All these threads about the banning of dkf have reminded me

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38. this post reminds me of The Neverending Story

As Bastian is reading the book about the end of Fantasia and says to himself

"It isn't real, it's only a story."

and then looks back at the book/movie where apparently his disbelief in the reality of Fantasia has caused a fissure/quake in the castle which knocks over Atreyu, and perhaps will swallow him up, and he cries out in horror 'ATREYU, NO!!!'

Okay, it's only a story, it's only a game, it's only a website, but dammit, people care about their stories, their games, AND their websites too.

I think it is good when people care, although at the same time, there is a fine line between caring deeply and obsession.

And Nadin, rather than missing the point, perhaps has another point. You do NOT know that dkf is even reading these threads, nor if he/she is smiling about it. Football and baseball are only games, but some people get pi$$ed off when their team loses, or, like me, when the teams they hate, (New York Yankees, Dallas Cowboys, Chicago Bears, Duke) wins.

In theory, dkf could be really upset about being banned. The Hate Mailbag, after all, features emails from people who are upset about being banned, and some people get mad about being banned from HOF or the BOG. DKF could be reading grave-dancing threads and be hurt by the people expressing enmity towards him.

And I might agree with Nadin on another point, that the banning itself was somewhat puzzling. At least as I see it, dkf posted a series of articles critical of Obamacare - and said nothing, one way or the other, about the articles. The "offensive" OP didn't necessarily mean "I agree with these articles". It could have meant "This is what people are saying about Obamacare, and Obama and Democrats need to be able to respond to these criticisms."

Why shouldn't the DU community be up to that, instead of just wanting to refute those criticisms with another cup of fut the shuck up?

Or heck, even a Democrat who reads some bullsh*t in the M$M could easily think "they have a point". Sure maybe they are being lied to, swallowing the lies and then repeating them, but why can't we liberals respond to lies with TRUTH instead of HATE?

I mean, you are part of truthout, not hateout.