Why do people on DU cry so much?

[Squatch]

On a daily basis you read people who post how things they read, heard, saw, smelled, etc. caused them to come to DU and post a serious topic starting the post with "Why am I crying".

I know I'm going to get flamed for this, but if it's not pure vocal rage, the other emotion people are very quick to display in GD is abject sorrow.

Right now, the Dems are getting raked over the coals for being too mushy, too soft, etc, and to come here to one of the most vocal discussion Liberal discussion sites on the internet and read how somebody is in tears after watching a 15 minute segment put on by CBS...well, that's kind of living up to the popular opinion, isn't it?

Turn those fucking tears into action, God dammit.

/end rant
//somebody call the FD

[Arkana]

1. THIS POST IS MAKING ME CRY

Why do you insult me so

[karlrschneider]

2. We keep thinking of what a crying shame it is that we have Chimp

squatting in our White House. So we cry. What's the problem? :cry: :D

[survivor999]

3. Waaaaaaahhhhh!

Stop making me cry!!!...

[Squatch]

6. The beatings will continue until morale improves.

[Cha]

24. Where is that quote

from? I laughed so hard when I read it on DU months ago.

[Squatch]

27. I first read it in the Life in Hell comics decades ago.

[Cha]

29. Thanks! I think I read it on someone's

sig post.

[spuddonna]

4. That's the saddest post I've ever read...

:cry: I think I better bring more hankies to the polls with me... I feel especially emotional at the thought of voting out these treasonous rat bastards. It gets me every time... (sniff) :evilgrin:

[951-Riverside]

5. Re: I know I'm going to get flamed for this

Ummm isnt that against the rules? :)

We'll let an admin decide

[Squatch]

7. Lemme guess.

You pushed that big ol' "Alert" button, didn't ya?

[elocs]

25. Ha, Ha, Ha! Now that makes me laugh, not cry.

People here routinely get flamed just for expressing their opinions, especially minority opinions. Don't they know they are supposed fall in line and think like everybody else?

[JVS]

8. Your post saddens me

[Lex]

9. It's the college-educated DU'ers who cry too much and use the

word Repuke.

That's the problem right there.

[Squatch]

11. I say we take them out to the woodshed and learn 'em

[htuttle]

13. Especially the ones who smoke!

[survivor999]

17. Yeah! Education is the problem!

Well said! The ignorant should rule the world! Oh, they already do...

[donco6]

37. And they're all gay. eom

[SeveneightyWhoa]

10. That's some really sad shit.

If I weren't a male, I'd probably be shedding a tear right now.

(Don't cry, ladies, I'm only kidding!)

[kdmorris]

12. You can still be doing something

and cry about how messed up this last 6 years have been. And the media is trying to portray the Dems in Congress as soft. That really doesn't have much to do with the average American Democrat.

Why do I cry? Because it's messed up. Because so many people are dying. Because I'm afraid that, despite our best efforts, things will go supremely wrong on November 7th (for whatever reason). Because I'm sad about the damage that is being done to humans, animals, the environment. Because I'm fucking angry (yep, I can cry from anger, too). How can you see the people dying in Iraq and not cry? How can you see the elderly, the sick, the children in our county suffer without crying? How can you not feel sorrow for the irreversible damage done to our planet, our reputation, our families, our lives?

The question you SHOULD be asking is not why we cry so much, but why aren't YOU?

[Squatch]

16. Don't get me wrong...I cried when Ol' Yeller died

*that*, my friend, was sad. Poor dog.

[kdmorris]

21. ALE!!!!

Yes, it was terribly sad when Ol' Yeller died. Thanks for the comfort juice!

[CatWoman]

14. waaaa!!!!!

Squatch yelled at me!!!!

[C_U_L8R]

15. If you don't cry you become republican

at least once in a while you gotta emote a few tears
otherwise we'd be all cranky and uptight like the freeps.
Maybe if the freeps had a good weep, they'd get a little compassion.
Then again, it could just make for soggy freeps

[Kolesar]

22. and wait around for orders to break somebody's knees

Life is simple for the subservient dogs of the Republican party.

[survivor999]

18. Crying makes Baby Jesus cry!

[knitter4democracy]

19. It's because I'm a bleeding heart liberal.

;)

[Rex]

20. Crying crying crying, over you...

nt

[Cha]

23. What?!

:cry:

[Obamarama]

26. Someone....call the whaaaaaaaaaambulance!

eot

[Squatch]

28. Not one serious reply to my emotional outpouring.

I'm going to bed to cry.

Really, I am.

Fuck GWB...for making me cry.

[BlooInBloo]

32. IMO, there's a subgroup here that thinks social status is gained...

... by being "sensitiv-er than thou" - hence it turns into a who-can-cry-more or who-can-come-up-with-more-reasons-to-cry battle.

There - your flaming worries are over my friend! I've taken that burden from you :rofl:

[EFerrari]

33. Here

[spacelady]

40. Crying is not a sign of weakness. It is instead an emotion of

despair and anger. One can cry & then get mad & then reach a critical mass of power. How's about it?

