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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]JustAnotherGen
(37,763 posts)89. If that's what you got from that statement
That I'm a Trump supporter -then please put me on ignore going forward.
I'm serious.
That's point blank insulting and it's very typical of how the Left has treated Black women who have CONTINOUSLY voted for the interests of EVERYONE - sometimes at our own expense.
And those types of insults are why Black women are walking away.
America needs to BEG US to be nice -and maybe just maybe we will be.
Maybe.
If we feel like it.
And if the proposition puts our interest first.
If not - go down to the hall to the Bambi's Mom in the Grass Club. I think you are the President of it. The one that wants me to be nice to racists who lose their health care.
Fuck that noise.
I'm serious.
That's point blank insulting and it's very typical of how the Left has treated Black women who have CONTINOUSLY voted for the interests of EVERYONE - sometimes at our own expense.
And those types of insults are why Black women are walking away.
America needs to BEG US to be nice -and maybe just maybe we will be.
Maybe.
If we feel like it.
And if the proposition puts our interest first.
If not - go down to the hall to the Bambi's Mom in the Grass Club. I think you are the President of it. The one that wants me to be nice to racists who lose their health care.
Fuck that noise.
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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
Sunday
OP
We're not as brutal as the other side. The other side ruins their own lives as they work to ruin ours.
Scrivener7
Sunday
#2
I am neither shocked nor disappointed that people have run out of empathy for suicide bombers.
RockRaven
Sunday
#4
We can claim moral superiority because we would not have deported him if it was up to us
JI7
Sunday
#7
I think there is a big difference between a lack of sympathy and reveling in sadistic cruelty
Fiendish Thingy
Sunday
#11
You'll have plenty of time in concentration camp to feel sorry for Trump supporters.
usonian
Sunday
#14
The person in question wasn't a child, and was a Trump supporter. Makes a huge difference.
mucholderthandirt
16 hrs ago
#97
Woah! So that "liberal" site sort of initially hid their true, and awful racism etc?!
electric_blue68
19 hrs ago
#95
2 years ago, i was shocked at the attitude of 2 people that i have known for 20 years
Tetrachloride
Sunday
#20
There are a few dozen posters in that thread. This forums has tens of thousands of members as far as I know.
FascismIsDeath
Sunday
#24
The country is definitely more polarized,. But if you look at right wing sites and Facebook, you will see much worse.
surfered
Sunday
#27
Some of us took the "high road" and now see people being murdered in the streets by a Stasi style secret police
maxrandb
Sunday
#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
Sunday
#35
110%... this should have 200 recs not the fake Twitter post that has 200+ recs below
WarGamer
Sunday
#39
I'm shocked that you see DU members in that light. The members I value are those that have enormous compassion and
Martin68
Sunday
#52
All I'm hearing in the comments is a lot of sputtering, which is in itself telling.
eggplant
Sunday
#53
Prioritizing moral superiority over much more important things is how fascism seized power in the first place.
W_HAMILTON
Monday
#66
Trump would approve. Nothing he would like better than increase his base from among Democrats.
AloeVera
Yesterday
#88
And you, Sir or Madam, cannot claim moral superiority either when you expatriate to Costa Rica and leave others to fight
UniqueUserName
Monday
#75
I don't share your feelings about DU. Not in the least and I've been here since 2004.
CTyankee
20 hrs ago
#90
Yeah I noticed the second to last time that a couple of people really attacked others
kerry-is-my-prez
16 hrs ago
#98