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Populist_Prole

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1. It's the 101st fighting keyboardists

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Original post)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 12:47 PM

Oct 2012

Just because you can be anonymous (to some degree) you can spew vile crap?

Millions seem to think so. Comments sections of newspaper/news websites seem to the the absolute worst. Absolutely unreadable. Sane rational cogent voices are ganged up upon viciously. It's nothing more than an online graffiti turf war, and the loons have all the paint.

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Julia Roberts hatefest going on CNN on story comments area. What is WITH people on the internet? [View all] CurtEastPoint Oct 2012 OP

It's the 101st fighting keyboardists Populist_Prole Oct 2012 #1

I wince when I see that unit reference pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #2

I was with the 101st for part of my time in the Army and I think it's kinda funny. MiddleFingerMom Oct 2012 #3

When AOL users first flooded the internet older PCs had 101 keys. hunter Oct 2012 #5

That's interesting, thanks pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #7

in the 101st right now WooWooWoo Oct 2012 #13

The comments section of news organizations are the worst. alarimer Oct 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author pinboy3niner Oct 2012 #6

"Just because you can be anonymous...you can spew vile crap?" Iggo Oct 2012 #8

Did you notice that most of the negative comments mentioned her age, Arkansas Granny Oct 2012 #9

And the poster who was the most vile uses "one fine blond" as a screen name. GoneOffShore Oct 2012 #10

One Fine Blond has issues. Appears to protest a tad too much. Looks more like jealousy Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2012 #11

I think she's over-rated as an actress FloridaJudy Oct 2012 #12

Aww ... I love Julia Roberts polly7 Oct 2012 #14

Me, too. Denninmi Oct 2012 #15

I was never a fan until I saw her in Erin Brockovich aint_no_life_nowhere Oct 2012 #16