Irma’s wrath confirms Trump’s wisdom in cutting that deal with Democrats

[driftdiver]

Anyone care to comment about the often quick disappearances of newly arrived members who happened to have been Trump supporters?

We get lots of new members, some very bright and articulate. Yet, many make a quick exit once they go a few rounds with our resident NTs. That is disheartening.

@aligncare

Probably the pack mentality they face here.  Where anyone that doesn't condemn every breath Trump takes is set upon.  Not unlike a mirror image of TOS.  Only here they don't get booted just told they are whining if they engage the moderators.

[aligncare]

Who, specifically, made a quick exit?  Also, who is to say they won't come back.  You did.

With so many Trump detractors here I notice when supporters show up, and notice when they go silent.

Kinda like the sound of one hand clapping; the silence is deafening.

[mountaineer]

Probably the pack mentality they face here.  Where anyone that doesn't condemn every breath Trump takes is set upon.  Not unlike a mirror image of TOS.  Only here they don't get booted just told they are whining if they engage the moderators.

[Cyber Liberty]

    Well that certainly explains @stephen50right disappearance, that boy had such a bright future, in the beginning,
 then he went all Trump on us.

He posted a whole page of blank space, then "Poof!" gone in a puff of white.

[DCPatriot]

I don't think there was much discussion about pies before then, but there sure as heck was after.  I'll have to scroll back and review.

Now, that thread yesterday...THERE was a pie thread.

 

Added:  My bad, this WAS the pie thread.  Ooops.

LOL!  I know what you mean, @Cyber Liberty

After I posted that, I was that I was going to have to go thru TWO PAGES + to catch up.    I almost deleted it when I saw that...knowing what was going to follow.


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On a more serious note, the way many in here are allowed to insult and impugn @Right_in_Virginia ....without any intervention by the House, only encourages more of the same.   It's gotten worse.

It's why there's a sign that says, "DON'T FEED THE DUCKS AND THE GEESE"!   

@Right_in_Virginia is a GD treasure here in the forum and if ya'll are at all honest, you'd admit it.

** This thread was locked...reason given that CRUZ was not the topic of the thread.

Remember that.

All of a sudden somebody starts up about pies and pecans and other assorted OT nonsense.  For pages.

CRICKETS!!!!

The original poster reminds everybody by reposting the article....since other direct elbows to the ribs wasn't getting anybody's attention.

And she gets savaged for it.

...yet some a$$holes .... are unable to step outside themselves and view the landscape objectively.

[Cyber Liberty]

@aligncare

Probably the pack mentality they face here.  Where anyone that doesn't condemn every breath Trump takes is set upon.  Not unlike a mirror image of TOS.  Only here they don't get booted just told they are whining if they engage the moderators.

I'm not on either side, but I'm damned far more frequently by one side than by the other.

[driftdiver]

 

[corbe]

   I look at it more objectively @driftdiver the AT'ers usually can tolerate the Nt'ers and vice~versa, and there is the majority of Briefers that are in neither camp, it makes for a very lively Forum. 
   Thank you Myst and mods, you make it possible.

[driftdiver]

I'm not on either side, but I'm damned far more frequently by one side than by the other.

@Cyber Liberty

Really?  I guess I haven't seen that.

[RoosGirl]

When two people are the subject, the correct usage is "each other".

When it's more than two ("Gang"), it's "one another".

....Sister Mary Redempta, circa 1955

So with you it's now three...   

[Cyber Liberty]

LOL!  I know what you mean, @Cyber Liberty

After I posted that, I was that I was going to have to go thru TWO PAGES + to catch up.    I almost deleted it when I saw that...knowing what was going to follow.


+++++++++

On a more serious note, the way many in here are allowed to insult and impugn @Right_in_Virginia ....without any intervention by the House, only encourages more of the same.   It's gotten worse.

It's why there's a sign that says, "DON'T FEED THE DUCKS AND THE GEESE"!   

@Right_in_Virginia is a GD treasure here in the forum and if ya'll are at all honest, you'd admit it.

** This thread was locked...reason given that CRUZ was not the topic of the thread.

Remember that.

All of a sudden somebody starts up about pies and pecans and other assorted OT nonsense.  For pages.

CRICKETS!!!!

The original poster reminds everybody by reposting the article....since other direct elbows to the ribs wasn't getting anybody's attention.

And she gets savaged for it.

...yet some a$$holes .... are unable to step outside themselves and view the landscape objectively.

Are you sure that was this thread?  There was a similar one just like it a day or two before, on the same subject.  But your point is still valid.

[Just_Victor]

I can count on one hand the vehement anti-Trumpers, as easily as I count the rabid Trump defenders.

It's sad that some want to diminish the entire site on the basis of one or two kooks.

[XenaLee]

With so many Trump detractors here I notice when supporters show up, and notice when they go silent.

Kinda like the sound of one hand clapping; the silence is deafening.

Well.... I guess I haven't noticed that many "Trump supporters" showing up here.  I've noticed one recently and that's about it.

Again, who...specifically, came, saw and left?  Can you make your case...

or not?

