What brought you to DU?

[MrScorpio]

For me it was a progressive websites link in the Nation that featured the Top Ten.

The rest, as they say, is history.

[AverageJoe]

1. Salon.com did a hatchet job on Mediawhoresonline.com

a couple of years ago. I went to Mediawhores and found a link to DU there. Jesus, I miss the horse....

[apnu]

14. yeah... i miss them too.

[FizzFuzz]

45. why did Salon chop up mediawhores?

I forget how I came across mediawhores, but I thought they were great. What was Salon's complaint?

PS, can't remember how I found DU, but it was Top Ten that first pulled me in. I was impressed with the wit (heh heh :thumbsup:) and especially with the links to all sources. Just give me the truth! All I wan't is the truth!

[AverageJoe]

96. It's been a while

but I think their main gripe was that MWO was an anonymous site. But it wasn't just a mild rebuke, though. As I recall, salon really raked the horse over the coals. It's still puzzling to me.

[FizzFuzz]

97. huh? that doesn't make any sense---what's wrong with it being an anonymous

site?

[aden_nak]

2. Okay, so I went to the Latest Threads page, and this is what I saw:

[MrScorpio]

6. You can't blame me for this

No freakin' way

[aden_nak]

8. Way.

[CO Liberal]

3. I Got Fed Up With the Right-Wing Idiots on the "Rush vs. Reality" Board

So I decided to find a better place to post. I found a link to DU on an anti-Bush site, liked what I saw, and registered.

I've been here almost every day since September 9, 2001.

[Nordic]

4. top websites hated by conservatives

http://www.hated.com

[apnu]

5. Here's my story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=1440264

[NVMojo]

9. another DU'er who was very persistent!

She lives in Nevada.

[dr.strangelove]

7. A Rush fan sent me here

He was talking about something on DU being typical liberal crap. I came over and fell in love.

[bowens43]

10. I came on the 'internets'

[CO Liberal]

12. While Searching for Wood????

:shrug:

[medeak]

11. liberal oasis

had it listed... http://www.liberaloasis.com/

[skygazer]

13. A link at All Hat, No Cattle

It was a "Top Ten Conservative Idiots" list and it brought me here.

[Not Me]

15. The Top Ten Conservative Idiots brought me here, but the real jewel

is the forums.

[autorank]

16. Refined, respectful dialog. Witty conversation with a taste of irony.

[frylock]

17. link at buzzflash..

the first thing that I read on the DU was one of Bob Boudelang's editorials. I've been hooked ever since. DU is the best breaking news portal on the internets.

[louis-t]

18. Top Ten

Don't remember where I found the link.

[mwdem]

19. MWO

I miss them

[Bucky]

29. Me too. MWO was cool. But the "everyone's a whore" thing got old

I've kinda grown up politically, or at least grown a bit impatient about the overuse of the term "whore", which (1) get applied to anyone who observes anything critical about Democrats and (2) tends to malign actual prostitutes by comparing them to Fox reporters.

[mwdem]

30. I couldn't agree with you more,

the forums were fun, though.

[rumguy]

20. the free gum promotion brought me in

[legally blonde]

21. my boss at my summer internship

is a fellow DUer. She told me to check out DU after we spent an entire day bashing Bush/Cheney/other conservative idiots.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

22. Terminally dumb freeper in a nonpolitical board

Called me "Commie Pinko Dirtbag". Just for the hell of it, I decided to google the phrase. One of the results was Auntie Pinko. The rest, as they say, is history.

[Droopy]

26. A link from another site to an article on the front page

I was a part of the anti-war movement and I used to visit all kinds of lefty and anti-war sites. I had a list of probably about 25 of them that I would check out. Since finding DU I only visit this site and a couple of others now.

On edit: Sorry, didn't mean to post in reply to you, JCCyC.

[pres2032]

23. Election night, 2002

I was looking for websites that frequentely provided updates for the Congressional and Gubernatorial(sp?) races and was told to come here. You guys had the map and the chart with the scores and then I found the forums....

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. PassingFair did!

