Guys: GD isn't such a bad place; there are quite a few

[Redstone]

very decent people there. Check it out: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4460140

Not to add a serious note to the Lounge; you know I respect the spirit of the place. But GD sometimes isn't as bad as we sometimes make it out to be.

Good night.

Redstone

[jonnyblitz]

1. i havent been able to leave it for a few days..

when things in the real world are as interesting as they are now its hard for things like silly copycat threads , what everyome is having for dinner, and conversations about played -out, has-been dinosaur bands to hold my attention. :shrug:

[leftofthedial]

2. oh yes it is

it is FAR worse than we make it out to be

FAR worse

They'll suck you in pretending to be "decent" or even "very decent."

Then they'll rip your guts out and make buzzard jerky out of your epidermis.

They are FAR worse than any of us can imagine.

'night!

[Jamastiene]

4. I've been there, but I still go try every now and again to make

some sort of point. Maybe that point is that I am a glutton for punishment.

[leftofthedial]

6. you'd be better off going into a hyena encampment

with a pork chop stapled to each ear

It's madness!

Madness I tell you!

[Jamastiene]

19. Damn, you're good. More. More. More. ROFLMAO.

LOL. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Redstone]

7. Didn't follow the link, did you?

Sorry, but the subject there is something that's important to me, and I felt that the positive responses deserved some recognition.

I furthermore thought it might be a positive thing to remind us that we're supposed to be on the same side here, rather than "THEY this, THEY that."

It's just been that kind of night for me. I didn't mean to interrupt your rivalry.

Redstone

[leftofthedial]

16. I read the thread earlier.

Great story and I appreciate you sharing. Thanks! I hope you are right about some kind of sea change beginning. My anecdotal experience is different. The bushbots, straight arrows and HooRaw-ites seem to be digging in their heels and denying the reality that has stared them in the face all along, but now more unavoidably than ever, even harder than they did before.

I also thought my silliness and sarcasm were self-evident.

Only about the 10,000th time I've been wrong about that on DU.

Also, thank you for being there for those guys to open up to. And thanks for being here. You are one of the good guys.

[Redstone]

20. Oops. I misinterpreted you again, didn't I?

You and I, we need to have several drinks together sometime.

Or at least I should have several, so I can learn to actually understand what you're saying instead of getting your intentions wrong. I'll buy.

Redstone

[leftofthedial]

21. it's 100% my fault

but you can still buy!

:toast: :-)

'night!

[evlbstrd]

3. I've been there all evening.

I've enjoyed the discussions. Just be reasonable in your posts and you should be fine.

[DS1]

5. This is what kills me

not literally, of course

when left-leaning people can't talk about topics that promote left-leaning ideals, then I start to worry. I HATE that GD is considered a digital 'thunderdome' 'two people enter, one person leaves', it drives me fucking nuts that this environment exists.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. "I Run Bartertown!!"

Embargo On!! :bounce:

[DS1]

14. hahahahahaha!

I bow to your superior mad max knowlege!!!!

[bicentennial_baby]

18. bwahahaha

:evilgrin: I fucking love that movie!! :D

[Redstone]

11. But not always.

Sometimes, Tina Turner gets the crowd all cranked up (OK, most of the time), but there are flashes of decency and genuine discourse.

And for a cranky old bastard like me to admit it, you know it must be true.

Redstone

[DS1]

17. Oh, I knew it

I'm the crankiest crank that ever cranked, and I know that GD is as GD does. And it's all good. :hi:

[LSK]

13. i really dont understand why people feel that way about GD

Sure people sometimes disagree, but I see nothing there that makes people fear the place.

[sasquatch]

9. When it gets to Primary time in '08 it will be "Flame or be Flamed" again

[Jamastiene]

12. It's a Dog Eat Dog forum. That's for sure. n/t

[Crazy Guggenheim]

25. I'll be staying out of GD then. You won't have to wait that long.

Give it six months or so until the midterm primaries come up.

[merh]

10. Good night Redstone.

:hi:

[Redstone]

15. Thank you. G'night to all as well.

Here's hoping for peaceful dreams.

Redstone

[GalleryGod]

22. I agree, Red. For the 100th time.

B-)

[WCGreen]

23. Good Story...

I was just sitting with a bunch of kids when I told them I was going to DC to protest the war...

They were like no way.....

And they wanted to know what it was like, What they could do, and why weren't there more prostests.....

I told them about the Vigil last week and they were going no way, why didn;t I hear about this.....

So, I guess I have to do a better job of talking to the kids I know.....

[In_The_Wind]

24. GD can be OK

I've posted over there a few times myself ...

even the Lounge has its :scared: moments/days

[terrya]

26. I completely agree. Check GD out and add your voices there. n/t

[bridgit]

27. agreed...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4452987&mesg_id=4453847 it is what you make of it as is the case here in das lounge :rofl: