primitives concerned; grazing primitive suggests primitives be vigilant

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6380722

Oh my.

That's such a cool, hip, with-it, trendy, term, "concern trolling."

Symarip  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-18-08 02:48 PM
Original message

We Know You're *So* Troubled, or, I Love Concern Trolls!!!
   
Take an inflammatory or factless/baseless comment and add a question mark. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Example -

Shithead comment: Obama is changing his policies. Omfg no one can vote for him. McCain is going to win!!!

Shithead turned Concern Troll: Did anyone notice that Obama is changing his policies?? OMFG how are other Democrats going to react to this?!?!?! McCain just might win!!

(Option: site a right leaning/ right wing publication. Check the editorial pages for the really good dirt!)

Take this to heart to all you who are so ****ing concerned: we're going to win in November. Period. Momentum, money and good old fashioned truthiness is on our side. But until then, please, continue to pretend that you care. It will definitely be noted in the journal of the curious and concerned.

Plus, I love a good laugh in the middle of the work day.

How does one "site" a "right leaning" publication?

Look around for it, or what?

jgraz  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-18-08 02:51 PM
Response to Original message

1. We're going to win in a walk. That doesn't mean we shouldn't hold Obama accountable
   
If he's moving rightward, we need to let him know what we think of that. That's not concern-trolling, that's just democracy.

Oh my.  The grazing primitive is deluded, this "we're going to win in a walk" nonsense.

Occam Bandage  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-18-08 02:53 PM
Response to Reply #1

2. The problem comes when there is no actual evidence that he is moving rightward.
   
Today, the evidence that he is "moving rightward" is that:

1. He hired a staffer who once worked for a Democrat who voted for Bush's tax cuts.
2. He claimed he wouldn't be reckless or irresponsible in his handling of Iraq (which he has always said).

jgraz  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-18-08 02:56 PM
Response to Reply #2

6. The signs are well-known to any Democrat. There's nothing wrong with staying vigilant

Hmmm.  The grazing primitive appears to have some Maoist tendencies.

Provided, of course, the grazing primitive gets to be Mao.

thewiseguy  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-18-08 02:54 PM
Response to Reply #1

3. No you dont get it.
   
I myself have made threads criticizing Obama. One as recently as yesterday. No one in that thread gave me shit for criticizing Obama. No one called me a troll.

However, there are some who are dedicated to making such threads. In facts thats all they do. Show their concern around the clock. That is concern trolling.

Symarip  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-18-08 02:56 PM
Response to Reply #3

5. Exactly.
   
It's one thing to be critical and discuss different points of view. Concern trolls seem to center around how this is going to affect Obama once the news or the truth about the real Obama breaks.

jgraz  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Wed Jun-18-08 03:22 PM
Response to Reply #3

12. Sounds like we agree -- with one caveat
   
I'd rather put up with a few annoying trolls than risk shutting down legitimate debate. I've have my "concerns" about Obama's support for things like clean coal labelled trolling, and it effectively hijacked the discussion.

I'm hopeful that people will be less sensitive now that the primary is over and Obama is clearly the better candidate in the general.

Oh my.

[Lord Undies]

A half-white half-black ultra-liberal socialist/communist with big ears, a funny name, the middle name of Hussein, with no background, no political history to speak of, with ties to anti-American concerns both foreign and domestic, who cannot form a coherent sentence without a speech writer standing by, is going to win in a walk?

Pardon me while I laugh my guts out.

[lars1701c]

I am just wondering if we are taking obama to lightly or are the DUers just to deluded. Why I say this is they think he is going to win in a landslide or are they full of shit?

[franksolich]

.....are they full of shit?

You nailed it.

[Lord Undies]

I am just wondering if we are taking obama to lightly or are the DUers just to deluded. Why I say this is they think he is going to win in a landslide or are they full of shit?

The DUmbasses thought John Kerry was going to win all 50 states, and we know how that turned out.  The DUmbasses think the democrats took control of congress by being anti-war, and we know how that turned out.  The DUmbasses think the USA is the great evil in the world, and we know that isn't anyones reality.  The DUmbasses defend muslims at every turn and then proclaim themselves to be cheerleaders for the homosexual agenda, and we know how that would turn out.  The DUmbasses profess to hate and fear "facism" (sic), and we know they worship the likes of Chavez, Castro, and Kim Dong Long.

Need more be said?    

[lars1701c]

I hear ya Mr undies I just have this concern that enough dumb asses will vote for him. (even my dyed in the wool Lib mother wont vote for him)

I am just wondering if we are taking obama to lightly or are the DUers just to deluded. Why I say this is they think he is going to win in a landslide or are they full of shit?

The DUmbasses thought John Kerry was going to win all 50 states, and we know how that turned out.  The DUmbasses think the democrats took control of congress by being anti-war, and we know how that turned out.  The DUmbasses think the USA is the great evil in the world, and we know that isn't anyones reality.  The DUmbasses defend muslims at every turn and then proclaim themselves to be cheerleaders for the homosexual agenda, and we know how that would turn out.  The DUmbasses profess to hate and fear "facism" (sic), and we know they worship the likes of Chavez, Castro, and Kim Dong Long.

Need more be said?    

[DixieBelle]

Oh my. That will be a good thread to save for after the election.

Yes, the idiots drinking the Oooobama kool-aid are scary, but I'm hoping the debates and attack ads will wake the undecided up. After all, how long can you maintain that contact high the idjits are floating on?

Okay, don't answer that. I can read DU.

[dandi]

Oh my.

That's such a cool, hip, with-it, trendy, term, "concern trolling."

They've used it many times in the past to shut down legitimate questions or concerns that go against the Hivemind, most often when someone expresses dismay about the image DU presents to the world with their foam-at-the-mouth hate.

DUmmies don't like being told they shouldn't hate. It's their whole raison d'etre, or some French crap like that.

[Chris_]

Oh my. That will be a good thread to save for after the election.

Yes, the idiots drinking the Oooobama kool-aid are scary, but I'm hoping the debates and attack ads will wake the undecided up. After all, how long can you maintain that contact high the idjits are floating on?

Okay, don't answer that. I can read DU. :-)

I have heard (read?) this described as the candidate that can't possibly win from the party that can't possibly lose against the candidate that can't possibly lose from the part that can't possible win.

I just know I am nervous.  I also think that the fact the whole Nation is trending Leftward represents a permanent change -- a combination of mass insanity and American's complete inability to think and reason.

I try to stay optimistic but it is almost impossible.

[BlueStateSaint]

Oh my. That will be a good thread to save for after the election.

Yes, the idiots drinking the Oooobama kool-aid are scary, but I'm hoping the debates and attack ads will wake the undecided up. After all, how long can you maintain that contact high the idjits are floating on?

Okay, don't answer that. I can read DU.

I have heard (read?) this described as the candidate that can't possibly win from the party that can't possibly lose against the candidate that can't possibly lose from the part that can't possible win.

I just know I am nervous.  I also think that the fact the whole Nation is trending Leftward represents a permanent change -- a combination of mass insanity and American's complete inability to think and reason.

I try to stay optimistic but it is almost impossible.

Freedumb, that will last as long as it is until the next terrorist attack on US soil, which will come pretty quick, IMO, if the Obamination is elected.  Then, four years of "buyers remorse."