negative names I have been called on DU--how about you?

[leftofthedial]

anti-x (too many to list)
ass
asshat
asshole
asswipe
bastard
bigot
carni
cesspool
chauvinist
conspiracy theorist
corporate apologist
coward
cretin
degenerate
dick
dickhead
dildo
dipshit
disruptor
fart in a windstorm
female hater
freeper
fuck
fucker
fuckhead
girly man
gnome
hater
idiot
jackass
juvenile
kook
liar
loser
misogynist
moran
moron
motherfucker
murderer
naysayer
neanderthal
piece of shit
pig
pissant
pussy
queer (I'm heterosexual BTW)
ridiculous
republican (I'll kick your ass if you ever say it again)
shit
shithead
tool
toilet mouth
troll
vermin
vile
woman hater


why do I stay?

[SeattleGirl]

1. Holy cow!

I've been told I don't know what I'm talking about (on a subject that I actually DO know quite a bit about), but I've never been called names. Wow.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. I was called a homophobe once.

It was truly amusing.

[SeattleGirl]

3. You? A homophobe?

Whoever that was, was sure talking outta their ass!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. They even maintained it after I replied that I was gay.

I haven't seen that poster since. I'm fairly convinced they were a troll.

[SeattleGirl]

8. I'd lay money on that.

Sheesh, some people are just to fucking weird for words.

[fujiyama]

13. You're one of them self hatin' queers

aren't ya?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

14. Oh yeah, the worst type of self-hating queer is the gay activist kind.

[fujiyama]

16. You must be one really confused homophobe!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

21. To be filled with self-hate, while working for equality and everything

really starts to wear one down. Sometimes, I think this lone counter-protester, who drove five hours to tell me I'm a bad person, was right.

Edited to add: This single guy showed up with THREE signs. I guess he thought that if he had three signs, then maybe we thought he was three different people.

[leftofthedial]

18. oh great

now I'm self hatin' too

:rofl:

[Guy Fawkes]

9. I see that a lot...

gay and lesbian posters being called homophobes. We're all a bit jump, nes pas?

[leftofthedial]

26. It's downright funny how often in a heated thread

people get things exactly 180 degreees wrong

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

29. The poster was adamant too. Even if I was openly gay, I was still

a judgemental homophobe.

:shrug:

BTW, I just find it weird that you kept a list of what you've been called. I'm sure I called you a couple of the things on the list though.

[leftofthedial]

31. I don't really keep a list

I just remembered as many as I could

If you called me a name, I'm sure I had it coming

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

32. That's okay then, I just had a vision of you with a legal pad next to

the computer making a list and checking it twice.

[leftofthedial]

33. well you'll know if you don't get a winter solstice gift this year

:rofl:

[ThomCat]

57. That is funny.

:rofl:

[leftofthedial]

19. I've been here a l-o-n-g time

and some of those names are true

for example, I am definitely an asshole

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear leftofthedial......

You stay because I love you.....that's why!

Those names aren't really you, you know.....

:loveya: :hug:

[leftofthedial]

20. awwww. thanks Peggy!

You are simply the best!

[reyd reid reed]

6. Wow.

Just. Wow.

And you stay because we love you.

And you absolutely Adore us.

:hug::loveya::hug:

[leftofthedial]

24. can't we all just be friends?

Yup. Those are the two reasons!

[Nicole]

7. I was called a Texan once

:P



Sorry to hear that you've been called so many names. :(

[reyd reid reed]

10. Now, that's just inexcusable...

I hope you gave that poster a good 'what fer'...

[Nicole]

15. It sure was

since I'm an Okie & it was during the big OU-TU rivalry game. :rofl:

[reyd reid reed]

17. *gasp*

And they've already released you from jail?

Oh...wait...in your case, it was justifiable homicide.

Nemmind.

Carry on.

[leftofthedial]

25. I don't mind. Sticks and stones and all that

and I DO post often in GD and GD-P

and I DO seem to take the occasional un-PC position

and I DO tend to call a spade a spade more often than not

but it's really funny that so many of them can be so offbase.

I've been called more than that. That's just the ones I remember.


But I've NEVER been called a Texan.

[Nicole]

37. I'm glad you don't let it bother you

It does take thick skin to post in GD & GDP.

[fujiyama]

11. I don't know what's crazier...

That yoiu were called all those things by others....

