Leave Discussionist Alone.

[Call Me Wesley]

66. I don't give a flying (insert expletive here)

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about 'Discussionist.' I've looked a few when it started, saw the most common 'words' in wonderful color tags, never made an account and don't care about another forum.

Now hear me: 'another forum,' in my opinion means something like the 'Cave,' 'FR,' whatever is available for whack jobs or keyboard warriors who have arguments with whack jobs and vice versa.

It's not 'don't go there.' It's 'why is it even out there giving the nutjobs a place to discuss?'

It's the fact that the ones who brought you DU, brought you 'Discussionist.' It may have started as a noble cause to keep the trolls from DU, but it's also business based regarding increased ad-revenue. So, it might have worked for a few, and then it got its very own dynamic. The new ones there with enough hides to have out-times are swapping it for DU, means infest the site here.

If it'll be shut down, they all wash ashore here, and DU even hits rock bottom more. But that's technicality. If you'd like to tamper with nutjobs, there are plenty sites you can do so.

The real problem is that the owners made this cesspool accessible. That they declare it a 'free zone for every spectrum of political belief.' That's like I'd have a feminist board running along with another site called 'RapeIsHerFault.com.' It's disgusting, and it's sickening. It's plain wrong, but if you take it into the hands of the community and don't interfere, why should you get blamed for it.

Here we have DU, which, I believe, was once a safe haven for Democrats to discuss issues and evolve in progress (as far as I remember it.) Now we have another forum that is obviously okay with rape, racism, anti-LGBT, etc., because a jury will handle it. Oh, we're soo much all adults over there, while we cannot discuss gun issues here in GD without getting locked inmmediately. Very adult.

I have to go on a forum full of right-wingers, rape-enthusiasts, racism-apologists to challenge them and have a discussion? Look, I don't want to. What a waste of time to preach to a different choir. I have no difficulty to find the same kind of posters on DU.

If you can challenge a rape-threat, and discuss the 'issues,' wow. I'd call the police or the FBI. Simple as that.

Do we need the 'Discussionist' riding along DU, using the same servers? I don't think we ever did in the first place, but it was some brainfart that obviously needed to see the sunset. Unfortunately, now we do. Or else the more sign up here, making it even less enjoyable. It's a cesspool. Get some Purell for later use if you visit there.