THE POST: Here's what Democratic Underground didn't want you to see

http://www.andrewsullivan.com/ ^ | 11/05/03 | Andrew Sullivan

[sphinx]

I highly doubt that they have more traffic than FR.

For sure. Simple test: just follow a DU thread and see how long it lingers on the top page without a bump. Here, a post is buried several pages back in (usually) under a minute. There, a half a dozen replies will keep a thread close to the top all day.

They are growing, however. It used to be, I could post over there in the morning, check back the next day for replies, and find the thread on the second or third page. Now it pays to bookmark.

[concerned about politics]

Bascially, if they lose elections, America isn't really a democracy, and if Americans have to die to advance the Left's agenda, so be it.

Memo Gate.

[witnesstothefall]

I read it this morning. That site is infested with traitors, not American democrats.

The hatred and vulgarity there convinces me that it's more a hate site than a site for political commentary. There's little or no reasoned debate, just hate and cursing among the semiliterate members.

[Only1choice____Freedom]

58 yr old broad? How old is Barbara Streisend?

It's really Hillary and she is lying about her age this time.

[ellery]

FR reaches a ton more people than DU. Here are links to details about DU's and FR's traffic.

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=www.freerepublic.com

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?q=&url=www.democraticunderground.com

[MamaTexan]

They boast 30,000 subscribers? Hogwash, lies, and bulls**t!

Yeah, but you have to remember that Rats 'subscribe' the same way they 'vote'. :)

[concerned about politics]

Well, 30,000 people have registered, 80% of whom are Freepers, trolling around posting the most outrageous things they can think of before they're banned.

Very much so. I got banned 3 times. I ran out of e-mail addressess. LOL.
I think they count hits, not members. One day I tried to count the names. I got to about 30. Maybe all those 0's are a typo.
Many are still teens. They talk about school, sex, waitng to vote, and having sex with cats.

[clintonh8r]

By the way, Democratic Underground has far more traffic than this site...

I think Sullivan is refering to his own blog site, not FR.

[ellery]

I agree with you that it's hateful, but what's scarier is that they don't even realize it. Even well-meaning socialists can rationalize just about any horror by framing it as for the greater good. The only antidote is to look at our fellow humans in units of one.

[Phantom Lord]

Bascially, if they lose elections, America isn't really a democracy, and if Americans have to die to advance the Left's agenda, so be it.

No. If RATS lose an election it is because the voting equipment was rigged by Bush and his cronies. They honestly believe that there is no way they lost the governors elections last night, nor in California. They firmly believe that the outcome was rigged.

[sphinx]

The truth is that we don't actually have very many freepers here. But we do have a lots of rude progressives. Are you one of them?

I have always thought Skinner is pretty level headed. There are a few stable adults at DU (and not all of them are undercover Freepers) with whom one can have a reasonable discussion. Skinner is one of them. He/she must get tired of running an asylum.

I don't spend a lot of time over there, but it's fun to go be contrarian from time to time.:)

[Defendingliberty]

www.defendingliberty.com

After my site got mentioned on DU. I was bombarded with insults (wing nut and such)and I had a thread of 62 comments against me running at DU(It made me so proud). I have never seen so many pictures of Che Grevara until I started crusing that site. This article is the least of their worries...I have seen threads that make me sick on that site. Long live Zell Miller.....

[mountaineer]

I read about the DU thread at LittleGreenFootballs this a.m. and was amused by the host's comment:

I wish I could say that this post was universally decried by other Democratic Underground people. Some did express dismay; some worried that the “freepers” and Andrew Sullivan would link to it. But a disquieting number seem to be either tacitly or openly in synch with this debased opinion. LGF

[Spiff]

This leftist screed fits nicely with the leaked memo from the Democrat staffer on the Senate Intelligence Committee. Oh sure, the DU b!tc#'s comments were a little more frank, but the sentiment is identical - undermine the war against terror, allowing soldiers to die, in order to make political gains for the Democrats.

[sphinx]

What kind of stupid chick refers to herself as a "broad" ;-)

What makes you think it's a she?

[antiliberal]

"I'm a 58 year old broad......"

It's Al Franken.

[sphinx]

You are.