You ever start a thread and regret how it came out.? I do it all the time.

[trumad]

I did it this morning and I must admit--- after reading the responses, I too agree that it was a stupid OP. BUT in a minor defense of me--- I really didn't mean for it to come out that way. I just simply didn't think it through. My purpose was to highlight the bigotry of General Pace.

Here was the OP headline: "How can you say "Homosexuality is immoral" if you've never tried it"?

Pretty dumb me-thinks---but hey, it wasn't the first time I posted a dumb OP and I can bet you it won't be the last.

Anyway... my apologies if anyone took offense to it...

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. I've impetuously jumped into a thread once and was quite misunderstood -

my fingers outraced my brain, and I wished I would have taken a breath to think about how to better phrase something. All in all, I am humbled by the great thinking and writing that is demonstrated here, so while I am on the learning curve of translating my passions into organized thoughts, I am actually quite careful!

[Dora]

2. I knew what you meant. Your point was about the logic, not the morality.

Today it was your turn to step in the shit.

[trumad]

3. I forgot my boots....

LOL

[BOSSHOG]

4. I'm often surprised

I'll start something which I think is really important and will generate alot of interest and get nothing. Then I'll post something just for the hallibut which I think is relatively boring and it goes on and on and on.

Similar to your headline, how can you be a Miami Hurricane fan if you've never been in prison. Ya mean like that?

[trumad]

9. LOL

Perfectly said... It's like asking how can you be a Florida Gator if you've been to the dentist.

[Cameron27]

5. Hey at least you've got the guts to start a thread...

I STILL haven't gotten the nerve to do that.

I guess sometimes things so much sound better when we think them, and just turn out awful when we write them out. Everyone screws up now & then.:)

[Autonomy]

6. LOL please post the link

to that thread. I MUST see how it turned out.

[trumad]

14. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x399956

[Autonomy]

26. Haha you got nailed from all sides

figuratively speaking, of course. It's good to not make sense sometimes, because it keeps us sharp for dealing with the nonsense the Repubs spew.

[Horse with no Name]

7. At least 100 times

No worries trumad. You're #1 in my book!

[verse18]

8. Didn't you learn your lesson from the whole waist vs. waste brouhaha?

:)

[trumad]

13. Yeah--- I've had a bumpy couple of months here on DU.

But my skin is thick and my spine is strong.

[BOSSHOG]

17. Just think

football season is just about six months away and you can start all over again.

[trumad]

20. 6 months?

the agony.

[BOSSHOG]

23. I'm contemplating going to an Arena League game

in New Orleans but they are all night games. If we went we'd stay. The real season will be here for ya know it. Then I'll go to the Sports Forum and piss off non-SEC fans and get ragged on four months.

[trumad]

28. Arena football is a blast...

more show than anything but a great excuse to drink some beers and look at some hot cheerleaders.

[rock]

10. Yes

But I really quite often reply to an ongoing piece and forget that you can't hear my tone (with poor results at getting my point across). It's much trickier writing than speaking.

[acmavm]

11. I saw that and I wondered what you were doing.

My biggest problem, asking an innocent question and having some of our local mind readers come up with much more of a 'message' then I ever intended or even thought.

And forgetting the :sarcasm: thingie has led to problems as well.

As for your post, I didn't read anything offensive into it. I just thought that it was a strange defense of a hot button issue.

[catmandu57]

12. Oh hell yes

That's why I post mostly in threads that are already authored.

[patricia92243]

15. Everybody that posts much evetually goofs. You are a big enough person to admit it! Good for you!!

[trumad]

16. I don't always admit it... truthfully...

but that last OP of mine simply didn't make sense.

[BlooInBloo]

18. It happens. No biggie.

[CJCRANE]

19. I thought that was a cool title for a thread!

:thumbsup:

(I didn't take it 100% seriously though ;) )

[trumad]

22. Yeah--- but it was hard to defend ....

[Cerridwen]

21. Ah, huh...yep, done that.

Fortunately for me, er, sorta, I just get ignored.

:evilgrin:

I've discovered my "snark" is taken as serious and my "serious" is taken as snark. Ah well, the hunt for the perfect smiley continues.

:hi:

[ck4829]

24. The only threads on my hidden threads list are my own

Not because of the response of other DU'ers, but because I feel pretty bad after seeing what I wrote.

[Dora]

25. LOL! n/t

[uppityperson]

27. Yup. Esp when I ask a question and then get the shit kicked out of me

That is why I ask, to get responses, to hear viewpoints to refine my own view and figure out why I feel like I do. Having people give me crap, tell me that I am bad for how I phrased something, bah to them. I have learned who reacts, who thinks and then reacts. My apologies also if I cause offense, not meaning to.

[Jamastiene]

29. It's ok. You can't help being stupid.

Stupid is as stupid does. Mmm, hmm. Slingblade could have said it so much better than I can. But hey, we all shit and fall back in it from time to time. Some just more than others.