Dear Election Concern Trolls;

[bravenak]

Oh Hai. I see you are very very super dooper concerned that Hillary cannot possibly win; not with the fact that the FBI found some emails that are not hers on somebody elses computer. I have emails from Hillary too, we are pretty tight. Sends me emails daily, uses my name and keeps me up to date on her daily life and future goals. I await the FBI.

She is up in most polls nationally. But oh my, those silly tracking polls show that she is seriously losing. By like a point. So, even though she is up in most swing state polls that we need to win, I can see how concerned you are about those outlier polls. I realize you put alot of work into scouring the interwebs, searching far and wide for something, anything really, to be concerned about.


Let me help you out. Stop. We already know what you are doing, it is as clear as glass. You are concern trolling and we are totally fucking bored with it. Honestly, don't you think you should work on GOTV efforts? https://www.hillaryclinton.com/calls/

Or not. Since your goal is not the same as the rest of ours.

[MoonRiver]

1. The "concerned" usually have post counts under 200. Just saying.

[bravenak]

4. Same folks. Like a team

[MoonRiver]

53. Yup

[PJMcK]

5. Or even post counts in the single digits (n/t)

[berksdem]

33. So new folks...

Like myself who are somewhat concerned are trolls? Based on WaPo report this morning and other real polls there is cause for concern. By then again I don't have that 200 post legitimacy...

Wow, with friends like this it is not a very inviting place to be....

[zenabby]

48. In any place..

You have to prove yourself and intentions. I'm new too. This is a safe space, but no one knows one another. It is so easy for anyone to create an account and very subtly insert themselves to spread the propaganda from other side. Internet is not a safe place. So if you have very few posts and more posts are about how we are going to lose than not, then there is some doubt. It's not personal. Also, given the state of the race, I think we are say with high confidence that Hillary will win. The margins may be in question, and the latest news might put a dent into the margin, but 270 is 99% sure thing. So what's the concern? I think one just needs to think about wording the message well.

[berksdem]

50. The thing is

I never once insinuated we would lose. I simply have concerns as the race has tightened over the last two weeks. It is something I am personally concerned about... And bc of this concern you're labeled a troll?

Sorry, but "proving myself" as a liberal is some serious nonsense. No offense but are we in a gang or something that I have to show my true colors? Simply typing "concern" get a you labeled as a troll which is not right.

[PunksMom]

51. Right On!

I'm new too, but damn if I'm going to be negative at this point. I have the utmost positivity that Hillary can do this. We all just need to VOTE!

[niyad]

66. welcome to du

[DLCWIdem]

71. Hi guys welcome to DU

There are some concerns out there though. There was just one post which was concerned because It said AA turnout was low. The problem was that the poster inserted/changed the headline of the article he was quoting inserting numbers which were not in the article. This is suspicious. I look at the polls, yes, but I never forget that polls are only a snapshot of America and the only poll that counts is election day I just just. So I say GOTV.

[The Polack MSgt]

49. I don't post very often so my count is a bit deceptive,

and for a while I got accused of being a sock puppet or just a shit stirrer. Meh whatever

But here's the deal Berksdem.

If you have a low count and nothing in your journal, we can't gauge your intentions.

So, welcome to DU. I hope you enjoy this site, I know I do.

But thin skins and political message boards are not compatible.

[berksdem]

52. Thank you for the

words and I understand but I guess what surprises me is that people automatically think you are a troll if you don't spread sunshine with every post.

I guess this site is just not for me... I have been around for a while but usually just read the comments. Started posting and now accuses of being a troll bc of my "concern."


Thanks again and well wishes... I will just take my posts elsewhere with the hope of a more welcoming community.

Hope next week brings us HRC as POTUS!

Take care.

[The Polack MSgt]

56. It been a very contentious election cycle

There is still some ass chapping that hasn't healed completely...

aaaand... To be completely honest - some folks are pretty confrontational.

So good luck and good hunting. There are other stops on the digital highway that may be more your cup of tea.

After all they make smooth and crunchy, because folks can't even agree about peanut butter.

