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In reply to the discussion: Don't entertain this garbage. [View all]backscatter712
(26,355 posts)See this?
The red arrow points to the Ignore Person feature of DU, which is a distant descendent of the killfile of USENET fame.
It's your asshole filter. Put a person on your ignore list, and everything he ever does on DU disappears! He becomes an unperson!
And I encourage you to use it.
Why?
These people are not here to debate.
They're here to disrupt sensible discussion. They're here to spew propaganda. They're here to practice character assassination. Back when DU was first set up, we didn't tolerate this shit. These fuckers got sent on their way with a tombstone engraved with "He disrupted poorly."
We're not in high school forensics club. We don't have to play nice with these two-bit Der Sturmer wannabees. This is a place for progressives and liberal Democrats. Teabaggers, conservatives and authoritarian fascists are not invited.
*PLONK* the fuckers!
Ostracize and shun the fuck out of them.
The jury system is an abject failure in throwing these shitheads out. Take matters into your own hands.
They're not worthy of our respect. Debate is an act of respect, which you give to a person whose opinion you value, even if you disagree.
These authoritarian slimefucks don't deserve the respect of debate. They take our act of respect, and use it to barrage us with an endless stream of insult, character assassination and deception. The people shitting on this board clearly don't respect our opinions. They don't reciprocate the respect we've given them over and over. They're gaming the system to shout us down.
I don't respect the pieces of shit who are here to tell us that we should bend over for the Stasi-like surveillance system the NSA's put together. I don't respect the fuckers who are here to verbally destroy anyone who dares to dissent, or to commit acts of civil disobedience. You want to play the game of Lets Find What Dirt We Can Dig Up On Whistleblowers, fuck you.
Respect is finite, and for these quislings, I'm fresh out.
When you make these sorts of attacks, and spew this disrespectful bullshit, and shit all over our values, it's clear you don't have the interests of your fellow Americans, or progressives in mind. And at that, you are no longer my friend. You are my enemy.
Don't make me post my Ignore list publicly. I'm sorely tempted.