# Will there be any liberals left here after the conversion to paying site? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 21, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625 "2004-03-21T23:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/141 "2004-03-23T21:24:01Z")
I accept your apology, Askeptic. Let us begin with a clean slate. Welcome to the SDMB. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/142 "2004-03-23T21:25:30Z")
Yes, **alice\_in\_wonderland** , what’s up? How much did you have to pay to get that member title? Shoot, it is probably because she’s one of them thar liberals. I _knew_ it: this is a liberal board. Oh wait, I’m a lefty too. Does this mean I can get my custom title? ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/143 "2004-03-23T21:26:15Z")
> [@elf6c](#): > > Wait a minute “Posting Sabbatical” thats a new one. Did said Posting Sabbatical come after the post? > > Is it like being put in time out, or can you volunteer? Enquiring minds want to know! > > 😉 I asked Lynn to suspend my privilages for a while 'cus I was getting really worked up about stuff on a… **MESSAGE BOARD!!!** I needed a bit of a break to get some perspective. I noticed on LJ that SDMB had gone to pay and so I ask Lynn to cancel my suspension so I could subscribe. Lynn, poor harrassed, overworked admin that she is, has probably forgotten to change me to Charter Member. I assume she’ll get to eventually and in the mean time, people can enjoy my “special status.” ::_I have special status, and youuuu dooon’t!_:: Ahem. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/144 "2004-03-23T21:32:50Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > I accept your apology, Askeptic. Let us begin with a clean slate. Welcome to the SDMB. 🙂 I am glad you accept my apology. I would welcome starting with a clean slate. Thanks for the welcome. Will it be possible for us to disagree and even tease each other in the future, with the understanding that it is with a friendly tolerant smile as opposed to a hatefull grimace? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/145 "2004-03-23T21:39:54Z")
Well, you know, forgiveness heals the forgiver. So long as you will accept \<\>G, I’m sure we can be respectful adversaries. ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/146 "2004-03-23T21:44:01Z")
(can I call you that?) While given the tone of our recent exchanges, I am pretty sure I can accept \<\>g. But just out of curiosity, what is"\<\>g"? ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/147 "2004-03-23T21:46:19Z")
> [@Libertarian](#): > > Let us begin with a clean slate. Welcome to the SDMB. > [@askeptic](#): > > I would welcome starting with a clean slate. Thanks for the welcome. > [@Libertarian](#): > > I’m sure we can be respectful adversaries. _pukes_ **Libertarian!** **askeptic** called you an asswipe. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/148 "2004-03-23T21:51:37Z")
🙂🙂🆒😉😃😃 (that enough smilies to make it clear that I got it, and the following is just a joke?) That’s a damn lie. CITE? 😃🙂😉 ---
**Author:** ![askeptic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@askeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askeptic)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/149 "2004-03-23T21:55:33Z")
I did not mean to say it was a joke, rather a humorous retort to the comment made. BUT NOT A JOKE! PLEASE, I JUST PAID. DON"T KICK ME OUT ALREADY. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/150 "2004-03-23T22:04:15Z")
Welcome back **Alice** , nice to see you. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/151 "2004-03-23T22:07:03Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > … PLEASE, I JUST PAID. DON"T KICK ME OUT ALREADY. The standard practice in situations like this is to ban the miscreant and forward his $4.95 to [MoveOn.org](http://MoveOn.org). Seems fair. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/152 "2004-03-23T22:07:10Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > (can I call you that?) While given the tone of our recent exchanges, I am pretty sure I can accept \<\>g. But just out of curiosity, what is"\<\>g"? Yes, you may. It is possible that God exists. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/153 "2004-03-23T23:28:17Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Am I the only one that thinks that using a Bush vs. Kerry poll isn’t really all that valid a way of determining the political lean of this board? No, you’re not the only one. I was brought up to be conservative. I was also brought up to question authority and to distrust politicians. I was taught that these were attributes of a coinservative. I’m from Ar, so understood what Clinton was about before most of youse guys. All the same, I saw him with the Iran Contra Scandal as a backdrop. And I thought, “Well, at least he’s not _that_ bad.” I see so many of those who are self reported conservatives who have an inherent trust of politicians and their cover stories- people who find excessively repetitive denials to be continually plausible. This is outrageous. **Who the fuck ever said it was a good idea to trust politicians?** I’m voting for Kerry. Not because I’d give a rat’s ass for him, but beause the Bush Admin is decidedly unAmerican and fairly Orwellian. I’m a registered Republican, GOP Team Leader, and a local financial contributor. But Bush Admin has abused my trust and abused the American electorate in unforgivable ways. Fuck 'em. I’m a conservative, but I’m an American first. The Bush Admin has shown grievous disrespect and has far exceeded its alotted “just powers.” Fuck 'em. Anyway, I’m voting for Kerry, but I’m not a liberal. I voted for the Bush Admin and I’ve come to sorely regret it. Fuck 'em. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/154 "2004-03-23T23:31:34Z")
> [@Really Not All That Bright](#): > > Yes. If your political leaning can’t be judged on which you like better out of two guys that are basically pretty similar to one another, you are too fucking complicated and need to get over yourself. Well, bless your little heart. How bout you stick your head in a cow’s ass and I’ll send the bull over to fuck ya? ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/155 "2004-03-23T23:43:06Z")
> [@beajerry](#): > > I notice most of the posters in this thread are Charter Members. > > I don’t know if that means they are liberal or not, though. Oh, you didn’t hear? Only liberals may be Charter Members. You have to take an anti-Bush oath. And then pass several trials and tribulations such as the paddling of the swollen ass ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/156 "2004-03-24T00:19:19Z")
> [@SimonX](#): > > Well, bless your little heart. > > How bout you stick your head in a cow’s ass and I’ll send the bull over to fuck ya? God damn it… it was a _joke_, sparky, a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/157 "2004-03-24T03:19:30Z")
> [@SimonX](#): > > **Who the fuck ever said it was a good idea to trust politicians?** Speaking as a man who covered The White House and Capitol Hill for two years… Truer fucking words, man. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/158 "2004-03-24T12:33:35Z")
C’mon, **elucidator**. You asked me why I thought the SDMB was so liberal at least twice, and I answered, anxiously awaiting your witty dissection of my commentary. Yet no sooner did I post it than you stopped coming back to this thread. Was I that close to the mark? Did it take your breath away? You can’t leave me hanging like this. ---
**Author:** ![Mal\_Adroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df788c/32.png) [@Mal\_Adroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mal_Adroit)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/159 "2004-03-24T13:28:30Z")
> [@askeptic](#): > > That’s a damn lie. CITE? > > 😃 Er ah, I’ve got it here somewhere, waitaminnit (naw that ain’t it), hold on now I got it right here… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![RTA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@RTA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTA)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625/160 "2004-03-24T13:42:41Z")
> [@](#): > > I voted for the Bush Admin and I’ve come to sorely regret it. Fuck 'em. It warms the cockles of my bleeding liberal heart! _(dabs at tears)_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-be-any-liberals-left-here-after-the-conversion-to-paying-site/235625.md?page=9)