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Bernie Sanders

sarge43

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5. Good advice and worth taking to heart

Reply to Kurska (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 04:36 PM

Aug 2015

Don't engage with the name callers and poo slingers. If this is all they got, they're not worth it.

Mark Twain figured this out a long time ago. It's pig wrestling - you get all dirty and the pig likes it.

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Warning to Sanders supporters: How to identify alert baiting and avoid it. [View all] Kurska Aug 2015 OP

Ref's always pick-up.... daleanime Aug 2015 #1

Yup Kurska Aug 2015 #2

Done in the Gungeon a lot in the past, not as effective now. Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #29

Indeed. The other hallmark is one endless snark reply after another in a sub-thread villager Aug 2015 #3

Very much so, it is a huge part of the tactic. Kurska Aug 2015 #4

Another good point -- the "tag teaming" villager Aug 2015 #9

Yup and when they are talking to each other in a seperate but connected sub-thread Kurska Aug 2015 #11

My first and so far only one was just this exactly artislife Aug 2015 #12

Sometime the juries can't read anything about what else is going on because -none Aug 2015 #40

I call this the Robert Joseph strategy. n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2015 #44

Thanks. Just stay cool. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #37

Good advice and worth taking to heart sarge43 Aug 2015 #5

In this case the pig runs to the cops and reports you for pig wrestling. Kurska Aug 2015 #6

And loves running to the cops. sarge43 Aug 2015 #7

100% Bullying Kurska Aug 2015 #8

Exactly! nt artislife Aug 2015 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author MerryBlooms Aug 2015 #48

Simple realy. If someone is raising your blood pressure they are just fucking with you OffWithTheirHeads Aug 2015 #10

I'm already missing 1/ 3 of the news, and more than 1/2 the comments...ignore has its limits HereSince1628 Aug 2015 #16

This is not a bug, but a feature nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #19

I scan for baiters... I Never reply to them V0ltairesGh0st Aug 2015 #13

Good op ...thanks. L0oniX Aug 2015 #14

Thanks, Kurska. eom Duval Aug 2015 #15

Good OP, K&R: (When you're ahead on points, you avoid the flailing opponent) Babel_17 Aug 2015 #17

Shiny :) n/t sarge43 Aug 2015 #22

lol (nt) Babel_17 Aug 2015 #24

Thanks so much. Great post. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #27

Agree 100%, I've been hidden twice for bullcrap Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #20

Same here. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #31

I have no idea. haikugal Aug 2015 #47

Not unless someone posts the results. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #50

Thanks Scottie... haikugal Aug 2015 #51

Alerting: Typos. klook Aug 2015 #21

Yes. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #26

Thanks. Good advice. We need every Bernie supporter on DU. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #23

Sociopathic passive-aggressiveness knows no political identity. Feeling the Bern Aug 2015 #25

good advice, and the thing to keep in mind is HFRN Aug 2015 #28

I don't think those should have been hidden. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #32

neither do I HFRN Aug 2015 #33

Excellent post, Kurska. Enthusiast Aug 2015 #30

Question in_cog_ni_to Aug 2015 #34

Answers for your questions Kurska Aug 2015 #36

Thank you! in_cog_ni_to Aug 2015 #43

How the jury system works: Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #39

Thanks in_cog_ni_to Aug 2015 #42

Only one of a multitude of problems Curmudgeoness Aug 2015 #45

Know the ledge. frylock Aug 2015 #35

Thank you. 840high Aug 2015 #38

I don't usually get hidden or MuseRider Aug 2015 #41

Excellent OP. My approach is to totally ignore them Catherina Aug 2015 #46

Thank you Kurska. beam me up scottie Aug 2015 #49