Should DU allow rightwing propaganda to be promoted here?

[Algernon Moncrieff]

242. No "honest" person thinks this issue is worth the outrage you seem to be manifesting.

Every reasonable person knows that Barack Obama can, indeed, think for himself. That said, he's far better at reading prepared speeches (of which he is a master) than speaking extemporaneously. If you want off-the-cuff, Bill Clinton is your guy. He can speak off the cuff, brilliantly - and do it for hours.

OK, so WillyT reposted a political cartoon that was drawn by a winger that showed an imaginary President Obama quoting Chinese from a hacked teleprompter. So what? You keep saying "it's a right wing meme" "it's a right wing meme". Yeah? So? Was the post sexist, racist or homophobic? No. Did it overtly advocate a right-wing viewpoint, including but not limited to - repeal of the ACA, the election of GOP candidates, the banning of legal abortion? The worst that can be said was that it insulted the President, and DUers insult Barack Obama all the time, and rail against his policies all the time. It may have violated the letter of the law, but in spirit, the cartoon was harmless. If you were honest, you'd admit that.

What's next - we're going to ban DUers for grabbing a quick snack at Chick-Fil-A? Drop a ban hammer because -- out of a million unfunny things Dennis Miller says, they got a chuckle out of one of them? Obviously some DUers want to live in that world -- like being in a Florida gated community where the folks with the matching belts and shoes come out with a ruler to measure your grass, and delight in telling you you've violated the covenants of Del Boca Vista.

As for my user name. My username was "Ineverhadoneposthidden". I see you've had three hidden in the past 90 days:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=profile&uid=144296#

...and had a dustup in the Men's Group that had you banned there for a bit in 2013.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1114&pid=6905

So, being completely honest about it, I'm not sure you should be lecturing me or anyone about good behavior here on DU. Certainly not WillyT. Certainly not MadFloridian.

I'm done with this thread. I have better things to do, like going to greet Taterguy and call him a "dumbass".