Wow I'm amazed at the behavior of some people here.

[PerfectSage]

I haven't been to du for a year, and I'm shocked by the animosity. Save it for the dark side. lol

When you behave like an idiot, does that make the candidate you support look like an idiot?


Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence;
supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Sun Tzu

[babylonsister]

1. That's a great quote-thanks! nt

[NastyRiffraff]

2. You ain't seen nothin' yet, PerfectSage

Unfortunately. For the first time in years at DU, I've put people on Ignore.

[carlotta]

3. I have a suggestion for everybody

I do think we need to raise the level of civility here. It's perfectly acceptable to be passionate about your own candidate, and equally acceptable to criticize the other candidate. But, could we do it without calling the candidates names, without the nasty adjectives, without any sexist or racist remarks? Would it be so hard?

I'm sure both candidates would appreciate it.

[Forkboy]

6. And on that positive note...welcome to DU!

:toast:

[Olney Blue]

4. Welcome back, but you might want to wait until after

we have our nominee!

[ColesCountyDem]

5. Love that quote! n/t

:hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. But it's SO IMPORTANT

to be able to win arguments with total strangers on the Internet!

[AtomicKitten]

8. Shame on us?

:spank:

[Double T]

9. The USA and the planet are in a shambles and it grows worse everyday.

People have strong feelings about making sure the person they believe will do the BEST job to right ALL of these ills is nominated, then elected. Most humans behave like IDIOTS, one way or the other; like it or not, we're ALL part of the club.

[CoffeeCat]

10. You're shocked?

...by behavior you see on an anonymous message board?

This isn't a High Tea at Harrod's for God's sake.

I know...let's all walk into a strip joint--stand on the stage while
"Shock the Monkey" blares and pontificate about how immodest the strippers
are--and then give a speech about decaying morals in America.

That would make about as much sense, as what you're doing now.

Hellloooooooo? This is fun and scrappy and at times a rollicking
ride through the day's political events. Let's not feign outrage
when a political messageboard doesn't follow Robert's Rules.

Ok, back to the debauchery. Ready....BREAK!

[PerfectSage]

11. I'm shocked to see it on DU

I save all my idiotic behavior for the dark side on message boards.

If I wanted debauchery I'd go off to the Yahoo:HAL board. lol

[MariaS]

12. As an ex Clark supporter I seem to remember that

it became pretty heated here during the run up to the 2004 primaries also.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

13. put on your mucking boots...the manure is knee deep in here as of late