It dawned on me that people like to just make shit up....

[MonkeyFunk]

I've seen countless threads here wherein the OP makes a claim that is demonstrably false. Not only is it demonstrably false, it's EASY to demonstrate that it's false.

Does anyone think he's doing his candidate a favor by posting stuff like this? I mean, how hard is it to determine Obama's campaign schedule, or whether he has children? Or what Clinton's vote on Alito and Roberts, or Cheney's energy plan, were?

There are literally hundreds of examples.

Why? Are some people just so inept they can't use Google? Or are they hoping that the greater majority of people will just read the headline and accept it as truth without reading the debunking that occurs within the first five responses?

I honestly don't understand why someone would want to embarrass themselves by posting something that is obviously untrue. I also don't understand why it's OK to do so.

[The Delegates]

1. This is just dawning on you...

And you're a Hillary supporter? You must not have followed her campaign/life much, eh?

[Maddy McCall]

4. And then there are people like you.

[Fovea]

8. !

;)

[Maddy McCall]

9. .

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[Name removed]

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[MonkeyFunk]

19. get over it

you got your ass handed to you yesterday. It would serve you well to keep to the apology you posted and try to improve yourself.

[KennedyGuy]

21. I keep my word..

I will never attack unless attacked first..
I don't forget either..so you get over it...
And my ass is JUST fine today..
Bullies never scared me...

[Maddy McCall]

22. .

:)

[Coexist]

32. I am so glad you didn't get tombstoned!

I was wondering.

[bigwillq]

34. Me too!

I love you Maddy! :hi: :hug:

[Maddy McCall]

36. I love you, too.

:hug: :smooch:

[Maddy McCall]

35. All's good.

Thanks for worrying.

:hug:

[Frances]

5. Hillary may become our party's nominee

If Hillary is not the nominee, she will be in the Senate. President Obama will need her to work WITH him to get his legislation passed.

Therefore, I think snarky comments should be kept to a minimum.

[MonkeyFunk]

6. And you joined today

so I'll take your opinion on the dynamics of DU with a truckload of salt.

[shaniqua6392]

13. Confucius say:

Beware of those who just signed up on DU today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ha Ha Ha.

[MonkeyFunk]

17. lordy

today is really something, isn't it? I've never seen so many double-digit posters take such strong, adamant stands telling us all about DU and its failings as well as those of long-time posters.

[shaniqua6392]

20. I have seen posters who have been here a week

and have several hundred posts already.They are just so talkative, eh?? I can not wait until this is over and we can focus on kicking Republican ass. Sorry to swear, but I am frustrated.

[MonkeyFunk]

26. I'm with ya sister

So much bullshit...

[Maddy McCall]

30. Yes...some very "busy" ones.

The "get over it" thread from a total newb, aimed at Edwards supporters, was an exercise in brainless brazenness, in my opinion.

[BootinUp]

25. Please share some of your knowledge about Hillary...

don't make me ask twice. ;)

[Straight Shooter]

2. That doesn't bother me as much as people who, when shown the truth, insist on the lie.

Waiting for Barack supporter to accuse me of unintentional irony in 1, 2, 3 ...

edit to add: Note The Delegates' post above. Although directed at Monkey Funk, I rest my case.

[MonkeyFunk]

7. true

there are those, and the concept is so foreign to me, I can't understand them.

And The Delegates is just here for a brief visit, I imagine.

[Straight Shooter]

33. A shame, though, isn't it? "The Delegates" is such a regal moniker.

:)

[MonkeyFunk]

38. Meh

he's got nothin' on "The Magistrate"

[Straight Shooter]

45. And "The Magistrate" has got nothing on "MonkeyFunk." n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

47. alas, I wish that were true

but he has incriminating pictures of me masturbating at the Rotterdam Zoo in front of Queen Beatrix.

It was a youthful indiscretion.

[Demeter]

3. Seen Every Day in Real Life=Intellectual Laziness and Incompetence

Coupled with an overflowing dose of denial and the immorality of the times.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

10. I know, when I saw the childless Obama post I was floored. It is a tactic, no doubt, instead of

a participation in the discussion board.

The tactic seems to be exactly what you describe, but it's hard to believe that people are that gullible, but then not so hard to believe, these days.

[Maddy McCall]

11. The anecdotes slay me.

Did I tell you about my life-long Republican grandmother's girlfriend's maid who's voting for Obama? She told her bible study buddies, "I've lived all my life in despair, but OBAMA gives me belief in hope and change!!"

