Oh my.
For the second time in three years, the winner in this year’s secondmost spot in the Top DUmmies was separated by just a single vote to tie for top spot, or two votes for the outright win.
One suspects this happens because some voters don’t vote for a full slate of ten primitives, or when voting, they don’t rank their top five preferences.
Or because some potential voters don’t vote.
Every vote counts, folks, and one’s first five ranked votes count even more.
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Anyway, congratulations! to
nadinbrzezinski, for having attained the second-highest spot in the Top DUmmies of 2014.
But really, as fans of Nebraska Cornhuskers football team used to assure fans of the Oklahoma Sooners football team--this is now ancient history, back when the two teams dominated college football; days long gone now--when the former defeated the latter on the gridiron: second place is nothing to sneeze at.
It means that while one’s lesser than one team, one’s still better than circa 188 other major college football teams.
Or in the case of nadin, while there’s one primitive better than her, she’s still better than the circa 3,500-5,000 other primitives on Skins’s island.
Nothing wrong with second place.
And one must consider that the cousin’s won:
2014 the Steven Dawes award, the “Steveâ€
2013 #03 Top Dummie
2013 the Nadin Abbott award, the “nadinâ€
2012 #02 Top Dummie
2012 the Robyn McGrath award, the “Robâ€
2011 Top Dummie
2011 the William Rivers Pitt award, the “Willieâ€
2010 #17 Top Dummie
She’s collected oodles of awards, in addition to those bestowed by the journalistic community; one suspects the cousin’s going to have to purchase a larger trophy-case for them all.
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Now, as some might be aware, when conservativecave came back on-line in May, there were some quirks and fragmentations that disrupted functions we’d been used to, for years; such happens.
Alas, among them was that “search†can’t find all of the “nadinbrzezinski†posts and threads here. The posts and threads are still here, intact, but “search†doesn’t recognize them.
One now wonders if the cousin had something to do with the downage last April, given that she and the Bostonian Drunkard are the only primitives here “search†can’t find. Posts and threads about all the other primitives are as easy as strawberries-and-cream, to find.
There’s of course off-site alternative methods of “searching,†but it’s all such a long complicated cumbersome chore, and time’s running out, so I’m not going to bother.
Everybody knows what a stuffy, pompous, arrogant oblate spheroid the cousin is anyway; there’s hardly anything new one can say about her.
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nadin finally called it quits on Skins’s island about halfway through this past year, something she’d vowed to do for years, but never did.
However, she still has her fans among the primitives:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025926101This was also discussed here in the Dumpster:
http://conservativecave.com/index.php?topic=99709.0NYC_SKP (63,906 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 08:50 PM
~~~~~Appreciation Thread for nadinbrzezinski~~~~~
You can like her style or not, but Nadin always tries to bring us breaking news.
She's scrappy and gets out there with the camera and she is an asset to this community.
A typical OP for her:
after which something nadin wrote
liberal_at_heart (8,613 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 08:53 PM
1. I always enjoyed Nadin's posts.
morningfog (10,124 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 08:54 PM
2. Miss her here. In before the troll swarm.
rhett o rick (40,812 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:45 PM
180. I think they know to stay away from this thread.
morningfog (10,124 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 10:07 PM
187. Cowards. Big tough internet bullies noticeably absent.
PCIntern (15,512 posts) Wed Dec 10, 2014, 01:17 PM
234. they are that...
I'd love a shot at a no holds barred discussion.
Not likely…
CaliforniaPeggy (112,817 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 08:54 PM
3. I appreciate her too, my dear NYC_SKP!
SummerSnow (4,651 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 08:56 PM
4. Love her post. I look forward to them.
L0oniX (26,551 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 08:56 PM
5. K & R ...and of course good ones get purged from DU as well as the bad ones.
Sad for DU. Seen a lot of good member posters get run off.
About nadinbrzezinski
I have requested to have my account permanently closed. I would like that to be done.
SalviaBlue (2,190 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 09:01 PM
7. Another person bullied away from DU
Cleita (71,463 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 09:16 PM
11. K&R for Nadin.
Jackpine Radical (42,648 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 09:19 PM
I interacted with her on a whole lot of occasions, including on one night
during the Madison protests when she, in San Diego, was picking up police radio from Madison online somehow & pm'ing me with what she was hearing. I was telling my wife what Nadin was feeding me, and my wife was tweeting stuff about police activity to relatives in Madison, 200 miles away from us & 2,000 miles away from Nadin.
