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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Asher Heimermann, 18-Year-Old, Refuses To Take Down Twitter Profile Poking Fun At Mayor"
Since my last post was deleted this morning, I'm going to repost it...
The Huffington Post wrote about my mayoral campaign in Wisconsin:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/16/asher-heimermann-18-year-old-refuses-to-take-down-twitter_n_1154525.html
DUers, just so you know, I was a member back in 2007-2008 when I was 14 and a freshman in high school. I came here to discuss politics and become more active in the Democratic Party. However, I over did it with promoting a personal grassroots fundraising page for Barack Obama and I was banned.
Last month, I came back because I wanted to once again be a DUer. I am now 18 and I don't plan to spam out the boards like I did back in 2008. Does a person here ever get a second chance to prove him or her self?
Some has asked me if I have actually filed paperwork to run for mayor. The answer is yes. I have also received 238 nomination signatures and will be placed on the ballot in the upcoming mayoral election. This can be confirmed by The Sheboygan Press and Today's TMJ4 News (NBC Milwaukee). The New York Daily News even wrote an article about my campaign:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/high-school-senior-asher-heimermann-tweaks-wisconsin-mayor-twitter-article-1.992185
I am only sharing this to get your thoughts and start a discussion. Pretty disappointed to see some here do not want me here joining the discussion. I want to make a difference. Some of you should read my blog over at Daily Kos as to why I will never vote for a republican before you judge and ban me again.
AsherWI
(84 posts)dems_rightnow
(1,956 posts)And your website, of course.
What's wrong with youth getting involved? Why is it bad?
Heddi
(18,312 posts)repeatedly.
Just like you did REPEATEDLY on DU2.
Which is why you were banned REPEATEDLY on DU2
and why you signed up for multiple sock-puppety accounts on DU2
So I'm really surprised they are allowing you to post on DU3 given your less than stellar history and your less than stellar ability to understand the rules against spamming, signing up for multiple user names, and realizing that DU is about more than your own personal quest to make DU AsherUnderground.com
TheEuclideanOne
(2,487 posts)I don't know your history, but you sure have rubbed people the wrong way. But the way you take any comment and try to spin it as "You just don't like young people involved in politics" is pretty sleazy. Actually, based on the your actions, you are perfect for politics.
If you can get so many people here absolutely pissed off at you in one discussion and a bunch more that have never heard of you, simply by using your repeated "You must hate young people" replies, you are going to have a very long, very slimy future in politics.
And yes, repeatedly posting about your campaign website is spamming. You know it as well as anybody else.
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)I believe that is the problem many of us geezers have with your approach.
Dreamer Tatum
(10,996 posts)That's for openers.
Why are you drawing attention to yourself? I think you have a personality disorder. Seek help.
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)How did he think that we would benefit by having him as our middleman? (Or is that "middlekid"?)
Dreamer Tatum
(10,996 posts)And that was a major contributor to his banishment, as I recall.
leftyohiolib
(5,917 posts)huh
William769
(59,147 posts)And welcome back to DU
It's nice to be back. I might not have a lot of time to talk politics here but I'm sure after the campaign, I will.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)DU3 is worse than DU2 at censorship.
wish it wasn't..... but figures your thread was hidden. seems alot of people are offended for no reason anymore. as if they were born yesterday. gonna make michelle bachman look tough...
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)Go look it up in the archives, and perhaps you will better comprehend
what we are dealing with.
BHN
Edweird
(8,570 posts)AsherWI
(84 posts)How is this spamming? What am I selling? I'm creating discussion about something.
What is wrong with that?
elleng
(141,926 posts)Don't know history of your earlier thread, just got here today.
I'm sure, if posted in the correct place/forum/group here, info about what you're doing will be appreciated here.
Good luck.
Ishoutandscream2
(6,783 posts)The adults here can forgive and forget. Apparently, there aren't too many of them.
Edweird
(8,570 posts)Additionally, this post by you is about you. It's self promotion. What are you selling? You, that's what.
