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scarletwoman

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123. I miss Ductape Fatwa. Yes, really.

Wed Apr 9, 2014, 07:56 PM

Apr 2014

He was obviously way too radical for DU, so he got the boot sometime around 2005.

His posts could be confounding, maddening, acerbic, offensive, and definitely went against the grain of the commonly accepted parameters of political discourse while he was here. Even so - or perhaps for these very reasons - I loved to read his posts. They were intelligent, challenging, subtle and fearless. He was completely upfront and honest about his views - no bullshit.

And regardless what anyone else on DU thought about him, I found him both wise and compassionate.

Before posting this, I decided to see what I could find on google about his post-DU presence on the internet. Sadly, it appears that he died sometime around 2010 - maybe 2009. He was already an old man when he posted on DU, and struggled with diabetes.

So, yes, I will proudly say that I miss him and that I appreciated him and have always been sorry to lose his presence on DU. And now I'm doubly sorry to find out that he's no longer among the living at all.

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