I think this is the only safe place to post this.

[Kire]

I was going to post this in the Bloggers forum, but I'm afraid to expose myself to potential bullies.

Attacked for Posting Analysis Free Diary at DailyKos

Dear DU:

So I posted a little story from a college newspaper about Joe Sestak, a Kos endorsed "fighting Democrat", visiting college students and getting protested by a beauty queen from another university on Daily Kos, earlier tonight.

It wasn't mind-blowing or anything, but at least one reply said it was "newsworthy". The same story sank like a stone in GDP and got one reply within minutes in the DU Pennsylvania forum.

But I got attacked in the comments of my Kos diary. "Crap diary"they said. "A little analysis might help", and about one of the comments that is not mine: "at least there is something of value in this diary".

What did I do?

And this isn't the first time I've been attacked on DailyKos. In a diary I deleted last year, so I can't provide you a link, I was called a nutjob. Sure, I was very upset about something my Congressman in New Jersey did to me personally. But how is being called a nutjob, or crap constructive criticism? I haven't posted on dKos since September because of that. Sure, maybe I'm not a good blogger, or I just don't have a lot to say. I'd love to say, "I wonder whether those protesters will be voting for Virginian Rick Santorum." But that was already said by somebody in the comments.

In DU, I post analysis free news stories all the time and they either sink like a stone or they get one or two comments or they take off with dozens of replies. As long as they have blockquotes, people don't mind. Nobody attacks me. Ad hominem attacks are prohibited at DU. I think.

So if anybody wants to call me a nutjob in the reply to this thread, I would be surprised. But who knows? Now that I've been bullied around on DailyKos I'm fucking paranoid as hell. But go ahead. If you must, call me a nutjob. I'll alert the mods and the reply will be deleted. Maybe that's the problem. You can't alert the mods on dKos. Bullies have free rein.

Can somebody give me constructive criticism here? Should I delete the fucking thing? Edit something? Should I apologize for something? I don't have any analysis to contribute. What should I say about that? Sorry or tough titties?

If all you want to do is tell me, or ask me, to relax, I welcome that (up to a point). If this thread sinks like a stone, even better.

Maybe I should just post this in the Mental Health Support Group so I won't feel so exposed. I am Schizo-Affective.

Last question: Has anybody else noticed this at dKos? Does anybody care?

Thank you for your time.

Kire

[knowbody0]

1. Kire

mean people suck and they are everywhere. on line bullies are wicked cruel and must have some sort of addiction to feeling superior. pay them no attention or kill them with kindness. if it were me, i would thank them for reading my little crap diary and let it go.

[Kire]

2. thanks

just thanks

[knowbody0]

4. another thing to think about

these "bullies" are probably bullied themselves, and cannot fight back so they pick victims on the net.

[Random_Australian]

3. The main bastard here could well have been just really tired, out-of-sorts

, chemically upset or whatever other modifyer he wanted, and just plain impatient, without bieng such a bad person himself. Of course, that does not change that it was a fools post and ignoreworthy, but it is just that, ignoreworthy. Don't bother yourself, because your article was fine. Your diary looks good. Newsworthy, a good selection, it was good.

Sometimes nasty people say unpleasant things, and sometimes otherwise good but not-feeling-so-good people say unpleasant things too.

Here are some hugs. Post or PM anytime for some more, no questions asked.

:hug::hug::pals::hug::hug:

[TexasLawyer]

5. I think some of the nasty comments have been

from people on some RW-er payroll. Their comments stay just north of getting tombstoned from the site, but nasty enough to make posters feel like they do not want to be part of the group.

I personally have had some really nasty feedback here on DU where it was not warranted and seemed almost crazy. And people like Will Pitt have been insulted and ganged up on.

RW-ers know the power of the internet to inform and inspire. So it shouldn't be surprising that they would try to destroy cohesion, pick off leaders, and keep people off line and out of Kos and DU. Getting attacked by these guys might even be a COMPLIMENT.

Rule one in the coup d'etat play book is to make people who may object to the take-over feel isolated, alone and powerless to do anything about their country's political situation.

From Coup 2K:

http://www.lumpen.com/coup2k/framer.html?pg=8
As (Edward) Luttwak further explains, marginalizing whatever resistance might oppose the coup is equally important. By the same token, creating a sense of isolation and futility among oppositional elements is vital to prevent any possible unification against the coup.

...ews of any resistance against us would act as a powerful stimulant to further resistance by breaking down this feeling of isolation. We must therefore make every effort to withhold such news. If there is in fact some resistance and if its intensity and locale are such as to make it difficult to conceal from particular segments of the public, we should admit its existence; but we should strongly emphasize that it is isolated, the product of the obstinancy of a few misguided or dishonest individuals who are not affiliated to any party or group of significant membership.