Comments on: voting in vermont

By: Aunt Soozie

Aunt Soozie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:52:05 +0000

Dr. E,
You crack me up with your simple direct definition…
being a dick about it indeed!
I love you!
and thanks all y’all…
I’m the worst type of lesbian you could possibly imagine,
all birkenstocks and peace loving… well, at least I don’t yet have a fully functioning hot, hot, hot compost pile like Holly… she tops me there.

By: --MC

--MC — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:12:12 +0000

Right-ho, Dr. E. Yes, that’s what I meant. I wrote that at six AM and now wish I could revise.

By: ksbel6

ksbel6 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:04:47 +0000

To all interested in Missouri…you guys are right, they haven’t called it yet. I thought I had read on cnn that it was McCain. Sorry about that!

And yes, the court decision for gay marriage rights in Iowa is coming up, in December. Let’s keep our fingers crossed! It was legal for something like 9 hours last spring (I think) until some legal thing stopped it until the case was heard.

By: Dr. Empirical

Dr. Empirical — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:22:58 +0000

Expressing opinions running counter to the group doesn’t make someone a troll, MC. Being a dick about it does.

Dissenting opinions, politely expressed, are welcome. Open contempt for those who disagree is not. Inflammatory comments are not. Deliberate insults are not.

By: --MC

--MC — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:54:51 +0000

A troll is someone who stirs up shit in an online forum, generally expressing opinions that run counter to the group, and most often without reference to reality, as in this case. Whatever wet self-aggrandizement they gain from the effort usually goes right to the place in a person’s ego that is stimulated by the need to feel persecuted and misunderstood and that one is a special, latent Messiah. (The web term is “special snowflake”.) They’re usually manipulative, unpleasant bastards in real life. If W were computer literate and not otherwise occupied trying to rearrange the laws of the country to flood money into his business cronies’ coffers, he might be a troll, arguing half-incorrect opinion about the Federalist Papers on some political blog.
At the end of the day, they’re just unhappy people sitting in dark rooms trying to block out the silence around them, while the rest of us finish writing and go out and live our real lives, having more in our heads than just the impulse to be a contrary jerk.

By: Some Russian

Some Russian — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:12:38 +0000

Some Russian-”why can’t lesbians just be people qua people”

Beacuse the DTWOF aren’t just lesbians, they’re cartoon chatacters.

Oh, I mean real-world lesbians, merely as reflected by DTWOF characters. Man, the lesbians in my lw skool were all 100% about how great it was being a lesbian. Fine, but have some interests and ideas hat go beyond your immediate little world.

By: Some Russian

Some Russian — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:09:06 +0000

just two short comments:

why is a contrary opinion always regarding as “trolling”

and what “long national nightmare”? In a comparable or shorter period, Cambodia saw 1/3 of its people die, and the rest starve, Nazi Germany killed all of its Jews and those in Poland and Ukraine, The Russian Civil War saw famine and death by execution squads.

and America under W? 400 Afghans and Uzbeks and Arabs in Git-Mo. A dozen (mostly very bad) people mildly tortured. S&P down 10%. House prices up, up, and then down some. Slave reparations bill still not signed into law (nor will be anyway). Fox News and NYT not pro-socialism.

God you people are weak.

By: LondonBoy

LondonBoy — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:53:41 +0000

Wow. I woke up and it wasn’t a dream…

The BBC has just had a very interesting discussion show, in which a couple of the participants suggested that Obama’s election was not a one-off event, but another step in an ongoing process (non-white ambassadors, cabinet secretaries, the last two secretaries of state, and senior military figures were mentioned). This seemed to me to be quite a plausible line of reasoning, but I also have the feeling that Obama has something special in terms of ability to articulate and work towards a goal, so my question for this evening is “Is Obama a natural next step in an ongoing process of de-racialisation, or is there some specific additional factor at work?”

I await your comments with interest…

By: The Cat Pimp

The Cat Pimp — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:29:35 +0000

Hmfphph. This did not link into my livejournal. I feel like I missed a party, surrounded by all the empty paper cups and streamers. Haven’t gotten my DTWOF yet. Hope its waiting on the stoop and I hope it doesn’t rain tonight.

I’m so glad Mister Crankypants and Caribou Barbie did not get elected.

By: mjesf

mjesf — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:19:07 +0000

My version of the DTWOF world after the election.

Obviously Jezanna, Clarice and Ginger are thrilled with the result and there is joy at the fact that the long national nightmare is coming to an end sooner rather than later – with two exceptions.

Cynthia – For obvious reasons

Mo – She is busy screaming loudly about the success the theocrats had in passing marriage amendments in California, Arizona and Florida. Sydney is trying to argue the point that Mo was never, “into getting that piece of paper,” but Mo pressed on and pointed out Clarice and Toni’s latest problem.

Ah yes, Clarice and Toni. The good news is that they have worked out in principle all the issues related to their breakup. Unfortunately, they have learned that their attempt to undo their Vermont Civil Union may wind up in Judge Booker’s court.

Uh oh!