My crappy poem to Woo Me With Science:

[MannyGoldstein]

Woo! Woo! Where are you!

You're needed for the Populist coup!

We are blue, 'cos we miss you!

Please come back, oh dearest Woo!

--

Crappy poem aside, Woo Me With Science has been AWOL for one month as of today, since getting a "flagged for review" that took a few days to resolve. Like my own recent "flagged for review" that took a few days to resolve. Some are resolved in days, some in only a few hours, for reasons unknown.

It's a mystery.

In any case, if you're reading this Woo: you are missed. You're one of the most informative and clear writers on DU, and I hope you come back soon. And if anyone knows what's up with Woo, and can share... please do!

Thanks!

[Cleita]

1. Woo got swarmed?

Woo is one of the least offensive members around here. Too bad.

[MannyGoldstein]

3. One of our most knowledgeable posters!

But, sometimes, Knowledge is Ignorance, I guess.

[Cleita]

7. Oh without a doubt. But also not offensive except maybe to the ignorant. eom

[Skittles]

8. Woo Me REALLY offends the swooners

[MannyGoldstein]

9. Few things are more painful

than an inconvenient truth.

[Skittles]

10. swooners suck, no matter WHO they are swooning for

[sabrina 1]

26. He tells the truth and that can be very offensive to some people. I miss him, please come back Woo.

[merrily]

38. One can never be sure online, but I believe woo is a woman.

[Enthusiast]

52. Really?

I imagined her to be a him. This changes everything! I kid.

[merrily]

54. Despite what I said about not being sure, I would bet my life on it: woo is female.

Many have assumed I am a male, too. Must be the blue links.

I just can't seem to figure out how to do pink links, though.

[mother earth]

80. Whatever Woo's gender, S/he is one of our best, a true blue woo. That's my itty bitty

rhyme to add.

[merrily]

81. Nothing new: Woo is true and blue.

Blue in the sense of Democratic.

[mother earth]

82. Woo is all that & more.

[merrily]

84. Nothing new: woo is true and blue. And so are you.

[mother earth]

86. Back at you, my friend.

[merrily]

87. Thank you!

[bvar22]

88. I assumed you were a male.

If you are a female.....then I'm In Love.
I don't know how I will break this news to my wife.

[merrily]

89. Well, thank you. Since we're each married and in different parts of the country, I'm guessing

there won't be much need to break anything to your wife. Fair warning though: I am in love with several DUers, though I have not told any of them.

Yet.

[Enthusiast]

51. "In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act"—Orwell

[merrily]

55. Another fucking Democratic Socialist. Pffft.

Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950),[1] who used the pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic. His work is marked by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.[2][3]

Orwell wrote literary criticism, poetry, fiction, and polemical journalism. He is perhaps best known for his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) and the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945). His non-fiction works, including The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), documenting his experience of working class life in the north of England, and Homage to Catalonia (1938), an account of his experiences in the Spanish Civil War, are widely acclaimed, as are his essays on politics, literature, language, and culture. In 2008, The Times ranked him second on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".[4]

Orwell's work continues to influence popular and political culture, and the term Orwellian—descriptive of totalitarian or authoritarian social practices—has entered the language together with many of his neologisms, including, but not limited to, cold war, Big Brother, Thought Police, Room 101, Memory hole, doublethink, and thoughtcrime.[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Orwell

[Enthusiast]

57. Yup.

[merrily]

62. And wrote 1984 in 1948 about Russia.

Because, I had wrongly leapt to the conclusion that he was more of a conservative than he obviously was.

[merrily]

42. Always.

[azmom]

2. We need his voice. Hope he returns soon.

[Duppers]

15. She.

I think.

[azmom]

16. I think I have heard that.

[DJ13]

4. Woo?

[JEB]

5. Woo is one of the reasons I come here.

I find his posts thoughtful and passionate. One of the best.

[merrily]

39. Her posts.

[JEB]

56. Yes. Her posts.

I think I did know that. Thanks for setting me straight.

[merrily]

58. De nada. No biggie.

[JEB]

59. Habits of speech and not thinking

can lead to embarrassments.

[merrily]

60. You should not be embarrassed. there's no way to tell on a message board unless the poster shares

personal info. I never saw woo share much personal info.

