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In reply to the discussion: DU has certainly changed. Folks no longer seem to value empathy nor compassion here and have become as [View all]
FascismIsDeath
(87 posts)24. There are a few dozen posters in that thread. This forums has tens of thousands of members as far as I know.
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DU has certainly changed. Folks no longer seem to value empathy nor compassion here and have become as [View all]
sinkingfeeling
Yesterday
OP
We're not as brutal as the other side. The other side ruins their own lives as they work to ruin ours.
Scrivener7
Yesterday
#2
I am neither shocked nor disappointed that people have run out of empathy for suicide bombers.
RockRaven
Yesterday
#4
We can claim moral superiority because we would not have deported him if it was up to us
JI7
Yesterday
#7
I think there is a big difference between a lack of sympathy and reveling in sadistic cruelty
Fiendish Thingy
Yesterday
#11
The difference is the other side wants to fight us. Half the time, we want to fight ourselves.
PeaceWave
Yesterday
#12
You'll have plenty of time in concentration camp to feel sorry for Trump supporters.
usonian
Yesterday
#14
2 years ago, i was shocked at the attitude of 2 people that i have known for 20 years
Tetrachloride
Yesterday
#20
There are a few dozen posters in that thread. This forums has tens of thousands of members as far as I know.
FascismIsDeath
Yesterday
#24
The country is definitely more polarized,. But if you look at right wing sites and Facebook, you will see much worse.
surfered
23 hrs ago
#27
People are angry, they want revenge. I don't think it leads to good places
EdmondDantes_
23 hrs ago
#33
Some of us took the "high road" and now see people being murdered in the streets by a Stasi style secret police
maxrandb
23 hrs ago
#34
I'm not ready to give hitler 2.0 or his supporters a big wet kiss, not even after a half pint of vodka. nt
yaesu
23 hrs ago
#35
110%... this should have 200 recs not the fake Twitter post that has 200+ recs below
WarGamer
22 hrs ago
#39
In addition... every day I see bigotry on DU that was unacceptable in the past.
WarGamer
22 hrs ago
#43
I'm shocked that you see DU members in that light. The members I value are those that have enormous compassion and
Martin68
22 hrs ago
#52
All I'm hearing in the comments is a lot of sputtering, which is in itself telling.
eggplant
22 hrs ago
#53
Prioritizing moral superiority over much more important things is how fascism seized power in the first place.
W_HAMILTON
20 hrs ago
#66
And you, Sir or Madam, cannot claim moral superiority either when you expatriate to Costa Rica and leave others to fight
UniqueUserName
11 hrs ago
#75