Have you ever read a thread & felt as if 50% of the people who responded...

[Haole Girl]

completely missed the point?

Then, you think to yourself, "Do I dare try to defend the OP?"

:shrug:

[krispos42]

1. As a moderator...

Hourly. :-)

[Haole Girl]

2. Thanks

Sometimes I feel it's just me.

[Name removed]

4. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Haole Girl]

6. It's interesting how people ...

often perceive things differently. Sort of like the blind men and elephant parable.

[RagAss]

3. LOL !

[Orrex]

5. Now that you mention it, I completely agree with you re: free-range chicken

Good point!

[TZ]

7. .

ALERTING! Flamebait! :rofl:

[Haole Girl]

8. Right-O

:D

[petronius]

21. Hmm, that's odd. "I completely agree with you" - I don't recall ever seeing that phrase

on DU. What does it mean? :shrug:

:)

[Nickster]

9. How dare you! What do you think that makes me!

Ummm....what were you talking about?:-)

[Haole Girl]

10. I went over to GD-P last night

Still have a slight headache... even after a good night's sleep.

[Jamastiene]

22. See now? That was your first major mistake.

"I went over to GD-P last night"

You could have avoided all that AND the headache had you simply not done that. :P

[Haole Girl]

24. I know it.

18 days off work, and a really nice vacation, and I'll probably still have this stupid headache when I return to work tomorrow. I'm an idiot. :-(

[Nickster]

35. Nah, it's like a car wreck, you don't want to look, but something just makes you look....

[rug]

11. Of course oranges are healthy.

[Haole Girl]

12. Yes

Thank you for agreeing with me.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. 50 % of the time...half the people don't know and mainly because

half the people I was with believed it until I explained the situation to them

[Haole Girl]

14. Huh?

:shrug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=6739759

[Haole Girl]

16. Oh, thanks

I had this one in mind when I started this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8098238&mesg_id=8098238

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. yes. I read that OP and could already guess what would be the

repsonses. I am surprised the thread went as well as it did, to be honest. It has made the front page, right?

[Haole Girl]

20. I can't believe people didn't realize

it doesn't mean she is unhappy with Obama, but rather disappointed there was no justice where * is concerned. D'uh.

[petronius]

17. Of course I've read a thread - I read threads all the time. How DARE you

question whether I've read a thread... :grr:

[Haole Girl]

18. I thought we were talking about oranges

:P

[petronius]

23. Well, that's different - I like oranges.

If "oranges" is still Lounge code for what I think it's code for... ;)


:silly:

[Haole Girl]

25. Uh oh

I thought that was Tangerines.

[petronius]

26. You're right, my bad. Oranges are just fruit, and tangerines are

heh heh heh. Hee hee heee ;) :rofl:...

[auntAgonist]

27. yes.

Sometimes I cannot believe the vitriol that is spewed at the OP. People read things that just aren't there sometimes. spin and twist then it gets ugly.

I really try to not post in GD or GDP.

I sometimes even think twice about posting in the lounge.


:hi:

aA

[Haole Girl]

28. Hi aA!

Happy belated birthday! I wanted to post in your birthday thread, but made myself a promise I wouldn't post on DU from my vacation last week. Actually kept a promise to myself... woo hoo!

:hug:

[auntAgonist]

31. thank you!!! I'm so glad you were DU free

on your vacation. How kind of you to think of me now.

:hug:

you made me smile.

:)

kesha

[Inchworm]

29. Many times, when I am the OP

I'm glad that the thread dies a horrible death. I oft times start threads off the top of my head, and the top of my head is a scary place sometimes :D

:hi:

[Haole Girl]

30. Yep

Usually not a good idea to post off the top of one's head!

:hi:

[Fire Walk With Me]

32. ...

mainly because 50% of the people who responded completely missed the point until I explained the situation to them.

[DarkTirade]

33. ... only 50%?

:P

[cletustakethewheel]

34. Why should you be afraid to defend the OP?

I'm just lost here...(Well, unless you are afraid of any disharmony, which is a little silly on here...Even vicious attacks aren't gonna hurt...sticks and stones, you know?)

[Kajsa]

36. Yep, not only did many miss the point,

but some are hell bent on keeping it negative,

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8098238&mesg_id=8101494

even if they do bring up valid points, there are always
two ways of looking at it.

Hi KC2! :hi:

[crim son]

37. Yes.

And I'll defend the OP, and sometimes the tide of opinion turns.