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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:10 PM Original message |
RIP: Critical Thought on DU |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Ah, Thought, we hardly knew ye. |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
2. Huh? |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. Hopefully you will be wrong |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. I usually ignore the Rec voting anyway |
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Just Saying (133 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. +1 |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
5. i like sunshine puppies and rainbows don't you? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am thinking critical thoughts right now |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. The "Greatest Page" will be filled with threads that represent the majority of DU opinion |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Silence the minority. Now that's Democracy! (TM) |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. In what way are you "silenced"? We're all reading your thread..... |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
110. No, not "silence"--simply "refuse to elect"--that IS how democracy works. |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #110 |
126. Ah! I've been waiting to see one of your posts! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #126 |
127. Wow, that was profoundly childish of you. Knock yourself out, though. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Your example is non-sensical |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:25 PM Original message |
In case of emergency break glass and supplant "opinion" with 'mindset', I've found that helpful |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Sure, it'll be like the ongoing bulletin board for cheerleader tryouts |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #27 |
37. Only if the majority of DUers are cheerleaders.... the reverse happens if the majority of DUers are |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #37 |
58. I'd be willing to bet you dollars to donuts that there's a percentile of threads... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
100. Did you ever look at the "Greatest Page" in the past couple months? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:30 AM Response to Reply #100 |
139. I'm say'n, friend, you know what *I'm* say'n |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
106. Hear, hear!!! nt |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
128. Do you think that expressing the view of mainstream DU |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. I never even look at the Greatest Page. It's really not the end all and be all for everyone. n/t |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Glad I'm not the only one. |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
53. Same here. nt |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
9. One thing that will happen... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. As long as proponent groups outnumber opposing ones, it will work... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. How is your "critical thought" thread being mis-treated? |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. For years this is something that many people have asked for, and finally we got it |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Some of you all take this "chat room" waaaay toooo serious. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Yep. nt |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:20 PM Original message |
Must be nice not to have any "real" worries. |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. I have a family member who creates drama to replace |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Do people really think... |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. How do I know you're not just a very creative |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. You caught me!! |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
160. No, but I take adverbs seriously. |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #13 |
163. It's called the DU virus |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:18 PM Original message |
OK. |
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reflection (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
15. But hyperbole is alive and well, I see. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. But the OP is not on the Greatest Page! Therefore he's being SILENCED! |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
18. Mindless pep rallies are so boring zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. nt |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes a discussion board that tests ideas by seeing if people support it |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yep. We're all Stepford Wives now. Call it the Stepford Rule. |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Okay, calling us a bunch of Stepford Wives sounds like |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Stepford Drones? |
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gkhouston (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
40. snort. Better, I suppose. Now I'm thinking of Charlie Brown's teacher. n/t |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. And what happens if the majority of DUers DISapprove of Obama? |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. The only people this pisses off are the people who respect minority views & out-of-the box thinking. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #50 |
61. the DLCers get what they want yet again. The left silenced. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:44 PM Response to Reply #61 |
69. You're sure making a lot of posts for someone who's been "silenced" |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #46 |
109. Unrecommend would quietly disappear. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
130. Before we could only show approval. |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. How 'bout an Un-Greatest Threads Forum? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
24. "the truth" as defined by whoever the poster is. |
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Kaleko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
47. ! |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
57. +1 |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
25. yeah -- it makes every thread here the equivalent of an online poll |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. I'm still trying to figure out how this will bring us together. n/t |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
26. I have placed an experimental "Sunshine, Puppy Dog, and Rainbow Thread" on GD... |
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Still Sensible (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. I think there are as many bashers as there are cheerleaders |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I don't think even constructive criticism posts will survive |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. they will not....because the cheerleaders consider any criticism "bashing". |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
31. Oh my god ... |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. That's all the Greatest Page is now. Cheerleader threads, bashing threads... |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
36. the great thing about a broad brush attack is that nobody knows who is being singled out |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
