n/m

[wtf]

I was pissed, made a dumb topic.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Hope you feel better now.

:eyes:

[wtf]

2. thanks

I do :)

[StClone]

3. Kerry had no

wide spread support at DU when Iowa was up to bat -- surprising that we missed a trend. I was a Clark supporter and was backing Kucinich until now with your observations I feel I will give my support to Kerry over Edwards (though I like both).

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Let me see if I have this straight

We are not supposed to invoke Dean when speaking of our candidate, but it is OK to invoke him when vetting a broad brush attack against us.

Thanks. I'll get with the program.

[wtf]

7. You can invoke anything you want

I was just saying I understand why you cause so much animosity.

[Nashyra]

14. Kerry supporter are taking the brunt of the arrows

because they are the front runners, the Dean people were taking the brunt when he was the front runner and were accused of being ever so cocky, the Clark people were called Repuke inflitraters when he was given so much press when he jumped in....on and on and on. Kerry has the most detractors now because there are fewer candidates and there is more disappointment since some candidates have had to drop out. Broad brush statements are inherently divise. Personally I don't see any more "snobish Pricks" Kerry supporters than any other candidate supporter, which is usually a select few and not the majority.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Sorry your guy lost

Mine did, too.

I think I'm handling it better, though.

[chiburb]

6. Ah! Bull & Scones...

[boxster]

8. That behavior has certainly not been restricted to Kerry supporters.

There are a lot of very adamant supporters of most of the candidates here at DU. I think as you spend more time here, you'll note that behavior in a small fraction of each of the candidate's supporters.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

9. Welcome to DU. eom

[wtf]

10. Maybe

I should have pointed out that I'm not a Dean guy.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

13. No but based on your message in the thread opener, you certainly

know yourself when you see yourself, eh?

[woofless]

11. I do not know how long you have been lurking here

before posting. That said, unless you have watched the debate for quite a while you need to mind your own business. Kerry and Dean supporters in particular have taken a lot of crap off each other in the last several months. Most of it was unjustified and many people get angry and pop off in the heat of the moment. Kerry supporters by and large are not disruptive or particularly mean. Nor are most of the other candidates supporters.

Woof


edit: last sentence for clarity

[Adelante]

12. Stick around a while

Your words won't taste so good once you get a true mouthful of snobbish pricks from all camps. ;)

[wtf]

15. .

.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

17. I don't believe for a minute that you are new here

It's no wild crazy coincidence that you would start a thread throwing gas on the fire either.

Your intentions seem rather obvious.

[XanaDUer]

19. I don't believe it , either.

Just something...

[wtf]

20. Your intentions seem rather obvious

Yeah, It's not like I'm trying to hide them, I think that's kind of clear. :P

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

27. In this case a few words paint a picture

[gottaB]

23. was it the spelling errors that tipped you off?

It would be against the rules to say what we really think, and very uncivil, I'm sure.

[woofless]

21. I am sure I have never been considered a snob

but I AM a prick.
And now I am beginning to look down on you. Maybe you have a point.

[BeyondGeography]

26. That's why they're called "front-runners"

Actually, the Kerry crowd has always been among the best behaved here, in my view. If you were around before Iowa and you didn't support Dean, coping with their insularity and arrogance was a Manwich-sized chore indeed.

[oasis]

32. Is it possible that Kerry "comes off as a snob" because he doesn't put up

with any nonsense?

[molly]

16. You obviously weren't here last September

when we had the plague or something worse. We stuck by our man when we were the minority.

[WilliamPitt]

18. The time period for the coddling of Dean supporter victimhood pathology

is rapidly drawing to a close.

I can paint with a broad brush, too. The whining around here is pathetic.

[XanaDUer]

22. What happened to your other thread?

btw-this person is NOT a Dean supporter. That is whay they say. :eyes:

[DogFart]

24. !

bug mug wump

[mrgorth]

34. He said he wasn't a Dean supporter Will.

Are you gonna just assume anyone who talks shit is?

[w4rma]

25. topic deleted

[wtf]

29. haha

Yeah, it couldn't possibly be an honest grievance with their attitudes, it has to be a conspiracy theory.

[molly]

30. Alrighty then - wft are you talking about?

what attitude is that?

[saltpoint]

28. From Auden's elegy for Yeats:

"In the prison of his days
Teach the free man how to praise.."

[wtf]

31. forget it

Can we delete topics?

[saltpoint]

33. In truth, wtf, I love the poem and have learned from --

-- it. I meant it as it is quoted. It's not an anonymous authority, but applies to all of us.

[Nicholas_J]

35. Well stop acting like

Dean had an entitlement to the nominations, and everyone else will.

I have gone through over a year of having some of the filthiest epithets imaginable hurled at me by the supporters of one candidate alone, Dean supporters on DU. If I would post an article referring to some of Deans performances as Governor that did not cede political messiah-hood on Dean, 99 responses out of 100 would be vile, vitriolic personal attack. With few exceptions. Whether I editorialized my thoughts on the articles or not, the resulting attacks could were predictable and assured. It started with Dean supporters before any other candidate had actually thrown their hat in the ring for the candidacy. If anyone questioned Dean, the answer was personal attack. It never failed. Now Dean suppporters do not like the rather meekly voiced responses to them or their candidates.

They are being treated mildly, almost kindly now, compared to their treatment of the supporter of other candidates in the past.

[wtf]

36. Nicholas_J

I agree that it comes from all sides, which is why I edited the topic, it was silly. I was angry over how some Kerry supporters are acting towards Edwards, and it made me think about how Kerry and Dean supporters feel about each other. Of course I was painting with a broad brush, and it was immature to say the least. I hope there isn't any bad blood moving forward. In the end, we all share the same common goal.

[Adelante]

37. Not to worry, wtf

We forgive on DU as easily as we fight. :D