Discussionist is shutting down

[WonderGrunion]

I have spent the last 3 1/2 years there as Trumplethinskin. The Rightys there are not happy about losing their forums and are responsible for most of the trolling today.

[onecaliberal]

1. Never went there.

[sakabatou]

27. Same

Was told that there were too many righties.

[TheBlackAdder]

90. I went there a few times -- the dumbest fuckers on the planet. Must have been gravitational pull.

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Can I say that?

I don't mean to disparage the average run of the mill dumb fucker.

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[onecaliberal]

91. I am exhausted with all the dumbfuckery in this country.

We have allowed them to turn this place to dumbfuckistan. That must end.

[hlthe2b]

2. Is that official? Most of us checked it out (and checked out) after it first came online

Was there an admin announcement over there?

[JonLP24]

6. This is it

https://www.discussionist.com/1014506303

[hlthe2b]

14. I think either Skinner had the patience of a "saint" or rarely frequented there recently...

given the really ugly nature of what is frequently posted there (from my first perusal in several years).

Buh Bye.

[Renew Deal]

41. It looks like a right wing alternate universe DU

I can understand not wanting to profit off of RW BS, but they have a community. They should at least have some time to find each other somewhere else.

[JudyM]

23. Ghost post.

[ecstatic]

56. Lol! nt

[Baclava]

68. Mr Scorpio, LavenderGirl? Those names sound familiar

[Squinch]

72. LOL! Same dozen posters that have been playing with themselves over there for years.

But they do seem a tad irked.

And now all the trolling here does make sense. And we should brace for a lot more of it.

That place was Rosemary's Baby.

[WonderGrunion]

7. Skinner (Naveed on Discussionist) posted it early this morning

https://www.discussionist.com/1014506303

[hlthe2b]

15. I guess he had had enough (finally).

[Crunchy Frog]

45. Wow, I just read through that. I can't believe he kept it going as long as he did.

[Rhiannon12866]

54. I know! I read some of it, too - Yikes!

[backscatter712]

47. Sounds like what I did.

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I looked once when it first came up, and lost patience with the chuds.

[MontanaMama]

3. Interesting.

I missed the hooplah today. Trying to play catch up. Super sorry the rwnj’s have lost their little talk group.

[Cha]

28. The OPs are still there on the 2nd page..

I just went there looking for something else.

[yaesu]

50. I must have too though I've been in and out all day, still not sure what happened. nt

[JonLP24]

4. It is good that Skinner is shutting down that place

That place was a cesspool.

[WonderGrunion]

8. They are desperately trying to ban all Lefties before they are shut down

So as much as I enjoyed trolling them, it was time to come home to DU

[backscatter712]

61. OH NOES!!! BANNED FROM A BOARD THAT'S GETTING SHUT DOWN?

Whatever shall we do?

[amuse bouche]

58. I posted there a few years ago, then I came to the conclusion it was a waste of time

I discovered I really detest Right Wingers. To me, they are ignorant lunatics

I just checked and some of the same jerks are there

[ChazII]

5. Thank you for sharing.

I have only been there a couple of times but it's good to know that they are responsible for today's antics.

[still_one]

9. Good. There is enough hate sites already

[mopinko]

10. good. it was only ever a relief valve for the blow hards,

and it never did that, anyway.

[Hoyt]

11. DI -- Too many racists, trumpsters, officer Chauvin and Zman supporters, ignorant

white wingers, and worse.

They are having a sad tonight.

One of the DI parting posts from a trumpster:

“Just gotta say one last thing — I have never seen a bigger group of retarded liberal ass clowns than I have here at DI but it was entertaining seeing their Proverbial faces smashed in. As many have said recently I am not going to get a chance to rub trumps second win in their faces.”

[regnaD kciN]

63. Proving once again that, as the old saying goes...

...trying to hold a reasonable discussion with an RWNJ is like trying to play chess with a pigeon. They'll just knock the pieces off the table, crap all over the board, and then fly back to their flock to brag about their "victory."

[Leith]

12. They're not happy about that sewer being shut down?

Oh, the poor dears.

Typical rethug cons: they trashed a perfectly nice message board that was supplied and maintained by liberals. Now that it will no longer be available to them, they are now all pissy about it being taken away.

They attack liberals for the free stuff and they attack liberals when the free stuff is gone.

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[sheshe2]

13. Back to the Cave.

Or perhaps JPR.

[JonLP24]

17. Most likely the cave

They also created a Pro Boards message board for Discussionist.

[WonderGrunion]

18. Most of them are going to Hide5

A forum named after being FFRed for 5 hides

[sheshe2]

21. Lol!

It's 4 for FFR. Obviously they can't count either.

No brains, no heart, no soul....

Buh bye!

[WonderGrunion]

40. Actually it's 5 at DI

I am on 4 hides there now because they afe purging liberals.

