Suggestion for DU in time of "war" meaning right now.

[Basso8vb]

8. I lurked here for 12 years before creating an account in 2016.

And only started posting here this year.

This has been my first stop every day since 2004 and I get nearly all my news from the links posted here daily by local users and have never been more informed in my life. I've been a registered voter since 1989.

Many people like myself have been reading the posts of the most prolific DU contributors for years and hold many of you in high regard. We also miss the great posters who are no longer with us.

I think it would be a tremendous mistake to circle the wagons just because times have gotten tough. Many silent lurkers depend on DU as a source of news and community. That would also cause potential new users not to have the opportunity to discover this Oasis in the desolate hellscape of the current internet.

I trust the MIRT team to keep this a place of civil discourse and I urge people to use that block feature as well.

I'm a fighter for Team Blue until my last breath.