"Outed" on another web site - sad sign of the times....

[NRaleighLiberal]

I frequent a gardening web site, which has rules about letting politics creep in. Recently, in an off topic conversation thread, someone from Texas posted that "someone that is a respected tomato enthusiast is actually smearing the good name our president...he is unpatriotic...you should see the dirt he is posting - at somewhere named DU..."etc etc.....I sent a note to the gardening page web master, who removed it at once, and the poster got a very nasty email from me. I know that many of those who frequent that garden site are very conservative and strong * supporters, but would rather not know!! And I would rather that they don't develop a negative opinion of me as a person simply based on political choice. It is a sad time indeed.....

[shraby]

1. Change your id here.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. If you change your ID, does it restart your post numbers...or keep them?

good idea.

[Lizz612]

11. You can't carry a post count to a new name

Sorry

[Thurston Howe IV]

12. How do you change your ID here?

I'm under the impression that one can't edit one's id. Do you just re-register under the new id?

BTW, that was a creepy thing for the bush-lover to do. These guys don't seem to have any morals, strangely enough.

[gold_bug]

21. I think you have to register a new account.

I don't think there's any way to change the screen name.

[necso]

2. So is he also a member here?

[NRaleighLiberal]

7. I am sure not!!! Major freeper....probably googled my screen name and

found a few posts of mine here. His name there is texas tomato man...who knows, could have been Dubya himself!!!

[necso]

13. Yes, Google seems likely.

Using the same screen name in different places can have side effects.

If you don't mind me asking, did you email anyone here, by some chance?

[janx]

3. A respected tomato enthusiast?

And they outted you?

Man, things are really getting out of hand...!

[mindfulNJ]

4. That is sad.

It's getting almost impossible to avoid getting into political arguments these days. :(

[redstateblues]

6. Fruits Of Bush- The Uniter- Liberals Grow Evil Gardens!!

[Cleita]

8. I like to garden, but if those enthusiasts can't leave their

politics elsewhere, I have a few rotten tomatoes to throw at them. by that I mean they shouldn't be dumping on fellow enthusiasts because of a lack of political agreement. However, I would have no problem engaging in a little political debate over the lettuce as long as they are civil.

[RevCheesehead]

9. Ya gotta wonder about tomatos...does he sell to Heinz? n/t

[Philostopher]

10. It's a shame, isn't it?

I'd wager the person who tried to 'out' you probably posts over at Free Republic, and bragged about it on FR to much backslapping and 'good job, man.'

Worst part of it is, as you say -- you don't want to discuss political issues on that board, and you don't bring it up yourself because you don't want to know the political affiliations of the other people there. The wingnut mentality doesn't believe in that stuff. To hell with letting you be free to say what you want to say without retribution, they don't even want you to think it, or express it elsewhere.

Pathetic, and maybe what I've seen posted elsewhere is right -- they're frightened because their hegemony over what we all think may be about to end, at least for a while.

[SoDesuKa]

14. Deny It

It's nobody's business on a tomato board what your other interests are. Just say you never even heard of Democratic Underground.

[salib]

17. NO.

We have EVERY reason to be proud. Do not slink around on other boards. Please.

[havocmom]

15. Outing message board posters, vandalizing bumper stickers, stealing signs,

man, they are worried!

Worried and down to 2 tactics: Lies and intimidation. Seems to be the sum total of their skills, tactics, policies. It is what the junta used to get the OK to use force abroad, to get the suspension of rights via the Patriot Act, to get media to spin their way... It is the distillation of Cheney's speeches. It is the method of their hate-talk radio and it is the only method of their followers, desparate to avoid having to admit their leaders are crooks.

Lies and intimidation. Very sad and not very brave at all.

[salib]

16. Be proud of it!!!

You are to be proud! It is silly when someone says "but, but, but, he is a DEMOCRAT." Be proud of it. So what if most are repugs. Be proud!

[bleedingheart]

18. brownshirt techniques...how nice.

(sarcasm off)

that is just revolting...

[JohnnyRingo]

19. I heard a certain DUer has been bad mouthing cherry tomatos.....

...In a gardening forum....Not namin' any names, though.

Just kidding...I'd be pretty POed too.
It wasn't like you were pushing the party over there...None of his/her buisness.

[salin]

20. Time for a "teachable moment"

in the form of a post that describes how folks of differing philosophies - can come together in a third area of common interest, and how that philosophy, which has absolutely nothing to do with the common interest, should be of no interference. Throw in how great it is to be among people who do not judge on other issues, but who just love to talk gardening... Share the appreciation of being accepted for who one is on the board (and accepting others in the same way) rather than a one-dimensional cardboard cut-out whose only defining feature is a vote for president...

Would bet that most folks, regardless of political philosophy, would be charmed (and a little irritated at the nutjob that forced your hand to even have to compose such a note.)

[Flammable Materials]

22. I'll bet you talk bad about Romas, too. n/t

:evilgrin:

[Generic Other]

23. Some Texas tomatoes taste like turds

May his tomatoes turn black. May they shrivel on the vine. May they be attacked by thrips and whiteflies. May they be covered with scabs and scale. May they drop prematurely from the vine. May they be as small and hard as crabapples. May they taste like sour grapes.

[Tsiyu]

24. Blossom End Rot

And an end to the rot in the White House, too. For Honest American Tomato Lovers everywhere!