hillary Clinton will star in GOP Midterm Plan" ) and the press calls Bernie Sanders the frontrunner for the 2020 election. Why wouldn't we discuss them? Maybe you meant something else. Without an example (hypothetical or real) I'm not sure what's considered "disruptive."