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In reply to the discussion: Leave Discussionist Alone. [View all]MineralMan
(146,341 posts)I've looked at it. It's not my cuppa. As for knowing other DUers, I really don't. I see what they post, but I have no real idea who they are in real life, nor what they're like away from DU. I don't much care. There are DUers I like, DUers I dislike, and a lot of DUers about whom I have no opinion at all.
Some DUers don't like me, too, for some reason or another. That's their privilege, of course, and the ones who tend to post replies to me in threads can do that as much as they wish, although I may choose to ignore their replies after a while. It's all just part of the mix of people, topics, and personalities that makes up DU.
I'm here to try to get people out to vote for Democratic candidates, mostly. Frankly, that's what I understand that's the reason DU was founded - to promote Democratic candidates for office. That's why I'm here, because that's my goal as well. DU, of course wanders far from that founding principle, and sometimes I comment when it does.
A lot of the time, DU makes me just shrug. It's a good political discussion site, but that's all it is. I like to discuss politics and to get people out to vote. So here I am.
I'm amused by people who think DU is a powerful political force, though. I've seen no evidence of that, and rarely even see any organized activism or anything else much that gets started here. DU is a reactive place, rather than a proactive one, for the most part. That's not a problem, of course. It's just a description. DU is what DU is, and no more or less.
So, I'll be sticking around, writing GOTV posts and sometimes making general comments about things. I use it as I feel like using it. Others do the same. We don't always have the same goals or styles.
But there are many ironies on display here, as there are on most discussion forums. DU is a great way to while away down time, of which I often have more than I'd like. When I'm busy, I'm here less. When work is sparse, I'm here more. Such is life.
Now, to make this post political in some way: GOTV 2014 and Beyond!