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CreekDog

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123. threading the needle too finely on an apology kinda makes it suck

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 06:48 PM

Mar 2014

but that said, i don't really care what you said about me. what you say about me doesn't bother me.

it's always been what you say and want for others that bothers me.

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There can be no fruitful political discussion with people who are insincere or hiding their views [View all] CreekDog Mar 2014 OP

also if your motive is self-aggrandizing one wonders if you really care about La Lioness Priyanka Mar 2014 #1

Excellent post CreekDog K&R nt SunsetDreams Mar 2014 #2

+1 freshwest Apr 2014 #142

In like pipoman Mar 2014 #3

du rec. xchrom Mar 2014 #4

K&R billh58 Mar 2014 #5

it's pretty insidious CreekDog Mar 2014 #13

OMG. How do you not choke on your own hypcrisy, CreekDog? You are a master at Skip Intro Mar 2014 #6

I have been on the recieving end of it as well. beevul Mar 2014 #7

Thank you. There are plenty who have. Skip Intro Mar 2014 #8

I can't have a productive discussion with someone who alerted his own OP CreekDog Mar 2014 #9

Diversion ain't gonna cut it here, CD - you've been a jerk to too many. n/t Skip Intro Mar 2014 #11

Did you alert on your own thread like that? kristopher Mar 2014 #34

Yes you did alert your own thread, but you won't admit it CreekDog Mar 2014 #56

What was that, 2 years ago? pintobean Mar 2014 #16

oh? who was posting while intoxicated in that alert? CreekDog Mar 2014 #32

i see you're too afraid to post who it was that was intoxicated while posting CreekDog Mar 2014 #65

I'm afraid? pintobean Mar 2014 #66

do you keep a spreadsheet, or is your room filled with whiteboards? snooper2 Mar 2014 #73

Oh give it up B2G Mar 2014 #17

Agree, I've seen it repeatedly. Katashi_itto Mar 2014 #10

Ditto pintobean Mar 2014 #12

Do you still use those? Copy machines are really cheap. CreekDog Mar 2014 #42

Some things are priceless pintobean Mar 2014 #44

Yup! Agreed! Texasgal Mar 2014 #28

well i guess you want me to stop alerting and taking a look at the sexist trolls here CreekDog Mar 2014 #130

Yup ... oldhippie Mar 2014 #31

I don't think you understand. It's not hypocrisy at all. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #76

you are so right, Creek to talk of this Duckhunter935 Mar 2014 #79

badge of honor CreekDog Mar 2014 #105

Sorry, Creekdog. Your's is a world-filling hypocrisy. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #129

you're talking to Skip Intro CreekDog Apr 2014 #135

I like turtles. Glassunion Mar 2014 #14

And if you have a discussion with CreekDog, B2G Mar 2014 #15

I have to acknowledge and thank the Cjeekdgg Fan Club for stopping by CreekDog Mar 2014 #18

I don't hate you B2G Mar 2014 #21

just a few months ago actually, you were agitating against coverage of maternity care under ACA CreekDog Mar 2014 #33

Do you know what I'm wearing right now? B2G Mar 2014 #35

i don't care and if you haven't posted it prominently on DU, i won't know CreekDog Mar 2014 #88

It seems like you have plenty of time pintobean Mar 2014 #91

OMG. You do have an uncany way of twisting things B2G Mar 2014 #92

so you're saying you were misquoted and do think maternity should be covered at no extra cost? CreekDog Mar 2014 #93

WTF?! How would you know that? Do you have like an enemies database or something? nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #37

wow, are DU posts from late last year a secret? CreekDog Mar 2014 #47

Last year? I don't care enough to see what you posted YESTERDAY... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #54

why are you afraid that your public posts from months ago might get read again? CreekDog Mar 2014 #58

Afraid? Absolute nonsense. It is not disturbing that people read what I write... Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #59

He's calling another "afraid" upthread. It's all he's got - namecalling and attacks. Skip Intro Mar 2014 #68

Everyone needs a hobby I suppose. nt Demo_Chris Mar 2014 #70

we at least he isn't trapping people in stores... snooper2 Mar 2014 #75

You ARE using whiteboards, I knew it LOL snooper2 Mar 2014 #74

i don't use whiteboards and i don't keep any reference material CreekDog Mar 2014 #80

stalking? nah, maybe it's just love? snooper2 Mar 2014 #82

why are you offended that a reactionary, conservative position might be brought up later? CreekDog Mar 2014 #85

"if someone is a victim of their own BS" pintobean Mar 2014 #86

i'm not a victim here CreekDog Mar 2014 #89

Not at all pintobean Mar 2014 #90

33 recommends --I'm not a victim at all CreekDog Apr 2014 #136

^^^^ this! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #78

Did anyone say they hate you? pintobean Mar 2014 #23

+100. n/t Skip Intro Mar 2014 #19

How does one determine, in advance, that someone's view is insincere? arcane1 Mar 2014 #20

Because Creekdog has years of polling data, correlated by name, detailing your "actual views". lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #72