[VeggieTart]

30. I have yet to cry here, but then I'm a newbie

But I sometimes cry when angry or frustrated, but only in real life. Then there are times I know if I don't laugh, I'll either cry or go insane.

Then there are times I need to scream, but I don't believe I've seen a smilie for that.

[EFerrari]

31. I like this one.

[B Calm]

34. You want to hear some crying, go to any conservative site, that is

all they do there!

[petronius]

35. I've wondered that, too

Are those meant to be taken literally, or is it just an evocative way to say "I'm disturbed by something"? If literal, it seems like an odd reaction (IMO) - when I'm moved to tears by something, running to post about it online is pretty low on my to-do list..

(And by the way, I cry very little - we're all man over here!)

[uppityperson]

36. "why am I crying" is often a rhetorical question.

Yes, it is often sorrow, sometimes rage. And most often it is rhetorical. Rather than stating "I am crying and this bothers me (or not)" one posts "why am I crying?" Sometimes it means that I should be used enough to the bs that goes on that I am suprised that I can still cry. It does NOT mean I am not acting, but I am emoting. If someone thinks I am too mushy because I post this here, on DU, well, tough shit for them. (that last is not rage, not sorrow, shrugging)

[oblivious]

38. Yes I've always thought it must be metaphorical: "I'm crying as I write this."

Otherwise, I must be an awfully cold person in comparison, because I could never get that emotional over any of these topics.

[lordsummerisle]

39. Cry me a river nt

[seabeyond]

41. i ALMOST cried, i got tears, reading a post about a brother that

came out to 80 year old parents and said from that event on, his partner would be at family gatherings and the parents immediately stood, embraced their son and told him they unconditionally loved him

at emotion, (love) hit me, and i got tears... and i do NOT apologize

as for threads on people crying, .... life is too good. i only get tears of joy, never sad, never whine, never disappointment

[rucky]

42. You're confusing whining with crying. n/t

[Nicole]

43. Because we can

[Marie26]

44. Crying

I don't think that it's really crying, half the time. It's just a good way to display the depth of your emotion on a topic, and inspire a response. Melodrama works! I sincerely hope people aren't crying about politics on a regular basis, if so, it's probably time to take a break.

[Jose Diablo]

45. It's part of having feelings

We men are trained from an early age to not show emotions, so for the most part we don't. But that doesn't mean we don't have emotions, they are there, but you have to see the levee we have built to hold back that river of tears.

And of course "If It keeps on Raining, the Levees going to break".

For DUers and others that feel, it's part of being human to have those feelings.

[Mr_Spock]

46. Yeah, you may need a fire hose after that

I've noted what you describe, but it doesn't bother me. Get to know some of the people and you will see the same people hitting it hard on another topic. We all are sensitive to certain topics - compassion is a quality that seems to be missing from the RW ass holes. This is not a weakness, it's a strength. Complicated emotions are good - RWers are zombies - we do not want to emulate that...

[Catherine Vincent]

47. We're not a hateful people like some groups we know.

[upi402]

48. crying less messy than crapping pants

:hurts:
not quite as warm, however

i agree in a way OP, we need to buck up and get some dirt moved... OUT!

[Connie_Corleone]

49. Your post makes me so mad that I'm starting to...

:cry:

[NuttyFluffers]

50. because it sets off my shaved eyebrows and hand fan so well.

as being a part of the effete literati, it is a prerequisite to cry on que. now i'm going to go write obtuse poetry and then go moon viewing to lament the cruelties of love.

ps: peonies fading in the afternoon twilight... oh god, the pain! :cry:

[Swamp Rat]

51. Crying over you

I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say, "Hello"
Oh, you wished me well
You couldn't tell
That I'd been crying over you
Crying over you
When you said, "So long"
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying
Crying, crying

I was all right for awhile
I could smile for awhile
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say, “Hello”.

Oh, you wished me well
You couldn’t tell that I’d been
Crying over you, crying over you
When you said “So long”
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying.
It’s hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying

I thought that I was over you
but it’s ture, so true,
I love you even more than I did before
but darlin, what can I do?
For you don’t love me and I’ll always be
crying over you, crying over you
Yes, now you’re gone
and from this moment on
I’ll be crying, crying ,crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying, over you.

[QMPMom]

52. Whew!

I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one who cries over this illegal pResidency and and all the evil it has perpetuated. Thank you for reassuring me that it's okay.

[JVS]

53. Sadness is for poor people!

[lumberjack_jeff]

54. ARE YOU CRYING! I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT!

sorry, I was briefly channeling my grandfather.

Agree though. Need less sniveling. Buck up.

[Emit]

56. No...

you were channeling my dad! Boy, did that hit a nerve.

[helderheid]

55. BASTARD!

:cry:

[Jamastiene]

57. Sticks and stones, Squatch.

I ain't crying. Some people do have emotions though. Gotta give them some space and some compassion when they need it. Progressives are a caring bunch most of the time. That is all.