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Offline thundley4

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Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« on: December 07, 2011, 06:28:06 PM »
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MichaelMcGuire   (217 posts)             Wed Dec-07-11 06:57 PM
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Poll question: In your view are DU posters intolerant of other posters with different views?
   
(No right or wrong answers just your opinion)
Poll result (35 votes)
YES    (22 votes, 63%)   Vote
NO    (0 votes, 0%)   Vote
Some are but most are open minded    (7 votes, 20%)   Vote
Most are but some are open minded    (1 votes, 3%)   Vote
Depends on how far away the posters views are from the DU norm    (2 votes, 6%)   Vote
Differs depending on which forum    (3 votes, 9%)   Vote
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2443605

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HysteryDiagnosis   (1000+ posts)           Wed Dec-07-11 07:02 PM
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2. I post stuff.... then a couple of days later I'd like to remove it, argue with it, unrec
   
it, generally beat the crap out of it. Happens all the time.

It depends on the drugs they're taking on any given day.

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KansDem   (1000+ posts)           Wed Dec-07-11 07:16 PM
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5. In my ten years on the DU, I've noticed that almost every statement needs verification
   
You simply can't spew crap, like on Free Republic or FOX News, and have it go unchallenged. Personal opinions are open to debate, but statements and beliefs need to be backed up with facts and references.

I think we all benefit from this kind of peer review...

And in case you doubt me: Benefits of Peer Review

OMG!  That is just too funny.
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2011, 06:31:49 PM »
First Mole Trap of DU3.

Methinks the Primitives are blind to their own hypocrisy.
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2011, 06:38:21 PM »
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You simply can't spew crap, like on Free Republic or FOX News, and have it go unchallenged. Personal opinions are open to debate, but statements and beliefs need to be backed up with facts and references.

When your "facts and references" are drawn from other, equally batshit crazy "news" organs and agenda-driven web sites, you're still living in a cocoon, any way you look at it.

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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 06:40:02 PM »
The DUmp is the E-pity-me of tolerance.....or a close fit as the case may be.
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2011, 07:00:13 PM »
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KansDem   (1000+ posts)           Wed Dec-07-11 07:16 PM
I think we all benefit from this kind of peer review...

And in case you doubt me: Benefits of Peer Review

Uh, a pinhead's peers are other pinheads.

How do you benefit from being critiqued by a bunch of pinheads?
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2011, 07:26:07 PM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on December 07, 2011, 06:40:02 PM
The DUmp is the E-pity-me of tolerance.....or a close fit as the case may be.
:lmao: :rotf:^5
Hey everybody, Johnny just coined a new entry for the DUmmie dictionary!
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2011, 07:38:37 PM »
Quote from: FreeBorn on December 07, 2011, 07:26:07 PM
:lmao: :rotf:^5
Hey everybody, Johnny just coined a new entry for the DUmmie dictionary!

Yup that is ^5Worthy.  Good job.
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2011, 08:11:18 PM »
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Poll question: In your view are DU posters intolerant of other posters with different views?

                                                                  :lol:

Answer:  Is Dracula tolerant of sunlight, crosses, garlic, and holy water?

             Are werewolves tolerant of silver bullets?

             Does Frankenstein like fire?

             Did the Wicked Witch of the West tolerate water?  How did her sister tolerate a Kansas farm house
             being dropped on her head?

             Does Superman tolerate Kryptonite?
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #8 on: December 07, 2011, 09:32:31 PM »
Look no further than this thread for your answer.  Sneak peek: 
Thanks Occupy Wall Street For Inspiring the Youth With Your Tired Model of Revolution
Seriously -- my stepson tells me today that he's decided not to get a job and is postponing college so he can:

1) Squat on abandoned properties.
2) Make public art.
3) Get food stamps.
4) Knit more.

This, after spending a week in the Seattle OWS camp.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=2435987&mesg_id=2435987

It's hard for me to feel sorry for ANY DUer, but this parent is actually sane (and a potential pick up for us IMO), and they are absolutely destroyed. 
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2011, 08:02:26 AM »
I think that this fairly new DUmmy was somewhat stung by a thread he posted in the U.K. forum. It's the only one in there which I can remember causing any sort of squabble. The O.P. was some calm reasonable images from the Scottish National Party; the British DUmmies are all anti-Scottish independence (it would mean England always having a Conservative government), and they mostly leapt down his throat.

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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2011, 08:36:16 AM »
Yes, poor McGuire got shot out of the saddle in the first reply; something so awful it got deleted. 

Aside and off-topic from that thread:  Does anybody else find it funny when a Brit uses the word "reckon?"  To me, it's a down-home American southern word.  "I reckon that cornbread's done 'bout now."   :lmao:
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2011, 09:12:39 AM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on December 07, 2011, 06:31:49 PM
First Mole Trap of DU3.

My thoughts exactly.
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2011, 09:56:22 AM »
Quote from: sybilll on December 07, 2011, 09:32:31 PM
Look no further than this thread for your answer.  Sneak peek:  
Thanks Occupy Wall Street For Inspiring the Youth With Your Tired Model of Revolution
Seriously -- my stepson tells me today that he's decided not to get a job and is postponing college so he can:

1) Squat on abandoned properties.
2) Make public art.
3) Get food stamps.
4) ??????
5) Knit more.
6) Profit


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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2011, 10:03:38 AM »
Knit more??
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Re: Poll: Are DUers intolerant of opposing views?
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2011, 10:07:42 AM »
Quote from: chris_ on December 08, 2011, 10:03:38 AM
Knit more??

It's wintertime, man  .

Gotta get that sweater finished before the snow flies.   :rimshot:
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