[Bobbie Jo]

84. Let's just say

we've had some bad experiences with trolls here, especially - the long term variety. We're a little put off and leery of newbs who come in with a litany of "concerns" right outta the gate. We just got rid of a pack of chronic trolls who are probably trying to work their way back in with new identities as we speak.

I think your "sunshine" reference is a little exaggerated, but okay.

Don't let us scare you off so easily.

[emulatorloo]

109. Don't let a few posts from a handful of posters scare you off.

Take care and stick around a while!

[niyad]

65. someone who has been registered since the day after election 2014 is not exactly new.

[berksdem]

72. Correct...

As I explained before I never really posted until recently

[MoonRiver]

69. The fact is, that newbies, particularly those under 100 posts, are on probation here.

MIRT is designed to go after those with fewer than 100 posts, sometimes aggressively. Tread softly, or you risk a pizza. Just saying.

[BlueProgressive]

144. I LIKE Pizza! WHERE's MY FUCKING PIZZA?!

[Coolest Ranger]

86. We don't know

what your intentions are. We've seen people get banned before and then come back under new accounts.

[berksdem]

98. Well, like....

I said... I am no troll. I spend a lot of the in my area canvassing for HRC with my wife. If brining up the word "concern" is the catalyst for judging if a new is a troll than I will just not come back and move on..

Guess I.was expecting more from a liberal community. I understand the troll aspect and have seen it play out on other boards that I frequent. Just never have been criticized for what I feel is valid.

Hope next Tuesday is a good one for America and Trump is dumped.

Take care

[bravenak]

105. Who even ever called you a troll?

I keep seeing you deny it but I saw noone ever accuse you. What's up with that? Today is the first time I have ever seen you post.

[berksdem]

122. Not even

Concerned with myself frankly. There was another post that called out the "troll" thing. My interpretation is there tends to be a lot of trolling so I understand the skepticism. I apologize if anyone took my comments negatively.

[bravenak]

131. No worries

[luvmybluestate]

108. been a member for a long time, just started to post. i usually stay on black sites cuz i can post

whatever i want, without getting kicked off. too many lib sites are devolving into red sites, post something that is contra to libs thinking and presto u get booted.i am concerned and resent the implications that becuz i have so few posts,i am troll worthy. think i will go back to just reading this site.

[cilla4progress]

126. Welcome

I don't agree with them. Sorry for their unfriendliness. I too am concerned. I'm concerned because of the polling you cite. I'm concerned when I hear that Trump's camp is newly encouraged and giddy following the Comey's injudicious letter. I'm also concerned because SHOULD we lose this election we are in a world of hurt for as long as can be projected.

So, I'm concerned. And I'd like to think I'm also welcoming.

Welcome here.

[berksdem]

134. Thank you....

Thank you for the kind words.... Was only trying to express how I was/am feeling. I understand the trolling aspect and understand the skeptical approach by long time posters.

[Warren DeMontague]

147. Yep.

If someone decides to wade for the first time with both feet into DU during high troll season, i.e. a week before a huge election, people may mistake them for a troll, particularly if they engage in known trolling behaviors.

Just the way it is.

[IronLionZion]

149. Early voting started weeks ago

people like me have already voted. There are reasons why crowded urban areas in blue states have early voting and we encourage our voters to vote early. It reduces concern.

There's only one poll that matters. And we need high energized turnout to win senate, house, and state races.

Are you going to stick around after Nov. 8?

Welcome to DU!

[berksdem]

151. Absolutely....

Will be sticking around!

[BobbyDrake]

2. Well-stated, bravenak! And great visual representations too.

[bravenak]

9. Hey. They must know that we know, right?

Posting the same type of shit daily must get boring as hell

[Demsrule86]

3. The clever ones have posts under 1000...they are here longer.

[bravenak]

6. They work very hard at being transparent

I feel like I've known some of them before

[Demsrule86]

10. Me too...there is a certain sort of wording of posts...

[Coyotl]

8. Allow me to express my concern in a very nerdy way:

OMG, the world has shifted off its political axis, one news report can alter the direction the world turns in, we are all going to burn in hell,
.... you can tell I'm kidding because the long words aren't misspelled.

