by Joe_the_young_GOAT June 2, 2018
Get the Democratic mug.An online political message board. Supposedly intended for liberals, it's home to nearly as many conservative disruptors as members of its target audience. In the case of the Gun Control and Right to Keep and Bear Arms forum, it's home to many MORE disruptors than genuine members. Some of these trolls last for years accumulating literally tens of thousands of posts before they are banned. Note that I specified 'banned' instead of 'detected', as the troublemakers are usually recognized as such far before they are eliminated. And for every slackmaster, dfk or jody that eventually gets tombstoned, there's a hack89, Lurks Often, or Far Center that remains.
The reason for this lax approach to enemies is not easy to discern. Perhaps there is some benefit (site traffic) to the owners in keeping around those who stir the pot. Ironically, in maintaining a liberal board where conservatives are tolerated, the website resembles an open forum whose members are nearly equal divided between the two sides. Which says a lot about the state of political discourse on the Internet.
The reason for this lax approach to enemies is not easy to discern. Perhaps there is some benefit (site traffic) to the owners in keeping around those who stir the pot. Ironically, in maintaining a liberal board where conservatives are tolerated, the website resembles an open forum whose members are nearly equal divided between the two sides. Which says a lot about the state of political discourse on the Internet.
Jimbo, I've been posting on Democratic Underground for ten years, and they haven't eliminated me yet!
by Dave the Disruptor May 18, 2014
Get the Democratic Underground mug.Modern Usage has transgressed somewhat from the (original definition) - An individual or group of individuals brought to power by a majority vote of the electorate.
For modern usage See: Bush(USA), Mugabe(Zimbabwe), Gordon Brown(UK), Thein Sein (burma), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(iran), Vladimir Putin& Dmitry Medvedev (Russia) Jalal TALABANI (Iraq) who have all been Democratically Elected in the past few years. Scary isn't it?
For modern usage See: Bush(USA), Mugabe(Zimbabwe), Gordon Brown(UK), Thein Sein (burma), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad(iran), Vladimir Putin& Dmitry Medvedev (Russia) Jalal TALABANI (Iraq) who have all been Democratically Elected in the past few years. Scary isn't it?
Your grandfather, somebody's son, a woman's husband, a father and thousands like him died in a war fighting for the right to freedom and democracy. I'm so pleased we have all upheld those morals so that we can all say that our leaders are Democratically Elected (see farce)!
by lisa_urban May 16, 2008
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"Did you see what George II posted on Democratic Underground about African Americans and voting rights"
"Did you see Brooklynite brag about being rich for the 300th time and then make a thread supporting trickle down economics"
"Did you see Brooklynite brag about being rich for the 300th time and then make a thread supporting trickle down economics"
by Progressive Tom June 10, 2021
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1. A site where Progressives and Liberals can discuss, and often disagree, on the state of this country.
2. A site where thinking people can conjugate and be free of the incessant RW claptrap that passes as "thought"
3. A site where Progressives and Liberals find solace in a Sea of Hatred tossed by RW fanatics.
1. A site where Progressives and Liberals can discuss, and often disagree, on the state of this country.
2. A site where thinking people can conjugate and be free of the incessant RW claptrap that passes as "thought"
3. A site where Progressives and Liberals find solace in a Sea of Hatred tossed by RW fanatics.
I went to Democratic Underground, to be a part of a Thinking world that is looking forward to no longer being "Underground", but Free to discuss the problems the RW has vented upon the world, without being slandered.
by rasputin1952 January 13, 2005
Get the Democratic Underground mug.What the rest of the world calls social democracy. Much like American football, we’ve created our own definition. After years of political scientists cringing at misuse of the word, people are throwing their hands up, and accepting that in the US, socialism means something completely different than it does literally anywhere else.
Person 1: I thought socialists wanted to “seize the means of production.”
Person 2: Bernie advocates American democratic socialism. He doesn’t want any of that.
Person 2: Bernie advocates American democratic socialism. He doesn’t want any of that.
by Lamdba March 3, 2020
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