Displaying 241 To 270 Of 280 Comments Pepe, can you name me one who is interested in just having a dissenting opinion? They all end up trashing the President and that makes them a troll in my book. Then there are AC, flossy and Ramirez who really aren’t interested in discussion, only quoting text from a book they read. In all my time there, I’ve only had maybe 2 real discussions with dissenters. » Posted By KarateKid On November 5, 2009 @ 5:17 pm Good to see you, dey. » Posted By KarateKid On November 5, 2009 @ 5:15 pm I invited a half dozen HP regs to come here tonight and they should be arriving shortly. It’s really fun, actually, to speak in code, and fool the moderators. I am impressed with how quickly everyone knows when we are speaking in code. LMAO » Posted By KarateKid On November 5, 2009 @ 5:14 pm A New Way To Fight Right Wing Trolls on HP It’s too bad there isn’t a mechanism like in the newsgroups where we could just plonk certain individuals and not even see their posts. » Posted By KarateKid On November 1, 2009 @ 3:34 pm It is funny, isn’t it? That was an interesting tete a tete you had with that guy who was stalking seek. Wow, almost like an on line triangle. You meet all kinds. I like all the music, though, my playlist was getting stale. The other stuff, I think most of it is in jest. At least, I hope it is. » Posted By KarateKid On November 1, 2009 @ 3:32 pm We raked her over the coals today. She responded to my comments like never before, on the defensive. Then, she sneaked off when we called her out. I had the same thing with AnnfrCA this morning, drove her off, too. What a day. It’s so much more peaceful here. But, several righty trolls have been here. PlanetPOV is gaining attention. » Posted By KarateKid On November 1, 2009 @ 3:24 pm Nicole, she is a young kid, very good looking btw. She has a Facebook page, she must be all of 20 years old. Hey, at least she reads what we write, unlike the true trolls. » Posted By KarateKid On November 1, 2009 @ 1:01 pm LMAO!!! » Posted By KarateKid On November 1, 2009 @ 1:00 pm Hey, people, conservatives DO read PlanetPOV. LOL. I just had an exchange with Andrea Castillo, a noted rightie, and she mentioned my comment about her on this site. I challenged her to make a post here, but I dont’ think she’ll take me up on it. It was revealing, however. » Posted By KarateKid On November 1, 2009 @ 12:53 pm No offense meant, Kalima. As you can see, many of the regs have come here, and there will be more in the weeks to come. So I guess HP bashing will continue, since we all met there, but I’m sure as time passes we can move on from it. Btw, I never was upset about the Biden article, I think she was simply using his “resignation” as a metaphor and not literal. The headline writer was the one to blame. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 11:54 pm escribacat, good to see you here. FYI, I just use one _underscore before a banned word. What cracks me up is on the healthcare blogs, the term “sick” is blocked. Too funny. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 11:47 pm seek, I was reading with interest this threesome thing with Brown the troll and HITO. What was up with that? A metaphysical love triangle? LOL » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 11:42 pm I don’t consider CheshireCat a troll, or daxter, who is a young but nice kid who needs to experience life a little more. I have fanned both even though we don’t agree on anything politically. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 11:39 pm I use the _underscore. Works every time. And you can type what you want, the way you want it. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 11:35 pm That is exactly what I think, javaz. Ramirez, ClotaireGavriel aka TheLatestInHosiery aks beejer, to name two. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 11:34 pm I also think some “trolls” like Ramirez may be part of HP to stir things up and drive those click cha ching, click, cha chings. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 11:32 pm I just saw your new ID in the other site LOL. Now I have to figure out who is who. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 1:53 pm AdLib, I’d like for this site to have conservative points of view, too. I’ve had some good exchanges with conservatives not only in blogs but in everyday situations, too. If only Progressives post here, it becomes like a cluster***k, so I am telling some cons to consider posting here. They’re understandably leery, though. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 1:42 pm I do, too, when I’m in a serious mood and I have things to say. But, you can’t just do that or you’ll go bonkers so it’s nice to have some fun and stick it to the trolls at the same time. To each his/her own, we all do this for a variety of reasons and we progressives are a diverse bunch with a lot of different ideas. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 1:39 pm They approved it? » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 1:36 pm It gets old, and I’m running out of creative ideas on how to slam them, so I have to change tactics. We’ve done a lot of HP slamming in code; but a lot of it gets scrubbed so I know they’re reading things. It’s not hard to figure out their ulterior motives, though. Write inflammatory and misleading headlines, get people to respond and then cash in. