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Warren DeMontague

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6. The people who, to my mind, are genuinely not welcome on DU would never say such a thing.
Thu Nov 7, 2013, 05:43 PM
Nov 2013

The people who are genuinely not welcome on DU get banned over and over, and yet keep coming back to deliberately stir up crap while simultaneously complaining in secret enclaves elsewhere on the web, how much the place sucks.

I am sorry you've been through ... there is no phrase or combination of words which will do it justice, and I obviously can't fathom- so I'm sorry you've been through what you've been through, and I am sorry you've had to walk a difficult path.

I am aware that some people on this board are suffering from effects of their pasts. And I realize that people have their own burdens or whatever.

I do not believe that any strife on the board currently is your fault. Most people here have written something over-the-top and had it hidden at one time or another.

Like you, I have no interest in DU's "gender wars" Ned Shneeblies. I've said over and over again I think it's idiotic, and played out. I leave it to the reader to decide whether or not people who keep saying that they absolutely can't stand this site really ought to be trusted when they start trying to whip up a frenzy on the board over this, that or the other.


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As far as I've seen you've always been a substantive poster to this group Major Nikon Nov 2013 #1
+1 nomorenomore08 Nov 2013 #12
You know what... Bonobo Nov 2013 #2
Your 1st paragraph is why I always enjoy your posts Inkfreak Nov 2013 #4
Thanks, Inkfreak. Bonobo Nov 2013 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #10
That's not going to happen. Look at meta. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #15
Hi, LL Wait Wut Nov 2013 #3
Thank you all so much for being so gracious. LiberalLoner Nov 2013 #5
The people who, to my mind, are genuinely not welcome on DU would never say such a thing. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #6
I hope you stay. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #7
Your post should not have been hidden... TeeYiYi Nov 2013 #8
Coming soon, the next point of contention in the not-gender wars Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #9
"If sex is a weapon, who's winning this war?" Bonobo Nov 2013 #13
That is fucking AWESOME. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #16
I think of it more like hockey. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #14
Apparently the phrase gender war IS itself problematic, so from here on out I will instead Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #17
One of my favorite movies. and a great writer. RiffRandell Nov 2013 #18
"math, math, math, math, math..." /lilting melody opiate69 Nov 2013 #19
I can say "Ned Shneebly" all day long. Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #20
I so was expecting to hate that movie... opiate69 Nov 2013 #21
It was Richard Linklater, wasn't it? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #22
Ah.. That would help explain it then... opiate69 Nov 2013 #23
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