Thanks darling!!! :hi:

[PassingFair]

70. Aw shucks, maam...

linked to Top 10 Idiots here from Buzz Flash right around 9/11. Found a lot of sensible people with their heads screwed on tight. I don't always agree 100% with everyone 100% of the time, but it seems like home here anytime I log on.
It has given Mrs. Grumpy and I LOTS to talk about over coffee.....

Thank you DUers!

[UrbScotty]

25. An AOL message board

Wouldn't you know it?

[Champion Jack]

27. Newsgroup..

alt.impeach.bush

[nuxvomica]

28. Two other DUers

WeToldYouSo and morningtheft kept IM'ing me with links to posts. It was probably more than a year after I started reading DU that I finally registered.

[JohnKleeb]

72. wait so you met Rhi through DU

I confused. heh. Hope she had a great b-day.

[nuxvomica]

75. Nope. I introduced her to DU

I also sorta kinda picked her screen name.:-)

[JohnKleeb]

78. ahhh I see

I found out recently she was a curser, really I never expected her to be so because she's generally not one, she'll love what I found though, I found a site that has curse words in all sorts of languages like Polish, Irish Gaelic, etc.

[nuxvomica]

85. Oh my goodness, she's a curser par excellence!

But she rarely curses in her writing. ;-)

[JohnKleeb]

91. I should have known

Irish thing ;), Irish have so fucking much to fucking curse about.
Like this

or this

or perhaps this

and of course this

They are as follows, the British Fucking Flag, Ian Fucking Paisley, William of Fucking Orange, and Oliver Fucking Cromwell.

[Rhiannon12866]

84. nuxvomica introduced me to DU

I already knew him. I was never very politically aware until after 9/11 hit. I was scared witless. That's when I realized how little I actually knew and that I had better find out what's really going on and why. I have learned so much from DU and my newsletters and articles and books. And I haven't liked most of what I've found out one little bit. Then I, in turn, introduced both of his sisters to DU.:shrug:

on edit: Yes, John, I did have a nice birthday, thanks. And your birthday thread was a big part of it, so thank you again! It's never fun being reminded that you're another year older, but it was worth it, this time, because I was also reminded what lovely friends I have, many of them on DU!:grouphug:

[JohnKleeb]

92. I suspected that but wasnt sure

Yeah you told me that 9/11 got you involved.

[Rhiannon12866]

94. I had a dentist appointment on 9/11

I am not a morning person, so I was running late, as usual. I knew that something really terrible had happened, but didn't know the details. I finally saw the details, held hostage in the dentist chair, watching that second plane hit the North Tower, over and over. By the time that I walked out of there, into the warm September sun, since it really was a lovely day, here in New York, I was scared witless and could barely stand! I stopped, on my way home, to vote in the NY primary. The school where I vote was deserted. I vowed, then, to find out what was really going on. I have learned so much, mainly due to DU and friends like you, but certainly haven't been reassured by what I have learned. We have to win this one, John, or this country is in real trouble. We're already in real trouble, but we stand a chance with Kerry. I just don't envy him the job that he has in front of him, dealing with this horrible mess, left by Bush*, that he's going to have to confront and clean up.:-(

[Endangered Specie]

31. Link from College Dems... then reading the Top Ten...

read those for a month or two, then signed up... lurked around and gradually began to post.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

32. RandomKoolzip did

Now Iv'e out posted tha bastid!

[SarahB]

33. A link from another site a little over 2 years ago.

I don't even remember which one now. I've always felt along similar lines politically, but was more low key about it for a lot of years as far as actively seeking information (probably 9/11 and the presidential selection of 2000 lit a fire under me again). I lurked for about 3 months before I even signed up. Signed up originally in Nov. of 2002 and then changed to my current name in March of 2004.

[Willy Lee]

34. Top 10 Conservative Idiots

on Buzzflash

[JimmyJazz]

35. My ass brought me here, if you really must know.

I don't remember the link, but the hate mail bag caught my attention. Once I read that, I was hooked! Too funny. We could use an update though.

