It's PRIMARY DAY, you bass.... er, I mean, you VO-TAHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MADem]

Git up off yer asses at git out n VOTE! YA HEAH?? And give a neighbor a ride to the polls!!!!!!!!!!

I am going to have some coffee and get up off MY tired old ass--I've got about thirty people who need rides today!!!

VOTE....VOTE...VOTE!!!! Primary turnout generates enthusiasm for general election turnout!!!!

[merrily]

1. You bass....er, I mean, you POST-AH, we know it's primary day.

Look around the forum. Three threads about primary candidates. We've been posting about it since the end of August.

[MADem]

2. Well, duh--I was trying to be exhortative, not didactic!!!!

I just brought four voters to the polls. In a half hour or so, I've got two more runs to make!!!!!!

There are people in the world who wake up and don't remember what day it is!!!!!

[merrily]

3. Thank you for your confidence in our ability to forget what day it is.

[MADem]

4. Why are you being so mean and negative? I said I was being EXHORTATIVE, not didactic.

I'm gonna sit here and look on the bright side of life. You might try it sometime.

I just got home from delivering twenty four--count 'em--twenty four vo-tahs to the polls, and I feel damn good about it. I'm waiting to hear back from two more, and if they found another ride, I'm done for the day.

I'm not going to let your scolding and negativity harsh my happy mood.



How many butts did you deliver to the voting booths?

[merrily]

5. Mean?

[MADem]

6. You have a nice day. nt

[merrily]

7. I was not being mean OR negative. And if this is your happy mood,

please warn us before you make an unhappy post.

[MADem]

8. Whatever. I'll just avoid you from here on out, that way you won't feel a need to dis me. nt

[merrily]

9. You were the one who dissed me, or is accusing someone of being "so mean and

negative" your idea of being neutral or pleasant?

[MADem]

10. I wasn't even TALKING to you. You jumped into a happy thread and got shirty and negative.

No one forced you to respond in an aggrieved fashion.

You apparently don't read tone at all.

Like I said, you have a nice day.

[merrily]

11. Not talking to me? You posted an OP, ffs.

I jumped into a happy thread? How was it going before that? Which discussion did I interrupt?

I'M the one who can't read tone? Oh, that is hilarious. Ironic, but hilarious.

[MADem]

12. I posted a happy OP exhorting people to get out to vote. You replied by getting vicious and snarky

You didn't HAVE to do that, but you did.

And there's nothing "hilarious" about that at all.

[merrily]

13. Exhorting us to vote was unnecessary. My reply was neither vicious or snarky.

You're the one on this thread throwing personal insults around.

As I said, if this you in a good mood, please warn me before you post in a bad one. And, again, don't let me deter you in your resolve to avoid me.

[MADem]

14. What names? I have no idea what your issue is. Your reply was both vicious AND snarky.

And it was negative, and it was mean.

You don't make the decisions about what is "necessary" on this board, either. Plenty of things are "unnecessary"--like jerking someone's chain when all they're doing is trying to get people motivated in a cheerful, Beantown fashion on primary day.

Believe me, I will strive to avoid you in future and I'll heartily recommend that option to others as well.

[merrily]

15. Sorry, I edited my post, changing "names" to "personal insults."

Vicious, negative, mean, snarky--bullshit.

My reply to your OP was that we knew it was primary day; we had been posting about it for days.

[MADem]

16. What "personal insults?"

I post a GOTV message, full of enthusiasm, and you come at me with snark and meanness.

Your reply was a lot more than "we" knew it was primary day. And you know it.

How lovely that you speak for every citizen of MA here on DU, with your "we" and "us."

How many voters did you get to the polls, again?

[merrily]

17. The posts speak for themselves.

How many voters did you get to the polls, again?

How many times have you bragged, on this thread alone, about how many you took to the polls again?

This is the second time you've challenged me, yet I still feel no need to explain anything to you.

BTW, you're doing a lousy job avoiding me.

[MADem]

18. Who's bragging? I'm just pointing out a fact.

You're putting me down for starting a thread exhorting people to get out there and vote, and bring a neighbor to the polls. You are talking about how "us" and "we" don't need to hear this, as if you are the "decider" regarding what people need to hear, here at DU.

So I ask you, how many voters did YOU get to the polls?

That's not a personal insult, nor is it a "challenge"-- it's a question, a simple and fair question, given the number of put-downs you've aimed at me in this thread.

If you don't want to answer, why, I'll understand completely.

You're right--I am doing a lousy job avoiding you, as you disrupt MY thread. Ain't that funny....

[merrily]

19. Naw, you were bragging before I even posted.

So I ask you, how many voters did YOU get to the polls?

Still feeling no need to explain.

That's not a personal insult, nor is it a "challenge"-- it's a question, a simple and fair question, given the number of put-downs you've aimed at me in this thread.

Again, the posts speak for themselves. You are the only one on this thread hurling insults.

If you don't want to answer, why, I'll understand completely.

No, you will come to the wrong conclusion. Yet, I don't feel a need to stop you.

You're right--I am doing a lousy job avoiding you, as you disrupt MY thread. Ain't that funny....

I'm disrupting a thread no one else wanted to post on? You are the one who posted on this thread, many posts ago, that you were going to avoid me. All my posts on this thread after the first are only replies to your posts to me. So, yeah, funny, that.

[MADem]

20. No, I wasn't. Interesting that you want to see it that way, though.

I can't blame anyone for not wanting to post on this thread, after the job you've done on it.

[merrily]

21. Not half as interesting as the way you see my posts.

How many times on this thread have you said how many people you took to the polls? Not bragging, though. Again the posts speak for themselves.

I can't blame anyone for not wanting to post on this thread, after the job you've done on it.

The job who did on it? And you don't think you're hilarious? You're selling yourself short in that one respect, anyway.

Five hours elapsed between my second post and the post where you started insulting me, holding on to your great mood and all. No one posted during those five hours.

And again, there is only one post of mine on this thread that was in response to your OP. After that, all my posts have been in response to something you posted to me.

[sketchy]

22. I appreciate your OP, and I DID VOTE!

And thank you for all your GOTV efforts!

[MADem]

23. I was kind of surprised at how good the turn-out was for a primary! I think the weather helped, too

And thank YOU for voting and leading by example!