Or what about my encounter at the gas station with a middle-aged Nascar dad with Bush/Cheney 04 and "Jesus is my copilot" bumperstickers who griped about gas prices as he yelled at others at the gas pumps, "I swear, Hillary can get us out of this mess!"

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

12. Oh, damn,

:rofl: :rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

24. I saw one for the record books today

"Asking" an innocent question about Clinton, but making it appear as if there was something nefarious behind it.

The question was who benefits from an ad she ran in Arkansas. Who got paid to make the ad? Where'd the money go? It provided no answers - just "the question".

Of course, the same exact question would be JUST as relevant when asked about any other candidate. It had NOTHING to do with Clinton. There's zero evidence that there's ANYTHING wrong with producing and airing ads. But the question alone implied there was something suspicious. It was despicable.

[Maddy McCall]

27. Yeah, those "innocent questions"...

Also those "I'm having a debate with Republicans at work. Can you answer this question for me?" Then they proceed to "innocently" post the most derogatory shit they can about the candidate, followed by "Is this true??//??"

Easy to spot, they are.

[KennedyGuy]

29. well..on THAT we can agree

those storys do tend to get a bit absurd..

[parasim]

15. Yeah, I know what you mean...

Your 4th paragraph explains it.

I've been calling it a meme-thread. It's like those threads that go "I received this email from an acquaintance. Is it true?" Then it shows the entire email content, often even with a snopes link (which usually debunks it straight away). Obviously, it seems to me, it is a thread simply to put the meme out there, hoping that at least some people (not necessarily even a majority) read the damn message, such as, "Barack is a Muslim" or some such, without reading further to see the debunking. Then, the hope is, that some idiot will think it is true and then spread the meme, like calling in to C-Span spouting the same crap.

It's devious and it is how memes are spread.

As for embarrassing themselves, they could care less, they're anonymous.

[LaurenG]

16. If I could I would hug you!

:hi:

[KennedyGuy]

18. ,another fave..

I just got off the phone from the DLC......

[Adelante]

23. Why doesn't anybody have to prove anything anymore?

That was such a quaint custom we used to have here.

[MonkeyFunk]

28. Oh, I know!

Somebody will post "Hillary supports serving puppy meat to the poor"

Somebody asks for a link. They provide a link to her website. Someone asks... "um.. where on the site does it say that?" and then they say "I'm not gonna do your work for you!"

Too much lying, smears, innuendo, baseless accusations... it used to be better.

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

52. Perfect description of the progression of the thread. I always like it

when the poster demands you disprove whatever BS they've floated. And then bristle at the suggestion they should have initially posted something provable in their OP.

:rofl: "I'm not gonna do your work for you"

[Bread and Circus]

31. Monkeyfunk, though we are on opposite sides right now, you have been

warming my heart as of late.

[MonkeyFunk]

39. lol

thanks... that's nice.

As Nikki says below, we ARE on the same side.

[Bread and Circus]

42. We will be soon, one way or another

;-)

[PeaceNikki]

37. I agree with the poster above. You're warming the cockles of my heart, too.

But, I take issue on one point - we're all on the same side. All of us, whichever candidate we support.

ok, I just wanted to say "cockles" and saw an opening.

[MonkeyFunk]

40. I know how you love your cockles.

[PeaceNikki]

43. Hee

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7425242

:D

[tammywammy]

41. And posts like this are why I've always liked you.

:)

Some people apparently don't understand how this "Google" works. :)

[MonkeyFunk]

44. I think it's the "enter" key that gets them.

Or the "search" button.

SOMETHING is confusing them. Google needs to hire a team of UI designers to solve this problem. It's just too complicated!

[Danger Mouse]

46. I just attribute it to trolls.

It's mostly the same idiots spamming the boards with bs.

[MonkeyFunk]

48. It does appear to be the Dawn of the Living Dead here lately...

[Danger Mouse]

49. Heh...

zombie-like is definitely apt.
:P

[Clintonista2]

50. Someone today claimed that Maxine Waters needed 1 senator to help her get the 2000 election...

Stopped, and that "Hillary didn't."

I don't know whether these people are intentionally trying to make their candidate look like an idiot for having supporters like them, or whether they truly don't understand reality.

[MonkeyFunk]

51. LOL

that's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. How hard is it to google when Clinton took office?

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

53. Yes, they do. They really, really do.

K&R