Who else is already sick of---

[carolinayellowdog]

47. if there is a limit it must be over 400, because

my ignore list has grown to about 350, which over 13 years means only a couple per month. That breaks down to about 100 general purpose trolls who should be ignored by everyone, 100 Islamophobes willing to suspend the usual endless Christian-vs-atheist warfare to agree that we ALL should hate and fear Muslims, 100 authoritarian anti-progressives who stalk and harass the more prominent progressives here, and 50 regional bigots who miss no opportunity to express hostility to everyone south of the Potomac.

Sounds awful-- but 90%+ of DUers are honest and sincere progressives who are NOT here to bash "leftists" or Muslims or southerners as the "Evil Other"-- but sometimes have trouble connecting with one another in constructive ways due to the noise vs. signal ratio caused by a relative handful of haters and trolls.

This group brings together the best and most constructive voices at DU, in this oldtimer's opinion.