39. Yep, the DLCers & DINOS are having a field day with it. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. Only if the "DLCers and DINOS" represent a majority of DUers |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #49 |
59. DLCers & DINOS have just been given full reign to chase the rest of us lefties out of dodge. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. If you think DLCers and DINOS have taken "full reign" of DU, you haven't been reading this place |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #62 |
76. You obviously haven't been paying attention if you don't see the DLC & DINOS in action around here. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. you know what they say: "a skunk can't smell its own stink" |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #79 |
178. ding |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
64. How? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. They can't answer it.... it's over-the-top poutrage |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. I did answer it but you obviously love having the opportunity to stir shit up. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. Recommending a thread is a way for peoples voices to be heard. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #70 |
78. By definition, they CAN'T erase what a MAJORITY thinks |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:57 PM Response to Reply #78 |
87. They can if they have enough of a cabal to do their dirty work. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #87 |
93. Would they have been able to get a pro-Dixie Chicks thread off the greatest page of ? |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #70 |
89. Why do you have to explain it? |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #64 |
114. It doesn't, but that's why you're being ignored. You're making sense, see? nt |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
42. I tried to unrecommend your post, and it did not go negative. |
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LaurenG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. It will work itself out |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
45. Irony is when people whining about "critical thought" can't stand criticism. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I can't stand that there will no longer be a diversity of viewpoint |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:30 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Deleted message |
BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. hahahah! Please stop! Allowing BOTH sides to vote is the very definition of diversity... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. The only people upset with this are those that tend to be CONTRARIAN to most DUers |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
117. That's the gripe, in a nutshell! Well done! Very succinctly put! nt |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:42 PM Response to Reply #60 |
118. That's the gripe, in a nutshell! Well done! Very succinctly put! nt |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. Fucking word dude that's it! |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
116. If I could recommend a single post, I'd "rec" yours! +1!!!! nt |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
56. ROFL |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
65. I'm curious to see, after 24 hours, |
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Common Sense Party (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
66. Can we also have a "Shittiest Page"? n/t |
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Rob Gregory Browne (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
67. Optimism sucks, doesn't it? |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
71. I See It The Other Way Around |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #71 |
75. so what you're saying is you're tired of objectivity from the left |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #75 |
82. Hmmm.... |
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otohara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:10 PM Response to Reply #75 |
90. No But ... |
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Rob Gregory Browne (333 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:29 PM Response to Reply #75 |
131. I see very little objectivity on these forums |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
73. Simple solution is to get rid of both the recommend and unrecommend options. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. Good idea - what kind of reader chooses threads because of recs anyway?? nt |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:29 PM Response to Reply #73 |
107. I support this idea. n/t |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
74. "Unrecommending" something is not the same as silencing the thought, so... |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #74 |
85. Are you seriuos?! Unrecommending IS silencing dissent! WTF! |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. It's like the free speech pens at national conventions |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #86 |
96. Really? it's just like that, huh? |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #96 |
103. strawman. (nt) |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #103 |
108. Actually, your post about "free speech pens" represents a strawman argument... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #85 |
145. How come I can still see your messages then? |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
77. So you can't think without a cheerleading squad to back you up? |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
80. That the unrec function was even deemed necessary is interesting. |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. obviously the chris crocker cheerleaders were tired of seeing anything remotely objective |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
88. If by "objective" you mean "small # of ppl agree and nobody disagreeing can stop it"... |
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mullard12ax7 (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
81. K & unR! |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
91. Am I the only one who never looks at the front page? I click on stories I want to read |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. Latest is my DU home page. I rarely if ever visit the Greatest page. |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:16 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. Yeah, I am bookmarked to GD: Prez |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:14 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. I don't either. I've got DU bookmarked to go |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #91 |
144. same here |
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LAGC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
97. K&U |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:17 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. lol I knew the GD:P bots who so desperately wanted and needed this feature would swoop in |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
99. I suppose that's why all the posts prior to this with the most recommends were knee-jerk |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. hyperbole is great, isn't it? |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. LOL... says the OP who started this pure-hyperbole thread |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
104. Paranoia strikes deep...... |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
105. I love this thread ... |
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Life Long Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
