Why did you come to DU??

[kentuck]

Poll question: Why did you come to DU??

[Bucky]

1. to vote "other" on every poll

But to me, the only real "Other" is Benjamin Linus

[mike_c]

2. hardly a day goes by that I don't learn something important here....

Seriously.

[Throd]

3. To see what Rush Limbaugh was bitching about.

[Taverner]

4. I was pissed about the 2K elections, just like Skinner and Co...

[W_HAMILTON]

5. George Bush.

:)

I happened to be watching CSPAN one morning and a caller mentioned this site, and it's been one of my most frequently visted sites ever since.

[rug]

6. For the bonhomie.

[WCGreen]

7. Pick up Chicks, Man....

Seriously, after the towers came down I was looking for a sane place to go on the internet....

[Avalux]

8. I came here after Bush stole the election from Gore.

It was a place where like-minded people could talk amongst themselves and find comfort during the horror of the Bush years.

[Kennah]

9. To Join The Vast Left Wing Conspiracy

It's not as vast as I had hoped, and it sometimes tracks too far right. But, until a more Vast Left Wing Conspiracy comes along ...

[Speck Tater]

10. Was directed here by fellow Deaniacs back when we still thought Dean had a chance. nt

[tinkerbell41]

11. To find some sanity

I started looking for a place where I could find anything that countered what I was being fed, since 2000. I truly was going mad. Honest to god, I started "googling" undercover dems, just a feeling I had that anyone like me was in "hiding". Not sure when I finally joined, but I was a lurker for a long time.

[Deep13]

12. for venting. nt

[lpbk2713]

13. BushCo clearly stole the Y2K selection.

With a lot of help from Katherine Harris and the Supremes. There wasn't much to do about it after Smirky
took (literally) office because they stacked the deck in their favor but DU helped ease the pain for me.

[mercymechap]

14. For Security

It's good to know that your posts won't be deleted, that you won't be infracted for saying something that someone on the right is able to say and not receive the same treatment. It's refreshing to be among many that think the same in many issues - and whose arguments actually make sense, unlike other forums.

[Recovered Repug]

15. Should paid RW trolls answer Other?

Or will the poll be edited for that option?

[JuniperLea]

18. Yes...

Then they should spout something hideous, as they are oft want to do, so they can be served up hot fresh pizza!

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. Exasperation, looking for a place to go after the 2004 election theft. This is home!

[JuniperLea]

17. News and idea aggrigate... eom

[Arugula Latte]

19. I felt like I woke up in a strange land.

I didn't recognize my own country after the 2000 election.
This felt like a piece of home.

[AndyTiedye]

20. Was Googling "Reichstag Fire" after 9/11

[RevStPatrick]

21. I first came here to see Top 10 Coservative Idiots...

...#1

Been in and out ever since.

[OswegoAtheist]

51. Same here.

I remember googling "conservative idiots" and presto! there's the list.

Oswego "This is actually my 2nd profile here, BTW" Atheist

[RevStPatrick]

54. Yeah I had another profile too...

I didn't log in for like two years, forgot the password, got rid of the email address it was attached to... yadda yadda... so I started a new profile last year.

[undeterred]

22. Other: I took a wrong turn and I just kept going.

Not really, but its my favorite line from a Springsteen song.

[correaman13]

23. I came on here to learn

[iris27]

24. During the run-up to Iraq, it seemed like I was one of the only people I knew in real life

(aside from my then-fiance/now-husband) who didn't think it was a good idea. I thought it was a terrible idea. I thought the evidence was drummed up, and I thought we were going in the wrong direction by shifting so much focus from Afghanistan. Meanwhile I was surrounded by people who were practically drooling at the thought of taking out Saddam.

I turned to the internet one day while killing time between classes, seeking like-minded people who could assure me I wasn't losing my marbles. And I found DU.

[flvegan]

25. The all-you-can-eat buffet. n/t

[Raine]

26. I joined as a way to survive the Bush years

with people who felt the same way.

[Polly Hennessey]

27. Bush

Same reason as Raine. Because of DU I was able to remain sane and survive the Bush years.

[Possumpoint]

28. Conservative Members

Of another forum had me labeled as a liberal. Heard of this liberal forum that had so many of the conservatives there so pissed off. Came here to hear what you had to say.

I agree with much but think there are many loony tunes here. Just as I find the positions espoused on conservative forums so ridiculous.

