People are really mean on GD...Thought you guys were over reacting but you weren't

[bamademo]

I mean really, I don't get how people think their point is that important but I'm just dumb like that.

[nomorenomore08]

1. I've been a little harsh on some folks myself. But some of their posts also make me wonder if they

really belong here, politically speaking.

[Liberal Veteran]

2. And that, my friends, is why so many of us spend most of our time in the Lounge.

There have been wars in the DU Lounge, but our wars are much more fun.

The "Chicken Wars" were epic.

But on the whole, the Lounge is a pretty laid back place.

[Aristus]

3. It's not simple disagreement.

There is a contingent of people originating at a site that will not be named, who come over just to cause trouble.

If I said the sky was blue, this mob of screaming chuzzlewits and blockheaded outrage junkies would rag me to the dogs and back, and then insist, in the tones of the most intense aggrievement, that the sky is really yellow, and how come I don't know that?

Best just to ignore them.

[In_The_Wind]

6. But ...

We are soooo entertaining!

[winter is coming]

8. "chuzzlewits and blockheaded outrage junkies"

[alphafemale]

9. Outrage Junkies. lmao

There does seem to be people who MUST be keeping lists of posts that were "WRONG!" so they can bring it up six months later. And they are adhered together like cheap plastic wrap.

[DFW]

4. "Get a life" is not enforceable in a court of law

And neither is it so on DU

[Archae]

5. You really want to get blasted in GD?

Just write one word.

"Woo"

[callous taoboy]

7. Yup. I posted what I thought was a relevant "woo" post and got diced and sliced.

I was arguing that "woo" evidence would never be admissible in a court of law, and man did I take it in the keister. There are regulars in GD that are seriously full of themselves and lord it over those who post infrequently. It is a bit of a club over there.

[irisblue]

10. ever notice how often "this should be in the lounge not here"

creeps into the meaner thread? outrage junkies, chuzzlewits are now in my vocabulary, thank you