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Democratic Underground Administrator Posts Absurdly Detailed Rules to Micromanage Dissent
NewsBusters ^ | June 21, 2010 | P.J. Gladnick

Posted on 06/21/2010 6:45:15 PM PDT by PJ-Comix

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To: PJ-Comix

I went over there and , holy cow, the thread is like a feeding frenzy! DU threads hardly get a half a dozen posts and this one has at least a hundred!

A poster at DU will get banned for calling Barry, Barry.

I jumped in just to add a little chaos and dissent. It was kinda fun.

And yes, I took a shower afterwards, and surfed some muscle car sites to clean out my mind.


61 posted on 06/21/2010 7:43:10 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
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To: Salamander

Kids need rules...


62 posted on 06/21/2010 7:44:39 PM PDT by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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To: pburgh01

That would stand to reason - they have a seared conscience.


63 posted on 06/21/2010 7:45:57 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: Reddy

Skinner calls Barry the first Democratic president........ I corrected him, he would be the first Democrat president.


64 posted on 06/21/2010 7:46:11 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (I won't be happy until Jet-A is less than $2.00 a gallon)
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To: PJ-Comix

Found this gem on that thread over at the DUmp:

“For instance how much time does it take to keep this site running smoothly—free of technological hiccups, loss of service, protection from the random Freeper DOS attack”

OK, fess up, who has been orchestrating DOS attacks on the DUmp?


65 posted on 06/21/2010 7:47:36 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Animal Farm.


66 posted on 06/21/2010 7:47:57 PM PDT by jazminerose
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To: PJ-Comix
- Highly speculative "conspiracy theory" topics outside the September 11 forum.

They write themselves...

67 posted on 06/21/2010 7:50:02 PM PDT by null and void (We are now in day 514 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
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To: dangerdoc

Right. See my post at #48. That argument is absurd to the point of hilarity! Sure, we have our ideologues, the virulently anti-(insert some name here) folks, but by and large, it is freedom of speech here.

Ever notice the difference in profanity levels as well? Here you see an occasional “ass”, “damn” and so on, and you NEVER see the “F” word in posts. At least, I cannot remember seeing one.

There have been people who have left over the years claiming infringement of freedom of speech, but I have always felt that conservatives understand restrictions here aren’t an assault on our freedom of speech, because we don’t own the site. Someone named Jim Robinson does, and most of us understand we can vote with our dollars and feet. Many have.

I think my transposition in post #48 shows how specious is the claim that DU and FR are mirror images of each other. They aren’t, and neither are conservatives and liberals.


68 posted on 06/21/2010 7:51:13 PM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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69 posted on 06/21/2010 7:53:01 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: rlmorel

Bottom line is, at Free Republic, people can say anything in that list they want. They may be ridiculed, attacked, denigrated, pressured and so on, but nobody is writing rules saying they CAN’T say something.

You CAN say it, just be prepared to defend it...:)


70 posted on 06/21/2010 7:53:36 PM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: PJ-Comix
David Allen aka Skinner,

David? I was sure Skinner's first name was Richard.

71 posted on 06/21/2010 7:54:58 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Rebelbase

Well, I do remember after the 2004 (?) elections, some enterprising soul rigged up DU so that when the main page opened a popup window showed up that said “All your Senate are belong to us.”


72 posted on 06/21/2010 7:55:26 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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73 posted on 06/21/2010 7:55:45 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: Rebelbase

I think they have found us out! QUICK! Hide the files...initiate erase sequence plan XG7865-4B.

Those reading this thread who retain any memory of it will be tracked down individually to have their memories erased.

This means you.


74 posted on 06/21/2010 7:56:59 PM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: jazminerose

I was thinking more Lord of the Flies.


75 posted on 06/21/2010 7:58:45 PM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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To: pburgh01
"We you aspire for perfection with fluid secular morality as your guidepost this is where it always leads, ALWAYS."

Fascinating post until the last sentence. Could you clarify that?

76 posted on 06/21/2010 8:00:23 PM PDT by oprahstheantichrist (The MSM is a demonic stronghold, PLEASE pray accordingly - 2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
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To: EternalVigilance

Whoa....amazing.


77 posted on 06/21/2010 8:03:50 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: rlmorel

I am Spartacus.


78 posted on 06/21/2010 8:04:06 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Political correctness in America today is a Rip Van Winkle acid trip.)
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To: windcliff

ping


79 posted on 06/21/2010 8:05:28 PM PDT by stylecouncilor (What Would Jim Thompson Do?)
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To: Roscoe Karns

You wins at internets.


80 posted on 06/21/2010 8:05:58 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
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