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beam me up scottie

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57. Agreed.

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Sun Apr 23, 2017, 07:34 PM

Apr 2017

Now is the time to unite not keep reopening old wounds.

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Does anyone here on DU feel that we have been or are being [View all] Lint Head Apr 2017 OP

The trolls have been easy to spot Warpy Apr 2017 #1

"The problem is that we have a few high post count lemmings who seem determined to take up the Cha Apr 2017 #4

Not bull. Too many get wound up and lose sight of the big picture. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #12

Prove the personal attacks against our long time members. Cha Apr 2017 #24

Defiance of the party's core effort to "come together" JudyM Apr 2017 #44

That tells me nothing. Cha Apr 2017 #45

Really. Defiance of our party's agenda includes, of course, sowing reactionary division JudyM Apr 2017 #47

I think that all those threads praising Bernie to the stars are rather inflammatory. Vesper Apr 2017 #48

Reasonable and polite criticism would be fine. JudyM Apr 2017 #49

From what I've seen, these are not fine, they result in the same level of Vesper Apr 2017 #61

there are so many of them, after all ProfessorPlum Apr 2017 #55

I know, but some people seem to enjoy posting a multiplicity of such inflammatory Vesper Apr 2017 #60

I'm almost back to pre-primary numbers in my ignore list. woodsprite Apr 2017 #17

I had weeded mine out for inactive members before this latest spate of trash Warpy Apr 2017 #53

Fwiw Putin trolls did not attack Bernie. Good article here: emulatorloo Apr 2017 #41

No, it was more subtle than a frontal assault Warpy Apr 2017 #52

Agreed. beam me up scottie Apr 2017 #57

Yes. Drunken Irishman Apr 2017 #2

Maybe but... duncang Apr 2017 #3

Are you sure you can recognize it? flying-skeleton Apr 2017 #5

They have special powers that other people on here do not have. lol bathroommonkey76 Apr 2017 #59

Perhaps, but most of the dissension at DU is between long-time, long-participating, members. Gore1FL Apr 2017 #6

Troll technique is go early in a thread, trigger stuff & act as a catalyst. Then members Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2017 #13

Yes thread hijacking is the trolls' favorite tactic FakeNoose Apr 2017 #30

If you think that this site will stop revenge against the perfidious MoonMen AngryAmish Apr 2017 #26

Whats going on here is nothing Chevy Apr 2017 #7

I've always felt pretty safe here, too Rhiannon12866 Apr 2017 #8

Yes democrank Apr 2017 #9

It makes me wonder ananda Apr 2017 #10

If you find a forum with Democrats all agreeing.... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #11

I wasn't here for the primary. I came across DU when I downloaded Political Nation Left IndianaDave Apr 2017 #14

I think it was Benjamin Franklin who famously said WhiteTara Apr 2017 #43

I really do not care who is trolling. My feelings and opinions are my own and little can be nikibatts Apr 2017 #15

Agreed. The purpose of the troll is to disrupt. To prevent deserning voices Lint Head Apr 2017 #35

When we see it? madokie Apr 2017 #16

I feel the same way but I try not to engage until it becomes obvious. Lint Head Apr 2017 #36

I think it's perceiving vindication in defeat rather than anything terribly sinister Sen. Walter Sobchak Apr 2017 #18

You could well be right. Kentonio Apr 2017 #23

Yes. A bunch of them left for a while, but now they are back. nt JTFrog Apr 2017 #19

+1 betsuni Apr 2017 #20

We have trolls here, yes. We've always had trolls and trollish behavior. ms liberty Apr 2017 #21

Yes, and they've been hijacking threads that call them out The Blue Flower Apr 2017 #22

DU was shut down on election night, so I do think that whatever we think about DU, they Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #25

Election night was a Rightmare. Ligyron Apr 2017 #29

Really like watching a train wreck in slow mo. Baitball Blogger Apr 2017 #31

DU has high Google ratings and has gotten more press mentions... moriah Apr 2017 #32

They try to cause arguments and create negativity caroldansen Apr 2017 #27

Part of the Russian hack... Blanks Apr 2017 #28

Nyet. Orrex Apr 2017 #33

Trolls of all stripes are still here, no doubt... Wounded Bear Apr 2017 #34

YAS!!! But we are stronger together, and they HATE us for that. nt LaydeeBug Apr 2017 #37

I still get what I need from DU lunatica Apr 2017 #38

True. I've been here long enough to see when something is out of place Lint Head Apr 2017 #39

I wasn't on this many juries even before the election. sarah FAILIN Apr 2017 #40

Having done jury several times since the election, I've noticed an increase in alerts that make Lint Head Apr 2017 #51

I have noticed on other sites a telltale sign DFW Apr 2017 #42

Yes! I've noticed that myself. Sometimes it's knid o a broken nglish or broken text. Lint Head Apr 2017 #50

It doesn't have to be Russians. It could be: FSogol Apr 2017 #46

If they are tazkcmo Apr 2017 #54

Yes, absolutely. Shandris Apr 2017 #56

Thank you Shandris! Lint Head Apr 2017 #58

Da. No Textsky. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2017 #62