Reply #172: I wonder if banning Bev is good for DU -- I was proudly wearing

[Emillereid]

my DU t-shirt at a gathering last night to hear and meet Michael Moore and was pounced upon several times by people blasting DU for banning Bev. Personally I haven't been involved with the whole debate about her -- and I confess I was taken aback by the virulence of their feelings on the matter. Seemed DU was perceived as a restrictive, cliquish forum not really open to other points of view. The upshot is that it seems to have given us bad press.

On a lighter note -- Michael was great and he noticed the shirt and gave me a positive, thumbs up sign and told me he reads DU and was aware of some of the posts about him.