I think DU members who favor spousal abuse should go to a different site.

[MannyGoldstein]

We should stop tolerating spousal abuse. It's not what Democrats do.

[Logical]

1. No links or details of why you are whining? Nt

[Control-Z]

2. Friday night? (nt)

[MannyGoldstein]

3. Your vote for spousal abuse is noted.

[Logical]

5. Your drama is annoying! nt

[cui bono]

24. Whining? n/t

[steve2470]

4. I'm in the dark also and I'm not making any guesses nt

[pipoman]

6. "It's not what Democrats do."

I'm not sure any have...gotta link?

[NightWatcher]

7. I like a little pain with my pleasure

Oh wait, this isn't a pro-spanking (receiving, not giving) thread.

[pscot]

8. Umbrage has been taken

[MannyGoldstein]

10. Well put it back.

It's not yours.

[pscot]

14. I didn't take it

I'm just sitting here watching a Mariners game when I noticed a slight vibration characteristic of umbrage being taken and I said to myself I bet Manny has a new post up advocating motherhood or lobster rolls or some such and I logged on and there it was and pretty much the 1st reply was leaking umbrage. Or maybe it was the 2nd.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. Well *whoever* took it, I want it back pronto

Living without pique is stultifying.

[Logical]

17. LOL good one! nt

[Egnever]

9. Um ok

[hrmjustin]

11. Manny is there a particular incident you are talking about or is this just a general statement?

[itsrobert]

12. What brought this on?

Favor Spousal Abuse?

[Cleita]

13. Spousal abuse?

Of course this could not only be about a woman being abused. I haven't been hanging around here much, so is this something that is otherwise?

[1000words]

15. I draw the line at self abuse.

Are there any sites you can suggest?

[kwassa]

18. I'M GONNA KICK YOUR ASS !!!

doing my best Skittles imitation.

Oh. We are not married.

[MannyGoldstein]

19. You - and Skittles - are living proof of Spousal Abuse Culture

DU is teeming with it.

[CFLDem]

20. Huh

Must be Manny humor...

[seabeyond]

21. I think responsible duers should link when making blatant serious accusations toward other duers or

They should use a different site?

[Electric Monk]

23. Me too, and I suspect Manny's thread here is a parody of an earlier thread

implying there were DUers claiming President Obama invented the formulary for prescription drug coverage, but repeatedly failing to provide a shred of evidence that it was anything but a strawman.

Or maybe it was something else

[seabeyond]

25. Ok. Thank you for a clue in. I had/have no idea. Supporting spousal abuse is serious shit. Nt

[Scootaloo]

32. It may also be a response to the numerous bog troll callouts of "DU'ers supporting Putin"

Manny's response to Logical is a giveaway, since demands for proof that DU'ers "support Putin" is usually met with the insinuation that the person asking for proof ALSO "supports Putin."

[Sarah Ibarruri]

26. Are you sure they were real DUers? Or just some Repukes posing as DUers nt

[Electric Monk]

27. The Duer who started that thread has way more posts than you and me combined, for what that's worth

[Sarah Ibarruri]

29. Oh. Maybe he's doing some interesting meds? I've run out of ideas, I think nt

[SwankyXomb]

48. Number of posts has nothing to do with it.

There are plenty of people on this site with 5-digit post counts that continually engage in RWDMFism.

[R B Garr]

40. I think it's a riff on BainsBane's thread about rape culture.

He hinted at that in his post #19. At least that's what I took from his use of the word culture in that post.

[seabeyond]

41. Yes, insulting feminists on du. In this obscure manner would be consistent of what I know about

Manning's Ops.

I didn't know where it was coming from though. Thank you.

[R B Garr]

42. Exactly. That's apparently one of his favorite dragnets,

although he does throw in a little variety here and there to keep them laughing.

[Logical]

33. Nice post! nt

[madokie]

22. Who tolerates spousal abuse?

I've been away more than here these last couple weeks so I might have missed something so fill me in.

[Scootaloo]

28. They don't catch on swiftly, do they Manny?

[seabeyond]

30. I guess it depends if "they" are reading the same shit as you and manny seem to be reading.

Too bad "they" are so slow, huh?

[Logical]

34. LOL, like you are a genius! nt

[Scootaloo]

36. Smart enough to not use "lol" as an actual word in a sentence. n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

39. That's uncalled for.

We have spawned an ugly, ugly culture. And I refuse to participate.

[steve2470]

35. I think I know what this is about, but....

after the recent shitfests in GD....I say NUFFINK !

[randome]

63. What? It's about Chris Christie? I don't get it.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[arthritisR_US]

31. Who the hell here would support spousal abuse? I haven't seen it. nt

[LittleBlue]

37. I see what you did there

Well done

[rrneck]

38. Are you still beating your platform? nt

[Initech]

43. No abuse of any kind is acceptable.

[lostincalifornia]

44. I do not believe there is any DUer who supports that.

[Iggo]

45. I think they should tax people who stand in water.

Oh!