I don't know if I ever told that story before.
And on and on lthe primitive accolades went, including this one:
SidDithers (34,701 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 09:28 PM
20. Yes! I wish she were back…
ChisolmTrailDem (5,201 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 09:49 PM
34. Hey everybody! Check out this post!
bahrbearian (11,896 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 06:48 AM
83. Yup, sid must be feeling guilty.
greytdemocrat (2,245 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 03:20 PM
147. You are terrible!! [to Sid, above]
rhett o rick (40,812 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:43 PM
178. Between you and me, one of us thinks you're very clever, and it sure as hell aint me.
Did you forget you posted this?
"She had a post hidden, accused DU of being an anti-Semitic hate site, and quit in a huff."
"http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5925616"
That doesn't sound like you miss her.
SidDithers (34,701 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 09:19 PM
183. Stop cyber bullying me!…
And the conspiracy theories:
hrmjustin (50,363 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 09:11 PM
182. Yes and some nasty people signed up several times just to harass her.
Sad-cafe was obamanaut. Signed up just to give her a hard time.
demtenjeep (22,129 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2014, 04:59 PM
286. Sad-Cafe was absolutely NOT
obamanaut and did not sign up to give her a hard time
hrmjustin (50,363 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2014, 05:00 PM
287. look at sad-cafe's ppr message and I disagree with you.
demtenjeep (22,129 posts) Sun Dec 28, 2014, 05:02 PM
288. disagree all you want
but I know for a FACT they were not the same!
Well, that’s that. Pamela knows, and who are the other primitives to question?
longship (25,498 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2014, 10:23 PM
44. Love Nadine!!!
Hate the douche nozzles who ran her off... DELIBERATELY!!!!!
All I can say is BULLY FOR THEM (literally).
I despise bullies as much as I love Nadine, a whole lot.
That she is gone and they are still here is disgusting.
I miss you, my good friend.
aquart (68,756 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 12:37 AM
67. Wait. "Miss her"???
Crap. What happened? I know I've been opting out because purity trolls piss me off hugely. So what insanity did I miss?
NYC_SKP (63,906 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 12:41 AM
68. She's still a member.
Nadin remains a member but she's got better things to do. A lot of inappropriate comments have been made that wouldn't have been allowed in the past.
Terrible things. That is all I want to say at this time. Feel free to send a PM.
This thread is for Nadin, a thank you to her with hopes that we'll see her posts here again.
Another squibble-squabble:
muriel_volestrangler (74,647 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:28 AM
96. I don't know when she last had 5 posts hidden, but she hasn't posted for over 4 months
It's her choice to not post here any more.
rhett o rick (40,812 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 07:51 PM
163. Yes it is her choice. Victims of bully always have a choice. They can go to another school,
stay off the playground, get another job, etc. Nadin was subjected to a barrage of ridicule and hate, plus alert stalked. I think she got tired of getting alerted on every post. And some bully victims lash back and then are subjected to criticism for that. One poster explained to me that their many alerts were just "cleaning house".
muriel_volestrangler
This message was hidden by Jury decision.
rhett o rick (40,812 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:07 PM
167. So you think she deserved to be bullied? I hope not.
Look at this thread. There are a lot of people here that loved her posts. If she made factual errors we are smart enough to discuss it with her in a nice way or ignore it. But not the bullies. And please don't pretend you didn't see it.
The bullies use whatever advantage they can get to ridicule and mock posters. If the posters fight back, it just gives the bullies more ammunition to continue bullying.
I have seen a number of decent posters run out by the ridicule bullies. They are here to lock and hide posts as a power trip.
muriel_volestrangler (74,647 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:10 PM
170. I think she was as much to blame as each one of them
though there were more of them. She was nasty to other people at times too.
She's one of the few people I've sometimes had on ignore here.
Kali (40,120 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2014, 12:41 PM
227. sorry you got a hide for telling the truth [to muriel, above]
she has a good point of view and posts some good articles occasionally, but the way she treated/treats anybody that questions her or dog-forbid, corrects something she gets wrong...
arrogance and rudeness, including to the owners of this site are a big part of her problem. it isn't necessarily bullying to give back when people act like assholes.
LordGlenconner (921 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2014, 04:07 PM
230. Nobody's perfect, despite what this thread seems to make the case for.
My opinion: To use a boxing analogy she had no chin. Question her once, even innocently, and you end up on iggy.
