Do any of the rest of you feel like this?

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14. Most people figure me for a 'gungeoneer'.

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You know, a member of "Team NRA". Add to that any discussion of feminism and I become an "MRA" on steroids in the eyes of people who view me through their partisan beer goggles. I don't care one way or the other. My objectives in life are no more mainstream than my objectives in posting here, so I'm used to it.

There are a lot of people here who are more interested in finding comfort in their ideology than in trying to see how it will actually work. They think this place is more of a support group than a discussion board. A few are social dominators who just want to tell others what to do even if it's in a place like this, which is a little pathetic and sad. Their sycophants are even worse. Others are here for the attention. They are just trolls, but chickenshit trolls because it's really easy to get attention and support by telling people what they want to hear. A few are "right wing" trolls who troll by behaving like a caricature of a liberal. Each "role" isn't exclusive to each member. They are strategies people use to get what they want. We are all consumers, and some people violate the social contract by trying to take more than they give. It remains to be seen if the software can control the gluttony.

In the end this place is populated by people in about the same ratio of dysfunction as in real life. We're all just people in an artificial environment - sort of a hothouse of anonymous dialogue. It will be interesting to see what kind of species thrives in a hothouse like this.



Obama won the election, and when the revolution succeeds the purges begin to winnow out those who are not sufficiently loyal to the cause. That's what's happening here.

For my part if somebody posts something thought provoking, I respond. Those responses are becoming increasingly rare. Of course, maybe I'm just burning out on DU, but it's not in my nature to tell people what they want to hear to garner their approval. I got out of sales decades ago and I ain't going back. Hostile environments don't concern me. Barren environments are boring. Kick me, beat me, slander my name, just don't bore me.