[sabrina 1]

61. Me too. There are a few people here who make it worth while to keep coming here. If

they leave, or are pushed away, there are plenty of other places now where politics can be discussed without having to deal with the nonsense that drives people who are working to get this country on track to what it is supposed to be, can go.

[Phlem]

6. They seem to be taking us out one by one.

Woo is awesome! Man the shit around here is getting really high so git your waders on. I hope she's OK. Seems the other crowd is all for baring teeth and going for the jugular. Ick.

Politics is dirty.

[marym625]

11. I've been worried about him

We need him back big time!

[JDPriestly]

13. Yes. What is going on?

I do not believe in removing posts or DUers just because I disagree with their opinions unless the opinions clearly could not possibly represent Democratic Party ideas.

That said, maybe we could be kinder to each other.

And also, maybe we could practice a little humility and compassion and develop our senses of humor here on DU.

One trick: Before you post, take a slow deep breath and then re-read your post. Take out things you know you should not write. It is so easy to have our emotions carry us away. But we need to have calm, helpful discussions, not emotional tantrums.

Can you tell I have been babysitting my under five years grandchildren recently?

No tantrums please. Learn to count to ten and breathe deeply.

[marym625]

18. I don't know about anyone else

But I think maybe 1 in 20 alerts should have been alerted. .that damn button is used much too often.

If people can't deal with anything more than "yes, you are so right" they need to find an entirely different kind of site.
Being nasty, causing drama, etc is obviously not the way to go about pushing for your candidate or showing how the other falls short. But we do have ignore options, we are also adults who are passionate about our country.

But I find that the alert stalking the absolute the lowest, most childish, form of fighting. That goes for cali,1SBM and most especially, woo.

[sheshe2]

29. It happened in AA.

To one of the kindest, most intelligent and informative posters.

Kudos to whoever drove 1SBM off this board. You won, you must be proud. He is taking a break and may not return. Heaven05 is doing the same. Both AA. 1Strong attacked by an outside member in the AA group and got a hide. Then while he was flagged and could not defend himself, he was attacked again in that group.

Marym, this place has gotten so very ugly. Our future has become less bright and I find that sad.

Thank you for supporting him.

[eridani]

35. Dammit! I missed that--any chance of getting him back?

He was asking deep questions about all the candidates.

[sheshe2]

36. He is a friend, eridani.

He is on break. I have no clue if he will come back.

AA is treated poorly here. We only have a handful of posters left from the black community.

Start here. Then read down, it goes on. 1Strongs concerns are called a meme. I find it sad that when a person questions a candidate on valid concerns that effect their very lives, it is now called a meme by posters here. Then he got 2 hides and flagged for review.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/118716674#post31

I am going to miss his voice here.

Two members of AA walked out tonight. How many more can we lose?

[merrily]

43. Heaven05? One of the nicest posters anywhere. What happened?

[sheshe2]

68. No, it was 1SBM that got the hides.

Then flagged. One hide was in the AA group.

Heaven05 has had enough. AA is treated poorly on DU.

[merrily]

69. Well, I am very sorry to hear that. I enjoyed my exchanges with him very much. I hope I said

nothing that influenced his decision. If I did, I sincerely apologize.

I hope he takes a break and comes back. I loved his posts.

[merrily]

40. Her.

[Efilroft Sul]

12. Who's next? Sabrina? Bvar? You?

This targeting of thoughtful posters for the most dubious alert reason ("Oh, another post that's 'over the top'?) has got to end. Sad to hear that 1SBM took it in the shorts, too.

Cowardly alerters. You can't argue, so you try to hide posts.

[donnasgirl]

14. I also have noticed

That Cali and Autumn seem to be missing, has anyone seen them lately?

[MannyGoldstein]

17. Cali's on timeout

Autumn... hopefully we'll see more of her, soon!

[L0oniX]

20. Autumn is active

...with a 100% jury stat too.

[MannyGoldstein]

21. Never enough Autumn! nt

[marym625]

23. Autumn is alive and well and the main host of the Bernie group

And making sure that the best candidate wins!

[MannyGoldstein]

22. Thanks! nt

[marym625]

24. Thanks L0oniX!

[Mojorabbit]

32. Thanks! nt

[merrily]

41. she

[Hydra]

25. A Woo appreciation thread. I approve!

I've been gone for months(a year?) due to IRL issues. it was nice to come back to SCOTUS granting marriage equality.

