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Actually, I went through a phase like that a while back. Back when palast 180 (sp) was initiating the multiple Plame threads. I mean, they had like 16 of those suckers going.
And a lot of posters had their tin foil hats on tight. And H2O man was in the thick of it, being all wise and, to me, cagey and conspirational. (For the record, I am very fond of H2O man and always look forward to what he has to say. And I DO think he is wise. This is just my story.)
And I jumped into the mix. A cocky neophyte looking for action. I started butting in on the middle of like the 6th Plame thread (I may be exxagerating, but this was a discussion that had been going on for some time). And I started questioning H2O's credentials. In other words asking stuff like what makes YOU so smart! Mind you, I had NO CLUE what was going on.
Boy, they let me have it! Some of them fairly politely, but mostly just ripping me a new asshole. dcb bvvgbcc vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv (sorry, one of my cats wanted to contribute to the conversation.) Who did I think I was. Accused me of being a freeper (I'm sure I had well under 100 posts at that time). told me I was ruining an otherwise very productive string of threads...
And of course I stomped off in a huff. :mad: lol Why, I'd show them they couldn't f*** with my serenity like that! LAM (laughing at myself)
Well, I eventually simmered down, licked my wounds, and came back. I think it was a month or two later. This time I spent more time lurking and getting the lay of the land. Once the election drew close, I was compelled to post pretty regularly, if for no other reason than to vent.
And that was my initiation.
Despite some of the flaming that continues to be perpetrated here, I am very grateful to be a member of DU and have thanked the founders several times for providing these forums--our last bastion of free speech under the current regime.
Peace, AL
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