I get banned by Democratic Underground
I must be doing something right, because I’ve been banned from making comments at two different lefty sites - Smirking Chimp and Democratic Underground.
The DU one was the most recent. The DUmmies were talking in their forum about the recent story of 50 paratroopers holding off an assault by over 200 Taliban in Afghanistan. Naturally, being liberals, there was a cacophony of comments about how this was a “disaster”, we are “in retreat”, and the usual “Bush is an idiot” or “Bush is evil”.
I made the apparent mistake of disagreeing with the crowd, and instead pointed out the bravery of the U.S. soldiers involved, and how they fought off a 4-to-1 advantage. If anything, it was a significant defensive victory, albeit with some cost (9 dead). In my comments, I didn’t say who I was, nor did I make light of people’s liberal tendencies. I just stated a differing viewpoint, extolling the courage of my fellow fighting men.
Well, three hours after I made that comment, I checked the forum again and found plenty of people who disagreed with me. Some also made note of my rather militant nickname - Double Tap. That’s to be expected.
I also found that I was no longer able to make comments or respond to those who made comments about me. Nice.
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Reading your article, I should say you are definitely doing something RIGHT! Why would they ban you if your message on their forum is not totally clear for those DUmmies (yeah, they are!) If you believe in something, go for it 100% and you have the right to your own opinion based on what you saw, heard or importantly, experienced. Way to go, soldier!
oh you to I just got banned to, I disagreed with a woman in a forum about abortion and they banned. Its not like I used foul language or anything. They are just a bunch liberal idiots.(I guess its true liberalism is a mental disorder.)
I was shocked when I found out I was banned at DU.
I’d started a thread suggesting that Dems need to practice bipartisan unity in their treatment of Joe Lieberman. After receiving over 144 negative responses of the moronic personal insult variety, I defended myselt — admittedly with a little “rhetorical flourish” but nothing out of bounds. Next time I went to the board, I found the thread locked with a final moderator note saying “this troll is no longer among us”. Troll? I was marching with Dr. King and against ‘Nam before most of these jokers were even born, and I’m a “troll”?
My post of Nov. 9, 2008, was premature — I just received an email from “skinner” (owner of DU) reinstating my posting privileges at Democratic Underground, complete with explanation and apology!
So I would suggest, from this first hand experience, that if one gets banned at DU by an overly zealous moderator, “skinner” apparently does read and investigate appeals — try emailing skinner@democraticunderground.com.