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 1:35 pm No, I just look at the comment count and that’s usually where the action is; it’s on the Main most of the time. Ever wonder why they don’t stop it, though? It’s clearly off topic and violates the TOS, but they allow it. I can’t believe you guys got banned and I didn’t, since I often use foul language. It’s like the VC allowing us to pass while on patrol; we know they’re there since posts get scrubbed. I plan to use a different tactic, not being so profane and inviting a ban. I’m going to also not respond within the troll threads, instead slamming them obliquely. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 1:32 pm Hi Pepe. I said this to AdLib, but I think people like beejer aka ClotaireGavriel aka TheLatestInHosiery as well as Ramirez are HP created plants. When they ban you, it is at the IP level, and beejer keeps coming back, or being able to. So, it’s only one blog, but as you say, it does get old when we beat a dead horse over and over, and blogs play out, so it’s good to party and drive the trolls nuts. I love it when they go on a rant about all our off topic posts. But, HP allows it, at least for now, even though it’s a clear TOS violation. Ever wonder why? Click, cha ching, click, cha ching….. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 1:29 pm I agree with what you said, AdLib. I’ve written numerous emails and have never gotten a response. I think this site will evolve, just like HP did, and am looking forward to being a contributor. I already like not having to use the _underscore to thwart the censor. Btw, to all who read this, that is the way to thwart them, fyi. I don’t think it should be about sticking it to HP, let’s just do our own thing as see where it goes. Like anything else, the ultimate success of this site will be the content. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 1:24 pm AdLib, » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 1:19 pm I’m cool with that. I eventually see this site as a place where we can discuss issues pertaining to events of the day, but right now, there is too much anti HP stuff, imo. It looks like there is going to be a heck of a party tonight, though, being that it’s Halloween. Metaphysical parties, I never thought I’d see the day…. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 7:37 am HuffNo Friday – Topic of the Night – Which Way Afghanistan? I’m going to be the contrarian here by saying there is nothing good that is going to come from our involvement in Afghanistan. We are sacrificing more lives for something that will not last, which is the Karzai government, if we leave. What was the lesson we learned in Vietnam? That Vietnamization did not work because they weren’t as committed as Ho Chi Minh and his supporters, and nothing we did mattered in the end, except for the 58,000 and their families, who came back in bodybags or were never found. We have to stop being the cops of the world, especially when there are so many problems here at home, with our own security issues, like the ports which allow for a deluge of drugs and other things to get through. The USSR suffered 15,000 casualties and 35,000 wounded (that’s what they admit to) and over 1 million Afghans perished in ten years, and shortly thereafter came the end of the Soviet Union. While I find it noble our concern for Afghan citizens, is it worth bankrupting our coffers and costing us thousands more in lives to help them? Where does it end. Who’s next, the oppressed people of ……? Sorry, ask any vet who has been through combat, and you won’t find too many that will support warfare. Unless you’ve been where we’ve been, you have NO idea what that is like. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 7:48 am They are also a threat to Al Qaeda. » Posted By KarateKid On October 31, 2009 @ 7:40 am Any advice on how to do the notifications without also informing the trolls? I’ve told a couple of allies but I don’t know if I also inadvertently told the trolls either. » Posted By KarateKid On October 28, 2009 @ 9:03 pm Hi Sue. Good to see you. Lots of familiar faces here. » Posted By KarateKid On October 28, 2009 @ 8:57 pmComments Posted By KarateKid
Thanks for your comments. We all have different ways of dealing with things we don’t like. First, my feedback on the comments section was not my opinion; I am finding that it is just a matter of getting comfortable with it; it was from some that I talked to about, in code, of course. It gave me great pleasure to talk at length about PlanetPOV without mentioning it by name. These are the games we’re playing with HP. I agree, though, that there is a time and place for everything, and I think what’s going to happen is we’ll come here for substantive, undisrupted commmentary and exchange of ideas and opinions and stay there to harass HP censors and management. I personally think some trolls, like Ramirez, have been set up by HP themselves to stimulate the clicks, and higher ad rates. Be that as it may, I think this site will be for the serious minded, while HP becomes more like the National Enquirer. I don’t participate in those silly polls, nor do I read the stupid blogs. We’ll see how it goes, but I’m glad to be here and plan to do more blogging, when appropriate.
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