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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDiscussionist is shutting down
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
(32,902 posts)sakabatou
(42,178 posts)Was told that there were too many righties.
TheBlackAdder
(28,224 posts).
Can I say that?
I don't mean to disparage the average run of the mill dumb fucker.
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onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)We have allowed them to turn this place to dumbfuckistan. That must end.
hlthe2b
(102,392 posts)Was there an admin announcement over there?
hlthe2b
(102,392 posts)given the really ugly nature of what is frequently posted there (from my first perusal in several years).
Buh Bye.
Renew Deal
(81,879 posts)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.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Squinch
(51,025 posts)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
(2,995 posts)hlthe2b
(102,392 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,659 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,157 posts)backscatter712
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I looked once when it first came up, and lost patience with the chuds.
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)I missed the hooplah today. Trying to play catch up. Super sorry the rwnjs have lost their little talk group.
Cha
(297,746 posts)I just went there looking for something else.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)That place was a cesspool.
WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)So as much as I enjoyed trolling them, it was time to come home to DU
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Whatever shall we do?
amuse bouche
(3,657 posts)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
(6,206 posts)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
(92,432 posts)mopinko
(70,258 posts)and it never did that, anyway.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)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
(26,045 posts)...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
(7,813 posts)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
(83,934 posts)Or perhaps JPR.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)They also created a Pro Boards message board for Discussionist.
WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)A forum named after being FFRed for 5 hides
sheshe2
(83,934 posts)It's 4 for FFR. Obviously they can't count either.
No brains, no heart, no soul....
Buh bye!
WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)I am on 4 hides there now because they afe purging liberals.
sheshe2
(83,934 posts)No matter, DI is bye bye.
Renew Deal
(81,879 posts)marble falls
(57,301 posts)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
(37,163 posts)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
(2,217 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,662 posts)Havent seen them mentioned here for a long time. Never did go there.
JHB
(37,163 posts)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
(36,472 posts)but with, like, fifteen active members, each with a dozen sock puppets, it's really nothing but a ridiculously nauseating echo chamber.
marble falls
(57,301 posts)herding cats
(19,568 posts)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
(1,665 posts)You inspired me to check it out after a prolonged absence.
Dang. Is it a cesspool.
These RWNJs are certifiable, and a bit scary. Therell be violence when Trump loses. These guys are seriously messed up in the head.
hadEnuf
(2,217 posts)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
(16,993 posts)he obviously was? He never talked about politics, just pro-police and other DUers. Hes PPR here, so its not discussing a DUer.
He was an obvious one.
hadEnuf
(2,217 posts)R B Garr
(16,993 posts)Squinch
(51,025 posts)JonLP24
(29,322 posts)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
(16,993 posts)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
(102,392 posts)Boy, wasn't THAT the truth. He just couldn't hide his views of women and feminism.
Squinch
(51,025 posts)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.
Why I started commenting instead of lurking, because of the HOF wars. NO STAR.
Squinch
(51,025 posts)JI7
(89,276 posts)greatauntoftriplets
(175,753 posts)Renew Deal
(81,879 posts)JHB
(37,163 posts)WonderGrunion
(2,995 posts)It was because of the attempts to purge all liberals before the election.
Renew Deal
(81,879 posts)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
(11,746 posts)They don't seem to understand that healthy people leave a sick environment.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Xolodno
(6,401 posts)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
(37,163 posts)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
(118,819 posts)Orrex
(63,225 posts)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
(27,995 posts)I'm glad that rwnj troll infested corner of the internet is shutting down.
Squinch
(51,025 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)drray23
(7,637 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,730 posts)Waste of time
GoneOffShore
(17,342 posts)It was like watching a shitcovered clown car.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)They can stay at Free Repubic and blow RimJob.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,384 posts)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
(38,187 posts)I had completely forgotten the place even existed.
betsuni
(25,660 posts)doing a nope-nope-nope-nope-nope.
eShirl
(18,505 posts)Kaleva
(36,354 posts)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
(36,223 posts)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. Havent 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
(102,392 posts)Squinch
(51,025 posts)realization, but it sure took long enough. And it sure wasn't in response to death threats to feminists.
obamanut2012
(26,148 posts)Squinch
(51,025 posts)brokephibroke
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They will regroup in their cave or treehouse and some at hide5, but they have lost their forum.
Kingofalldems
(38,489 posts)Poster in that thread has a confederate flag avatar.
https://www.discussionist.com/1014506303#post15
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Orrex
(63,225 posts)Even better now!