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Offline CC27

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What happened to Democratic Underground?
« on: March 20, 2009, 04:31:25 PM »
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts)       Fri Mar-20-09 05:20 PM
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What happened to Democratic Underground? 
 Is there any clinical explanation for what has happened here?
I am really surprised at what I have since Obama's Special Olympics joke.

Since when do Democrats demean a minority demographic for getting their feelings hurt about an offhand comment?
Yes, Obama's comment was a mistake. Its not a big deal. He apologized. I was never "outraged" by the comment.
Sure, based on some personal experiences it hurt my feelings momentarily. Still, I never once thought that Obama said it in an attempt to hurt or demean anyone.
Obviously, it wasn't a mean-spirited comment in the least. Just a mistake.

The thing that has me actually on the point of being truly outraged for the first time on DU is the constant bashing of people who were hurt.
Calling them fakers, people who are just looking for any reason to be outraged, people who are babies, whiners, humorless PC police who don"t REALLY care about disabled people.

This is bizarre.
The majority of DUers posting about this are acting as is if there is absolutely, positively no way in hell that any person could have been legitimately hurt by Obama's comment. Even worse, some are celebrating the comment as such a "refreshing" thing. "Its so nice to have a president who can just be himself." "Its great that he isn't a slave to those horrible, phony, PC obsessives."

This is the kind of stuff I would expect to see on Free Republic any time a sexist, homophobic or racist comment is scrutinized.

Obama apologized because he mistakenly said something that was hurtful to some people.
Having a brain and a big heart, he immediately apologized.
The end.
He will be forgiven by most people who were hurt and then he will continue to work on behalf of disabled Americans.

However, its the dismissive, mocking and sometimes downright MEAN attitude that I have been seeing on DU that has me both upset and confused.


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Re: What happened to Democratic Underground?
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2009, 04:35:01 PM »
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Obama apologized because he mistakenly said something that was hurtful to some people.
Having a brain and a big heart, he immediately apologized.
The end.
He will be forgiven by most people who were hurt and then he will continue to work on behalf of disabled Americans.


:whatever: :whatever:

And how many threads on DU condemn conservative politicans for lesser thought crimes????????
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Re: What happened to Democratic Underground?
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2009, 04:36:32 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on March 20, 2009, 04:35:01 PM


:whatever: :whatever:

And how many threads on DU condemn conservative politicans for lesser thought crimes????????
*raises hand*

Um, all of them?
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Re: What happened to Democratic Underground?
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2009, 06:05:59 PM »
Quote from: DixieBelle on March 20, 2009, 04:35:01 PM


:whatever: :whatever:

And how many threads on DU condemn conservative politicans for lesser thought crimes????????

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Re: What happened to Democratic Underground?
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2009, 11:56:16 PM »
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EmilyAnne (1000+ posts)       Fri Mar-20-09 05:20 PM
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What happened to Democratic Underground? 

We used to be more hypocritical about everything!!!!

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Re: What happened to Democratic Underground?
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2009, 02:35:54 AM »
 people who are just looking for any reason to be outraged, people who are babies, whiners, humorless PC police who don"t REALLY care about disabled people.

Yeppers.....describes DUmmies to a "T"..........don't it?
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