[Smokin Joe]

@aligncare

Probably the pack mentality they face here.  Where anyone that doesn't condemn every breath Trump takes is set upon.  Not unlike a mirror image of TOS.  Only here they don't get booted just told they are whining if they engage the moderators.

"Set upon?"

I saw no small number of alleged facts one poster had wrong. Citing sources, I set the record straight on some of that. We do that all the time, here. If someone is consistently ill informed, they might see that as hostile, but it isn't. It's just setting the record straight.

Is that "set upon"?

[mountaineer]

 

Back atcha.

[GrouchoTex]

Someone questioning a politician?
OH, THE HORROR!
C'mon, it ain't all that bad.
Aren't we supposed to do that?
So, some like Trump more than others, so be it.
Cool!

[DCPatriot]

Are you sure that was this thread?  There was a similar one just like it a day or two before, on the same subject.  But your point is still valid.

I apologize if I've gotten the threads mixed up....but as you said.  It stands by itself.

Only shows that it's happening on more than one thread.

 

[roamer_1]

When two people are the subject, the correct usage is "each other".

When it's more than two ("Gang"), it's "one another".

....Sister Mary Redempta, circa 1955

Sounds like a high fallutin difference between y'all and all y'all.
Em poor city folks can't keep it simple.

[XenaLee]

LOL!  I know what you mean, @Cyber Liberty

After I posted that, I was that I was going to have to go thru TWO PAGES + to catch up.    I almost deleted it when I saw that...knowing what was going to follow.


+++++++++

On a more serious note, the way many in here are allowed to insult and impugn @Right_in_Virginia ....without any intervention by the House, only encourages more of the same.   It's gotten worse.

It's why there's a sign that says, "DON'T FEED THE DUCKS AND THE GEESE"!   

@Right_in_Virginia is a GD treasure here in the forum and if ya'll are at all honest, you'd admit it.

** This thread was locked...reason given that CRUZ was not the topic of the thread.

Remember that.

All of a sudden somebody starts up about pies and pecans and other assorted OT nonsense.  For pages.

CRICKETS!!!!

The original poster reminds everybody by reposting the article....since other direct elbows to the ribs wasn't getting anybody's attention.

And she gets savaged for it.

...yet some a$$holes .... are unable to step outside themselves and view the landscape objectively.

Savaged???   You call "that" savaged?????

Holy keerrap, but you apparently lead a very sheltered life.  Or...maybe it's just a case of....

hyperbole much?   ^-^

[driftdiver]

   I look at it more objectively @driftdiver the AT'ers usually can tolerate the Nt'ers and vice~versa, and there is the majority of Briefers that are in neither camp, it makes for a very lively Forum. 
   Thank you Myst and mods, you make it possible.

@corbe

The ATs were bad during the election but have calmed down significantly.  Sure there is still an occasional post that's pure propaganda but far fewer.  Now it's the NTs who can turn every single thread into a cesspool with a comment about the wall or some such garbage.   I know the NTs froth at the mouth with the comparison but i really dont care.  I have no interest in fighting an election thats done.  Its time to look forward and do better next time.   People who cant / wont move past it are hurtiing America and can go to Hell.

[Sanguine]

@aligncare

Probably the pack mentality they face here.  Where anyone that doesn't condemn every breath Trump takes is set upon.  Not unlike a mirror image of TOS.  Only here they don't get booted just told they are whining if they engage the moderators.

Now, remember the complaint was about the pie discussion.  If people felt a "pack mentality" from all the pie talk, maybe they're too sensitive to post here or anywhere.  They should just stay off of the internet if they're that sensitive.  I feel badly for them.

[RoosGirl]

I apologize if I've gotten the threads mixed up....but as you said.  It stands by itself.

Only shows that it's happening on more than one thread.

 

However, if I remember right, Myst cleared up the "intent" and that being disruptive to the general discussion on the thread versus meandering topic of conversation that isn't meant to disrupt and won't lead to a thread being locked?  I can see a difference.

[Oceander]

Anyone care to comment about the often quick disappearances of newly arrived members who happened to have been Trump supporters?

We get lots of new members, some very bright and articulate. Yet, many make a quick exit once they go a few rounds with our resident NTs. That is disheartening.

Yeah:  baloney

[DCPatriot]

Savaged???   You call "that" savaged?????

Holy keerrap, but you apparently lead a very sheltered life.  Or...maybe it's just a case of....

hyperbole much?   ^-^

LOL!

Well, maybe it was where I had picked up the thread since my last visit.

I suddenly find myself reading the same 3-4-5 people nipping at her, belittling her, etc..

When it happens on a couple threads during the afternoon, "savage" works for me.

[XenaLee]

@corbe

The ATs were bad during the election but have calmed down significantly.  Sure there is still an occasional post that's pure propaganda but far fewer.  Now it's the NTs who can turn every single thread into a cesspool with a comment about the wall or some such garbage.   I know the NTs froth at the mouth with the comparison but i really dont care.  I have no interest in fighting an election thats done.  Its time to look forward and do better next time.   People who cant / wont move past it are hurtiing America and can go to Hell.

What about the ones in the middle....or rather, the ones that don't fit in the NT or the AT camp (like me)? 

Seems to me .....those might be the vast majority of folks in America ....

but I could be wrong....lol.