[bravenak]

11. Oh No!!! It looks like NOTHING HAS CHANGED!

I'm concerned she isnt up by a brazillion points. These concerners are so tiresome. I barely make the effort anymore to tell them I notice their overconcern.

[Demsrule86]

17. The sky is falling...I have video proof! hahaha

"

[still_one]

13. Thanks Bravenak. The doom and gloomers really are out in force lately

[bravenak]

20. Oh yeah

They know how to depress folks, time to fight back. I feel good about this election

[still_one]

23. Me too.

[JTFrog]

14. Awwww, someone had a sad and alerted on your thread.

Talk about the ultimate concern troll, lol.

I guess the alert stalkers are back in force.

[bravenak]

15. Wow. That is too too dumb

They must be super concerned now

[JTFrog]

19. Especially since their alert will show up on the admins doorstep for being obvious. nt

[bravenak]

26. Which makes it funny somehow.

Self inflicted injuries

[Coyotl]

22. Are there so many trolls, they can hope to dominate a jury?

[bravenak]

24. No. They just hope to get a bad jury.

Probably just alerted out of anger that it sounds like themself.

[Cha]

16. Cool! They've been bugging me and here is their

very own bravenak's guide to Just Stop IT Already! With pics and everything included.

Mahalo, brave!

[bravenak]

21. Good morning!!!!

They really do need to cut out all this malarky. It's boring now, we already know what's going on here. Same old, same old, with new names.

[Cha]

25. Good Mornin'!!!! Yes, and I'll tell you why.. Because

I get very nervous about this time every 4 years when these Presidential elections come around.. and I just want to see good positive energy!

Like your OP for instance.

[bravenak]

28. Me too. I want to see people working together and trying to get stuff done

Not the same posters posting the gloomiest stuff possible, blatantly trying to depress us. Not cool! Time to get fired up! One week to go!

[Cha]

36. Right! Or be throwin' President Obama under the bus after

all he's done for our Country because they didn't like what he had to say about Comey.

Which turned out to be just the right thing, of course.

Yeah, the President will be out there FIRING UP the Troops for Hillary!GOTV2016

[bravenak]

37. Obama is smart not to get in the mix

We will win and our trolls will dissappear! Like magic

[Cha]

40. Yeah, so interesting how that works.. President Obama knows what

he's doing. He had lots of good defenders, too..

White House Won’t Defend James Comey: ‘He’s In A Tough Spot’

If anything, Monday’s White House briefing had the distinct taste of an administration telling the FBI director to clean up his own mess ― without, of course, the explicit recommendation to do so. Earnest noted that in breaking with guidelines to avoid getting involved in elections so close to Election Day, the predictable results had occurred.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/james-comey-administration-response_us_581787aae4b0990edc32ba17

[book_worm]

27. I come on DU for positive news and action not seeing silly concern posts.

We get enough negativity from the MSM.

[bravenak]

29. Msnbc is horrible right now.

I'm watching on mute

[adigal]

30. I'm concerned...I guess after 12 years here, my troll status had been found out!!!!

Heavens!!!

You put a lot of effort into mocking someone who may be legitimately worried. Nice.

[bravenak]

31. You DO seem concerned. Oh my.

[adigal]

32. Yes, I've had a stomach ache since Friday - I don't trust my fellow Americans

But I'll keep my worries to the real world so you don't get me banned!!!

[bravenak]

35. This post was interesting

1. I cannot 'get you banned'
2. We are winning early vote in states we need
3. Trump is Trump. He will do something crazy. Today maybe.

[Polly Hennessey]

54. Oh, dear,

"adigirl" take two aspirin and go to bed.
We'll wake you when it's over.

[adigal]

120. I wish I could

[Demsrule86]

34. I would not have considered you a concern poster.

but whatever.

[underpants]

39. I. KNEW. IT!

[adigal]

121. I wish you had been a little more opaque

[The Polack MSgt]

42. Just 6 days and a wake up

J. Edgar Comey gave it his best shot and likely secured a lifetime of wingnut welfare checks at a policy think tank, but in the end it's a fart in a windstorm.

HRC will win with over 300 Electoral College votes and the Democrats will take the Senate.

