DU: The Post

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[snopercod]

Please disregard the previous post. Wrong memo.

[RWR8189]

This post wasnt even universally condemned by the DUmmies.

This person is just saying what they all really think.

May they burn in hell.

[Az Joe]

You don't spend much time over there do you?

Go ahead, I promise you that you will end up sitting at your computer shaking your head in disgust and feeling great sorrow for your country.

[RogueIsland]

Sorry to see that the mods took the transcribed DU thread away. I thought it was valuable to see that most of the posters to it disagreed strongly with the sentiment expressed in the post.

Seems to me if we're going to allow the original post to float around, we should also be allowed to see the responses.

[The Toll]

It may be wise to keep a sharp eye out for any over the top posts on this site for the next week or so. This is going national and they will try to deflect it with examples from FR.

[onedoug]

Another "writer" educated in government school.

[Jalapeno]

Sorry to hear that. Which unit was he in?

[Schatze]

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.

I think it's completely fair; people need to know these extremists exist. After all, extreme factions have been known to grow into larger groups of dangerous thugs (does "al Qaeda" ring any bells?)

[george wythe]

It may be wise to keep a sharp eye out for any over the top posts on this site for the next week or so. This is going national and they will try to deflect it with examples from FR.

A wise person has spoken.

There are a few DU infiltrators here who could pretend to be uber-conservatives and post similar trash here.

[eyespysomething]

I saved the thread the night it was up. I have it in all its DU glory.

[Phantom Lord]

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.

You are correct in principle, but not about this particular item. Prior to this thread being removed it was "locked" to prevent further posting to it. While there was a large amount of people bashing the poster Starpass and calling for her banning, there were a large amount of posters coming to her defense and agreeing with her. And once it was locked, threads started poping up all over DU in SUPPORT of Starpass!!! And then after it was removed, MORE started poping up!

It is not a wacko fringe single poster of at DU saying this stuff. It is a sizable portion of the posters who are active over there.

I remember reading the thread, and sending links and copies of the post to Boortz, Best of the Web, and several others. There was a poster who blasted Starpass in no uncertain terms and had many unkind things to say about her. Also called for her to be banned. Another poster responded back that Starpass would not be banned, as she is not alone and many here (meaning DU) have the same feelings.

[No Blue States]

I agree. Especially in light of the leaked memo Hannity was given. It pretty much says the same thing in a nicer tone.

[don'tbedenied]

True, though this thought is pretty close to their mainstream, she just articulates what a lot of other DUer's imply. Your commnent also should make us self police the nuts on our site a little better. we should also consider toning down the insults (e.g. calling Ex President Clinton names) and quit the idiot conspiracy threads (e.g.the Clintons routinely kill people who are inconvenient).

[huck von finn]

This has to be distributed far and wide to every conservative you know. Along with Dean's comment on how President Bush is "the enemy".

Do have a link to this?

[NELSON111]

I wish I had her throat...in my hands. As someone who was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom (Air Force) and spit out sand from that sand storm and dodged AL Quida bullets...I would love to "speak" to her.

[Mears]

I was in my car driving when I heard this being read on Rush's show----all I could do was shake my head at the hate and venom that was being spewed.

Can you imagine getting up every day in this lady's skin----it must be awful.Her hate will destroy her if she isn't careful. What a way to go through life.

[Hodar]

this is the woman who is teaching your impressionable child

Sorry, were did you get this info?

[Sloth]

Go ahead, I promise you that you will end up sitting at your computer shaking your head in disgust and feeling great sorrow for your country.

I don't doubt that... but in that case, it should not be that hard to find a post that was allowed to stand. If we are going to use censored or non-representative posts to condemn the DUmmies, we can't honestly complain when they, the city of Fresno or anybody else does likewise with FR.

[No Blue States]

Nelson, Her wretched throat isnt worthy of your heroic hands. She will self destruct and decompose soon enough on her own.
thanks to all our Vets for serving.

[Sloth]

And once it was locked, threads started poping up all over DU in SUPPORT of Starpass!!! And then after it was removed, MORE started poping up!

Well, I didn't see how it transpired, so maybe I'm wrong.