DU: The Post

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[Schatze]

THE POST: Here's what Democratic Underground didn't want you to see:

I Hope the Bloodshed Continues in Iraq

Well, that should bring the bats out of the attic with fangs dripping. I won't be hypocritcal. It is politically correct, particularly in any Dem discussion to hope and pray and feel for our troops and scream "bring them back now". I'm fighting something bigger.

I'm a 58 year old broad and I can tell you that what is going on in our country isn't the usual ebb and flow of politics where one party is in power and then another; where the economy goes through ups and downs.......yawn, yawn--just wait a bit and things will turn out peachy keen. That stupid la-la land is over.

I realize that not every GI Joe was 100peeercent behind Prseeedent Booosh going into this war; but I do know that that is what an overwhelming number of them and their famlies screamed in the face of protesters who were trying to protect these kids. Well, there is more than one way to be "dead" for your country. They are not only not accompishing squat in Iraq, they are doing crap nothing for the safety, defense of the US of A over there directly. But "indirectly" they are doing a lot.

The only way to get rid of this slime bag WASP-Mafia, oil barron ridden cartel of a government, this assault on Americans and anything one could laughingly call "a democracy", relies heavily on what a shit hole Iraq turns into. They need to die so that we can be free. Soldiers usually did that directly--i.e., fight those invading and harming a country. This time they need to die in defense of a lie from a lying adminstration to show these ignorant, dumb Americans that Bush is incompetent. They need to die so that Americans get rid of this deadly scum. It is obscene, Barbie Bush, how other sons (of much nobler blood) have to die to save us from your Rosemary's Baby spawn and his ungodly cohorts.

Andrew Sullivan's comment: I'm not saying this represents anything but a radical fringe. Implying that liberals or Democrats support his kind of poison is absurd. But this exists. And it's part of what's fueling the anger of the far left. (By the way, Democratic Underground has more traffic than this site, Instapundit, the Nation or the New Republic. It boasts over 30,000 subscribers.)

[RandallFlagg]

Should I post the reason here? It would PO a few people and might cause a few of them to go there and storm the place... Heh-heh-heh!

[Sally'sConcerns]

There were other threads defending StarPass and her thread. It's not uncommon to find the people at DU ranting about our soldiers. The most common topic is if soldiers don't believe they should be in Iraq then they should refuse to go. By going, the soldiers are stating they believe we should be in Iraq and so therefore they should be put down.

The majority of the deleted posts on the thread I referenced was actually William Pitt going off on his fellow DU'ers. He requested the mods there to delete his posts.

Now, as an explanation of why I seem to know quite abit about DU...my sister is a DU'er. I read DU where I can attempt to find some common ground with her. Occasionally DU'ers will have much the same reaction to something as we will. Unfortunately, it's only occasionally.

[Phantom Lord]

WillPitt may have a conscience, but he is a Bush hater of the highest levels.

[Prodigal Son]

I often wonder how the DUers will handle it if Bush is re-elected and the Republicans get real control of congress.

LOL, did you happen to go over there in the last election when they got their behinds smoked? It was like walking around in a funeral parlor.

[Phantom Lord]

"Bring It On!"

[dennisw]

Dittos and my prayers going up for your fallen brother in arms. I am in his debt.

[RandallFlagg]

One other thing I notice about DU is that many stories negative to their ideology don't get posted at all. Here at FR, everything gets posted, good or bad.

We believe in our cause a lot adult-like. If anything gets booted (IMHO) it's for double-posts, speculation, profanity or links to DU (Because their site isn't worth the FRee advertising).

Much quicker response time too.

We have over 100,000 posters to their..what? *snicker* Twelve? Fifteen?? *chortle*

[Timesink]

It's no more fair for us to portray DU by a removed extreme-fringe post than it is for them to do it to us.

The post wasn't removed until AFTER it was reposted on Best of the Web and Andrewsullivan.com and started generating bad publicity for them. If the post had been removed within minutes of having been posted, you'd have a point. It was up for a good 18 hours.

[uglybiker]

Good catch!

All thanks should go to eyespysomething for snaggin' this one. I'm just doing my part to spread the word.

[dc27]

I went to that thread. My first time ever on DU. I couldn't get past the first page before leaving. Most of the posts are from severly deranged people. I think they were dropped on their heads one too many times as a kid.

[xm177e2]

There was a poster who blasted Starpass in no uncertain terms and had many unkind things to say about her.

And posts like that were removed from Starpass's original thread! People who insulted her had their posts removed, but hers stayed up.

[RandallFlagg]

"Bring It On!"

OK

Well, I was kicked off of the metallica.com forums for giving my opinion that child molesters/killers should be dropped out of an airplane at 30,000 feet without a parachute while wearing a helmet cam. What the convicted sees would then be broadcast to every prison television nationwide (Rather than HBO and Showtime).

I got the boot the next day.

However, there was one poster that said, "and Bush beware im suprised he hasnt been assasinated by now" (Click for link -need to register first) and they still haven't been kicked out.

Now, I'm not whining. The lefties there outnumber me about 2 to 1 (That's why I'm there -a challenge). I'm just, once again, pointing out their hypocracy.

[huck von finn]

The majority of the deleted posts on the thread I referenced was actually William Pitt going off on his fellow DU'ers. He requested the mods there to delete his posts.

Good for him. He stood up to that. Now, as an explanation of why I seem to know quite abit about DU...my sister is a DU'er. I read DU where I can attempt to find some common ground with her. Occasionally DU'ers will have much the same reaction to something as we will. Unfortunately, it's only occasionally.

It is hilarious that you two, as siblings, are posting on two diametrically opposed message boards! LOL! And yes, it's unfortunate that our culture is so politically divided that a common reaction is rare.

[huck von finn]

WillPitt may have a conscience, but he is a Bush hater of the highest levels.

There's a big difference between opposing a sitting president and advocating the deaths of American soldiers. Whoever that guy is, he seems to recognize that difference.

[Az Joe]

Willam Pitt is actually thinking of running for elective office though I forget where. He is a smarmy, elitist type who comes on and drools about what a hard time he's having convincing the world he's right.

[Eva]

Thanks for serving our country, at least you have found a good place to vent your frustrations with the domestic enemy and a home here at Free Republic.

[Democratshavenobrains]

Without old women, the Democrat Party would only be half as big.

[RandallFlagg]

Without old women, the Democrat Party would only be half as big.

And dead voters...

[Democratshavenobrains]

WillPitt is such a self promoting drama queen. He only posted that so the other gullible morons would think he is the greatest thing on Earth because other people read his pro-Saddam excretions.