When are people going to learn to think for themselves, not to just accept the canned positions given out by the parties?

[Jackpine Radical]

29. It was the spring of 2001; I followed a link here from

Democrats.com, fell down the rabbit hole & been hanging out here ever since.

[William769]

30. Other.

So people could tell me to STFU!

[TheKentuckian]

31. Other: Fellowship and information exchange with like minds/somewhere

where cons were not.

[RickFromMN]

32. I want a single payer, national health system. I hope others, on DU, do too.

My family lives here. Otherwise, if circumstances permitted, I would consider moving to Canada.

[fadedrose]

33. Mike Malloy had a1 DU link on his website -

and when he got fired from Air America, I didn't know where to go or what to listen to and turned to DU to be with like-minded people...

Didn't expect to accomplish anything, just wanted to hang out.

[OutNow]

34. George Bush

Way back when Air America was leading the charge to impeach Bush and then imploded I wanted to keep up with that and related issues and found DU to be a good way to do that. Even after all those years I still don't comment very much but I learn a lot from others. It would be great to have the DU community united the way we were during the Bush years but hate to think it will take a Rick Perry regime to make that happen.

[applegrove]

35. Wanted to fight the Repukes over there (USA) rather than fight them in Canada some day. I was

on a mixed site and, though I did well, was tired of fighting with role-playing GOPers.

[RedEarth]

36. As a refuge from the right wingers....

and to help Dems win.

[dbt]

37. I came here seeking community after the 2000 "election" was

given to bu$h. Since 2004 or so, I have stayed for the amusement value brought about by the constant fucking DRAMA, snark, hand-wringing and pearl-clutching that can be brought about by the most innocent of expressions here.

Long live Public Assholery!

:bounce:

[LadyInAZ]

38. I believe the elite...

has to much power in regards to american jobs... fighting against an injustices is a good thing...

[Zenlitened]

39. Other. Cognitive anthropology is a favorite hobby. - n/t

[Occulus]

40. Other

I found Free Republic first and barfed a little.

It still looks exactly the same. That's a conservative for you. They wouldn't change their underwear if they could get away with it.

[HopeHoops]

41. Other: I was looking for information on frothy mixtures of anal lube and fecal matter...

Lots about Santorum here.

[guitar man]

42. I was looking for the Ducks Unlimited website

And clicked the wrong link, somehow I got stuck i here and can't get out! :silly:

[Zorra]

43. "Just to unrec those ideas and those folks that I can't stand?"

Valid category. And only 2 votes so far.

The Ostrich Club must be having a convention.
;-)

[bvar22]

44. I knew something was bad wrong when the Supreme Court stopped the recount in Florida.

I was SURE there would be mass protests and Nationwide Civil Disobedience.

I was SURE that the leadership of the Democratic Party wouldn't tolerate such an abuse.
I was SURE there would be a call for People in The Streets.

I wanted to join those who would Put Things Right.

I found DU shortly after.
Back then, there was a private "Underground" forum,
and I was sure that THAT was where the Mass Mobilizations were being organized.
I begged to get in.

Needless to say, I was disappointed,
but found DU to be challenging, educational, and inspirational,
especially in those early dark years.

I've been here almost daily ever since.


You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
Solidarity!
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[Tierra_y_Libertad]

45. It beats working for a living.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

46. Bush Bush, baby -

Attended the first march here in SF against the SC installation of Bush as President -- BartCop, Fringe Folk, Buzzflash, Coup2k, DU -- all my hangouts in those first few months after the selection.

I stay because of folks like Kpete, Octafish, and MadFloridian.

[gratuitous]

47. Same reason I came to Casablanca

For the waters.

[Uncle Joe]

48. To change the world.

Thanks for the thread, kentuck.

[TBF]

49. Other: a link from a music forum to the "top 10 conservative idiots"

I couldn't stop laughing, and then started looking around the forum and stayed for the conversation.

[deutsey]

50. As a refuge after the 2000 selection n/t

[Vidar]

52. Kerry's website was closing up shop.

[librechik]

53. to escape the beating I was getting on mainstream forums if I happened to post a pro-dem article

Nowadays I get beat up just as much here as I did there. It's not a shelter from that anymore. In fact I hesitate to come here becasue I know I will get beat up, and I often regret it after I do come here. Not how I remember DU to be, at its best.

I can't help it though, I'm addicted now. I still come here looking for some solace, and sometimes I get that.