I can't take many more of the trolls on DU

[malaise]

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PLUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ!!

Get the fuck out of here ReTHUGs

[Indpndnt]

1. My favorites are the ones who make one or two word generic comments.

Building up their post count before flaming out in their own thread.

There are a couple who have yet to flame out, though. They think they're 'clever.'

[ailsagirl]

2. They seem to be everywhere

Why do they do this?


You couldn't PAY me to go to any of their websites!!

[jalAbi]

15. I couldn't agree more!

[malaise]

26. Same here

but they are ubiquitous with their talking points and BS.

[ailsagirl]

33. Let's face it...

the repukes are worthless, sadistic, smarmy, immoral, thieving,
lying, cheating, ignorant, hypocritical, unAmerican bastards.

There. I feel so much better!

[Liberalynn]

87. +

Thank you, you made me feel better too!

[ailsagirl]

92. ...

I'm so glad. It was so over-the-top that I worried someone might have alerted it!

[sanatanadharma]

48. righties do get paid says Thom Hartmann

The righties actually do pay people to troll and disrupt the leftist point of view, attempting to bury info that is spreading on online media.

[Raster]

71. You ask a question that I have asked myself. Why would the baggers,...

...the wingers and others of the right-wing persuasion, want to come to a well identified Democrat-centric website to infiltrate, harass and generally do everything they can to muck up the works? I just did not get it. I, like you, HAD AND HAVE NO DESIRE to hang-out at Reich-Wing Underground or Freak Republic. No desire.

And then I the consider the rethuglican approach to elections and governing. It's all about LIMITING: (1) limiting access to who will be able to vote in the elections; and then (2) limiting relevant information: specifically the amount of actual information that is available to the citizenry or degrading it to the point it is damned near useless.

DU is a threat to the strategy of limitation.

DU, like the Democratic Party, is all about getting as many people voting as possible. We know you can only win elections and reform the system IF PEOPLE VOTE. Get Out The Vote is not just a catch phrase at DU, it is one of the highest held tenets.

And second, we are a great resource of Democratic ideas, ideals and INFORMATION. And that's mainly why we are perceived as a threat and worthy of attack. We encourage thought. We encourage discussion. We do not drink the Kool-Aid without first examining the ingredients and consider who served it to us.

To paraphrase the Great Pretender*: they hate us for our free thought and speech. They hate us for our ideals.

[ailsagirl]

93. Excellent post, Raster!

[Raster]

94. Thank you!

Much appreciated.

[ailsagirl]

96. ...

[RomneyLies]

3. The ones so concerned about this or that are the ones that get on my nerves.

[WillyT]

8. Welcome To DU RomneyLies !!!

Long time lurker ???

[RomneyLies]

10. Ya

Took the plunge today.

[malaise]

13. They think I have Romnesia

GOBama!!!

[RomneyLies]

31. They must be Mittzophrenic.

[zbdent]

32. love the term ...

[RomneyLies]

36. I cannot accept credit for the term

Another poster on DU posted it a few days ago. I merely borrowed and extended.

[malaise]

54. Good one

[Buddaman]

77. Mittozphrenic

That is good

[demwing]

53. there's the real concern

and then there's the "How can I bring up this Republican Talking point without outing myself?" concern.

[bkkyosemite]

63. Yes there is real concern and I was admonished for it by one poster who was rude.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. They Are Here Because They Think That Liberals Are Weak

.

[malaise]

23. Maybe they're confusing Obama with Al Gore

They're going to learn a lesson - they should ask Bin Laden

[rbrnmw]

51. well they can't ask him

He's Dead because President Obama took him out

[DinahMoeHum]

55. Qadaffi is also gone, and Obama didn't even send a US soldier

out there.

[malaise]

64. LOL

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Alert is your friend, my dear malaise!

Since I'm no longer on MIRT, I've been busy alerting whenever I see a troll. It's helping my withdrawal from MIRT, and it cleans the place up!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Most Of Them Are Subtle And Take Advantage Of The Jury System

Always with the faux concern.

Here's a debut post:

XXXXXXXXX (1 post)
50. Let's Hope It's An Aberration

To see a 4 point move towards Romney in 1 week is worrisome. Let's hope it is a glitch with PPP. If not, then for some bizarre reason Ohio is breaking towards Romney. Most of the polls are within the margin of error now. Florida and North Carolina have moved away from Obama if recent polls are averaged together. We need Ohio to hang in there. I just can't believe that Ohio voters would even consider Romney after his vocal opposition to the auto bailout. But here in Florida voters apparently don't have a problem with his radical plans regarding Medicare. Not giving up yet on Florida or Ohio, but don't like the trends.

