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[marmar]

1. Hoo boy.

[SidDithers]

2. Or, if you don't like it, you can find a messageboard more to your liking...

Nobody's forcing you to post here.

Sid

[liberal N proud]

3. BOLD!

[hobbit709]

4. here today, gone before tomorrow, most likely before noon today.

[brush]

10. If MIRT gets him/her that would be a bit of supreme irony.

"Left Underground"?.

Not a bad ring to it but I kinda like "Democratic Underground" even though we do get troll invasions and have many not-so-Democratic posters.

Keep doing your job MIRT.

[notadmblnd]

6. Wow, for being new here you certainly know a lot about the machinations of this site.

Most newbies don't know what MIRT is. In fact, I would venture to say that there a quite a few paying members that have no idea what MIRT is. You sure you haven't been re-incarnated and living a second life here now?

[notadmblnd]

12. I would say that DU is more a victim of group think than a dictatorship

enjoy your stay.

[brush]

13. Good questions. Let's see if we get good answers to that.

[notadmblnd]

15. poster claims they learned everything they know from wikipedia.

yeah... riiiiight.

[brush]

17. I'm not buying it either.

[demmiblue]

7. Democrats ARE the left (or should be).

There are quite a few centrists here (some seem to tip over to the right quite a bit, depending on the issue). Also, I have not seen any evidence of the far left on this board.

I don't know why anyone here would not want "to keep the discussion forum clear of conservative trolls, spammers, and other undesireables." I'm sure you will become acquainted with MIRT soon enough, though.

[YabaDabaNoDinoNo]

8. Depends on how democrat is defined as if stands now anyone can claim to be a democrat and join

So DU basically has no standards for what a democrat is.

Just go with it, it's the owners of this sites play land and they can do what they what any time they want.

[snooper2]

11. The Realist!

The Realist

[City Lights]

14. Who ever claimed that Democratic Underground was democratic?

The rules here are made by the owners of the site. They are open to suggestions of its users, but they don't put things up for a vote. Democratic Underground is run exactly as I would expect it to be run.

I think you are misunderstanding the meaning of the word "Democratic" in Democratic Underground.

[City Lights]

18. It refers to the Democratic Party rather than the democratic process. nt

[cyberswede]

24. Scroll to the bottom of the page.

Like many (if not most) websites, there's an "About" link at the bottom of the page. While you're down there, be sure to read the "Terms of Service" - much more informative than Wikipedia.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus

[brush]

19. Try "Democratic Party".

[cyberswede]

21. What a bunch of horsepucky.

"The Malicious Intruder Removal Team" (MIRT), which actively and aggressively censors and bans members whose views or expressions of opinion they deem offensive for any reason...No defense or appeal from their decisions is permitted.

Ridiculous. MIRT bans newbie trolls - that's it. Why would anyone consider an appeal from a fucking troll?

[ronnie624]

22. If a bunch of wingnuts started posting their gibberish here,

I simply would not be able to read it. I would have to go elsewhere for my news, information and opinion. I like reading other peoples' opinions, but not when it's laced with invective and irrationality. Finding the nuggets of truth and enlightenment is hard enough among a group of partisans and political hot-heads, without adding that element.

[ColesCountyDem]

23. Why would you want "... conservative trolls, spammers, and other undesireables...." here? n/t