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canetoad

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21. If there is an attempt to purchase

Sat Nov 23, 2024, 04:32 PM

Nov 2024

And subvert DU by the right wing, it's bound to fail. The value lies in the domain name, which, like it or not, is Democratic Underground. Change that and the value evaporates.

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How does DU go really "underground"? [View all] kentuck Nov 2024 OP

My answers NewHendoLib Nov 2024 #1

I'm much more afraid that TFG's minions will kick the plug out of the wall. Girard442 Nov 2024 #2

and burn down the house. nt barbtries Nov 2024 #3

Yeah, well, restraint is not their thing. Girard442 Nov 2024 #4

they'll want total control of the internet - that'll be trump's "great wall" erronis Nov 2024 #11

Your last sentence is the problem Sympthsical Nov 2024 #5

Good points... kentuck Nov 2024 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Kingofalldems Nov 2024 #8

No. None at all. We'll be around in the form we are as long as admin wants. A long time. marble falls Nov 2024 #51

Rec. Xavier Breath Nov 2024 #12

Fucking nailed it.K&R TheProle Nov 2024 #26

You don't seem to like it here. Scrivener7 Nov 2024 #38

On the contrary Sympthsical Nov 2024 #39

Perhaps I should have said you don't seem to like the people here. Funny though we may be to you. Scrivener7 Nov 2024 #41

One must never assume a we Sympthsical Nov 2024 #42

How (and this question goes to anyone who recc'ed too) is DU "discouraging to young people in particular"? muriel_volestrangler Nov 2024 #45

Hmmmm? You don't seem to enjoy your time spent here. IMO DU is pretty much aligned with most center-left and... brush Nov 2024 #52

I can't see any reason for DU to go away, frankly. MineralMan Nov 2024 #7

The past doesn't equal the future. Frank D. Lincoln Nov 2024 #16

I wouldn't say least. I need a dose of sanity that I find here. GreenWave Nov 2024 #36

KnR to see where this goes. Hi, Agent Mike! Hekate Nov 2024 #9

If Musk, Ramaswamy, and Trump have their way, Agent Mike is going to be out of a job. LudwigPastorius Nov 2024 #18

Agent Mike Hunt?? madinmaryland Nov 2024 #33

I don't know if we ever knew his last name, back in the day Hekate Nov 2024 #34

Bev Harris was full of shit on everything else, why would you believe her about that? thebigidea Nov 2024 #49

Never knew that about her--just that we were collectively uncertain about BushCheney... Hekate Nov 2024 #50

Admins should give us the ability to delete all our posts Prairie Gates Nov 2024 #10

Seems a very important question. Prairie_Seagull Nov 2024 #15

Nothing is really ever deleted. It is way too late to hide now. TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #22

Change is the only thing that remains the same. multigraincracker Nov 2024 #13

IIRC there was a Yahoo group set up for such an "emergency" QED Nov 2024 #14

Isn't there also a Discord group for DU? keep_left Nov 2024 #23

It's better to error on the side of inclusion rather than exclusion. Magoo48 Nov 2024 #17

Don't get paranoid or defeated Nigrum Cattus Nov 2024 #19

Regarding Sympthical's comment (see below) I'd like to hear examples of this... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #20

Try having a conversation about student loans Sympthsical Nov 2024 #24

I didn't pay that close attention to student debt though I certainty kmow some about, the debt forgiveness for some.... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #31

I also saw plenty of support for full forgiveness of student loans muriel_volestrangler Nov 2024 #46

Any reluctance I'd have to discussing, say, student loans is that I never had one. In the 1960s, when allegorical oracle Nov 2024 #53

Hmmmm. Good questions. ETA: I see a fulsome answer. Won't delete, tho. Hekate Nov 2024 #25

Heh! This "old folk" is making art, jewelry, cautiously (covid crowd) going to a museum or two... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #29

And in my 70s I'm chain-sawing trees downed by two hurricanes. Had to back off from a allegorical oracle Nov 2024 #35

Blessing on your continued strength. Glad you saw/heard the rattler in time! Enjoy your countryside. electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #37

Thx. Wood chopping isn't my thing --- good for him. We need to keep thinking young. nt allegorical oracle Nov 2024 #44

If there is an attempt to purchase canetoad Nov 2024 #21

If the intention is just to shut it up, cache is not a consideration. marble falls Nov 2024 #28

If we told you, it really wouldn't be underground, now would it. Look to the skys in the east. Mums the word. marble falls Nov 2024 #27

Jean a de longue mustache. TomSlick Nov 2024 #30

So the posters who rec'd Sympthsical's detaled comment to me - want to add more details of your experiences, or... electric_blue68 Nov 2024 #32

Open the door and see how long it takes to dilute the the entire group. kentuck Nov 2024 #43

No one knows the future. Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2024 #40

What to do? SupportSanity Nov 2024 #47

There needs to be a Tor accessible version of DU JCMach1 Nov 2024 #48