[malaise]

14. You nailed it

[DemocratSinceBirth]

37. If You Alert On A Post Like That

You will get snark like "Is the alerter clairvoyant?" from a jury member.

My favorite quote is from Sam Wang at Princeton Election Consortium. He wrote "I worked in Congress for a year, 1995-96. When I arrived in Washington DC, my favorite Democrat was Adlai Stevenson. When I left, it was Lyndon Johnson. Democrats can fight.

[former9thward]

61. Attacking DU jury members.

That will really accomplish your goal.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

62. Your Concern Is Duly Noted

And I was commiserating with Malaise.

We know where you stand or sit.

[former9thward]

65. Since you speak for "We" why don't you tell us where I stand or sit.

If you don't want people commenting on your posts you shouldn't post on a discussion board. Of course you have the option of starting one of your own that would be pure and meet your standards.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

66. I Like The Socratic Method

Who is the author of the only post in this thread that instead of attacking trolls attacks a fellow DU member?

[former9thward]

68. Your post was not attacking trolls.

You were attacking other DU members and the system the site has set up to deal with objectionable posts.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

69. Yes. Because It Fails To Eradicate Trolls

But please keep on attacking fellow DU members instead of trolls.

[Tigress DEM]

78. This is NOT helping. Stop it.

We have the basic process in place and the "trolls" are having to be more creative and post "concerns" rather than right out snark. Fine. Make them work for it.

But DON'T let us start going after each other. HELLO?! Talk about giving Trolls some satisfaction.

DU is a STRONG Board and if the Trolls want to take us on, let them come and get their beat down now.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

80. Why Don't You Go To Politics 2012 Right Now And See The Havoc They Are Creating/nt

[former9thward]

89. No thanks, that is my least favorite forum.

[CreekDog]

82. clever

but not so...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002135085

[CreekDog]

85. I will --against the side of telling the truth...here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=139939

I have no idea if what you did was trolling, but I do know that it required constant lying to make the arguments.

[CreekDog]

73. speaking of Republicans

spot on!

[Nye Bevan]

81. How is a post such as this in any way damaging to our cause?

If anything, pointing out that the race is a tight one is going to remind Democrats of the importance of voting. I think the more insidious danger is in posts claiming that Obama is definitely going to win, which spread complacency.

As a juror, I would not hide the post you cited. If that DUer really is a troll they will show their true colors soon enough.

[malaise]

21. Sis I'd be alerting all day

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. I hear ya, sweetie......we can't have that!

[DainBramaged]

6. It's the Robme ick syndrome, it sticks like skunk

and you know INSTANTLY they are trolls, they SMELL PEEYEW

[malaise]

16. Ding ding

We have a winner - it's that Romnesia stench

[MjolnirTime]

7. They know they are about to lose. This much is clear.

[malaise]

17. You Betcha!

[progressivebydesign]

25. Well I am completely certain that you are not a troll. You spelled "lose" right. haha.

that's the dead giveaway. Lose, loser, looser, loosing. lol. And OMG this is HUGH!!!!

[malaise]

28. Hahahahahahaha

[ailsagirl]

95. DU needs some sort of method of weeding out trolls before they become 'members'

I know...a spelling test!! Better yet, an IQ test!

[Raine]

9. No place seems to be safe from their stinking it up with the stench of rot and stupidity. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. They Are Worse In Politics 12

.

[malaise]

29. I don't get it

but they sure are annoying.

GObama! Whip their sorry asses.

[janx]

18. I am more concerned about a LOAN the DNC

acquired for the election.

[malaise]

19. That was the last straw

[janx]

22. The first post,

or the second?

[malaise]

27. Bwaaaaaaaaaaah hahahaha

[RomneyLies]

24. You post

cracked me up!

[janx]

43. It gets obnoxious after awhile...

but it's still funny.

Edited for spelling.

[OldDem2012]

42. Ha!! nt.

[porphyrian]

20. Just stick a pencil eraser up their ass and spin their hair out.

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Fun every time.

[Skittles]

34. I AM SICK OF THEM TOO

I live in Texas and I come to DU to get away from conservative garbage

[malaise]

97. I feel it for you

[flamingdem]

35. They're everywhere now - on local community sites

like Patch -- calling people names -- pushing lies and fear.

