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In reply to the discussion: Can the DU Wet Blanket Brigade give it a brief respite for now? [View all]sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)35. The Debbie Downer brigade.
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Can the DU Wet Blanket Brigade give it a brief respite for now? [View all]
Tommy Carcetti
Jun 2022
OP
Wet blankets discouraging activism and voting are damaging to all. Not about disagreements. . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2022
#64
Totally with you, Tommy, even if I don't see one. There are the doubters, but everyone's tired, so
ancianita
Jun 2022
#12
What about the DU Pollyanna Brigade? Can they take off their blinders and rose-colored glasses?
FoxNewsSucks
Jun 2022
#10
In the end it's just negative speculation. Sometimes they coach it as "reality"
LakeArenal
Jun 2022
#15
I've been here a lot longer than you or that poster, and I've never seen a post like that.
BlackSkimmer
Jun 2022
#24
So the OP is asking people to curb their opinions because they are offended by what is written?
Chainfire
Jun 2022
#17
Well, I suppose that I should just put my little ole blinders on and follow the happy pack down the
Chainfire
Jun 2022
#78
If posters would say this my opinion instead of cutting ppl off. Behaving as if their opinion means
PortTack
Jun 2022
#38
So, each post on DU needs to include a statement saying, "This opinion I'm posting is my opinion"?
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2022
#97
Here's the thing. When I post something that doesn't have a back up link..ppl say links please
PortTack
Jun 2022
#105
You're joking, right? Or, you fail to grasp the obvious difference between someone on a discussion
Dark n Stormy Knight
Jun 2022
#106
Ahh... So you point out that you are entitled to your opinion, but that I am not. "I am dismissed."
PortTack
Jun 2022
#125
In my opinion, yes. I find I have to preface everything I say with In my opinion/I think/Seems like/
betsuni
Jun 2022
#111
Please provide an example of someone "behaving as if their opinion means more than someone else's"
brooklynite
Jun 2022
#98
There area lot of posts on DU that appear on a daily basis and don't appeal to a vast audience
Cozmo
Jun 2022
#21
Is it too much to ask people not to give their opinion on any particular post? Yes, it is too much
BlackSkimmer
Jun 2022
#28
Nothing will ever get better. Nothing. Ever. NO ONE will ever be held accountable for anything...
paleotn
Jun 2022
#37
Yes, maybe it is too much, but ppl need to be respectful and say THIS IS MY OPINION!!
PortTack
Jun 2022
#40
And what would be the harm in saying this is my opinion. JMHO, MHO something just to be respectful
PortTack
Jun 2022
#83
Perhaps you should share all of the great news on the social and political scene lately, apparently
Chainfire
Jun 2022
#79
I yhink people are just afraid there won't be anything they haven't already read on DU
Warpy
Jun 2022
#45
Yes, but they were kept hidden for decades until long after he and much of his gang were dead.
Warpy
Jun 2022
#54
Has it ever occurred to you that the critics who strongly express skepticism of the legal process
sop
Jun 2022
#56
I don't want to get my hopes up. They've been shattered every single time before.
Kablooie
Jun 2022
#61
I often wonder how many are trolls vs legit clinical depression or anxiety
IronLionZion
Jun 2022
#65
So many on DU blame the media for everything (just like the GOP), but it looks like
Martin68
Jun 2022
#86
Who is feeling that? Anyone that questions what and how we're doing something is a doom and gloome
Laura PourMeADrink
Jun 2022
#133
I agree with you when on another post you said, "I'll say what I want to say." n/t
patricia92243
Jun 2022
#107