Controversial post about controversial subject/person.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Blatant attempt to stimulate divisive and angry back and forth conversation between posters here.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Open ended follow up question followed by no text in body?

[Squinch]

2. Apparently very innocent, but clearly an attempt to lead the poster to say something negative

about a Democrat, so they can then be hidden.

I wish they would watch the video. Everything would be solved, if only they would watch the video.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Demands that all of DU join him in a conference call in 15 minutes.

[trueblue2007]

14. Huh ?? i don't get it.

[genxlib]

3. Snarky rhetorical question regarding the motives of the poster

[genxlib]

4. Follow-up question about the country of origin of the poster

[yardwork]

32. Mean response: How would you know? You weren't on DU when x occurred.

[democratisphere]

5. I believe I know who, what, when, where and why BUT

I am under a self-imposed gag order.

[bearsfootball516]

6. I believe I know too.

[yardwork]

33. Detailed description of recent lunch with VIP #1 and spouse.

Follow up post reiterating that "there were only four of us at the table."

Airy dismissal of DUers' questions about topics of conversation.

[OilemFirchen]

8. In what respect?

Did you watch the whole video?

[Squinch]

18. Post removed.

[yardwork]

34. I am seriously rotfl

[Squinch]

35. I know. I love this thread.

[Pobeka]

9. I would like to say this is a brilliant post.

... but then I wouldn't be saying it in the spirit of the original post.

[ZZenith]

10. Obligatory post praising the original post

Immediately followed by a poorly-reasoned walkback of said praise.

[klook]

11. Headline calling out the divisive nature of the OP, followed by

a post fomenting more division.

[OilemFirchen]

12. Announcement that the post was alerted,

with a disclaimer that the poster is on ignore anyway.

[klook]

13. Announcement stating "I was Juror [n],"

accompanied by declaration decrying the jury's decision.

[emulatorloo]

15. Announcement that "I am alerting on your post because it interferes with Forum Moderation"

[LAS14]

16. ?????????????????????????????????? nt

[lunatica]

24. This is a humorous self deprecating thread about

The way contentious threads develop on DU, especially in General Discussion. Each post describes the kind of response that would be given rather than writing the response itself. It’s a kind of “family” in joke. Read the entire thread and you’ll see the humor.

Of course you’re post could be a gem in response to the OP, right in keeping with the spirit of the thread!

[LAS14]

25. Thanks for taking the time to help the uninitiated! :-)

[A HERETIC I AM]

17. Humorous, tangentially associated obscure Monty Python reference

Complete with either a .gif or YouTube clip.

[Tribalceltic]

19. Random Get off my Lawn post

Followed by very long explanation of walking (X) miles to school, up hill, Both ways, in the dark with only candles in (Y) degree weather , winds of (z), again both ways.

[Solly Mack]

20. I like pickles.

[denbot]

21. Drunken response triggered by projection unrelated to OP.

My usual M.O.

[lunatica]

22. Obligatory snark in an attempt to gain the upper hand. nt

[klook]

23. Observation that the poster's diction is curiously similar

to that of a former DUer who departed months ago following delivery of a pizza.

[stonecutter357]

26. I watched the video did you ?

[yardwork]

31. You didn't watch the whole video!

[nolabear]

27. Demand for link followed by complaint about link.

Clickbait! Faux Snooze!

[OriginalGeek]

28. Declaration of victory

No further comment needed.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

29. I was on the jury. I want you to know that I voted to

[yardwork]

30. Look at me look at me look at me!

Why are you oppressing me?