[sheshe2]

43. Why do they get a reprieve with 5?

No matter, DI is bye bye.

[Renew Deal]

42. lol

[marble falls]

87. They think Skinner closed Discussionist because "he knows Biden is losing in November" ...

https://hide5.boards.net/search/results?captcha_id=captcha_search&what_at_least_one=discussionist&who_only_made_by=0&display_as=0&g-recaptcha-response=03AGdBq25Ey09uGUa65nSmQWBQcemQL9aOWvgHaJK5rFn1yLg43lA9CkD3kHvBYIs8fSgGxj2iH86qyEkxRDopfICy4RQTVa3MXyAsJ8DhL-zn7egymyQ1aBzK7rQVMSHkxaOtbu-xhmRVjDX0xOY5-UTYZNtAOVJtl05yo5Squ5iCIxg0XB51W56LakS3oCIEohflA-_v_HGcpbXn0RlG16gdxh1OSGsxriN5zhSiwQ5PORvG9_b7AyMKJqswe-Fsess9MwNRsdRRofL3aA-EjWs6U3FmT6seWrVSf9pwBI4ihFFzWqkEKRqJHVTW7aIXZ3FmMS_a0i_0Ajfmg9gK7qmfJlL5fJr2hr5lgVWLFeKIUpSCpm8eu-RjGQ9rmBGBHx1IvWEqehtX


What Skinner Told 'em:
Looks Like Di will be shutting down soon
yesterday at 12:02pm
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Post by Gamle-ged on yesterday at 12:02pm
The knell:

Shutting down Discussionist

When I started this website, I did so because I believed there is value in having places where people with differing points of view could actually talk to each another.

I still believe that. But unfortunately I stopped believing in the value of this particular community a while ago.

You should expect the site to be shut down fairly soon.

David Allen
Discussionist Admin

[JHB]

16. One less access point to the servers

No loss content-wise.

I suppose it was a worthwhile experiment, but it went as expected, as countless other message boards before it went. Where assholes feel they have license, they spread their cheeks wide and show off to everybody.

And everybody doesn't care for the sight.

[hadEnuf]

26. LOL. That's a pretty good summary of the Righties at DI

[central scrutinizer]

19. Whatever happened to Free Republic?

Haven’t seen them mentioned here for a long time. Never did go there.

[JHB]

31. I think its hamster wheels are still turning

There are a few intrepid/deranged souls here who visit the place for entertainment. The last such dispatch from Bizzaroworld that I can recall was a few weeks ago.

[Brother Buzz]

32. It's still existing...

but with, like, fifteen active members, each with a dozen sock puppets, it's really nothing but a ridiculously nauseating echo chamber.

[marble falls]

86. They can't keep a server!!

[herding cats]

20. Toodles to DI. My love and respect to my friends on MIRT. 😍

I know this is an unnecessarily busy day for my MIRT brethren. Know, I'm with you in spirit. Keep up the amazing work!

[AleksS]

22. Holy cow. I hadn't been there in years...yuck.

You inspired me to check it out after a prolonged absence.

Dang. Is it a cesspool.

These RWNJ’s are certifiable, and a bit scary. There’ll be violence when Trump loses. These guys are seriously messed up in the head.

[hadEnuf]

33. Some sleazeball posted personal info on a liberal poster over there. Name, address, phone number.

Along with some veiled threats.

Admins nuked the sleazeball but it was up for a little while.


Many of the the Righties there are pure vermin.

[R B Garr]

24. Did pintobean ever officially come out as the RWer

he obviously was? He never talked about politics, just pro-police and other DUers. He’s PPR here, so it’s not discussing a DUer.

He was an obvious one.

[hadEnuf]

29. He's know as Qukid at DI. And yes, he's a RW'er trying to get the other RW vermin there to like him.

[R B Garr]

35. Thanks for the info! nt

[Squinch]

75. Hah! Did he think he was hiding it? Spewed racist and sexist crap 24/7.

[JonLP24]

30. I felt the same way too

He had his posting privileges revoked after posting an applauding emoji after Tulsi Gabbard voted present on impeachment. He picked Tulsi Gabbard as his primary candidate but that doesn't rule him out of being a troll.

Definitely pro gun & pro police. I also remember anti Kaepernick posts from him.

[R B Garr]

34. Yes, his choice of Gabbard was about the only political

commitment he made, apparently just to use many of her anti-Democrat stances as cover.

Thanks for the info about the PPR. I remember his obsession with stalking HOF members all over the board, which is how he came to my attention.

[hlthe2b]

73. stalking HOF members--

Boy, wasn't THAT the truth. He just couldn't hide his views of women and feminism.

[Squinch]

77. I think all those guys who stalked us during the HOF wars were actually trumpy republicans.

Almost all of them have been tombstoned, though not for their sexist rantings, which is why I do not have a star. That and the fact that the admitted rapist was not immediately trashed.