He'll also call people out in his poll threads pintobean Mar 2014 #77

you don't speak for me CreekDog Mar 2014 #114

Lol. Got a link? /nt pintobean Mar 2014 #115

do you do anything here? CreekDog Mar 2014 #119

What I don't do pintobean Mar 2014 #120

for someone who keeps screen caps, i wouldn't go calling others creepy CreekDog Mar 2014 #121

You know what's really funny? pintobean Mar 2014 #125

you screen cap other people, which is FINE, except that you complain... CreekDog Mar 2014 #127

Did I get it wrong? lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #116

yes, you were wrong to say what you said about learning disabilities CreekDog Mar 2014 #118

Point taken lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #122

threading the needle too finely on an apology kinda makes it suck CreekDog Mar 2014 #123

this isn't even a very good witch hunt. mopinko Mar 2014 #22

They never are. pintobean Mar 2014 #24

yeah, i heard. mopinko Mar 2014 #25

oh you've heard huh? what have you heard? CreekDog Mar 2014 #46

Your secret is out pintobean Mar 2014 #48

do you not understand what a secret is and isn't? MIRT isn't a secret CreekDog Mar 2014 #50

It was sarcasm. pintobean Mar 2014 #51

well all your posts are CreekDog Mar 2014 #52

Simple solution pintobean Mar 2014 #53

i promise not to read your DU posts CreekDog Mar 2014 #97

Another brilliant reply. pintobean Mar 2014 #109

so you're saying your posts are brilliant? CreekDog Mar 2014 #110

congrats on your MIRT! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #126

you're lecturing me, where were you yesterday when this happened? CreekDog Mar 2014 #128

It's the TALK versus ACTION thing. blkmusclmachine Mar 2014 #26

Perhaps this is what you were looking for?? kentuck Mar 2014 #27

this is the week of Post about Posting n/t DeadEyeDyck Mar 2014 #29

Octagons don't fit into rectangles because circles are made out of cheese. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #30

You're talking about DU. If you weren't, then you would be free to name names. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #36

Ok, I'll tell you after you tell me about ignore CreekDog Mar 2014 #39

A response to you about a different member in that thread who became the first member on that list. NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #40

the post is not specifically about DU, it's about a form of trolling CreekDog Mar 2014 #41

I missed the show, NYC_SKP Mar 2014 #43

Yes, please tell us more about honesty and more about trolling. beevul Mar 2014 #38

... Boom Sound 416 Mar 2014 #57

it's pretty much conservadems here that are giving me grief about this OP CreekDog Mar 2014 #61

No it isn't. pintobean Mar 2014 #62

When I was wandering the country homeless nilesobek Mar 2014 #102

Huh? A lot of us support both expansion and shrinkage of Medicare and Medicaid Recursion Mar 2014 #45

If there's anything you think you need to know... rrneck Mar 2014 #49

Junkdrawer: Beating his head against the DU wall since 2002.... Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #55

Maybe you should post in ATA asking for a "Discern Motive" button be added next to "Alert Abuse" Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2014 #60

That brought a smile and a chuckle. Thank you! OmahaBlueDog Mar 2014 #64

I think that the desired functionality is actually "attribute motive to poster". lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #117

K&R nt Zorra Mar 2014 #63

I'm sorry, but... pipi_k Mar 2014 #67

you're a very confused person, i don't see the point in going over this with you CreekDog Mar 2014 #69

One more time... pipi_k Mar 2014 #71

the exact cast of characters I expected to be offended by this....seem to magically do just that.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #81

I'm heartbroken pintobean Mar 2014 #83

In the words of pipi_k Mar 2014 #95

I'm probably a "usual suspect", but whatever... pipi_k Mar 2014 #84

I don't know....you tell me.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #87

Do I pipi_k Mar 2014 #98

It was your question not mine... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #99

I've asked a few questions pipi_k Mar 2014 #103

the one this was addressed at.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #104

I have no pipi_k Apr 2014 #134

Gee, you got a list of these "usual suspects?" Skip Intro Apr 2014 #138

Irony. Great laugh. Thanks. nt. NCTraveler Mar 2014 #94

so how do you KNOW when you are being lied to? hfojvt Mar 2014 #96

Posts have "tells", something like body language. Combined with knowing that a Zorra Mar 2014 #101

"Tells" only work when you're at the card table. rrneck Mar 2014 #106

No, body language tips off liars pretty accurately, and so do posts, but a bit less so. Zorra Mar 2014 #108

Yeah, I can think of at least one poster that rrneck Mar 2014 #111

i am amused. (nt) Inkfreak Mar 2014 #100

Funny Thread. MineralMan Mar 2014 #107

And you are the arbiter of who is "sincere" - how convenient. nt hack89 Mar 2014 #112

This kind of thing is like rrneck Mar 2014 #113

Yeah, but we can still pelt 'em with verbal tomatoes. idendoit Mar 2014 #124

Is she/he really a MIRT member? nt Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #131

yes he is CreekDog Apr 2014 #133

Yep. Really brings a lotta class to the position, eh? n/t Skip Intro Apr 2014 #137

What's a MIRT? idendoit Apr 2014 #139

Malicious Intruder Removal Team Boom Sound 416 Apr 2014 #140

Ride 'em, Cowpokes. idendoit Apr 2014 #141

Shit, try having a political discussion with folks who will not discuss issues at all. TheKentuckian Apr 2014 #132