111. I'm going to shed a tear like Hillary. |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
112. It's ironic timing for those thinking that things had gotten too negative .......................... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
113. This thread reminds me of "Pete Hoekstra is a Meme" |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #113 |
121. If I could I would recommend your post. |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
115. This was more true with the "recommend" only feature. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #115 |
122. That's the way I'm looking at it. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
119. Recommended... |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
120. I said this in jest in another thread, but it's based in truth and honesty... |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
123. "operatives"?. . just how many of those do you think there are? |
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Beetwasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
124. WAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! I Can No Longer Post My Inflammatory Crap And Get All My Troll Friends To Rec It Up |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
125. What does the cheerleader threads being on |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
129. ah, yes - the "operatives" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
132. So conspiracy theories, Obama-bashing, and Marxist garbage is "Critical Thought"? |
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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
134. Dupe...again. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
135. Oh, did you want us to unrecommend this? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
136. I worry it's going to be the primaries all over again |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #136 |
138. Who is going to be driven off because their post didn't make the Greatest Page? |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #138 |
155. It's not about the greatest page, which I pay no attention to anyway |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
137. If you wish to use critical thought, |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:34 AM Response to Original message |
140. Maybe the anti-unrecommend crowd should start using their critical thought |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
141. My, but aren't you dramatical? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
142. RIP: Threads that can escape the infamy of their content. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:41 AM Response to Original message |
143. Operatives? You think people are sitting in smokey rooms conspiring to urec threads? |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #143 |
146. That's what happens after you get to 1000 posts. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #143 |
147. I should have disclosed long ago that I'm on the payroll of Big Unrecommend. |
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SpartanDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:13 AM Response to Reply #147 |
151. Are you guys hiring? |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:16 AM Response to Reply #151 |
153. I don't recommend applying. |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #153 |
170. So you.........*un*recommend applying? |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:52 AM Response to Reply #147 |
158. LOL. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:10 AM Response to Reply #143 |
149. Note to self: SpartanDem knows too much. |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #143 |
152. What about us non-smoking operatives? Whats a clean-living operative to do? |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:07 AM Response to Original message |
148. The trick is to avoid going to the greatest page altogether |
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ibegurpard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
150. rarely used rec |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 01:35 AM Response to Original message |
154. I'm sorry... |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:51 AM Response to Reply #154 |
157. I pay zero attention to the greatest page |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
156. A lot of people on this board need new hobbies |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #156 |
165. I would recommend a crash course in logic. (nt) |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #165 |
171. How about one on humility. Or elitism. nt |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:13 PM Response to Reply #171 |
172. No, I understand both of those just fine. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #172 |
175. If you understand |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:23 PM Response to Reply #175 |
177. As you have been practicing logic incorrectly. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #177 |
188. Cryptic. Symbol. |
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Boomerang Diddle (566 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
159. "The operatives?" What is this? Get Smart? |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
161. The bland, it hurts. No. Wait a minute. |
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mamaleah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
162. Right.....Sad that now not only you and those who agree with you can control Greatest Page? |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
164. "the operatives" |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:20 PM Response to Reply #164 |
166. Yes... Rove, the DLC, etc. etc. and so on and so on. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #166 |
168. can i borrow a roffle? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
167. someday you will realize that you're in the < 1% of DUers that are perpetually pissed. |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #167 |
179. interesting, hows that? |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #167 |
187. That number may be a bit low. Possibly 4%, maybe? |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
169. I honestly cannot believe how melodramatic and hyperbolic this "debate" has become. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #169 |
180. Yep. |
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Flying Dream Blues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
173. Who cares about the greatest page anyway? We're all here |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #173 |
181. That's right. Who cares about keeping others OFF the Greatest Page and why? |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
174. How do I get to be a paid operative? |
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CBGLuthier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
176. I have never even LOOKED at the greatest page |
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summerbreeze (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
182. The non contrarians will bore themselves soon with this new toy-- |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #182 |
183. "non contrarians"... heh, how novel. |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
184. 185 responses and this thread is not on the Greatest Page. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #184 |
185. I believe that trend will be an increasing dynamic for the minority on whatever the issue or |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #184 |
186. How does that make sense? |
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