[Glenda]

36. My boyfriend sent me the link

[Misunderestimator]

37. I was on SmirkingChimp for a year...

and got tired of the slowness... but tonight, DU is slower than SC ever was... :wtf:... I won't complain though... I met the love of my life here. :)

[miss_kitty]

40. I hated that place

their mods don't follow their rules and apparently that's ok. They suck hard. I won't even call them by name after my experience there.

[Misunderestimator]

41. And the trolls are allowed to run rampant forever there....

drove me nuts.

[miss_kitty]

46. And you would have never found the love of your life over ther either!

:)

[Misunderestimator]

47. You're right... there's no way that would have happened.

:)

[gpandas]

38. take back the media n/t

[miss_kitty]

39. kaos

he is/was amember here (ditched his internet connection in september, though I think) We were fighting online at http://www.hypocrites.com/ and I knew he came over here and I thought I'd just wander over and see what he was up to-ok. I was spying. It turned out he was just winding me up...after I killed him we had a good laugh.:evilgrin:

[gollygee]

42. Folks were getting bitch-slapped for discussing F9/11 on another site

I go to, and I saw people talking about this site. So I looked into it. :)

[Skittles]

43. sheer desperation

after the theft of the 2000 election I was beginning to think I was the only one who gave a damn about what had happened. I researched on the internet(s) and found William Rivers Pitt, then the DU.

[Mobius]

44. I got sick of nazi moderation at another dem site

:)

[TroubleMan]

48. Literally ..... a connection to the internet brought me here

nt

[sendero]

49. A friend...

... mailed me a link to MWO, and I followed a link from there to here.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

50. Linked from another site... I thought it was moveon.org, but I don't see a

link there now. I love this site!

[LynneSin]

51. Rumors I heard on the internets about a special place for liberals

:bounce:

[Misunderestimator]

52. LOL... I miss you during the day, Lynne!

Sucks, doesn't it?

[mike_c]

53. google search for progressive web sites...

...back in the day.

[Downtown Hound]

54. A link from buzzflash.com

[no name no slogan]

55. Atrios's blog

...that and a recommendation from somebody I got to know on the local Kucinich campaign. Great group of folks, lively debate, and lots of double-entendre'd sexual references.

What more could you ask for? :thumbsup:

[MrScorpio]

69. No more double entendres

Take it from me

[juslikagrzly]

56. Saw F/911

Got really really really pissed off, googled democratic message boards.....and here I am. Love it. We've quit watching network/cable news and rely mostly on the internets :).

Yea DU

[Mikimouse]

57. Linked into DU from Bartcop...

I was desperate to find out if there were really any others that felt as strongly about the * residency as I did. I was getting tired of being told at home that I was taking things too seriously, and that I was obsessive about it. I tried the link from BC and found friends! Of course, the others in the family think that the rest of you are all nuts too! But that's OK, 'cause we're doing the divorce thing in the near future.

[ikojo]

58. I found it as an avantgo channel...

I was so thankful to have something thought provoking to read on the bus ride to work

[Arkana]

59. The Top Ten brought me here.

From there, it was a short hop to the forums.

[Mike Niendorff]

60. 9/11-related discussion

Specifically, discussion about this story:

Ashcroft Flying High

In addition, I really liked the fact that this site was more "general progressive" than "Democratic Party", or at least was open and welcoming to progressives of all pursuasions. I stayed because of the depth of those discussions, the quality of the 9/11 research here (excluding the crazy fringe stuff) and the fact that DU has the best LBN forum anywhere :)


MDN

[Djinn]

61. embarrasingly enough it was freepville

I'd googled something Mike Moore related and ended up in the freerepublic forums - very weird place for an Australian leftie to find herself in - they were all banging on about boycotting everyone that had anything to do with Moore and generally speaking a lot of shit - had a wee look around and noticed how much DU got mentioned and came over.

Freepville has some uses.

[MrScorpio]

63. So how did Howard do it?

I could swear he was toast

[Djinn]

64. I'm trying to pretend it didn't happen

Howard was never gonna lose this election unfortunately - the ALP didn't differentiate themselves enough and I think most people figured that if the two parties are that similar might as well go for the devil they know.

