dude... after the way the RATS ran their campaign and treated President Bush and the Swifty's, let me tell ya something... Er ist Kein Kindergarten Krieg... Er ist Vernichtungskrieg!!!
Posted on 12/30/2004 12:26:25 PM PST by K1avg
For the past several months, fate has conspired to keep me away from the computer. I haven't posted nearly as much on FR as I used to. With the holidays, though, I've had an opportunity to catch up a bit.
What I found on my return is a bit disconcerting. While there's always been an element here that refuses to reason and does little more than insult Democrats and RINOs, it seems that this mentality has taken over a large portion of our membership. I've encountered more shrill, radical nonsense in the past couple of days than I had in the months before my absence.
Certainly it's acceptable to gloat a bit after our enormous gains on November 2, but I do believe it's about time to get back to normal business.
Referring to Democrats as “Rats” or some variant thereof may be somewhat amusing, but seeing the reference in nearly every other post really gets annoying at times. Pet names for Democrats and RINOs may be funny the first time, but quickly get old. It's one thing to respect someone, and it's certainly acceptable to not do so for one reason or another, but it's never alright to be downright incivil.
Just the other day, I was in an argument here with some other members who were supporting Yanukovych over Yushchenko because Yush had pledged to remove Ukraine's 1600-some-odd-strong force from Iraq and was *gasp* more liberal than Yanukovych. Seriously, that's absurd. I'd be happy to debate with you here, but anyone can tell you Yushchenko as president will be much better for the Ukrainian people, our interests in Iraq be damned.
But I'm getting away from the subject at hand. These are just a few examples of the devolution of discourse here. While everyone is certainly allowed to have their own opinions, there is a certain level of civility that should be maintained, regardless of the context.
This is the sort of stuff you find at DU, not here. I recognize there's plenty of good, civil users here, and I'm thankful for that. To those guilty, though, it would be nice if you could tone it down a bit.
I love being here. Things like the Undead Thread, Daily Dose, and crushkerry's Lib Pundit tournament, along with the usual daily banter of normal news, makes FR like no other political site on the web. Let's keep it that way. Thanks for your time, and have a lovely day.
Gawd!
The worse FReating I ever got was when I posted an article in "breaking news".
A truly "newbie no-no".
Your a democrat?
Well, that changes EVERYTHING! ;-)
nope, Jreimer is :)
And a very Happy and Prosperous New Year to you too...even though I know you country club capitalist dogs of war are as rich as german chocolate cake.
Quite frankly, it does not take one reading the first hundred or so posts to be able to tell what is going on here.
The second and third hundred posts are essentially the same as the first. Heck, reading the last five gives one a rather decent idea of what's going on here...
From this post of yours......
I hope somebody posts transcripts of Clintoon and Gore for me.
Eddie, don't you dare say it's simply a typo.
I'm honored.
I think the simple fact that I've responded to most of the posts here should disqualify any suspicion that I'm a troll, saying nothing of the fact that I've been here several months...
But that logic seems lost on some.
Yeah. That you're a humorless loser.
I sure hope you're enjoying digging through all of my posts. If you find only two out of nine hundred-some-odd violating my original post here, I'd say I'm doing pretty good...
And most of you guys I remember giving me a spanking or two when I was a newbie(I'm sure I deserved most of them).
Yes, that sums it up quite nicely. Thank you.
You're on my list.
King Prout? Will you add him to the main list? Mine has been expurgated of punks, and is therefore incomplete. :-)
LOL!!
Yes, you are a relative newcomer who has taken it upon himself to decide how others should behave on someone else's private property. And have spent several hours berating others for behavior that is really none of your business.
It's as if you were to walk into the bar I own and start telling my customers that they shouldn't be drinking a certain kind of beer or smoking a certain brand of cigarettes.
What is going on here, you arrogant self centered miserable litttle twit is that you are parading your chips as medals and having sought ridicule are reduced to calling me a jackass because some of the locals have singed your behind; grow up.. You don't ever want to get on the wrong side of this for real jackass.
dude... after the way the RATS ran their campaign and treated President Bush and the Swifty's, let me tell ya something... Er ist Kein Kindergarten Krieg... Er ist Vernichtungskrieg!!!
Interesting blog you got there Joshua:
http://www.senate2004.blogspot.com
When was it you turned 16 anyway? (per your blogspot profile) Are you in an advanced high school class or something, or are you just head and shoulders above all of your peers?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Regards,
MM
How freaking gracious of you, your freaking majesty. You are definitely DU moderator material!
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