What is it about the Troll Invasion Tonight????

[sheshe2]

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I know I am not the only one seeing this!

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. You should see the view from MIRT central!

Yes, it's been quite an afternoon/evening!

[Warpy]

2. Well CRAP.

I miss all the good stuff.

[sheshe2]

3. They came to my rescue twice tonight!

Go MIRT!

[Champion Jack]

52. MIRT ?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

53. Malodorous Intruder Response Team

[Champion Jack]

55. Ah ha.......thanks

[Beaverhausen]

4. any gun thread brings them out

I see them

[sheshe2]

7. These weren't gun threads!

Not even close. They are all over the place!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

5. I have notice some.

But in truth, I have been trying to spread the word about a kitty in trouble to really notice.

[tradecenter]

10. Oh my.

What Kitty?
Mrs. Tradecenter and I are committed Cat lovers.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Here's the link to the post about the kitty trouble:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018273829

[Lady Freedom Returns]

16. Thank you CaliforniaPeggy!

[tradecenter]

18. She is so beautiful

Thanks for the link CaliforniaPeggy. Sadly, I don't live in CA. or I would take her in a heartbeat. Mrs. Tradecenter is crying right now because of her situation.
We truly hope that someone will step up and rescue this gorgeous feline.

Thank you for being such a kind and caring person.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Thank you...I wish I could do more too.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

28. Good news, fingers crossed!

She may have a home. They are working on some details right now. A BIG thing you can do is send good vibes her way that all works out!

[tradecenter]

30. Good and positive vibes are on the way.

Mrs. Tradecenter and I are keeping our fingers crossed for a good home for this beautiful cat.

[backwoodsbob]

43. find out what it would cost

to fly her to Charleston SC.

If the cost isn't crazy I'll take her

[Great Caesars Ghost]

6. My point exactly

[onehandle]

8. Gun forums send nuts and sock puppets out to invade.

That's the gungeon base.

The will crawl all over. Not just gun threads. They want to distract from gun issues.

They think we will forget.

Not this time. Not after twenty kindergarteners.

[ellisonz]

11. +1

[sheshe2]

14. I'm telling you these are not gun posts...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1017&pid=90249

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=272875

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1102&pid=6978

[lunasun]

20. This site has more trolls than a dog has fleas

Said that a few days ago.....didnt come to this site here for awhile and now it is Trollapalooza here
That one post wonder with the long profile promoting FEMA camps=Total fail

How many times when reading posts do I ask myself - Where am I again???

[sheshe2]

22. One strange profile!

Someone here said that Rushboy was quoting (and not in a good way) DU the other day. It was on a thread. That may be why we are seeing an influx.

The GOP is running scared.

Thanks lunasun,
sheshe

[ellisonz]

25. There's a strong correlation between gun nuts and Republican politics.

[onehandle]

48. They think they are being clever and distracting if you let them.

Just report and ignore.

They are gun loons. They speak some the same cryptic-'I know more than you do' semi-libertarian patter as some gungeoneers.

[JReed]

9. Is that a 'B' movie?

[SidDithers]

13. Interesting...

Sid

[pinboy3niner]

32. 'Night of the Demons'

:

[NashvilleLefty]

15. Really? I have the perfect thread to attract them.

guess I need to kick it.

[MannyGoldstein]

17. Is being dissed for being an Evangelical Christian the sign of a troll?

That's what happened to me this evening:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022143810#post58

[NashvilleLefty]

23. I disagree with almost everything you post, BUT

I wouldn't call you a "troll".

I have seen a lot of suspicion over newbies, which I think are unjustified. And to be honest, there are a lot of long-term trolls here. But this site is about airing different opinions.

In that respect, I may disagree with (almost) anything you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Personally, there are a lot of trolls who have tried to infiltrate DU, but the "troll" label has been thrown around way too much for any intelligent conversation.

Again, I am definitely NOT part of the Manny Goldstein fan club - but I wouldn't call you a "troll".

[Electric Monk]

36. Something to know about Manny G is, sometimes his tongue is so far in cheek, it sticks out his ear

He signs those "Third Way Manny".

