Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums
13 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
This is who he was... (Original Post)
Phoenix61
Sep 2025
OP
marble falls
(70,446 posts)1. Thankyou for not using that trolling bastard's name.
Harker
(17,285 posts)2. There's more than one.
I bet I was initially thinking of a different trolling bastard.
I won't use his name, either.
some_of_us_are_sane
(2,674 posts)3. A fitting thumbnail personality sketch
(And a GREAT WAY to avoid fascist search lights.)
StarryNite
(11,965 posts)4. It's getting to the point where we will all have to
start talking in code. So much for the 1st Amendment.
Harker
(17,285 posts)10. Mobster talk.
That guy downtown... my friend the "gardener"... no, the other one... the one with the thing... you know who I'm talking about.
Hekate
(100,131 posts)5. Legacy indeed

irisblue
(36,684 posts)9. Mostly mediocre white guys to be frank
Redleg
(6,808 posts)12. The Dunning-Kruger Effect in full display
He is an ill-informed person's idea of a public intellectual.
surfered
(11,090 posts)6. Sounds like Rush Limbaugh, except his father owned some radio stations
Codifer
(1,141 posts)7. or Sean Hannity
Blue Full Moon
(3,111 posts)8. Looks like he was kept by his wife.
Looks like maybe some money laundering.
Redleg
(6,808 posts)11. You mean he isn't the right's MLK?
Listening to them, you'd think he was the second coming of Christ.
C Moon
(13,426 posts)13. Now he's a media-ogre.