Trumps campaign has 3 voter suppression operations going. They are admittedly targeting minorities and "Idealistic Liberals" - Their words, not mine - attempting to lower voter turnout.

So for us it's GOTV, and for the GOP it's GTFO

Also, Hi Bravenak always good to see your handle pop up on my feed.

[bravenak]

45. Agreed. This changes nothing going forward except the usual twists and turns

Comey will pop up on Fox after he retires rather than work for Hillary and I will no longer have to fear Trump. I am dying for a liberal supreme court to fix the shit these ridiculous people have done toour democracy. If we can get a court and get our voting protections back, we might get the house soon too. Nation aint going backwards any time soon.

[Coyotl]

46. Job applications will spike at McDonalds on Nov. 9.

"Sorry, we don't hire trolls."

[jcgoldie]

43. oh shit!

I just realized... I have emails from Hillary too! Oh noes do you think they will confiscate my 'puter?

[bravenak]

47. I'm pretty sure they wil take your computer

[DemonGoddess]

75. nooooooo

they can't have my computer!!!!!

[bravenak]

78. iPad too

Plus- smart phone. Better get a landline and a fax machine. A desktop. I'm gathering my stuff in one room so when they come, they can just get it all quickly and hurry up and leave

[NastyRiffraff]

124. And you'll be called before Congress

to explain yourself!

OMG I too have emails from her! AND from her campaign, asking for money! They'll have me for "pay to play"

[Doodley]

44. Your concern has been noted.

[mountain grammy]

57. My new motto: when they go low, i'll go lower

fuck em. I'm sick of these people. They want to lock up my candidate and me too...

Sorry, Michelle, I'm going for their tiny, soft nuts. Low enough?

[bravenak]

60. I'm tired of their shit too

[Laura PourMeADrink]

58. Ah....Love the "Stick your head in the sand" crew. Head in the sand crew hurt more

to me than people saying "it's close, damn it, get off your ass and GOTV ! " Or, it's so fucking close now - we need more poll watchers !

[nolabear]

59. Perhaps there should be a concern area. Because people are sometimes truly worried and need support.

I sympathize with the fact that there is fear and annoyance about people just coming in and raising the anxiety level on a whim but I think there are people who are worried--hell, I worry sometimes--and I'd prefer this was a place that at least appreciated that fact. For me it's the heart of the party, that genuine respect for one another even when we're not all on the same page.

[bravenak]

62. I'm just talking about the concern trolls here

The ones who only post negative stuff and act concerned even when things are great. They have a pattern, it's not everybody who gets concerned at times. Thats normal, Not a troll

[nolabear]

70. I understand. But sometimes newbies get beaten up pretty badly.

[bravenak]

73. Well, I understand that.

And a few of them have a pattern. Those who do not, do not seem to think this was directed at them. I find it interesting, as a wise man once told me, "throw a stone, the one that barks be the one that got hit" or somesuch. So, I am sure the person who most resembles my op will be wailing and gnashing the teeth, rending garments, professing innocence and proclaiming injury.

[Cryptoad]

61. Im feeling fantastic as long as ,,,

there are people out there who want to give me dollar for every 25 cents I give them if Trump were to win.....!

[bravenak]

63. I should be doing that

[Gothmog]

64. K&R

[BainsBane]

67. I'm been thinking about writing Comey about my emails from HRC too

I bet they number in the thousands by now.

[bravenak]

68. We better all turn them over

Millions of emails for him to read. Sure the FBI will show up soon

[DemonGoddess]

74. bwahahahaha

[MadDAsHell]

76. "Honestly, don't you think you should work on GOTV efforts?"

And how exactly is telling everyone that Hillary is going to win by 20 points inspiring "GOTV efforts?"

I don't like the "concern" anymore than you do, but being so paranoid about concern trolls that you go the opposite direction and refuse to acknowledge that this could still be close, is doing nothing but convincing people that their vote doesn't matter.

And to me, THAT is a lot more suspicious.

[bravenak]

79. I posted a link to make calls. It's an easy way to help.

[BumRushDaShow]

77. Some were probably pissed at the demise

of the Indictment Fairy!

