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[Capt. Obvious]

1. This should be posted in LBN forum

[Jackpine Radical]

2. It's a reincarnation of the DLC/3rd Way.

I don't recall seeing posts from "DFP," but maybe it's just an individual using those initials, coincidentally or not.

[Jackpine Radical]

13. How interesting.

There was just a discussion of the possibility that Nance is back in mufti.

[MineralMan]

23. Nance still has an active account on DU.

[KittyWampus]

30. Since we're smearing other DU'ers, which sock puppets are yours? Maybe I"ll make something up

since facts don't matter.

All I have to do is start a thread and speculate.

"There was just a discussion".

That wasn't a discussion. It was a smear job.

[sufrommich]

31. Wow,what a total coincidence!

[ecstatic]

25. You're awfully concerned for someone who

has only been around for 2 weeks. Care to explain?

[KittyWampus]

27. So a newbie does some digging and starts agitating against another DU'er in good standing who no lon

no longer posts here specifically because of this stupid kind of crap?


it isn't enough that the sick jackals on DU decided to use Prosense as their punching bag, now apparently they've decided to move on the a well loved DU'er who seldom posts here anymore.

This is why I rarely come here anymore.

[pnwmom]

33. It's another, competing Democratic progressive site. And many of the members overlap.

Nothing mysterious going on.

[pnwmom]

32. No, it's not. It started during the wars between supporters of Hillary Clinton and Obama.

It's just another group of progressive Democrats who wanted less caustic discussions, and many of them are also on DU.

[KittyWampus]

36. it's a fairly good website, I just checked it out. Maybe this POS thread did some good

by helping publicize a website ostensibly for Democrats that isn't a cesspool like DU.

[pnwmom]

37. Remember FrenchieCat? She's one of the DUers who went over there.

There are probably a lot of other names that would be familiar to you.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

40. I post here and there as well

What's this controversy all about?

[KittyWampus]

41. OMG! some DU'ers post on other websites… it's a CONSPIRACY

[Proud Liberal Dem]

44. I know, right

I also post on..........gasp.......Daily Kos and TPM as well!

[sufrommich]

38. Actually,I posted there a couple of times a long time ago

and forgot to bookmark it.So thanks for the reminder that there is a great site for democrats out there newbie OP!

[libdem4life]

3. I found the first couple of posts intelligent, adequately Democratic and pretty well written.

"Adams, in his brilliantly funny Hitchhiker’s Guide series, told the story of the megacomputer “Deep Thought” who spent seven-and-a-half million years working on “the answer to the ultimate question of life, the Universe, and everything.” Deep Thought famously came up with the answer to this weighty query: 42."

I've wondered what the cost to the public...House member's salaries, aides, utilities, etc. for these useless panderings to the craven wing of the Republicans.

[lamp_shade]

4. Lots of DFPers post here and vice versa. Here's their mission statement:

http://www.democratsforprogress.com/about/

[sufrommich]

6. Just out of curiosity,how do you imagine

a website is capable of posting?

[sufrommich]

11. Youve been here 14 days and your already

accusing DUers of what exactly? That they post on other forums? I post on other forums too,what's your point?

[stevenleser]

22. Yep. Genuine Newbees don't behave this way. nt

[FSogol]

9. Open the Pod bay doors, DFP!

"I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and that is something I cannot allow to happen."
Alright, DFP, I'll go in through the emergency airlock.
"Without your space helmet, Dave, you're going to find that rather difficult."

[CreekDog]

18. there are these things called "programs" and the often run on the internet

why, a program can do things that you do manually.

did you know that?

[sufrommich]

24. Sigh,yes that's it.Posting stuff from another democratic

site is certainly suspect and devious.It couldn't be as simple as,oh I don't know,someone who posts on DFP posting the same stuff here too.

[pnwmom]

34. Right. It's simply another site for Democratic progressives. And, in my opinion,

the more, the merrier.

[MineralMan]

7. This question actually should be posted in Ask the Administrators

It seems to me. It is a callout of a DUer, and is inappropriate in GD. No website can post on DU. Only people can post here, so the DUer in question is a DUer, not a website.

Ask in ATA.

[MineralMan]

14. You are discussing an individual DUer. That is a call-out.

Your question would be properly asked of the Administrators of the website. Callouts are not really appropriate for GD. You are simply assuming that some website is posting on DU. I don't believe that is possible, frankly. So, the DUer you're discussing is as much a member of DU as you are.

I note that your own Screen Name includes AOL. Are you AOL? I don't think so.

I have no relationship to the website at that link. I'm not interested in shutting down discussion. If I were, I would not have as many posts as I do.

[Scurrilous]

12. Democrats For Progress?

Sounds sinister.

[sufrommich]

15. God,so much this.

I don't understand the outrage about this.

[JoePhilly]

16. Sounds like you need to dig some more.

DFP is a web site for Democrats.

I have an account here, and I also have one there.

It sounds crazy ... but I have accounts on some other sites too.

The internet is wild!!!!!

[sufrommich]

17. Lol. nt

[Vanje]

19. The guy that posts as DemocratsForProgress

is a guy that got banned as a disruptor from DU under his former user name (NJMaverick) .
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=user_profiles&u_id=140941

[MineralMan]

26. Oh, for pete's sake. How do you know that?

This is way over the top, it seems to me.

The Meta Forum is no longer available on DU. And for good reason.

[Gormy Cuss]

42. A person using the same name and avatar is an administrator of DFP.

A simple Google search will net you that information.
http://democratsforprogress.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14934

Now, that's not proof that it's the same person nor that NJMaverick is the person posting here as DemocratsForProgress but what Vanje wrote is not idle speculation since a number of DFP members are/were DUers and are using the same identity over there.

Skinner/admin allows zombies as long as the zombies behave and don't reveal the TS'ed identity or misbehave. AFAIK speculating on who's a zombie isn't disallowed either.

[Vanje]

43. I followed some links.

Pretty simple really.

[Autumn]

35. I still log in to old DU once in while. It's like going to a museum.

So much history there.

[ecstatic]

20. Welcome to DU nt

[KittyWampus]

21. Isn't that precious. A newbie does some digging. To agitate.

Who the f*ck are you, newbie that you start calling out either another Democratic website or another DU'er in good standing?

[sufrommich]

29. NINO,newbie in name only. nt

[stevenleser]

28. Enjoy your stay... or should I say 'return trip'? nt

[blogslut]

39. Did you know that individuals can own websites?

Crazy stuff, huh?

[pnwmom]

45. Someone may have chosen to use that DU screen name but that doesn't mean

he represents the site here on DU. He doesn't. I was around when DUers who were tired of vitriol were setting it up -- and there is no individual who represents the website called "Democrats for Progress," either here or elsewhere; just a collection of individuals who post on that site, many of whom also post here (when they can stomach it.)