[zappaman]

46. Mission accomplished!

[randome]

52. As can be said of the original post that started this juvenile nonsense.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font][hr]

[Autumn]

62. We know. You like attention.

[Lunacee_2013]

77. Haha! Perfect!

That describes this one perfectly.

[CJCRANE]

47. "When did you stop..."

[Autumn]

49. Manny. When did you stop beating your wife? And can you prove it?

You are right, it's not what Democrats do. I see what you did there, and I like it.

[pintobean]

57. I beat my wife last night, but

I can't prove it.

[Autumn]

58. I trust you so I'm willing to take your word for it. Manny? I'm gonna have to hear from his wife.

[randome]

59. That could also be a subtle metaphor for battling 'robot' posters.

Which is kind of what DU seems like sometimes!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

[NuttyFluffers]

65. i got the reference to that saying, too. obvious, i thought.

but perhaps i'm too clever by half. now know the new general speed around here and will have to type VERY BIG AND USE SMALLER WORDS.

... and i'm so lazy with the shift key.

[Autumn]

67. I think a lot of people don't want to get it because it's outside of their comfort zone.

I try to be lazy with the shit key but I forget. Then it looks strange to have some words capitalized and not others.

[NuttyFluffers]

70. it's easier to spazz out, perhaps. quick adrenal rush.

it takes real effort to hold back on the shit key, too. especially since everyone else seems to have theirs stuck on like cap locks. just poop, all over the screen, in every topic, like unrestrained id, without aim or care, emotive volcanos of the stuff.

(did you notice my comma abuse? )

[Autumn]

74. I always abuse my comma, and my shiFt key.

and the little emoticons That one is my favorite but I never get to use it

[cyberswede]

71. lol - read your first sentence

"shit key"

[Autumn]

75. I like it. I think I'll leave it

I can't even use the excuse of my coffee drenched key board.

[chrisa]

50. I think anyone who watches "2 Broke Girls" and likes it should get off DU

Terrible show.

[In_The_Wind]

53. Are there any more TV shows on your list that we shouldn't laugh at?

[chrisa]

54. Yes. Anything on TBS that was created by TBS.

So bad, the programs should be banned and their production team jailed.

[randome]

51. Did you pay your ObamaCare 'Liberty tax' yet? Because I'm betting this is about ACA.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/drudge-individual-mandate-liberty-tax

Or at least someone's recent terrifyingly ignorant post about it. (Are you now or have you ever been a Ted Nugent fan? Confess!)

Am I right, am I right? What did I win? Tell me, tell me!
[hr][font color="blue"][center]The truth doesn’t always set you free.
Sometimes it builds a bigger cage around the one you’re already in.[/center][/font][hr]

[Autumn]

55. You should stay away from those sites. They are nasty and will rot your brain

and leave you incapable of rational thought.

[randome]

56. Honestly, the ONLY sites I go to for news are DU and TPM.

I don't have time to cram more into my life. And I'm satisfied with that.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]There is nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
Nothing.[/center][/font][hr]

[Skidmore]

60. Read and trashcanned.

[Feral Child]

61. I'm really glad

that I have no idea what the fuck you're on about.

[MannyGoldstein]

64. Didn't your parents teach you any manners?

Oh, sorry, that was insensitive. You're doing great, all things considered!

[Feral Child]

66. You did note my moniker,

did you not?

I wouldn't say "great", but I'm doing ok, thanks for your concern.

So, any chance you'll pull the curtain back, or should I just move along and look for a post that doesn't baffle my meager intellect?

Hmmm?

[MannyGoldstein]

68. Yes, that's why I apologized for my insensitivity.

As Anna Freud said, "sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". I'm tired of spousal abuse being coddled on DU.

[Feral Child]

79. Ok

I assumed you were making a subtle and obscure point. Now I'm thinking you're craving some LULZ.

As to apology, no need. I was joking back with reference to my nick; there's self-aware acknowledgment there.


I think we can agree that acceptance of domestic discord on the DU is uncool.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

69. ....followed by people who post "straw man" threads (nt)

[Democracyinkind]

72. Be cautious with that candle, Manny.

Stale straw is highly flammable...

[Vattel]

73. If you don't abuse your spouse, then don't start.

If you do abuse your spouse, then the least you can do is give her a six-pack of Ballast Point Sculpin IPA.

[betsuni]

76. Parody abuse

I think people who favor parody abuse culture should go to a different site. We should stop tolerating unfunny parody abuse. It's not what humorous people do.

[Squinch]

78. Oh, good. Now Manny is telling us that those who post threads about protecting women's

right to choose are just being silly. The implication being, "who on DU would ever argue against a woman's right to choose?"

I guess Manny missed all those discussions where DUers argued against womens' rights to abortions.

Or the Administration's response that DUers were welcomed to argue against womens' rights to abortions as long as they were polite about it.

But, see, Manny gets annoyed when it is discussed here. Because the whole discussion is something he finds silly. And it must, at all costs, be all about Manny.

Shall we begin the countdown till Manny posts his thread backtracking on this thread?



ETA the thread Manny is all bunched up about is this one: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4703887

See how that thread doesn't mention Manny or Manny concerns at all? Handpuppet should know that isn't allowed here.