Again, someone is against a young democrat.
Heddi
(18,312 posts)It seems as if you have not learned any lessons from your previous banningS under multiple user names when you were on DU2, when you pretty much did the same thing repeatedly and were banned, repeatedly
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Heddi
(18,312 posts)You can do a search on DU2 of his posts, and his locking messages, and they all tend to relate to his multiple incarnations under various forms of the names Asher or Heimerman and his spamming of the board, reposting locked/deleted messages, and signing up under multiple usernames.
Hell, he ADMITS on DU2 to signing up with multiple usernames with posts akin to "hi guys...since my other 18 accounts I created today were banned, I thought I'd sign up again and ask you guys to visit my website..."
and on edit--I wasn't even a mod when the majority of his accounts were tombstoned/inactivated and his threads locked and his posts deleted. IT WAS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT HE WAS A SPAMMER. IT WAS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THAT HE REPEATEDLY SIGNED UP WITH MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS DESPITE PREVIOUS ONES BEING BANNED. he admitted it. All of his handles were variations of Asher and/or Heimerman.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Heddi
(18,312 posts)in the first place
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Edweird
(8,570 posts)fishwax
(29,346 posts)tblue37
(68,436 posts)flooding a board with repeated posts or multiple similar posts. I have not read your other posts, so I don't know whether you have been spamming, but if this is a repost of a post that was hidden for violating TOS, then, yes, it absolutely would be spamming, even if you are not selling something.
Repetitious self-promoting posts would also be considered spamming. For example, I have a number of websites. If I constantly posted threads about my sites or replies in other threads in which instead of responding to the topic under discussion, I repeatedly told others to visit my websites, that would be spamming.
Another way of spamming would be to make the same comment repeatedly through a thread, or repeatedly from one thread to another, especially if the comment happened to be unrelated to the topics under discussion in the threads. For example, say you went from one thread to another and posted something irrelevant, like "Pug dogs are the greatest!" or something off the wall, like "Silly people smoke notebook paper!"--regardless of the topic under discussion. Or even if you just made such a post repeatedly in the same thread, that would still be spamming.
Basically, spamming is a form of littering. It clutters the landscape with "stuff" that gets in the way when other people are trying to enjoy the scenery--or the discussion--on a discussion board. Writing one thread about yourself to introduce yourself is fine, if there is something about you that would be of interest to others on the board. Doing it more than once would be spamming.
If you have been laboring under the misconception that you can do any of those things as long as you are not trying to sell something, then that is why you have been getting into trouble here.
Webster Green
(13,905 posts)I don't get it. WTF is wrong with this post?
Welcome back to DU, and good luck in your run for office!
Lisa0825
(14,492 posts)MedicalAdmin
(4,143 posts)He was, like, 14.
I believe in rehabilitation and maturation and say he should be judged for his current behavior and not his past. in a way what you might be suggesting is akin to saying that criminals should never be given a second chance.
Lisa0825
(14,492 posts)He pulls the same BS all over the net. He was also banned as an editor at Wikipedia. He was notorious for using sockpuppets all over the place.
MedicalAdmin
(4,143 posts)I support bouncing him for violating the TOS.
But until then we give him a chance.
Have you never done something you regret? Give him a chance, if he blows it, then that is on him.
fishwax
(29,346 posts)one's mistakes
In general principle I agree with you, and I think people should give him a chance. However, I don't think either the twitter feed mentioned in his OP or the way he has distorted critiques of him in this thread to "you just don't want young people involved in politics" speak particularly highly of him.
MedicalAdmin
(4,143 posts)Were I a betting man I would bet that the ashman would be out of here soon if he keeps going like he did before.
However I would like to wait and see how it turns out. In the meantime we are mature enough to deal with it.
As for Ash, if he wants to play here he needs to develop a thick skin and a quick wit.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)He stopped by to remind of us of his website, full of opportunities to donate btw,
not to "discuss" anything, as he claimed.
His "discussions" are a one note song.