[MannyGoldstein]

30. Welcome back! nt

[Hydra]

31. Thank you!

Good to see you haven't given up he fight. Too bad I see too many Third Wayers still here getting their pay by posts.

[marym625]

33. We lost a few really great people

Jackpine Radical, JeffR and xchrom

Welcome back. I hope your personal stuff is better

[merrily]

44. Welcome back.

[cui bono]

27. Woo being flagged for review is ridiculous.

One of the most knowledgeable and informative posters on DU.

[zeemike]

28. I miss her too...one of my must read posters.

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But I am partial to the limerick style.

Here is to the Duer named Woo
What ever happened to you?
Did that swarm come around
And take you down
I hope it isn't true.

[merrily]

46. Her. And I like your limerick.

[zeemike]

49. I changed that.

And thanks.

[kath]

34. crappy Haiku:

We miss your fine posts
It just isn't the same here
Come back to us, Woo

[Duppers]

37. Yeah. This hide was suspicious.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6749489

She put a lot of effort and time into that post too.

[merrily]

45. It was critical of Hillary. Case closed.

P.S. Amazing how approximately 1/10 of the board manages so many hides of leftist posts, isn't it?

[Duppers]

72. Truly!

[marym625]

48. How is that worthy of a hide?

There is no personal attack. There nothing against tos. There is all kinds of good information.

That's a bullshit hide.

[Duppers]

73. I totally agree!

[DonCoquixote]

53. OK, there is something suspicious about what is NOT there

Personal attacks on Duers.. Newp, none of them to be found, unlike the many I find from posts of people that call anyone not 200 percent ready for Hillary Gop tools and "ratF__ers"

Dirty language: Nope

Sexist, racist language: nope

Gee, can someone tell me what actual part of the TOS was violated, if the TOS actually means anything anymore?

This was a hit, a pure outright hit. I will vote for a dead cat rather that not fail to KEEP the GOP out of office. I am a yellow dog democrat, made even more so by 2000. However, some Hillary supporters have made it clear that they neither want nor need the help of the left, so if they ask for anything more than my vote, the door will be closed.

Failing to keep the GOP out of the Oval office is not an option, not when Tony Scalia is still in the supreme court, waiting for some young 40-something judge to be rubber stamped thanks to the Koch Brothers, so that his legacy is secure for the next 20 years. Not when we have a congress that might as well be musicians playing to the conductor's tune, and a bunch of yahoos thirsty for blood to stain their nice white sheet costumes. However, many of us have illusions that Hillary, or at least those who claim to support her, will work any less hard to destroy the legacy of FDR. Wear the Roosevelt legacy all you want to folks, but Frank and Elanor would have no problem calling this huckstering out for what it is, and yes, Frank would welcome your hatred.

[bunnies]

66. Thats a bullshit hide right there.

And so was the hide of that OP. And she's STILL under review? WTF?

[Duppers]

74. Yep, got that right. WTF! Nt.

[Cleita]

67. Just look at those who replied on that thread.

That was a swarm attack with all the usual suspects on it.

[JEB]

71. Woo's reply # 37

is worth saving. There it is for all to read. Lots of informative links. That is what DU is good for.

[Duppers]

75. I even emailed it to myself.

Just to make sure I have it.

[merrily]

47. One of DU's clearest thinkers and most informative posters.

If there is any post more painful than a truthful one, it's a clear-thinking, truthful post supported by by links.

[Enthusiast]

50. Kicked and recommended to the Max for Woo Me With Science!

Well done, Manny!

[GoneFishin]

63. K & R

[Doctor_J]

64. good job Manny.

I hope you will honor me when the reaganites finally run me off. Du, like America, is no longer a welcome place for liberals and old school democrats. Each one that gets the boot is another nail in the coffin of the site and the party.

[midnight]

65. kick

[JEB]

70. K&R

[Duppers]

76. +100 for your poem and sentiments, Manny.

I wholeheartedly agree!

[onecaliberal]

77. The ignore button is our friend right now.

[immoderate]

78. Bring back Woo!

--imm

[mother earth]

79. Woo, you are missed. :)

[TBF]

83. Woo is not a corporatist -

and that seems to be the line that has been drawn in the sand. I refuse to give money to the DNC now that they are refusing to support the working class (ie Obama support of TPP). I will only donate and work for democrats who are like-minded. Woo, you are missed.

[GeorgeGist]

85. More science!