[bravenak]

80. Oh Lord! I had forgot about that!!

[yuiyoshida]

81. I got so very mad yesterday

While chatting on line, the topic came up with several friends, on line, about this election. The thing is one friend is from Hong Kong and the other is from Australia. The woman from Australia was plugging for Trump and it just made me so angry, I was like, Look you are from Australia. You are not an American and you won't be voting in this election. If you want to vote for Trump than you best move your ass to the United States now, other wise put a sock in it!! She had the nerve to bring up a link from Brietbart, and I was like, what? Next you will be quoting to me Sean Hannity as a legitimate source!!

She had read all this stupid stuff about Hillary and telling me why she wouldn't be a great President. I told her, When You get to be an American, than you can vote for whoever you want, until then, pay attention to your own country's politics.

baka!

[bravenak]

83. Oh, that would drive me so crazy

At least you get to gloat next Tuesday, so that will be fun. Breitbart! Gross

[yuiyoshida]

115. IKR?

Breitbart? wtf... baka yaro. You mention that name you just lost your argument.

[SunSeeker]

82. K & R

[Coolest Ranger]

85. Good post girl as usual

Now I understand why someone had to post a similar thread saying not to dismiss them but I'm sorry I'm tired of them too

[bravenak]

88. Thank god we only have a week more of this shit

[Wibly]

89. Too much snark

I don't think your snark helps your cause. It just makes you sound childish like the talking heads for Trump. Too bad you haven't found a way to take the high road in this election.
I used to respect your postings. But after this election I just tune out most of them.
I hope Clinton wins at this point, but it won't be thanks to you or your posts.

[bravenak]

90. There is never enough snark.

[budkin]

92. ITS OVER WHY VOTE HILLARY WILL LOSE IN LANDSLIDE

I'm going to curl into a ball and cry

[bravenak]

93. Can I come cry with you?

I have candy and tacos

[Hekate]

94. Good visuals. I got a tag team the other night; began to suspect they were one person

Both under 60 posts at the time, both soooooo sure Hillary was making fatal mistakes, like she and her team had never run a campaign before. Nothing would dissuade them. They skirted the line pretty closely, but juries let them stay to play it out.

Then there's the fairly abundant number, new and old, who want Hillary to enact their rock-em sock-em fantasies and lash out in ways that are not only not her style but counterproductive. They may or may not be actual trolls. The older ones may just be carried away in the moment, but posters who jump in and start flailing on their third post? Hmmmm.

So it goes, so it goes.

[bravenak]

97. We had one yesterday, gone now, but just so obvious

I have no idea why so many seem to think I'm talking about them. Most of the upset ones are posters I never even noticed before. Weird.

[LiberalLovinLug]

95. What a load. So who decides who is truely concerned, and who is trolling? You?

For one, "concern trolls" are like voting fraudsters. There is way more CONCERN about stopping 'concern trolls' than warrants the amount of them that ever slip through. You are so CONCERNED with an influx of concern trolls that you had to make an OP on it?
The irony.

And I also think you don't even understand the purpose of a concern troll.
A good definition I found:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=concern%20troll

In an argument (usually a political debate), a concern troll is someone who is on one side of the discussion, but pretends to be a supporter of the other side with "concerns". The idea behind this is that your opponents will take your arguments more seriously if they think you're an ally.

A concern troll would not work in this instance, on DU. Why would they even try? No one on here is going to be scared into voting for Trump because someone said they are worried about, say, Hillary's emails.
Concerned about silent Trump supporters, or just reality TV fans that don't usually vote, answer polling calls, or even follow politics much deciding at the last minute it would be 'something different' or 'entertaining' to have Trump in charge, and worrying that some on our side will get complacent with Hillary's poll numbers IS NOT CONCERN TROLLING! It is keeping people awake and wary of complacency. Personally IMO, DU is already theoreticllly at least, 100% voting for a Democrat anyways, so I'll grant that complacency is more of a problem with those luke warm Democrat voters that don't have the interest in politics enough to join a message board. So those concerned it is more about venting about their worst fears for events OUTSIDE of DU. It is harmless though, and no need to be so damn CONCERNED about it. That does more damage, causes more antagonism in here and for nothing.

