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In reply to the discussion: The issues with DU participation IMHO, are a conflict between two thoughts on how to advance Liberal [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)And you're in hot water if someone with significant sensitivities wanted to make a stink, because "clutch the pearls" was abandoned as a common shorthand by this site YEARS ago, because some felt it had a negative connotation towards gays as a consequence of the old Wayans Bros. "Men on Films" skits. Even though the comment originated from those many postwar films of frightened women clutching their pearls to indicate dismay or horror, people stopped using it out of deference to those objections. Unicorns was abandoned before the last election, as were ponies and piles of shit because too many people cried about it as well as a reference, and it became rather stale, anyway.
But "Turd Way" has continued relentlessly, along with personal insults directed smack-dab at people who don't agree with your POV. Not just by you, but by a small but determined crew of very rude DUers.
I don't think using GOP-style snideness and snark as a tactic is terribly progressive, and I'd urge you to eschew it if you want to be taken seriously. I'm calling it out when I see it. I don't think anyone has to put up with not just turds, but SHIT directed at Democrats by people who claim to be Democrats. That's rudeness. If you can't discuss a topic without getting personal, you've failed.
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