DUers are truth seekers

[realFedUp]

Dem Underground is as large as a city
phone book and as diverse with most using
anonymous nicknames and those of us with
the best intentions spend time, energy
and talent here seeking and promoting
the truth.

It's a sad commentary on large newspapers
and "news" media who haven't been the most
able at either telling the truth or finding
facts in a timely manner when they have
to disparage a message board of disparate
voices.

I would hope that our good intentions keep journalists
honest and help correct their mistakes when they make
them. This board is democracy and freedom at their very
finest IMO.

I'm glad for this day...it put a fire back in
my belly and gave me some hope that we still
can make the tide turn for the better in this
country.

[BattyDem]

1. My sig line ....

which can't be seen because we're at Level 4:

"For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead..." - Thomas Jefferson

[SemperEadem]

2. I agree..

it seems that the big mistake which both the NYT and faux has made has been having too little regard on the fallout to their shoddy reporting. Granted, for their hard core viewers, nothing can save them from themselves and their own stupidity... they live in a world of their own creation and can't tolerate anyone telling them that it is not all "Andy Hardy" like they want it to be.

faux's viewers want to remain lulled in a stupor of the 1950's where imagined, made-up boogeymen--such as the Soviet Union--still exist. It's a new decade in need of a new fear instigator for them--they love being scared and believing "superman" is going to come save the day. That's how children and the immature view life, not adults.

What these 'infotainment' agencies have done will, in the long run, expose their utter lack of integrity and principle. They've shown a spotlight onto DU--and the fact that we're currently at level 4 tells me that there are large numbers of people out there who are intrigued enough to pop over here to find that 'voice of reason in the wilderness' really does exist and they aren't alone.

They can read for themselves that we are no more a bastion of tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorists as we are true Americans dedicated to the Democratic and progressive principles of this country and for this country.

I believe that it is a godsend for DU to have had the exposure--reasonable, rational, thinking adults capable of drawing their own conclusions can meet and have intelligent discussion here; ideas can flourish and strategies can be implimented. The dems might be on the mat right now, but we're not going to be staying down here forever. Everything is allowed a season, and then it dies off. That includes the conservatives who believe they are 'in charge' right now. Their power is ebbing away from them even as we speak... and they are afraid of it, and in that fear is where they will make their gravest miscalculations--to our advantage.

[realFedUp]

5. thoughtful response

thanks and I agree with it.

[SemperEadem]

7. thank you! Yours was, too... thanks for starting the thread!!

[bpilgrim]

3. Thank GORE he 'INVENTED' the INTERNET's!

psst... pass the word!

thank you FAUX and NYT for doing your part :evilgrin:

peace

[slay]

4. Exactly! We are all different here at DU, but it is the quest for truth

and equality; the hope for a truly better world, based on freedom, that unites us.

[realFedUp]

6. kicking

coz I found my feet again.