Some people are simply more sensitive and anxious than others. Its just in their nature. In fact every group needs these to balance the over the top hubris of those that never see danger and assumes the majority is always on their side. Did you ever consider that these 'trolls' are just the more sensitive segment of DU, and are ALLIES that you maybe shouldn't be laughing at and ridiculing?

Its also a cowardly thing to do. Easy to spout out how anyone that thinks Hillary, (and YOU by extension) is still in danger of losing is a TROLL. But of course no one would even have the stomach to tell you they told you so if the worst happens.

....................

Poll before the Brexit vote:



I wonder if there was some poster on a British liberal leaning message board before that vote that was 'concerned' about a hidden surge of ignorant voters, and if they were also ridiculed, and/or banned for raising their concerns at the time.

[bravenak]

96. Why are you so upset?

I was talking about people who recently signed up or rarely posted and the totality of their ops are CONCERN TROLLING. Not supporting anyone or anything. Just concern trolling. They change headlines to seem worse, they invent stats, they only post the most rightwing polls. You should not be so very very upset. No point, really.

[LiberalLovinLug]

99. I am upset

Its one thing to count your chickens (or donkeys) before they are hatched. Its another to ridicule those that prefer to retain a cautious optimism while raising the point that we haven't won anything yet. And implying that anyone that does that is a 'troll'.

I can't believe that I, as a staunch former Bernie nominee supporter, now a Hillary Presidential supporter is concerned more than some that have been with Hillary the whole way. But like I say, some of us are just born that way. It would be more gracious to try and accept those of us more wary. Put up with us for just one more week, then we can all celebrate together as the stress is washed away in one day.

We all want the same thing.

[bravenak]

102. But I am not talking about just anyone

Just the trolls. They always dissappear after the event ends. These will too.

[LiberalLovinLug]

111. Fair enough

But I joined in 2003 out of CONCERN for the US that it was going down a dark road. If nothing else to vent about it. I found this place from following Bartcop. It was like a haven of more liberal voices who I could share my concerns with.

It just seems counterproductive to brand those new members that come here and happen to raise concerns, and share their worries in what they thought was a place they could do that, instead are ostrizised and even banned. I highly doubt there are enough paid 'concern trolls' to ever be concerned about it in here.

I think there is too much paranoia on both sides at this late stage. We have to put up with the anxiety for another week. Some are overly worried about Nov. 9th, some are overly reactive to those that are worried in assuming they must be working for the other side to cause dissention. I hate to think there were young/new DUers that have been turfed out of here for simply expressing their worry and then branded swiftly as "trolls".

[bravenak]

112. You were right, we were going down a dark road

And we are still on it. Anybody that needs to post multiple negative nancy ops per day about how we are losing, when we are actually winning, is the only typ of poster that i was talking about. Most folks know they are not trolls and so don't even notice the op. Or care really. They have concerns, but they don't go way overboard, they discuss.

I dont kno anything about bannings over concern trolling. I'm not on mirt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

100. Since we're on the topic of trolls

This is good for a laugh

[bravenak]

104. I need to see that episode

[michiganman1019]

101. Been a lurker on this board since Obama/ McCain

Just never registered nor posted.

[MoonRiver]

106. Low count posters are watched, closely.

Nobody cares how long someone has been lurking, just posting.

[SwankyXomb]

103. Their concerns are noted

As are their Red Hats.

[StevieM]

107. It's not that I don't think she will win, but rather that the win will no longer be as large

thanks to Comey and Chaffetz setting out to rig the election.

I am concerned that this will cost us the Senate and it will erase any chance we had of taking the House.

HRC had been looking at a 10 point victory with 375 electoral votes. Comey and Chaffetz's criminial conduct changed all that.

[bravenak]

110. I think this will be replaced by another Trump scandal

I'm just waiting. Give it a day.

[grossproffit]

113. I'm becoming enraged, and I have to really control what I post because I'm about done being polite.

We're campaigning in Mesa and Apache Junction, AZ this afternoon. #GOTV

[bravenak]

114. Yeah!! Time to GOTV!

I hope the concerned can find a way to use their energy to help Hillary

[William769]

116. W have those here?

[bravenak]

117. IKR?

[RobinA]

118. Sooo...

you get to decide if my concern is legitimate? Is there some kind of Concern Court we need to apply to to have our concern authorized by Concern Experts?

