I would like to apologize to all DU members for a link I used which was from a right

[still_one]

wing site. I posted the link based on a google I did in response to the author of an article in an OP, and should have checked the site where I was posting from. There was also a despicable cartoon which I did not focus on, and that would have told me clearly what kind of site that was.

I apologize to all fellow DUers


No excuse, it deserved the hide it received

[w4rma]

1. I'm just happy that you haven't been lost to the dark side! (nt)

[still_one]

2. Thanks w4. No, that would not happen with me. I may not be the sharpest, but I am not a complete

idiot

[w4rma]

3. :D (nt)

[Wilms]

4. You did WHAT!?11?!

[still_one]

5. I screwed up, and those emojis plus any others are all appropriate

[Hortensis]

19. Didn't see it, but I wouldn't believe it

of you anyway. "Huh? Are there 2 still_ones here? "

[still_one]

20. Nope, it was me. I just grabbed a Google link from the first paragraph without looking at the

source. No excuse, very sloppy, and valuable lesson learned

[secondwind]

6. I've had this happen to me once, you are very gracious to post an apology. Accepted.

[still_one]

7. I should have been more aware of the garbage I was posting. Obviously I need to work on some of my

critical thinking skills


Thanks

[Scootaloo]

8. The meat of your post was calling someone a terrorism apologist.

And you didn't see the cartoon? Really, the five-inch tall, brightly colored image at the top of the page that you have to scroll past to see the article that you excerpted from eluded your eye?

The problem isn't so much what you posted - don't get me wrong, it's plenty bad - but the root issue is why you posted it. A Salon writer - Ben Norton - wrote something critical of Hillary Clinton. Your immediate impulse appears to have been to google up the nastiest, most low-down, damning "dirt" on Mr. Norton that you could find, and throw it up on DU without a second glance to try to convince others to hate him.

It's nice that you're apologizing, but maybe work on the root problem - that impulse to respond with raw anger if a politician you like is challenged in any form. Forget the potential for hides, that kind of thing is probably bad for your health.

[still_one]

13. No I didn't see that cartoon, and I agree I reacted with a link without viewing it carefully

[Aerows]

18. ^^^ *THIS* ^^^ n/t

[Squinch]

9. .

[marble falls]

10. Its been done by more of us than you'd think. I've been compelled to post my apologies, too....

this little incident will make you so observant of sources, other's and your own, that this little kerfuffle will have been a good growing experience.

Now lets go our there and kick Trump's butt and change Congress!

[still_one]

16. You are right, I will be much more thoughtful with the links, and not be so quick to react

[Bluenorthwest]

11. But you got what you wanted out of it, right?

And that means you will do it again if you feel like it.

[still_one]

14. No. And I would have self deleted after it was pointed out, but it was hidden before I could. That

isnt me, I don't post those kinds of links, nor do I personally go after fellow DUers

I can understand in this political environment if you doubt what I am saying, but that isn't what I engage in, and no I won't do it again, because I realize that I reacted without fully reading the link I posted. I actually am self critical, and try to learn from my short comings

[Bluenorthwest]

23. The bell remains rung, this is what your cohort does over and over.

It's boring.

[Wisc Progressive]

12. Gee, now we are doin' what the other guys do all the time

Evidently, because now it is our candidate and they have a D after their name, it is OK -- becoming commonplace around here. It was an outrageously right-wing hit job and one didn't even have to read it to see the party behind it had an agenda.

[still_one]

15. You are right. I read the first paragraph and posted it from that. I was wrong to be so quick and

reactionary

[Doctor_J]

17. .

[Jim Beard]

21. Thank you. This is very gracious.

[still_one]

22. I appreciate that, but I was sloppy and careless. I have learned something from this though