[PokeyJoe]

Well, did they declare a Jihad?

Guess I'll have to go get banned too. =)

[KsSunflower]

Might I suggest you contact the ACLU...I believe they love cases like this.

[real saxophonist]

Well, it doesn't take a rocket scientist...

[lormand]

Did someone say DemocRATS?

[hispanarepublicana]

I joined DU just to post an article the other night...five minutes after posting it (it would have taken less time had I used my FReeper name--they don't want anyone to know that hispana and republicana can be used in the same sentence) anyway, five minutes later, I was banned (my password no longer worked--I guess that's banned). My husband and I did a high-five (we considered it an honor or a right of passage or something). He was SO PROUD OF ME! He rewarded me with a sweet, connubial, legal-in-50-states-and-all-the-territories, Godly,.....night!

[monkeyshine]

I was banned within 2 days of being there.

You won't change any minds over there, but the bottom line is that they are not even interested in any dicussion of the facts or the issues. You either toe their line or you don't belong.

It's their site and they can do what they want with it. But they are simply unprepared to confront issues in any meaningful or factual way. They're Democrats, after all. They're not interested in facts and they are fearful of confrontation, and don't know any other way but to ban people who don't agree with them. I disagree with the way they run the site, but that is their choice. I figure that if someone is respectful they should be allowed to stay, but they obviously see it differently. They are overprotective of their beliefs without the courage to confront an alternative view.

I'm not sure if Jim Rob would ban a democrat or a liberal from this site who was respectful but assertive. But I see many diverse views here, and many people disagree a lot, and are very willing to challenge each other without getting banned. I don't think the folks at DU are up for real debate, freeper style.

[Kevin Curry]

So they booted you off, huh? I bet they're over there howling up a storm over how "unfair" Maher is being treated, about how he is being viciously stripped of his First Amendment freedoms.

Dems are nothing if not morally bankrupt and intellectually inconsistent.

[petuniasevan]

Given the caliber of people that regularly post there, are you really surprised?

Now watch some idiot DU lurker go running back to their pukey forum and complain that us mean Freepers laughed at them and their snotty rants and fascist thought control.

I'm betting that a lot of your fellow Clampers feel much the way you do. A cyber-Poker Run, with all of you continually logging in at DU, posting, then changing screen names as needed, would be a blast. You can even offer prizes for the most creative screen names, best posts, best comebacks, shortest time before being banned, etc.

[EaglesUpForever]

That scum site doesn't deserve any more publicity than it's already gotten, I think they are intentionally anti-American and pro-murder just to attract attention. It's natural they resort to censorship as their positions are untenable.

Really I don't think we should mention it on FreeRepublic, they are a want to be FR but as they can't defend their Osama allegience they will just ban anyone with an intelligent or pro-American voice, therefore they will never attract an intelligent post. Let it die, don't even go back there.

[zeugma]

On the front page of DU, they have a article linked called 'The Unspoken Tragedy'. The blurb under it says 'We must remember that dissent is our birthright.' I guess that's another birthright denied at DU!

[Robert-J]

I joined about a week ago and was banned within 60 seconds. I posted that the WTC attack was masterminded by the Republicans and Jews. I called myself a good democrat and claimed that as a politically correct anti-Semite, I was convinced that dubya and Sharon had to be behind it.

[calmseas]

Where do I go to sign up so I can get kicked off, too? Sounds a lot like Freeping a poll: Great fun!

[ninenot]

free thought like DU(h)

Bastion, maybe--but THOUGHT has little to do with the place, and the people inhabiting same.

[lowbridge]

Want a good laugh?

"Freepers in heavy censorship mode"

Here they, in such self righteous mode, complain about disappearing posts on FR as if posts there donn't get deleted for the simple crime of expressing an opposing point of view.

[harpo11]

Hey, you should add you got banned for being smart too!
The leftists don't understand smart.
It annoys, baffles, irritates them.
They can't control their slithering hissy fits.
They like sheeple.
Not Freeples.
You should be really proud of being banned.

[lowbridge]

1) Go to hotmail.com and grab three or four new free email addresses under assumed names.

2) Go to DU and re-register new screen names for yourself, using your free email addresses.

3) FReep their archives. Pick out a thread(s) out of the many there, find arguments (lies) of theirs that you disagree with and post your rebuttals. Remember to stay civil. No foul language or name calling.

When you make a post on their archived threads, it doesn't get bumped to the top where everyone will see it and respond. The archived thread stays right where it is when you post on it and you get in the last word. Most likely, no one, not even the moderators, know you have done this and your posts probably won't get deleted.

[Cap&Ball]

DU is tame next to the MWO "message board" at

http://www.mediawhoresonline.com/

I've been banned 6 times, always returning using another browser mask utility. So far I've used up:
https://www.safeweb.com./
http://www.safesurf.com/
http://www.subdimension.com/
http://secure.surfola.com/surfola/surf?p=aa&e=g

Check it out, you'll be banned for the mildest comment that does not follow their agenda, (it may take a day or two - their admin staff is small). It is fun, they really foam at the mouth. Still crying to re-counting the election, blame-America-firsters, anti-Iseral, etc.

They HATE and fear Freepers.

Enjoy!

[BillyBoy]

What did you expect? We'd ban of theirs for posting liberal propaganda at THIS forum, so naturally you should expect the same from the 'RATS. Why the heck would you try to reason with brainwashed liberals anyway? You oughto be lurking for dirt to use against them.

[sargon]

Welcome to the club.

Maybe the DU fascists will let Freepers back into the forum if we wear an identifying armband!

The thought police at DU are exceedingly intolerant of dissent.

FreeRepublic is a libertarian utopia compared to the censors over there.

Bottom line: DU members, with all their opinions, are at least tolerated here on FR.

The reverse is not true.

DU is fascist, and they need to realize it...

[eric_da_grate]

You're going about it ALL WRONG.

You must play the part of your polar OPPOSITE!

Remember, a vast number of their membership are liberal, but they have their limit.

Play the part of a rabid COMMUNIST and do it with fervor! Spout off all the anti-capitalist rhetoric you can spew!...It'll re-define their website and convince the middle-of-the-road Democrats there that their party is falling off the face of the American landscape.

We call them communists and socialist, but we can't make the dent from HERE, can we?....Let them hear it on their own turf, for a change.

They'll get fed up and come to the conclusion that their party is too far gone for the mainstream.

Reverse psychology, folks.