[bravenak]

128. Yez.

[Tarheel_Dem]

119. A-M-E-N!!!! Kick for visibility.

[ismnotwasm]

123. Exactly

[NastyRiffraff]

125. Another great thread by bravenak

Excellent, and a big K&R!

[mahina]

129. Brah. You cracked me up.

I needed that. Thanks

[bravenak]

130. Glad I could help

[mcar]

132. Hey brave!!

I volunteered at a Hill rally today in a red part of FL. http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512565146

Gave me such a boost!

She's got this!

[bravenak]

133. Did you have fun? I bet it was exciting!!!

I'm feeling confident! She's even up in polls here, in AK ferchrissakes! It's hard to poll here so I take it with a grain of salt, but if she takes ak, I'm gloating my ass off for years!

[mcar]

135. I saw that AK poll and went

It was exciting. So many fired up people, young, old. Every skin tone there is, from my sunburned Irish to an amazing 92 YO AA woman in a wheelchair and lovely dress (I was ushering the ADA early entries).

It was hot and way overcrowded. I'm so glad I experienced it.

[Jamaal510]

140. If they were

genuinely concerned, they'd translate that into efforts on the Clinton campaign's behalf: knocking on doors, making more donations, phone banking, driving people to the polls, etc. As for me, I have little tolerance for doom and gloom. I've been turning off the cable news for the past few days, and watching sports and hanging out on sites like these instead. What's there to watch on TV news aside from cherry-picked polls and hearing all about HC's email non-scandal for the umpteenth time?

[bravenak]

142. I had decided not to pay any attention to the fbi bullshit on day one

Best idea I've had all year. I managed to watch the entirety of Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Season Two of Better Call Saul. My time was well spent

[AgadorSparticus]

143. Right on!! Glad someone is calling them out on their shit.

Remember Mo Rok Tah? He was good about calling people out on that too. I miss him.

[BlueMTexpat]

145. Thanks, bravenak!

Here's a remedy for you!

[Warren DeMontague]

146. every four years it's the same fuckin' act.

I don't even notice anymore, they're so transparent and interchangeable. "thank you for your concern". Moving on.

[Demsrule86]

148. They are at it again...more bullshit posts.

The one that really bugged me was about Stein.

[JCannon]

150. Is a response permissible?

Look, my voice is quite rare here, but I'm a known quantity, having been a political blogger since 2004. Perhaps I'm not a terribly well-known writer, but my name is familiar to some of you, and plenty of DU posts have linked to my site over the years.

I've been called a "concern troll" because I tend to focus on the bad news. I'm not a troll of any kind. (A bit of an ogre perhaps, but only when awakened prematurely.)

I'm not trying to depress the vote. Quite the opposite. Fear can be a great motivator, and nothing scares me more than the prospect of a Trump presidency. That's why I've been rooting for Hillary from the beginning, even at a time when many of you were bonkers for Bernie: I always thought she was the strongest candidate against the tangerine monster.

But yeah, I'm a pessimist by nature. Some people see the glass as half-full and some people see the glass as half-empty. I look at the glass and see a worldwide drought that will leave billions of parched souls dying in the dust of a waterless world spinning in a bleak, pitiless, Godless universe.

That's simply the way I am. About everything.

I know that this is supposed to be the season for cheerleading and blinkered optimism and all of that rah-rah. That's understandable. But can't you make just a little room for the natural-born Eeyores, for captious souls with a phobic reaction to any sort of rah-rah -- we few, we unhappy few, we in the circle of cynics?

And if your answer is "no," then may I at least warn against the automatic presumption of malefic intent? That way paranoia lies. Paranoia is the specialty of Alex Jones and his brethren; we imitate his odious example at our peril.

[retrowire]

152. Concerned trolls or concerned people should do what I do

Whenever I'm concerned, I stfu and avoid letting my negativity permeate amongst the fragile nerves of others.

Because being considerate is the bees knees.