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BComplex

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20. There was a dispute about the direction that DU wanted to go, and some felt it was

Sat Jun 5, 2021, 02:48 PM

Jun 2021

not liberal enough, while others felt it was not conventional enough (or too conspiracy theory for some people's blood), if I remember correctly. A lot of old timers were banned because of the arguments that were flying, and the rules of the board changed.

A few people went and started an alternative board that included a lot of the banned members, and some of the banned members just left and went to Daily Kos or somewhere that they were already posting on anyway, in addition to DU, and didn't come back.

Others came back and decided to learn to play nice with the new rules.

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I just had a reflective DU moment.... [View all] PCIntern Jun 2021 OP

I was buds with blondeatlast. Miss her nt XanaDUer2 Jun 2021 #1

Same here. Pinboy3niner is missed too. n/t FSogol Jun 2021 #18

Yes. And RowdyBoy. Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #22

I can't go to that link, Doc. Hugin Jun 2021 #2

Many of the posters were zapped during the night of the long knives. BComplex Jun 2021 #3

What does 'the night of the long knives' refer to? notinkansas Jun 2021 #11

There was a dispute about the direction that DU wanted to go, and some felt it was BComplex Jun 2021 #20

Many thanks - didn't know that. notinkansas Jun 2021 #27

Yeah I was undergroundpanther before I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #25

I forget where that is located. Could you send me a link? Thanks! madinmaryland Jun 2021 #4

Look down. Hugin Jun 2021 #5

D'oh! Thanks! madinmaryland Jun 2021 #7

No problem-o, mad. Hugin Jun 2021 #8

It's one line above the copyright notice at the very bottom of every page. nt TexasTowelie Jun 2021 #6

Thanks for the information. ChazII Jun 2021 #9

Hurts my heart to visit there. blm Jun 2021 #10

Some moved on, some passed on Maeve Jun 2021 #12

That happens to me, too. That feeling. Solly Mack Jun 2021 #13

... orleans Jun 2021 #14

This forum is a lesser place with their absence n/t wellst0nev0ter Jun 2021 #15

I've changed screen names 3 times... SergeStorms Jun 2021 #16

I do. PCIntern Jun 2021 #19

Me too. Aristus Jun 2021 #21

I know. It makes me have the feels. I don't visit that page often. n/t ms liberty Jun 2021 #17

I've been here since 2003, but I used it almost exclusively as a reading opp. BobTheSubgenius Jun 2021 #23

IIRC, I joined DU on or about Election Day when I voted for John Kerry for President. CTyankee Jun 2021 #24

I was up all night posting PCIntern Jun 2021 #26