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Barack Obama
In reply to the discussion: Dialogue with Hair on Fire members [View all]IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)55. And we need to have his back as promised.
Especially on a site dedicated to supporting his policies. Otherwise we might as well rip off our OFA buttons and hide under the bed until it's all over. But then it would NEVER be safe to come out. And we'd deserve the status of sheeple. I'd rather fight out in the open and let the chips fall where they may. In this particular instance, it means a faster and unflinching response to the invading enemy. Or did anyone mistake the trolls for friends or potential converts? In a pig's eye! They're sociopathic shills. Clasp a snake to our bosom and expect to be injected with their poison. I'm telling you, they ruined barackobama.com. You could hardly go near the place in a hazmat suit.
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Sorry think, you might be totally willing to engage in good faith. I'm not willing to try at this
stevenleser
Jul 2013
#2
It's all good. Didn't mean right now. Then there's Drake, Tice, Sibel Edmonds and other whistle
think
Jul 2013
#5
Yes, the technique is the same as I've encountered with Beckerheads. You cannot be neutral with them
freshwest
Jul 2013
#6
Every HairOnFire poster you quote is spewing pure Paulbot, Libertarian talking points.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#9
Snowden and Obama are not in comparable situations. Snowden is entirely responsible for his leaking.
pnwmom
Jul 2013
#15
No, sorry, I don't think you do care about the spying issue, nor do most Hair on Fire folks...
stevenleser
Jul 2013
#33
And there you have it in a nutshell. I've never seen the mob say one good word about any Democrat.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#40
You forgot "authoritarian" and "totalitarian" (and probably many others I didn't see yet) ;)
Amonester
Jul 2013
#13
Alas, the TOS is being decided by juries, AFAIK. The idea was that DU members would do better.
freshwest
Jul 2013
#50
It just means honest DU members are at the mercy of invading swarms of trolls sent by PigBoy
IrishAyes
Jul 2013
#53
And 'I always vote Democrat!' Followed by 'But here is why it makes no difference!' To which I say:
freshwest
Jul 2013
#52
No, I'll do you one better. HOF member with 39 hidden posts and 1854 people ignoring them:
Number23
Jul 2013
#64
No, no, no.. "HOF" in this thread means Hair on Fire club. Not History of Feminism
Number23
Jul 2013
#68
"I try to give Obama the benefit of the doubt, but a post on DU says burns kittens alive, so it must
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#58
I've been accused of being a Heritage Foundation patsy, a cockroach and "fractured in my thinking"
Politicub
Jul 2013
#59
It was an interesting thread. My weekend movie suggestion this week is . . .
Major Hogwash
Jul 2013
#75
I remember reading Solzhenitsyn's books as they came out in translation way back when
Hekate
Jul 2013
#76
BTW, I took your advice, finally and trashed some keywords. But couldn't reply
DevonRex
Jul 2013
#78