Or that you kept track of it! ;)

[leftofthedial]

27. I'm crazy alright

and don't you forget that if you are ever tempted to call me "republican."


or "Texan."

[fujiyama]

36. LOL

I'm worried if I call ya anything, I'll be put on some kind of other list of yours...so I'll play nice...

(Next thing I know, I'm put on ignore)....

[leftofthedial]

41. you're already on "the list"

so go ahead and let her rip

:rofl:

[jpgray]

12. Edit your post to add "obsessive list-maker"

[leftofthedial]

28. see? they just pile on

I seem to attract the piling on types

Not only an obsessive list maker

but an obsessive alphabetizer to boot

[Robeson]

22. Honestly, I just let it go in one ear, and out the other...

...I haven't really kept tabs.

[leftofthedial]

75. I have enough trouble keeping tabs at the bar

without doing it at DU

I don't remember who called me what

[Guy Fawkes]

23. Girly man?

I didn't know Arnold Schwarzenegger posted here!

[leftofthedial]

30. yes. he's posing as a vegan lesbian feminist anti-death penalty

cat lover


and boy, oh boy does he ever hate my ass.

[Placebo]

34. Because you have a penis.

It's the only reason.

[leftofthedial]

39. that's what I get for posting nekkid

I guess

[NMMNG]

35. A$$hole and narcissist

That's all a recall.

[hfojvt]

38. RU sirius?

You've got me beat.

pathetic
ignorant
fu$%ing sad
disgusting
clueless
person with a fu$%ed up view
breathtakingly stupid
sexist
little Nazi
full of it
full of sh*t
bully
needing therapy
utter and total BSer
fundie
fear my own emotions
uninformed, ignorant or willfully totally f-ing obtuse
self righteous


Not a complete list, and I am not sure if I can include the people who hinted that they suspected I was a troll, without actually saying it. And something like this: "I'm gaping. Honestly. That a human being in 2004 could actually utter such a statement." is a hugh insult without really involving a name.

Sometimes, however, I get this instead: "That's good, i like it."

[leftofthedial]

40. you reminded me. I forgot "Nazi."

But for every 1000 times you get called a name, it just takes one time of CaliforniaPeggy calling you "my dear" and telling you she loves you to just shrug it off and keep coming back . . .

[hfojvt]

43. unfortunately my dear leftofthedial

CaliforniaPeggy hates me, especially now, and Southlandshari is gone and even Heidi and Misshoneychurch are not talking to me anymore. It's fu$%ing sad, I tell ya. Pathetic too :cry: :cry: :cry: Billyskank does not say goodnight to me anymore and Xemasab does not bring me flowers, or even pictures of birds. seattlegirl does not spank me, skittles doesn't kick my a$$. newyawker99 has forgotten my birthday. Sigh. Sigh-star. I think I put my hand through the window of joy and cut my wrist on a sharp piece of glass, or maybe a shark tooth. I planted some kudzu in my yard and watered and watered it, but it will not grow. Well, at least Girlincontempt still holds me in contempt. Especially now. There's always that.:D

[leftofthedial]

44. LOL

It's good to be held in contempt (by Girlincontempt).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

48. My dear hfojvt!

I do NOT either hate you, baby.....

You are cool with me......:hug:

[Heidi]

49. I am _too_ talking to you.

But mostly, I'm hugging you. :hug: :pals:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. Awww, my dear leftofthedial...

That was too sweet of you.....:blush:

[HEyHEY]

42. "Left of the dial"!

That's the one that really hurt. :(

[leftofthedial]

45. some are worse than others

for sure.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

47. All of the above.

Your list is quite a good one for me too. I was once called a great supporter of women's rights and a misogynist within the same thread. That was quite amusing.

Quite frankly, DU has so many absolutely fringe one-issue people that if you're anywhere near a moderate on any given issue, someone is going to hate you. Which is fine by me - I'm not the zealot, they are.

[leftofthedial]

52. I have a habit of walking into single-issue constituency ambushes

and I'm just perverse enough to keep pushing

I've been ganged up on for threads about: cats, religion, eating meat, many on gender issues (similarities and differences, rights and privileges, double standards), many on Iraq ("oddly," the majority of DU and even some congressional Dems now seem to have "caught up" with the policies I've advocated since even before the invasion and used to get viciously attacked for stating), many on 9-11 and the gross deficiencies of the official conspiracy theory, many on economics and the imminent threat to our survival posed by unrestrained capitalism . . .

