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AZSkiffyGeek

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18. EDIT: Looks like it started in 2015

Reply to mopinko (Reply #17)

Mon Aug 1, 2022, 11:35 AM

Aug 2022

At least that's when the domain was purchased. I don't really remember it getting much traction until 2016, when the Busters started gloating about all the great things they could say there that would get them banned here, and they exodus when they were told to support Hillary or leave.

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A question about Democratic Underground history [View all] PJMcK Aug 2022 OP

You are about to get an "earful" so I'll keep getting dressed for work... hlthe2b Aug 2022 #1

Thanks PJMcK Aug 2022 #4

last I remember the Jackpine Radicals were a Facebook group rurallib Aug 2022 #2

Well, they did have a website PJMcK Aug 2022 #3

Last time I checked, several years ago EYESORE 9001 Aug 2022 #5

iirc, this was post 08 primaries. mopinko Aug 2022 #6

Thank you PJMcK Aug 2022 #7

none better on the web. mopinko Aug 2022 #9

Pumas? Who/what are/were they? wnylib Aug 2022 #27

After Clinton lost the nomination to Obama gratuitous Aug 2022 #31

Thanks for the explanation. wnylib Aug 2022 #32

If I remember correctly it was a group of DU'ers, some long term memebers Fla Dem Aug 2022 #8

he didnt die, he started it. mopinko Aug 2022 #10

No, he didn't start it AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2022 #11

i believe it was started in 09, tho. mopinko Aug 2022 #12

It was a response to the DU environment of the 2016 election. nt Gore1FL Aug 2022 #14

no. mopinko Aug 2022 #15

It started in '15 or '16. Elessar Zappa Aug 2022 #19

I've always been under the impression it came about during the 2016 election period XorXor Aug 2022 #25

that was a different site Kali Aug 2022 #26

already up and running then- mopinko Aug 2022 #16

That isn't my recollection. Gore1FL Aug 2022 #23

Thanks, I was pretty sure that was the case, but didn't think to check "In Memoriam". Fla Dem Aug 2022 #13

was up and running in 16 mopinko Aug 2022 #17

EDIT: Looks like it started in 2015 AZSkiffyGeek Aug 2022 #18

The sort-of mass exodus is what I remember PJMcK Aug 2022 #22

In 2008? Wasn't that Obama vs Hillary? wnylib Aug 2022 #28

You're correct. Fla Dem Aug 2022 #30

not worth the trouble demtenjeep Aug 2022 #20

I remember that a large number of members of that board applauding the booing of John Lewis LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2022 #21

LEFT WING AUTHORITARIANS. I believe that's what Nancegreggs Hortensis Aug 2022 #35

I was disappointed when I saw the site was down last time I tried going there XorXor Aug 2022 #24

If you really want to see a bunch of unfiltered Kremlin bots, go here, MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #29

Ohh, I've never heard of that forum before. XorXor Aug 2022 #34

Be interesting to see a history of these spin-off sites. BluesRunTheGame Aug 2022 #33