[Skittles]

21. what about the trolls with thousands of posts?

I am SICK of seeing the same DUers parroting the same tired rightwing talking points day after day after day

[NashvilleLefty]

26. Me, too! BUT,

you are one of the WORST that I have seen parroting tired rw talking points.

Are you a "troll"? I don't think so. I think you are an idealist with no pragmatic skills which means you are forever doomed to fail. I think you would be better aligned with the Green Party or some other unrealistic far-left party which succumbs to you own personal unrealistic ideals - But I don't think you are a "troll".

Although sometimes you seem determine to distract us and convince us to vote against the Democratic Party. In which case, you would be considered a "troll".

[Skittles]

35. oh give me a break

I am not the one who is out of place on this board!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

41. Dude, why are you getting Skittles started?

I can see you are somewhat new, so please, take my advice. Don't do it.

[Skittles]

47. that one not EVEN worth it

so fucking obvious

[LeftInTX]

24. A bunch of RW trolls arrived after Boehner did not live up to their dreams

I guess they keep showing up, thinking they can do all sorts of things to disrupt Democrats.

They are a bunch of nut jobs.

[NashvilleLefty]

29. If that is true, should we not welcome them?

If we are truly a "big tent" party and open to debate, shouldn't we welcome their opinions?

Maybe some of what they learned was brain-washing, but if they have stepped beyond that shouldn't we welcome them?

Or are we just as brain-washed as they were?

I don't think so.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

33. We do welcome debate...

but this is DU. It is our escape pod from them.I'll go head to head on Yahoo, FB,etc. But this is my little desert island.

[sheshe2]

37. +1

[Jamaal510]

42. Especially Yahoo.

You wouldn't believe how one-sided the answers and the thumbs up/thumbs down are in the Yahoo Answers Politics section. The Repub to Dem ratio there seems to be 10:1.

[Skittles]

44. what is this WE you speak of?

[Doctor_J]

54. No, we do not want people for whom Boner is too liberal

we already have a large contingency whose ideology is to the right of Obama. That's already killing the party.

[SidDithers]

27. A DU thread got cross-posted onto a RW Gun forum...

It's like whack-a-mole in the MIRT forum.

Sid

[Skittles]

45. they do not serve their cause well

they come across as ill-informed and uneducated

[patrice]

31. Yeah, they might just as well name this place Gun Underground. nt

[JI7]

34. it's even worse than the trolls we get close to election time

close to election time is usually when it's the worst.

but this has been far worse than that.

[sheshe2]

38. I am a relative newbie here...

but yes you are right.I didn't see this much activity before the election.

[me b zola]

39. Gun Control legislation is expected in the House

Seems like the standard invasion when a powerful lobby has its interests in the cross-hairs. After Fukishima we had a similar invasion, but of the nuclear persuasion.

[sheshe2]

40. Lovely!

This should be fun!

[Recursion]

46. RW radio nutjobs put it in people's heads to troll here (nt)

[pinboy3niner]

49. You didn't get the memo about the Mayan Trollpocalypse?

[sheshe2]

50. Forgot to check the memo board!

[Puzzledtraveller]

51. I think I have it figured out

If your comments and opinions are to the right of someone (the offended) that may mean you're a troll? Perhaps if your comments and opinions are too far too the left, so much so that you wrapped back around and find yourself at my first example, landing slightly to the right of someone else then you may be a troll? Wait, that can't be right, no I got it, I think it's pretty much if you believe yourself to be in the majority and someone elses opinion and comments are contrary to what you believe the majority opinion is then you are a troll. Close?

Of course I do believe there are those that create accounts specifically to incite, start a fire then leave but the troll paranois is getting stupid, just because someone doesn't fit your idea of a certified card carrying <insert label here> does'nt mean they are a troll and trying to start crap.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

56. I believe a certain Oxycotin addict mentioned something about a "Democrat Underground."

Freepers, naturally adept at mispelling words, mistakenly typed "Democratic Underground" and came here instead.

[REP]

57. Locking

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