I call 'em like I see 'em.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

58. You and me both

I think that's why we have the same list. :toast:

There aren't enough of us on DU.

[leftofthedial]

62. here's to keeping them honest

:toast:

[SteppingRazor]

50. OK, I've seen all of these before, I ... wait a sec ... um ...

gnome? Seriously?

[leftofthedial]

51. and a dwarf

by two different people in the same thread, if I recall correctly--a thread that had nothing to do with physical size. It was about differing gender-based standards, what women could say about men, but men could never say about women, as I recall.

[NewWaveChick1981]

53. I've never been called a negative name on DU....

...at least that I know of. :)

[Anarcho-Socialist]

55. Poopy-pants!

:P

[NewWaveChick1981]

67. *sigh* There's always a first time for everything...

:P Now I can't say I haven't been called "poopy pants" on DU! :rofl:

[leftofthedial]

60. you're not a jerk like me

you're one of the nice people

[NewWaveChick1981]

68. Thank you!

However, I don't think you're a jerk. :)

[leftofthedial]

73. wait 'til you get to know me better . . .

actually, I'm about the nicest guy you'll ever meet. I must be, as often as I finish last . . .

[Anarcho-Socialist]

54. I was called...

..."a freeptard apologist" for not believing the 7/7 London attacks were due to a MIHOP "to distract attention from Karl Rove." :eyes:

[leftofthedial]

61. well, there's your problem

everything that happens has no more than three degrees of separation from Karl Rove

[Lautremont]

56. I don't think I've been called any of those things.

I must be doing something wrong!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

59. Well, it's because you don't post enough

You Johnny-come-lately!
You keyboard-lacky!
You wrong-something doer!
:)

[Lautremont]

77. You're getting into Captain Haddock territory now.

As more people should. You jackanapes! You troglodite! You bashi-bazouk! Freshwater swab! Ectoplasm! Jellied eel! Gallows bird! Ostrogoth!

See how civilized that is? Fun, too!

[JackDragna]

63. Let's see, here..

mysoginist, racist, cold-hearted, stone-hearted, idiot, fascist...that's all I can remember, although I'm sure there's more. People have a fun way of devolving into personal attacks when you disagree with them.

[leftofthedial]

64. There have been a few zealous single-issue communities here

over the years

if there is one thing not to be tolerated, it's intolerance.

[miss_american_pie]

65. hysterical

and not in a good way ;)

[mainegreen]

66. what? No racist?

You're obviously not trying hard enough. :P

[leftofthedial]

74. I have defended the use of the word "nigger" a couple of times

and yet, no claims that I'm a racist have ensued

I'll keep working at it, though that one will be hard to pull off.

[LSK]

69. maybe you shouldnt spend so much time in the Poetry Group

I hear they are pretty nasty in there.

:popcorn: :popcorn:

[leftofthedial]

71. those pusillanimously perfidious popinjays

and their wantonly wicked wormlike ways

and the bicycles

[Arugula Latte]

70. Someone once compared me to Bill O'Reilly

because I had reported, like several other DUers, that I heard Ed Schultz refer to Randi Rhodes as "Randi Slut." :wtf:

[leftofthedial]

72. want some loofah with that falafel there Bill?

:rofl:

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

76. I've been called alot of yours, infact, all of them are on your list,

except someone called me a hippie freeper once :P, although, I can't say that's negative, since I've officially adopted that title.
THE HIPPIE FREEPER IS HERE!

[Deja Q]

78. Damn. I've only been called, racist, anti-semitic, faggot, homophobic,

loser, insensitive, and a freeper.

Tell 'em they're short-sighted for not asking you to verify the context of the issue. Or ask them why they didn't ask for a clarification on the context.


Miscommunication may cause wars, but communication usually stops them before they begin too. :D

[jadedconformist]

79. wOW.

Are you intentionally ruffling some feathers, you tool?

[swimboy]

80. Bill O'Reilly

bald
unable to think

all within two posts. I never could figure out what they had a problem with. They went right onto my buddy list.

[Call Me Wesley]

81. Locking.

I've been called 'Wesley.' And they point out to me, too!



Respectfully submitted,

Call Me Welsey
DU Moderator