Scarily he know looks like getting control of the Senate or at best will have to rely on the support of our first fundie freaks in Federal Parliament...Family First have tried to hide their real agenda but here's an older quote from their #2 senate candidate in Vic, Danny Nalliah...

"Spot Satan's strongholds in the areas you are living in (brothels, gambling places, bottle shops, mosque, temples-Freemason/Buddhist/ Hindu etc, witchcraft),"

oh god now I need another drink...

[MrScorpio]

66. Fundies Down Under? Tell me it isn't so

I thought you guys were a country of hellraisers who loved every minute of it.

Don't tell me that we yanks are responsible for this.

[Djinn]

67. can't really blame you lot

FF knew fine well that if they'd come out and openly declared their associate with the AOG fundies then they'd have received even less of the vote than they did - Australia is for the most part agnostic if not atheist and even the religiously inclined tend to be pretty easy going about it.

FF have mainly got the seat(s) they have because the ALP and the Democrats preferenced them ahead of the Greens in a fit of pique, just one more reason to never forgive the ALP or the Dem's.

[amandae]

62. rbnyc ...

full credit where it is due! she rescued me from a futile argument on a rather conservative board (ivillage.com). That was more than a year and a half ago :)

:hi:

[Digit]

65. Saw it on my newsgroup...and it was love at first site!

[Thtwudbeme]

68. I was looking for a good Liberal husband

The rest, as they say, is history.

[democracyindanger]

71. smirkingchimp.com

just took too damn long to load.

[JohnKleeb]

73. umm

www.gwbush.com I believe. The con idiots caught my eye because I am a list nerd.

[mermaid]

74. Believe It Or Not...

NEAL BOORTZ brought me to DU...never heard of it until he mentioned it on his show one day when I was listening...the rest is history!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

76. The rampant lesbianism

but seriously.

Um, I found it as a link somewhere and can't remember where now. Found it last Feb, I believe and for months only knew about the articles! Had no idea the hard-core action was inside!!!!!

[MrScorpio]

81. My role in rampant lesbianism is no more

Long live the lesbians

[JohnKleeb]

86. ha

Lang lebend die Lesbierinnen
vivere lungo le lesbiche
long habiter les lesbiennes
viva las lesbianas
Snak rechtstreeks de lesbiennes
longo vive as lesbicas
lang levende lesbians

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

88. Show off!

LOL!

[JohnKleeb]

89. Dziêkujê

:)

[EnfantTerrible]

77. Mark Crispin Miller

I went to see his frighteningly informative theatre piece at New York Theatre Workshop entitled "Patriot Act" (for any NYers of NJers or future visitors it is going to be remounted at the Zipper Theatre) and afterward he handed out fliers with a list of websites for more info on the Regime... I've been averaging about 5 hours of sleep a night since joining. I'm a junkie.

:smoke:

[leftofthedial]

79. the internets

[texas1928]

80. A link

Sorry could not resist.

Actually I found it on John Kerry's website.

[RoyGBiv]

82. 9/11

Something just wasn't sitting right with me about 9/11. I started following links that popped up on the 'net and found a site maintained by one Paul Thompson. I followed a link from there to a DU thread.

And I was hooked from that point forward.

[Kire]

83. Tandalayo_Scheisskopf

we are on the same County Democratic Committee

[StickNCA]

87. Link from a motorcycle related board

Got into a bunch of political arguing and someone posted a link to something on DU.

Been monitoring it on and off for a bit.

Ta Da!

I do believe that this is my first post!!!!!

[MrScorpio]

90. Welcome to DU

Stick around and fight the good fight

[Tikki]

93. New to the internets....

I was jawing away on some generic bulletin board about politics when some Repug types all declared that they were going to move over to, you know, freeperville...then one of them posted that he was sure all of the rest of us would be heading to Democraticunderground.
So I came over here, read each and every posting that night...sighed in relief and cheered with joy, joined and donated.

[daddybear]

95. MyWay.Com

Political rhetoric on that site/boards was pure trash that stunk to high heaven... real idiots took over the best boards and ruined them. So, here I am where there is at least SOME semblance of intelligence.