"ME-ME-ME" No Do, Re, Fa, or So, "how are you?"
And frankly, I don't consider that a discussion.
Perhaps when he matures, he'll be able to have discussions
here on DU that encompass more than his political ambitions
and how badly we treat him for being young.
and calling him out on bad behavior that dehumanizes women and gay people.
BHN
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)It's bad enough they are dealing with a very serious recall of their mayor with very serious sexual assault charges. They don't need this attention-seeking child trying to cash in on it. He should be ashamed of himself for the way he is dealing with this. Instead, he's all over the net boasting of his childish behavior and claiming to be a Democrat, to boot. I am all for youth being involved in politics, but this kid is not to be taken seriously.
His mom should take his computer and smart phone away from him post haste.
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)The poster was also attempting to solicit donations. I'm not sure if that is good or bad ... just a very curious thing from a poster that has not been here "more than a moment."
The accusations that the poster has been banned before makes it more curious ....?
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)no sense of humor here. why are we attacking each other. it's more obvious here on DU3. it was hardly noticeable on DU2.
Ellipsis
(9,454 posts)Ferret Annica
(1,701 posts)at that boad in the Internet in the late 1990s. I would say it would of behooved you to show you are indeed repentant by not starting a thread promoting your past problems here.
All this does is poison the well and makes it hard to be convinced you are now ethical in your behavior and have truly reformed.
All you do here is promote yourself again and waste people's time.
RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)LOL
Ellipsis
(9,454 posts)Sorry Will. (smooch)
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)Ellipsis
(9,454 posts)and the sand County Almanac?
Heh.
ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)before it becomes spamming the board?
and still, you seem proud of your childish behavior re: the twitter account...doesn't sound like you are ready to be mayor...or even really a college student with that sort of stunt. perhaps, as suggested before by me, you would just concentrate on winning the election by focusing on policy and platform rather than immature garbage.
sP
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)LOL, he IS entertaining, for short periods of time.
BHN
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)It's juvenile and mean-spirited, crude and demeaning to women.
Look for yourselves, DU: https://twitter.com/#!/mayorbobryan
I can't take his candidacy seriously when this is on what he is resting his laurels and refusing to take down after a cease and desist. The people of Sheboygan deserve a mayor better than their current, but I doubt this is the proper course of action.
ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)more like 14 than 18...
sP
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)more like 8 years old. I think this kid has some serious emotional problems.
fishwax
(29,346 posts)Not a good show.
Lunacee2012
(172 posts)Considering it took me less then a min. to find a post in which he told someone "don't spread your legs".
Jesus dude, just stop. You remind me of a few boys I went to HS with.
obamanut2012
(29,369 posts)I had someone tell me the backstory on him. Ugh.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Those St. Jude commercials with the little bald bug-eyed cancer kids are funnier than your twitter feed. Give it up.
FloridaJudy
(9,465 posts)When are having that conference call?
Archae
(47,245 posts)A little twerp who spams message boards, or a stinking drunk.
Yes, I do live in Sheboygan.
JBoy
(8,021 posts)If you want to be taken seriously, lose the twitter account. It screams "I'm a kid".
dems_rightnow
(1,956 posts)Did it happen to be you who sent your story to the Huffington Post and NY Daily News?
AsherWI
(84 posts)BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)bhn
AsherWI
(84 posts)All of you have no clue how to think about positive things. All about the bad.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts):confused:
ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)Not at all.
It reveals a rather nasty attack on another person.
Your constant defense of yourself and your actions
is, well, rather pathological.
BHN
ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)as a post upstream says, "it screams, 'I'm a kid!'."
sP
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)I remember the "Asher Show" several years ago on DU.
Personally, I would be afraid, should Asher succeed in his political
ambitions.
Ever read Political Ponerology?
Asher fits the profile too well for my comfort level.
BHN
Ferret Annica
(1,701 posts)You say one thing, but most in this thread have quite a lot of experience doing the smell test.
With you it comes down to, if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it must be a duck .... get the picture?
