As a newbie, I am curious as to how we all found the DU.

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101. I was so angry at the glee and bad winners the GOP

were when Bush won re-election that I looked for an American discussion forum to join. I found an open discussion forum and was there for a while. GOP members there were just baiting the Democrats. They didn't have the issues behind them. They were un-curious. And so smug with their narratives on everything
I wanted to find a discussion forum where I would not have to deal with their propaganda and stereotypical theories on everyone they deem as keeping them away from lots and lots of money. They were not hard at all to shoot down. However I did not want to spend my time on them. Someone mentioned the DU and I joined 10 years ago. There is the odd troll but for the most part people here are like me: ready to fight the good fight and learn novel stuff along the way. I sometimes am really sensing in my observations. But I enjoy keeping up with the news. I was also traumatized by a psychopath messing with my life in many ways. So fighting the GOP and their machinations has been a way to put to good use all that I unfortunately had to learn in my own life. It has helped me transcend the trauma. It also gives me a casual community that makes me feel safe. All my life I have wanted to help make the world a better place for all. Fighting the GOP and their ideas is a first step to making sure humanity does not unlearn the lessons of the last 100 years. And that we connect to each other with clarity and humility.