Posted on 04/03/2007 7:24:18 PM PDT by Reaganesque
It is always disappointing to be reminded that there are people in the world who do not like you so much that they are willing to debase themselves and others in order to get their way. We, as conservatives face this from the Left on a day to day basis. But when such action comes from another supposed Conservative, that is truly disappointing.
The posters at DU think nothing of swearing and posting the most filthy, perverted and twisted things about their political rivals. We here at FR are, for the most part, better than that. At least we try to be. Unfortunately, there's always someone who proves that both sides have their ugly side.
I have posted a number of pro-Mitt Romney threads recently as have many others. I discovered this afternoon that several of them have been the victims of childish and down right purile dirty tricks. Now, political dirty tricks are nothing new and nor are they uncommon on either side of the aisle. But some simply cross the line of decency. Such is the case with whomever played their little game of messing with the Keywords on these Pro-Romney threads. Here are four examples:
Romney Tops Republicans in Fundraising
KEYWORDS: ANTICHRIST; CULT; FUNDRAISING; MITTRAPESCHILDREN; ROMNEY; Click to Add Keyword
Why I Think You Should Vote For My Dad
KEYWORDS: 2008; ELECTIONPRESIDENT; ELECTIONS; MITTBEATSHISKIDS; MITTISTHEANTICHRIST; ROMNEY; Click to Add Keyword
Parsing the Polls: Answering the Mormon Question
KEYWORDS: CULT; JOEYSMITHDELUSION; Click to Add Keyword
KEYWORDS: ELECTION; FRED; FREDTHOMPSON; MITTISTHEANTICHRIST; ROMNEY; THOMPSON; VP; Click to Add Keyword
People, campaigning can be a hard and painful thing. You have to have a thick skin to run for office and heaven knows, all candidates take their blows, some more than others. But there is such a thing as decency. And this little prank doesn't just cross that line, it obliterates it.
Disagree with the thread? Fine. Present your arguments. You don't like the candidate? Great. Tell me why and make an attempt at intelligent conversation. That's the way this place is supposed to work. But, resorting to such sophomoric, vulgar and quite frankly bigoted childishness is beneath contempt. If you can't manage a reasonable level of maturity, then there's a whole bunch of like minds over at DU you can have fun with.
The Mods certainly know who posts keywords, but gratuitously-offensive ones should be traceable. My guess is overtly-obscene ones are yanked before the light of day.
I’ll occasionally keyword a thread, just for humor’s sake (such as a Viking Kitty thread or one with an outrageous headline), but, no, hiding behind anonymity isn’t cool at all. In fact, it’s juvenile.
I thought you were going to scold me for calling clinton a bastard. (He is one, you know.)
:-)
Otherwise, I agree with you.
We need to remember that after the nominations are made, we’ll be absolute fools if we don’t pull together for whomever we nominate (ie: Perot). We shouldn’t become enemies before the choices are made!!
Well, it is hard to disagree with your basic premise, however I do not believe it to be a serious problem here at FR.
I’m sorry this happened to you especially on FR.
Well of course. Now the question is do you really care about this issue or just care that YOUR GUY was attacked. Did you post any vanities complaining about what's been posted about Rudy, McCane, Tancredo, etc....
...crickets...
The question is can the moderators find out who posted keywords?
I'm not a Romney supporter but this is clearly over the line.
Yes, we can.
Append keyword "keywordabuse" darkangel82 04/03/2007 7:57:17 PM PDT
Append keyword "whaaaaaaambulance" JoeSixPack1 04/03/2007 7:56:44 PM PDT
Append keyword "whatabunchakeywords" dynoman 04/03/2007 7:51:50 PM PDT
Append keyword "whenstheopus" stylin19a 04/03/2007 7:49:07 PM PDT
Append keyword "reaganesqueisababy" I got the rope 04/03/2007 7:48:52 PM PDT
Append keyword "mittbot" stylin19a 04/03/2007 7:48:43 PM PDT
Append keyword "whiner" AmericaUnited 04/03/2007 7:46:50 PM PDT
Append keyword "toddler" AmericaUnited 04/03/2007 7:46:50 PM PDT
Append keyword "humorless" AmericaUnited 04/03/2007 7:46:49 PM PDT
Append keyword "blubberpuss" AmericaUnited 04/03/2007 7:46:49 PM PDT
Append keyword "crybaby" shaylalala 04/03/2007 7:40:16 PM PDT
Append keyword "anothervanity" Rb ver. 2.0 04/03/2007 7:34:50 PM PDT
Append keyword "ibtz" MHGinTN 04/03/2007 7:34:41 PM PDT
Append keyword "immaturity" Reaganesque 04/03/2007 7:24:21 PM PDT
Append keyword "abuse" Reaganesque 04/03/2007 7:24:20 PM PDT
Interesting. Thanks!
Sigh. Sad to see it. Well...we should prosecute to the extent of FR law.
That’ll leave a mark. Thanks!
F.A. I rarely agree with you on the Presidential race. However I applaud your sense of fairness here.
Haha...very nice.
ROFL!!
Post of the year, bar none!!
I'm one who occasionally will throw the piece of tuna into a cat fight....but usually after blood has been drawn. The piling on that goes on here sometimes does require levity once in a while
Doogle
Does this mean there’s no zot coming?
I once added ENOUGHTOGAGAFAGGOT to a Gay Agenda thread. I thought it was a clever word play being both risk-E and risk-A. No particular derision intended, just language acrobatics, but it never showed up. Was it too long? obcene? obnoxious? Did I do it wrong? Don’t know but it wasn’t a big deal.
Some of the “example” keywords were over the top but to complain as if this is some type of raging epidemic is ridiculous. Hundreds of threads, day after day, and how many times do we really have a problem? I personally think a lot of the keywords posters add are hilarious.
yeah, but can you tell when someone has posted a vanity under a non-vanity topic ?
Love it!
You folks have always been on the ball when I’ve spotted some zingers.
I knew you had some tricks up your sleeves. For that, I’m thankful.
Time to send some bucks your way.
I agree, this thread is overkill pure and simple.
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