why are you here?

[Soylent Brice]

we all come here to DU for many different reasons. we all have different concerns, issues, and desires to be heard.

why are you here? what are you concerned about most when you are here? what do you hope to accomplish here?

[NoPasaran]

1. I heard this was a place where people discussed chicken

[Soylent Brice]

3. just in terms of trading them for good ol' fashioned health care! n/t

[zipplewrath]

2. Like many leftists

I find I refine my own positions by having them challenged, not by going to sing to the choir.

[Mojeoux]

27. This is such an insightful reply,

reading all the opinions and checking out the back and forth between everybody on DU is illuminating.

I wonder if some people think this or that and "click" they do and they don't.

Some folks get the little popcorn simile and kick back and watch the fire works.

I don't think the RW agrees to disagree.

Do you think they chastise each other for being too racist?
Too liberal?

[CTyankee]

44. Exactly! This is why I have such problems with "hit and run" unrecs!

Idon't mind the unrec function if an explanation goes along with it. As a matter of fact, I enjoy seeing a difference in opinion, even of my own opinion. Sometimes I have had my mind changed by the arguments of other DUers. That's a good thing in my estimation!

[mikelgb]

4. POLL CHOICE FAIL: I'm here because I like to vote.

[Soylent Brice]

5. another vote for "other". thank you for chiming in! n/t

[11 Bravo]

6. Shit, you beat me to it!

[Echo In Light]

7. My job has me online w/plenty of spare time, so I act as a propagandist, of sorts, for the left

[Soylent Brice]

11. we appreciate your efforts, her Propaganda Minister! n/t

[Echo In Light]

18. lol...don't mention it

[rug]

8. My wife gave me an ultimatum about porn.

[Soylent Brice]

13. yet another vote for other!

and, i can relate to your story.

:hide:

[baldguy]

9. If you go to Z'ha'dum you will die.

The other two questions are "Who are you?" and "What do you want?"

[Soylent Brice]

15. AngelFire seems like a lovely place to find illegally hosted images! thank you for the heads up!n/t

[Soylent Brice]

30. ah! Vorlons!! n/t

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. Entertainment

[Soylent Brice]

16. POPCORN FOR EVERYONE!!

[Uncle Joe]

12. To change the world.

Thanks for the thread, Soylent Brice.

[Soylent Brice]

21. no problem. i haven't done anything constructive here in, well... ever, i think.

figured, what the hey!

how you holding up?

[Uncle Joe]

26. I disagree, each post that we make is as a drop of water making ripples in the pond,

or slowly wearing down the rock depending on how you want to look at it and some of your posts have been quite constructive.:)

I'm doing well, peace to you.:hi:

[Soylent Brice]

28. i can agree with that, in regards to the "erosion" analogy.

insightful. i like it.

thanks for the compliment! :blush:
peace to you!

[hfojvt]

14. I re-joined after the 2004 elections

it seemed like a good place to hang out with people who were trying to change the direction of the country. A way to cope with those horrible results.

[RobertPlant]

17. i came here because

I wanted a website full of people with my same beliefs to talk with. I used to post on Hawkeye Report Off Topic, which I thought would be a good website since Iowa City is a liberal community, but it was flooded out by wing nut posters who never even attended the U of I.

[Oregone]

19. Deleted message

[Soylent Brice]

22. hmmm... that falls under other as well, i suppose.

:toast:

[The Straight Story]

20. I asked myself, WWJD, and this was the answer

:rofl:

[Oregone]

24. "The person who doesn't have a sword should sell his coat and buy one"

That was his answer. He was done talking.

[Soylent Brice]

25. wow! i had no idea jesus was a sadist!! n/t

[RandomThoughts]

23. Where else should a person be?

You have to be somewhere in life, might as well be here.


Although on a different level, some people think they are where they are by plan, with no free will, I think that is a failure caused by thinking in linear time, not all time simultaneously. I think all of creation can change to match a persons choices and still match some greater plan. And I think that happens all in the same instant.


So no matter where you are, your choices in life will still find a place, but they are still choices of where you choose to be.

[DailyGrind51]

29. I find the links that help with e-mail arguments with libertarian "friends".

[Dr Morbius]

31. Other: I am bored. (nt)

[Warpy]

32. Other

I can't think of any other place that would have tolerated me this long.

[Soylent Brice]

35. lol

i suspect a large majority of folks here feel the same way.

[northernlights]

33. What's the meaning of life?

How the hell should I know why I'm here? :wtf:

[Soylent Brice]

36. 42

[SidDithers]

34. I'm here to be entertained...

And many of you are very entertaining.

Sid

[Soylent Brice]

37. oh, so we're entertaining? huh... am i funny?

how am i funny to you?



:rofl:

[SidDithers]

39. One of the best characters in movie history...

thanks for the laugh :)

Sid

[mstinamotorcity]

38. I am here

because it seemed like everyone around me was oblivious to the downward spiral our country was taking since President Jimmy Carter.I was angry that my community didn't have a voice of reason in it.And if it did it wasn't loud enough. Now I am at home with people who we don't necessarily always agree,but we have the ability to communicate and listen to each other and know what issues effect us as people and a country.And we see through repug bulls--t. And when one of us can't focus clearly,there is a du optometrist waiting with revelation glasses.I love when we can come together to make change really happen.And I like the fact that we won't leave a fellow duer ignorant (lack of knowledge).This is a place where we can make a difference in the world and our community.Different viewpoints help to bring a better understanding to our nation and the world. The rest of the world has a chance to see that we all don't think alike,and that we don't do things just because someone else does.And when we gain knowledge,we gain truth.

[Soylent Brice]

42. a late welcome to DU!

:hi:

[mstinamotorcity]

48. Thank you

glad to be aboard.I was with du a while back and had to start over.I had a few years of turmoil and now I am back and full of fire.Let's go to work!!!!

[lumberjack_jeff]

40. Cuz I hate, I Hate, I HATE! the Olive Garden. n/t

[Soylent Brice]

41. ah, the "lesser evil" choice.

:rofl:

[Toasterlad]

46. Now THAT Was Funny.

[madokie]

43. so far we're 64% strong

[Toasterlad]

45. I'm Hear To Make Sure That Gay People Aren't Shouted Down.

That is my sole reason for being here, and every time I think about leaving, something comes along to remind me why people like me are necessary.

BTW, for those people who dont like me here: stop excusing Obama's capitulations to bigotry, and start holding him accountable for the promises he made to GLBT people. The sooner I get my rights, the sooner I'll leave.

[Texasgal]

47. Honestly?

I don't know! :shrug:

[patrice]

49. I am concerned about BOTH being informed and other perspectives on international and

domestic issues.