All that being said I think she could have been treated better.
rhett o rick (40,812 posts) Wed Dec 10, 2014, 11:40 AM
233. What happened to her was text book bullying. She lashed back as many of us do.
That's exactly what the bullies want. Then they justify their bullying. Posters followed her post to post, ridiculing her over and over and she lashed back. Those that lash back often get PPR'd or just quit.
There is never a justification for bullying.
Kali (40,120 posts) Wed Dec 10, 2014, 06:13 PM
235. Sorry, but that was not my experience with her.
Act like an arrogant ass and you are liable to get some push-back. Period.
stevenleser (21,093 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2014, 06:46 AM
194. The irony is a post above that offered very tepid criticism of Nadin was hidden.
rhett o rick (40,812 posts) Wed Dec 10, 2014, 08:16 PM
241. Something doesn't match up here. She got enough hides to take a forced vacation.
And look at all the positive responses here in this thread. She has a lot of friends. And I saw the bullying first hand. I saw the ridicule after ridicule. But for some here rationalization is the key to their happiness.
stevenleser (21,093 posts) Thu Dec 11, 2014, 10:33 AM
243. Kali's post offers a reason. She was fine until you challenged her or disagreed with her.
Then you typically got a nasty post back, put on her ignore list, or both.
Some of those nasty posts generated hides. I remember when she got her timeout. I checked the hidden posts. Most of them seemed deserved.
On Edit: It is amazing but the hide of Muriel's post is almost like the group of her supporters here echoed how little she seemed to tolerate criticism.
rhett o rick (40,812 posts) Thu Dec 11, 2014, 12:31 PM
246. It looks to me like the jury didn't think it appropriate in an appreciation thread
to post that the victim deserved it. I probably wouldn't have voted to hide but one thing is apparent here is that there are a lot of posters that are tired of the bullies. Them and their obsessive alerts and grave dancing over PPR's. In my opinion their behavior is not appropriate for a "politically liberal" message board. I have commented to them that ridicule and mocking is not appropriate and I get the response of "they deserved it".
That's a bully's typical response. All bullies think that their victims "deserve it"
.
stevenleser (21,093 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:19 PM
173. The hide of your next post was one of the most ridiculous hides I have ever seen [to muriel, far above]
I was juror #1.
On Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:07 PM an alert was sent on the following post:
She went looking for trouble, too, such as with her anti-wind farm posts
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5930516
REASON FOR ALERT
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
ALERTER'S COMMENTS
It's not fair to bash a DUer (who is still a member here) without her being here to defend herself.
JURY RESULTS
You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Mon Dec 8, 2014, 08:16 PM, and the Jury voted 4-3 to HIDE IT.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: This is a ridiculous alert. There is no attack and nothing over the top.
Juror #2 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: The "She started it" tone of the post.... as a point in an argument, reminds me of a late Duers reflection of DU as sometimes like a middle school lunch room.
Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: If it were me, and I couldn't respond to a defaming post or defend myself, I'd want it hidden too.
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
Explanation: I'm all for transparency, but this is a flat out call out. I hate to hide but call outs are prohibited.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: No explanation given
Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
Explanation: oy
Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.
pecwae (7,982 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2014, 08:36 AM
197. Hands down stupid.
Alerter and Juror#3 - the subject of the OP has an active account and can post if so desired.
Warren Stupidity (40,758 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 01:27 PM
132. It wasn't just hides - every post of hers, almost without exception, was alerted on
as off topic and ended up in the hosts forum where her assorted enemies would attempt, and sometimes succeed, in getting her posts locked. I'd mention names but some idiot would alert on that as a "call out" even though THERE IS NO RULE AGAINST MENTIONING WHO SAID WHAT WHEN.
Having to filter what you write because of what somebody might be able to convince some jury to hide is stupid.
cwydro (14,514 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2014, 08:41 AM
200. According to Skinner, that is not true.
9 alerts out of 2665 posts. And none hidden.
Whoa. This is new:
SidDithers (34,701 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2014, 11:04 AM
212. Back when each Forum had its own Hosts...
some GD Hosts enforced a special set of rules when it came to nadin's OPs..
The General Discussion SOP didn't really apply to her threads, and her off-topic posts and local news stories were left unlocked, when similar posts from other DUers were locked up tight…..