But I think we were fighting with a lot of incel republican boobs in those days. And we were not helped by the powers that be in that fighting, which is shameful.

Thing is, one or two of them remain active here.

[betsuni]

83. Same.

Why I started commenting instead of lurking, because of the HOF wars. NO STAR.

[Squinch]

79. I bet some of those HOF stalkers will resurrect here soon as a result.

[JI7]

57. yup, fuck him

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. Having read some of the response, it's a good decision.

[Renew Deal]

36. Why are they shutting down?

[JHB]

38. skcus ti esuaceb

[Renew Deal]

39. lol

[hlthe2b]

74. LOL

[WonderGrunion]

44. If I had to guess

It was because of the attempts to purge all liberals before the election.

[Renew Deal]

46. That's annoying

The only way the jury system works is if people use it with good faith. The admins can't be in a position to be constantly bailing out the juries. Sucks for them though. I see people with over 10,000 posts.

[Cary]

37. Looks like nonstop gaslighting to me

They don't seem to understand that healthy people leave a sick environment.

[yaesu]

48. never heard of it. nt

[Xolodno]

49. Interesting.

I have to guess, it was no longer paying the bills? It was a clever plan, let the nut jobs go nuts while they subsidized things here. But when that wasn't working anymore....shut it down. No money, no platform.

[JHB]

82. I was also thinking about potential security issues...

This is sheer "would it be possible?" spitballing on my part since I don't know how the inner workings of either board, but if it's possible to use Discussionist to attack servers it may share with DU, that alone would be reason enough to shut it down for good.

But like I said, that's just spitballing possibilities. If a pro chimes in and tells me it doesn't work like that, then it was a mis-aimed spitball.

[applegrove]

51. There were russians there during the 2016 election. When i pointed it out the righties just laughed.

[Orrex]

52. That toilet should have been flushed years ago

Good riddance to all the shits over there stinking it up.



And fuck every last one of them as they lurk here in one form or another. Idiot racist fuckheads, all of them.

[DesertRat]

53. Welcome back to DU

I'm glad that rwnj troll infested corner of the internet is shutting down.

[Squinch]

78. But the OP is not the only one that will come back. Gird your loins.

[DesertRat]

88. I'm sure that MIRT will be busy

[drray23]

55. That might explain the influx of spamming trolls thus evening.nt.

[Sugarcoated]

59. I was there for a little while when it first started

Waste of time

[GoneOffShore]

70. I tried it for a short time when Skinner started it. I soon gave up.

It was like watching a shitcovered clown car.

[RhodeIslandOne]

60. Good

They can stay at Free Repubic and blow RimJob.

[muriel_volestrangler]

62. The jury system needs people to approach it in good faith to work

and once the right wing trolls became the overwhelming majority there, that just wasn't happening. I gave up after a post saying, in all seriousness, that all French imams should be shot was allowed to stay, 6-1 or 7-0. There were practically no interesting RWers to talk to anyway, and wading through the mouth-breathing trolls just wasn't worth it.

[Jamastiene]

64. I think I went there and posted maybe a couple times, then left.

I had completely forgotten the place even existed.

[betsuni]

65. I hate-read a lot of things, but only went over to Discussionist a few times before

doing a nope-nope-nope-nope-nope.

[eShirl]

66. Personally never saw the appeal.

[Kaleva]

67. Been awhile since I was there. Took sometime to recall my username and can't recall the password

I think it was MineralMan who long ago posted an animation of why some forums don't survive and that would apply to DI.

[boston bean]

69. Proudly I got banned from that sewer for protesting it here on DU.

When they were making death threats against feminists here.

Was quite the public affair at the time.

Good riddance to it. Glad the owners of it may have come to the realization that the kind of “ free speech” they allowed on that site was actually just plain old hate. Hatred of women at the time. Haven’t been there in years. I am sure they moved on to other types of hate.

It was a bad idea. I have always been of the mind that owners of such sites, even here have a social responsibility to not allow hate to flourish. Glad the cess pool is being closed down.

May twitter and Facebook follow.

[hlthe2b]

76. Yup... Could not agree more.

[Squinch]

81. Yeah. That was very ugly. And yes, glad the owners came to that

realization, but it sure took long enough. And it sure wasn't in response to death threats to feminists.

[obamanut2012]

71. Why in the world did the Admins do this five and a half months before the GE???

[Squinch]

80. You mean why not sooner?

[brokephibroke]

84. The primitive DIdiots built a safe space for themselves.

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They will regroup in their cave or treehouse and some at hide5, but they have lost their forum.

[Kingofalldems]

85. Kick

Poster in that thread has a confederate flag avatar.

https://www.discussionist.com/1014506303#post15

[DesertRat]

89. link says "Discussionist is closed"

[Orrex]

92. Check it again!

Even better now!

[DesertRat]

93. Brilliant