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In reply to the discussion: Thank you Skinner!! [View all]
 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
81. Wow, WHAT a reading comprehension fail.
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 09:14 AM
Aug 2017

There were a few threads on DU recently (including this one) about the "people who didn't vote for Clinton in the general election aren't welcome here" edict. Someone on JPR noticed one of those threads and started a JPR thread about it. In that thread, in the post you linked, someone talked about "snooping" at DU to see if the statement was true.

Did you read the whole thread, or just the post that your dear friends at Conservative Cave helpfully highlighted for you? The whole thread is very informative about whether people at JPR would engage in a sustained "counteroffensive" to somehow take over DU. It's replete with comments that support what I said -- that the vast majority of them are disdainful of DU and think it's become worthless ("Good riddance to them as far as I’m concerned" and the like).

In fact, the very post you quote has some relevant language that you chose to elide. For the benefit of DUers who didn't bother to click on your link, here's what your three dots obscured:

I got your pm a while back and pondered the proposition of doing a little underground snoop mission over there but they are so misguided and bitchy, there’s nothing to salvage if I could have an influence. Lost cause.

I sneek over and snoop infrequently and did see the OP in question.


That "lost cause" view is very common and is what would strangle any "counteroffensive" in its cradle. We can add the obvious point that there hasn't been a wave of DU posts defending a vote for Jill Stein. As everyone on both sites knows, any such posts would be quickly removed, so what would be the point?

BTW, by citing to that thread I'm not endorsing it. This would be obvious to any thinking person but these days McCarthyism is rampant on both DU and JPR so I feel a need to mention it.

Another thing that's seen on each site is the pointless vitriol directed at the other.

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Thank you Skinner!! [View all] GaryCnf Aug 2017 OP
way to go guy. mopinko Aug 2017 #1
It's a good policy IronLionZion Aug 2017 #2
The Bingo phrase is . . . peggysue2 Aug 2017 #3
Well said. (nt) Paladin Aug 2017 #4
Precisely BainsBane Aug 2017 #6
BOOOM!!!!! nt Blue_true Aug 2017 #43
I haven't seen anyone on DU express regret BainsBane Aug 2017 #5
People on DU have admitted to voting for Trump? leftstreet Aug 2017 #7
for Stein BainsBane Aug 2017 #8
Oh leftstreet Aug 2017 #10
Sorry but... tiredtoo Aug 2017 #29
Some BainsBane Aug 2017 #32
ermagerd obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #41
Everybody should go and read that person's profile info and "about me." betsuni Aug 2017 #58
that one was allowed on here for wayyyy too long. with his white men are the true base shit JI7 Aug 2017 #59
+1 betsuni Aug 2017 #61
He's still a member. BainsBane Aug 2017 #64
Not anymore. betsuni Aug 2017 #72
That was enlightening Starry Messenger Aug 2017 #68
In the Goodbye post...this person says the following. It was in the journal so I assume one can Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #78
The point is that this isn't the GreenUnderground Steven Maurer Aug 2017 #37
Then screw them. Like the poster said, they aren't worth spending time on. nt Blue_true Aug 2017 #44
They are exactly the same and do not belong here. And more than a few folks who call themselves Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #49
Why are they still here? Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #51
That's what I'd like to know BainsBane Aug 2017 #55
I wish I knew... Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #74
There was at least one poster here who said how glad he was that Trump won because revolution cwydro Aug 2017 #19
There are anough of them here to use the rule about refighting the election Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #27
It has happened...thank goodness we have appeals. Many good Dems are not here because of such Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #75
BB, I'd love to see their denizens declared persona non grata once links show which ones... Hekate Aug 2017 #34
Your statement about the alleged "planned 'counteroffensive'" is probably false. Jim Lane Aug 2017 #57
It's true. It was an email sent to JPR members that the Conservative Cave posted. betsuni Aug 2017 #60
Oh, well, the Conservative Cave, there's a reliable source for you. Jim Lane Aug 2017 #63
Wrong. betsuni Aug 2017 #66
Here's someone on JPR talking about the pm. betsuni Aug 2017 #71
Wow, WHAT a reading comprehension fail. Jim Lane Aug 2017 #81
Wrong. Anyone can see comment #91 is a reply to Flying Squirrel. betsuni Aug 2017 #83
He sent it around as a PM BainsBane Aug 2017 #69
You should apologize to BainsBane for calling her paranoid and untruthful. betsuni Aug 2017 #77
Request declined. Jim Lane Aug 2017 #82
... betsuni Aug 2017 #84
phew ... lillypaddle Aug 2017 #9
With this full statement, I agree. roamer65 Aug 2017 #11
See how easy that is? 45 could take lessons. nolabear Aug 2017 #12
Perfect wryter2000 Aug 2017 #13
2016 Vote Podkayne K Aug 2017 #14
And if she had won? tiredtoo Aug 2017 #30
It wouldn't rhyme Hekate Aug 2017 #35
Yes...it is bitter because she los,t but if you won't vote for the Democratic candidate for Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #50
Hunh? Podkayne K Aug 2017 #54
Nothing can change the past lunatica Aug 2017 #15
Post removed Post removed Aug 2017 #38
I do my best to avoid them lunatica Aug 2017 #39
This is Democratic Underground and you're calling Hillary Clinton a Goldwater Girl. betsuni Aug 2017 #45
Not just her. Obama would have the same problem, Kamala Harris is about to, etc. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 #52
Of course you are right. betsuni Aug 2017 #73
Yeah. Blue_true Aug 2017 #46
Right on! lark Aug 2017 #16
Hear hear! Floyd R. Turbo Aug 2017 #17
K & R -- A good policy (nt) MarvinGardens Aug 2017 #18
Those that could not stand Trump but voted for him anyway (even though they wanted someone else) aeromanKC Aug 2017 #20
Yep. The Mouth Aug 2017 #21
This is all fine, and I would add... AntiFascist Aug 2017 #22
Agree 100% by not voting for Hillary you are the reason we have twitler kimbutgar Aug 2017 #23
Isn't that an extremely small handful of people? G_j Aug 2017 #24
If slagging Dems is allowed, it quickly snowballs and takes over. It actually takes effort to bettyellen Aug 2017 #28
And many of them may speak Russian. Demsrule86 Aug 2017 #76
+1 betsuni Aug 2017 #80
K&R stonecutter357 Aug 2017 #25
Thank you! Lil Missy Aug 2017 #26
KnR Hekate Aug 2017 #31
Massive thank-you!!! VOX Aug 2017 #33
I can't believe... Mike Nelson Aug 2017 #36
A HUGE K & R to You! Mountain Mule Aug 2017 #40
I'm a Socialist and voted for Hillary obamanut2012 Aug 2017 #42
K&R betsuni Aug 2017 #47
Makes sense. Why would they even be posting here, if they didn't vote for the Dem in 2016? nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #48
Yay! shenmue Aug 2017 #53
So we're going to build a wall? Az_lefty Aug 2017 #56
The name of the site is Democratic Underground BainsBane Aug 2017 #65
Yes, build a wall. Lil Missy Aug 2017 #70
K&R Scurrilous Aug 2017 #62
Something nice and funny about Skinner spiderpig Aug 2017 #67
I was surprised at how young he was when I saw his photo last year. Ligyron Aug 2017 #85
Yeah - I was aware I was old enough to be his mom. spiderpig Aug 2017 #86
K&R!!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2017 #79
Bookmarking this OP and the ATA OP! Madam45for2923 Aug 2017 #87
Yeah for Skinner Gothmog Aug 2017 #88
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