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In reply to the discussion: DU has not "changed" [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)130. The more things change....
the more they stay the same.
I've been a Duer since, well the early days, can;t remember how long.
I tend to phase in and out. Sometimes I get involved and sometimes I go for months at a time without checking in.
Whenever I return, I find with initial bemusement that DU till rolls along as ever. Many of the names are different, (and many are the same), the specific issues are often different (but underneath the same).....
I do miss the stronger sense of community that used to exist here in the "good old days"...But perhaps the newer members who don't know many of the older members think of now as the "good old days."
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Yes, well, you and I have a broader and longer-lasting involvement with the site
Demeter
Jun 2014
#29
You mean BS like assuming that the BOG and HOF are behind every single issue here?
FSogol
Jun 2014
#39
That is absolute nonsense. Rense.com and Neo-Nazi sites like American Free Press and
geek tragedy
Jun 2014
#100
The good old days when Holocaust denial sites were quoted as reliable sources
geek tragedy
Jun 2014
#45
All good points. Personally, for me it's been the change from a village to a major city
Hekate
Jun 2014
#28
Amazing lack of self-awareness. You explicitly claim Obama is as bad or worse than Bush, then wonder
geek tragedy
Jun 2014
#46
I did not support impeachment. I make no bones that I disagree with a lot of what Obama does.
cui bono
Jun 2014
#114
Again, mischaracterizing, but I will edit that out because I can see how it could be taken. n/t
cui bono
Jun 2014
#126
Making a baseless accusation like that refusing to back it up should result in a ban. /nt
Marr
Jun 2014
#84
Can you please post a link to where Cui Bono agreed that Obama should be impeached?
SomethingFishy
Jun 2014
#118
I have to agree with you here, and it's one of the things I dislike the most about the "new" DU.
Raksha
Jun 2014
#87
what amazes me is when I see how personally some people take criticism online...
CTyankee
Jun 2014
#49
Not just meta--GD is also littered with OT "vanity" posts better suited for a personal blog.
Romulox
Jun 2014
#59
This site is *CONSIDERABLY* more Rightwing than before. Vigorous defense of spying, drone killing,
Romulox
Jun 2014
#60
Also, your memory is selective. OMC got TONS of support here for his "Thank GAWD it passed!" schtick
Romulox
Jun 2014
#67
So was Better Believe It. Yet people still mimic his daily "crap on the Democratic party" postings.
FSogol
Jun 2014
#97
i disagree. the party is in power now, and what we see is a desire not to criticize our own.
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2014
#76
Which is bad for democracy. Party over country is no way to get good policy enacted.
cui bono
Jun 2014
#82
i didn't say it was a good thing, just that i dont see this as an organized movement
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2014
#113