Reply #76: If you don't like it, why don't you start a poll instead of asking people to recommend your thread?

[Turborama]

Isn't this why DU has the "Click here to post a Poll" function?

Anyway, there is obviously a groundswell of interest and unreserved joy about this on DU. If you read through some of those threads you'd find that this story touches people in many more (and much deeper) ways than you describe it.

I found this article that really touched my heart in a reply made to http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x298717">this thread that's been up since early Saturday morning, for example: http:http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1171536/They-called-Susie-Simple-singing-superstar-Susan-Boyle-laughing-now.html

This forum has room for a lot of threads and if people aren't interested they drop off the 1st page fairly quickly. All those threads have her name in them, if someone doesn't want to read it or join in, they don't have to click on it, you can even click on the ignore box next to the thread's title and it'll go away, if someone finds the title offensive.

Personally, I find this a very moving touching story for all the obvious reasons and as far as DU is concerned, it's actually a nice change to see a good news story like this getting talked about rather than all the nasty in fighting that's been going on of late. It seems to have a bonding feel about it on DU and globally, which can only be a positive thing. To use the expression Karenina posted in the thread I linked to above, it's a good thing to have such a cathartic story we can all agree on in these very very troubling times we are going through.

Edit to add this story that a few DUers have posted over the past week in reply to people who 'don't get it'. As well as the article above, it really does put the whole phenomenon into context: http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/featuresopinon/display.var.2501746.0.The_beauty_that_matters_is_always_on_the_inside.php