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NanceGreggs

(27,835 posts)
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:07 PM Aug 2015

There’s a Man Goin’ Round Taking Names

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by TexasTowelie (a host of the General Discussion forum).

Beware all DUers.

There are posters on this site who are out to get you. They are stalking you, watching where you post and when, and are making detailed notes about which OPs you “rec” or fail to participate in.

They are compiling “naughty and nice” lists, and will use your own words against you when the time of reckoning is upon us.

Like a political Rapture, those who are with/against The Truth will be judged in the end, and those found wanting will be cast into the hellfire for all eternity.

Do not hesitate to warn your fellow posters that they are being targeted for “hides’ or complete annhilation by the evil forces that are bent on their destruction. Do not waiver in promoting your conviction that Democrats v Democrats is a great idea on an (allegedly) Democratic website in the lead-up to the 2016 election. Do not be dissuaded from your mission to be as divisive as possible when others call for civility, an honest exchange of ideas, or actual discussion of the issues.

Please continue in the righteous fight to make it apparent that fellow Democrats, by virtue of their support of any candidate other than you own choice, are THE ENEMY. Do not placate these fellow party members by “seeing their point”, or “understanding their concerns”, or recognizing their “differing opinions” as being in any way valid or worthy of consideration. That way of thinking is the slippery slope that leads to unity among Party members, which is to be avoided at all costs.

So take care, my fellow Democrats – or those purporting to be so. Be on the lookout for those attempting to engage you in conversation; they are only trying to bait you into saying something “alertable”. Their only purpose in being here is to get you PPR’d – because DU is the ultimate on-line political war game, and zapping the enemy into tombstoned status is the ultimate “win”.

Yeah, yeah, I know, I know. This post will be alerted on, and ultimately hidden by one of those juries that no longer even pretend to be interested in the “community standards” they are supposed to represent.

And so be it. Not only do I not care, it only serves to prove that there are posters here who are intent on pitting Democrats against each other, and are doing so in hopes of dividing the Party in the lead-up to an all-important election in 2016. And their freedom to do so on DemocraticUnderground is a sad reminder of what this site once was, and what it has become.

The “alert” button is down there somewhere. Don’t hesitate to use it. I assure you I won’t lose any sleep over being silenced for stating the obvious.

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There’s a Man Goin’ Round Taking Names (Original Post) NanceGreggs Aug 2015 OP
This is the kind of activity that's to be expected on... TreasonousBastard Aug 2015 #1
The internet is nowhere near the real world. KMOD Aug 2015 #16
Could not have said it better myself....good job ;) AuntPatsy Aug 2015 #2
Hi Nance DURHAM D Aug 2015 #3
as the alerter should know better that meta is locked by hosts, not hidden by jury. but what does seabeyond Aug 2015 #6
It is Meta. SMC22307 Aug 2015 #7
... Lochloosa Aug 2015 #4
Thank you, Nance. KnR Hekate Aug 2015 #5
Right on! Iliyah Aug 2015 #8
Yup, I recently had a DUer attack me over a failure to answer them in a post FOUR YEARS AGO. PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #9
That's just nuts. A post like that should be alert able all by itself. Hekate Aug 2015 #12
It didn't though. In fact, I got one for calling him a creep. PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #14
That is creepy tammywammy Aug 2015 #13
Exactly. PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #15
lmao KMOD Aug 2015 #18
For what it's worth... Xipe Totec Aug 2015 #10
Got a feeling that some of those "alerters" madamesilverspurs Aug 2015 #11
Super META to the extreme PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #17
wow KMOD Aug 2015 #21
I know, crazy OP huh? PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #23
Teach! sheshe2 Aug 2015 #19
Here are the results - DURHAM D Aug 2015 #20
Juror 2 and 7 KMOD Aug 2015 #22
Locking thread. TexasTowelie Aug 2015 #24

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
1. This is the kind of activity that's to be expected on...
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:10 PM
Aug 2015

an anonymous board.

Quite frankly, since it hasn't been of much help in any races I'm aware of, I don't see how it could be of much harm.

It's a lot of fun, though, coming here and practicing for battling it out in the real world.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
16. The internet is nowhere near the real world.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:29 PM
Aug 2015

90 percent of it is just plain silliness.

AuntPatsy

(9,904 posts)
2. Could not have said it better myself....good job ;)
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:11 PM
Aug 2015

DURHAM D

(33,054 posts)
3. Hi Nance
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:12 PM
Aug 2015

You are right - I just served on a Jury. The Alert message said it is pure Meta and that you know better.

cheers

 

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)
6. as the alerter should know better that meta is locked by hosts, not hidden by jury. but what does
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:17 PM
Aug 2015

honesty have to do with alerter messages now a days.

SMC22307

(8,090 posts)
7. It is Meta.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:17 PM
Aug 2015

“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”

Lochloosa

(16,732 posts)
4. ...
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:13 PM
Aug 2015

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
5. Thank you, Nance. KnR
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:16 PM
Aug 2015

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
8. Right on!
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:18 PM
Aug 2015

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
9. Yup, I recently had a DUer attack me over a failure to answer them in a post FOUR YEARS AGO.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:19 PM
Aug 2015

I swear some keep spreadsheets on posters they dislike. It's creepy and obsessive.

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
12. That's just nuts. A post like that should be alert able all by itself.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:24 PM
Aug 2015

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
14. It didn't though. In fact, I got one for calling him a creep.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:27 PM
Aug 2015

I got two in that thread for that. He got none.

Creeps defending creeps.

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)
13. That is creepy
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:25 PM
Aug 2015

There are posts/threads I remember from years ago, only because they were remarkable (moon bombing, anyone?). But to mention someone didn't reply to me from year ago? Uh, no. Heck I didn't even reply to a response to me today because I no longer cared to engage with the poster.

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
15. Exactly.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:28 PM
Aug 2015

It was very weird. He even linked to it

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
18. lmao
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:31 PM
Aug 2015

I'm sorry, but I have to laugh at the craziness of it.

That is very creepy though.

Xipe Totec

(44,557 posts)
10. For what it's worth...
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:20 PM
Aug 2015

madamesilverspurs

(16,510 posts)
11. Got a feeling that some of those "alerters"
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:22 PM
Aug 2015

are also haunting DU's facebook page. Bits of tin foil showing up there...

 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
17. Super META to the extreme
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:29 PM
Aug 2015

Third way corporatist posters are naughty and there is no need for a "list" of them.

Everyone who has been here a while knows them by their posting history.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
21. wow
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:33 PM
Aug 2015
 

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts)
23. I know, crazy OP huh?
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:35 PM
Aug 2015

I am quite sure it will get locked.

(Public disclosure - I was not the person who alerted this OP)

sheshe2

(97,547 posts)
19. Teach!
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:31 PM
Aug 2015

Tell it Nance!

DURHAM D

(33,054 posts)
20. Here are the results -
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:31 PM
Aug 2015

ALERTER'S COMMENTS

Pure meta - not in a safe haven group. Nance should know better than this.

You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Aug 24, 2015, 07:14 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.

Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: Meta
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: LOL
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I give the OP her wish.
Be damned with such ugly crap that has no redeeming value whatsoever.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: This is pure flame baiting.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Meta should be locked, not hidden.
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: Names of the alerters should be noted along with the alert. I'm sure that would cut down on some of these frivolous alerts. Some.

 

KMOD

(7,906 posts)
22. Juror 2 and 7
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:35 PM
Aug 2015

TexasTowelie

(127,284 posts)
24. Locking thread.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:37 PM
Aug 2015

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