Politics at the grass roots to you is all about self promotion. This thread is exactly that; self promotion. I wish you luck, but frankly, you have a lot of growing up to do. To say the least.
uppityperson
(116,020 posts)UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)Mayor Heimermann.
Burgman
(330 posts)Kinda new here. That said, spamming a board is in very poor taste and will garner more negative than positive impressions about you. Haven't seen your blog(s) or Kos or whatever, don't expect to.
On the other hand I am pleased to see someone of your age with such an interest in politics.
boppers
(16,588 posts)You were banned for a reason.
You might want to figure that out.
Capn Sunshine
(14,378 posts)I think you've been defined by a clique here as "Out Group" so no matter how admirable your intentions, it's not going to come out well for you.
In my RL role as a Democratic Party official, I've offered encouragement to you in the past. I encourage you to contact your local party. DU is not really a place for Democrats any more. It's a message board with all sorts of manic hidden agendas.
There's not a lot of upside for looking for support here. The numbers just don't support that.
PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)It's childish, homophobic, misogynistic and mean-spirited. In addition, he CAN'T run as a Democrat for that seat - it's a non-partisan race in this state.
The people of Sheboygan deserve a serious candidate, not a child playing games.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)It's really vile stuff.
Not appropriate for any one, especially some one
seeking public office.
You know I respect you very much Capn and I understand
where you are coming from, but seriously, as a friend,
read the twitter our friend Asher is defending.
BHN
ProdigalJunkMail
(12,017 posts)this child is not anything like what you want running for or holding an office of any kind. very disturbing. it is not about being 'out group' rather being obnoxious and rude.
sP
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)I can't support or encourage this ... regardless of the party the person affiliates himself with ....?
Guess that's just me.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)The Capn is a great guy and would NEVER endorse that behavior.
I suggested he read it before he defends Asher for it.
BHN
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PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)account? If I recall, you made several dozen tweets without ANY reference to the fact it was (poorly done) satire, no? How long did that go on?
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)PLEASE do.
BHN
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)I have no idea what the agenda of the OP is ... if it is simply an attempt (albeit extremely immature) to shake up the system, he really needs counsel (vs encouragement to continue on his current course)
He's not espousing Democratic ideals ... there was nothing that I could respect there.
As for the Captain ... I can understand how, on quick review, it might look like a young aspiring activist was being shot down .... it really isn't the case.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)I've met the Capn at a DU meet up years ago.
He is an extremely good person and very active in POSITIVE political actions.
NO WAY he would have read that twitter feed and encouraged it.
BHN
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)CreekDog
(46,192 posts)Archae
(47,245 posts)TZ
(42,998 posts)I see the self promoter is back. Nice to see Asher is still all about Asher. Don't know how anybody can take him seriously. :eyeroll:
Tommy_Carcetti
(44,498 posts)My finest moment on DU:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9321195
Enrique
(27,461 posts)where was I during all this drama I'm reading about?
flvegan
(66,279 posts)Set that up, whydontcha.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)I've got a thing or two to say, and I am more than interested
to hear what will be discussed.
BHN
flvegan
(66,279 posts)I fear it won't happen though.
BeHereNow
(17,162 posts)Thanks for joining me in the other forum to discuss this.
BHN
akbacchus_BC
(5,830 posts)not so welcoming! I hope you will be given a second chance to chat with us. You are young and we need your voice.
Hang in there and I hope Skinner does not ban you again. Wish they would elect me for jury duty to keep you on here.
Merry Christmas
Orrex
(67,111 posts)Say it ain't so!
Javaman
(65,711 posts)you computer should get an order of protection.
Tommy_Carcetti
(44,498 posts)
Oh, wait, wrong post.
madinmaryland
(65,729 posts)madinmaryland
(65,729 posts)Ishoutandscream2
(6,783 posts)Big, bad adults taking down a young person. Good for you, people who are doing this. Shows why some of you spend so much time on a message board and not enough time dealing with people in reality.
