*** Help a DUer *** Sunday, 8/4/13

[OneGrassRoot]

17. I'm not one to use "alert" on DU...

So instead I'll just speak my mind here and let others decide how this should play out.

I don't interact in threads on DU very much these days because it has become -- even more so than during previous primaries -- like the Sharks and Jets. The thing is, I don't pay enough to attention to know who is in the Sharks and who is in the Jets.

There are long-held animosities between members that repeatedly derail and destroy otherwise thoughtful threads.

So long as someone is a member of DU and/or is related to a longstanding (which is subjective, I realize) member of DU, I figure it's not up to me to judge whether or not they deserve to be part of these "Help a DUer" posts. (If someone has abused others' kindness and generosity in any way, it's up to the community to make me aware of this. That's part of the TOS at Wishadoo. I do my best to make sure no one is a spammer or scammer, but I do rely on others.)

There have been instances in which people prefer that their DU names not be revealed in these posts, for a variety of reasons, but people are always welcome to contact me by PM and I will tell them privately (that's always the agreement to be part of me posting these OPs).

So, for you to inject your personal distaste for this person in this thread seems quite inappropriate.

Within a community -- and DU is a community -- are we going to judge each person as worthy or unworthy of assistance when they need help, based on their posts and/or interactions here at DU? That seems to be contrary to progressive ideals.

It most definitely is contrary to the ideals imbued in the foundation of Wishadoo.

Edit to add: Josh didn't have a DU account when he initially created the Wishlist post, featured on my previous OP, and I didn't think about it when I created this OP yesterday and just went with his name at Wishadoo.