They all think alike and use nasty name calling to respond

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. It is SILLY SEASON

two more weeks.

Slings and arrows and all that.

This said, I cannot stand the dehumanization of Republican going on here. It is worst than ever.

Sorry if that raises way too many alarm bells in my mind, since BOTH sides are now invested in doing this shit.

[janx]

45. A agree with you, NB. n/t

[DarthDem]

39. Actually, I See Their Presence

. . . as evidence of sheer desperation. They can't hold all of that pearl-clutching under their bridges.

[bigwillq]

40. I don't understand why folks would let them bother them

Ignore them. Or have fun with them.

[DCBob]

41. Me too but its kind of entertaining messing with them.

They try so hard to sound legit and concerned and worried. Do they really think they are making an impact on the race by posting that stuff here? I think they are just wasting time and wasting the money they are being paid.

[winstars]

44. It is kinda fun, I was having a go at one named flyguy something, whatever and he self-deletes

his own thread on me and starts a new one right when I sort have him pinned. I hate when that happens. Whether they are paid trolls or just breaking our chops it is a pain sort of. I guess in a little over two weeks they will go back under whatever rocks they live under and things here at DU will return to normal.

[RomneyLies]

49. The juries have 'em on 'em too.

[quote]Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: The person who sent the alert wrote: Pretty much expsoses his rightwing self in this post.

...which is why it should stay.[/quote]

[Indpndnt]

56. I'm pretty sure...

that I know someone who voted "to can this troll."

[RomneyLies]

57. '

[winstars]

58. I agree with you completely, but, hey, wait a second, wait, are you a...

Ahhhhh, mighty clever name there Bud, a very low amount of posts, YOU JOINED TODAY, you even put an OFA avatar AND cool sig line to fool me and then everything you write you again very cleverly--- agree with me... I have seen some of your other posts, always agreeing with me I had a friend like you once always being nice to me, but I caught on pretty quick....Busted!!!

Just kidding my friend, welcome to DU!!! We can take this place and ourselves a little to seriously sometimes. I did the alert thing once and unless its really horrible or offensive in the future I would rather duel with the troll than waste a jury's time and also we should leave the wreckage around so others can learn from it.

[janx]

50. . . .

[malaise]

52. Oh messing with some of them is fun

but way too may are just boring and dumb

[Pisces]

46. There sure are a lot of them hanging around lately. I second the motion.

[lunatica]

47. They're too stupid to realize they make fools out of themselves on DU

What's the purpose? To be idiocrats and to have the world know it?

[demosincebirth]

59. why don't we just "alert" and hide their posts every time and maybe the mods will get the hint. Kick

them the fuck out!

[sarcasmo]

60. Every election cycle, they will die down in December.

[hrmjustin]

67. Today was not as bad.

[grantcart]

70. they will be gone after the election. self medicating

[Raster]

72. let's hope so. It's starting to feel like "whack-a-mole" around here.

[malaise]

75. You nailed it

[IDemo]

74. Spend a little time on discussion boards at MSNBC, CNN or Yahoo

The bile, venom and idiocy cannot be matched.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

91. It is ugly and hateful out there. nt

[Champion Jack]

76. Use the Ignore button Luke!

[Tigress DEM]

79. Don't WHINE - WHUP THEIR LITTLE POSTS right into the trash bin.

When they stop getting attention, they will get bored and go bother other people.

[Zorra]

83. But, but...the Dem party is a big tent! Progressives are bullies who trash anyone who disagrees

with them!

We should not rush to judge newbies when they post RW opinions/memes!

Who are you to judge what RW opinions are?!11?!

You must allow me to express my RW opinions/memes here! It's my right of free speech!1!



There is already a great deal of unspoken concern over this thread.

[malaise]

86. LOL

[Worried senior]

84. Guess I'm really dense

I've missed their postings.

[jackbenimble]

90. Me too.

And I am starting to get the feeling that some folks here think everyone who doesn't have thousands of posts or years of membership is a troll. I'm not seeing a bunch of troll posts either so I can only guess that they are talking about us newbies.

[desertduck]

88. At least here on DU, they get shot down pretty quick. Not so on other sites

Which infuriates me. Huffpo, are you listening? What has happened to that site?? Anyways, this is why i love DU. If the trolls want to come here.....let them. They won't get anywhere. And seeing them get called on for their shit makes me feel better since we don't see that in the MSM.

[REP]

98. Locking

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