If a 14 year old kid did something "wrong" or rubbed you the wrong way, then fine. Forgiveness should be the adult thing to do. Unfortunately, some of you so called "adults" are not that at all, no matter your chronological age.
Screw the history of this. It's a new day, and this young man is 18. Let me do this the right way - welcome back, young man. If you made mistakes in the past, it's okay, it was the past. I hope people here can be more adult-like to you, but unfortunately, spending too much time on a computer takes some folks out of the realm of reality and they forget what it's like to be kind and understanding.
Oh, and welcome back to DU. It is wonderful to see young people get involved.
Hosnon
(7,800 posts)trumad
(41,692 posts)You seriously don't know the type of disruption this guy created in DU2.
Multiple handles with multiple banning. A real pain for the Mods and Admin.
A notorious spammer who in MHO is back doing the same thing.
William769
(59,147 posts)Can you give some links? I am only aware of the one that got hidden and he reposted this to take out why the other one was hidden.
I would sure like some links if you have them.
Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)Not someone I want representing me. He's all yours if you like the way he rolls.
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)I was a little disturbed by some of the comments here, until I saw that. He's very much behaving as an 18 year old and obviously not ready to be given such an important job as mayor.
On the other hand, I hope that he continues with his interest in politics. I'm sure he'll mature, as we all do, and look back on this as a horrible mistake in his potential political career. Whether he does or not, this will follow him forever.
I wasn't around when he was apparently spamming DU at 14, so I won't judge him on that. There's a fairly large consensus here that he was annoying. At 14, so was I, but I didn't have the internet to advertise that fact.
My advice to the young Asher, take the Twitter account down and make a public apology. Admit that you were acting on inexperience and made a very, very poor attempt at humor. You'll at least have that as a footnote if you choose to persue this as a career.
SidDithers
(44,333 posts)Sid
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)....I recall you posting a few years ago.....and it didn't end well as I recall.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Deep13
(39,157 posts)BWAHAHAHA!
valerief
(53,235 posts)Orrex
(67,111 posts)ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)broiled on a campfire, with a potato cooking slowly under the ashes, with hand made bread baked on a stick. As the sun sets, and the fire is going steadily, even Spam is a treat. Then when you dig out the fully baked spuds, season with a little salt, yummy.
As the fire dies down, the stars begin to come into view, and after you eaten, it is time to break out that extra weight that you carried all the way to the camp area. Get the bottle opener, grab to cups, and pour a nice dry red wine. Look up, and in the twilight you can spot bats, a few smaller birds, and even an owl or two. If you let the fire die down even more, and stare up at the liquid black sky, meteors appear, flashes of light that live for a second, and die out as wonder just what it was.
Depending on the time of year, you can probably spot several manmade objects, including the ISS space station. Beyond that, with the few hundred stars visible to the naked eye, you easily realize that we are no longer alone. There are planets, some very close, some very much like earth, probably inhabited with someone looking back at you, thinking the same things.
As I said, I like spam.
valerief
(53,235 posts)I don't know all the technical stuff that happens after that (it's a Hormel trade secret like Coke's sugar water).
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)I still enjoy the image.
Lost-in-FL
(7,093 posts)At least I believe in second chances.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)the actions that he came here to boast about? what about the people of sheboygan searching for decent mayor? there is someone from sheboygan right here in this thread ask him how he feels about asher's behavior.
Ellipsis
(9,454 posts)That if Skinner, Elad, and EarlG have kept the OP's account active we should abide by that.
So if you manage to hear what the folks are saying young man your welcome to hang out... but try not to make it a personal venue eh?
I come here to learn and disseminate content. Try it.

Bucky
(55,334 posts)Response to AsherWI (Original post)
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grantcart
(53,061 posts)Crop that photo of yourself on your website so it's not so blatantly obvious that you took it of yourself.
originalpckelly
(24,382 posts)Being able to promote oneself is essential before you sell yourself to the highest bidder like most modern politicians.
He has a future.