You may have seen in passing a comment with the subject line "1." The body is usually empty but occasionally has some expansion to clarify the 1. These succinct comments are my way of handling those comments that are almost hide ratable but not quite. Since the software to give 1s went away with one of the Daily Kos updates, these 1 comments are my approximation.
Some folks have recently accused me of using these short comments as "a passive-aggressive weapon in a pathetic fight [I'm] waging against people [I] believe show insufficient love and deference to the President."
This is not true. I only use it for things close to hide ratable but not over the line, so in practice it gets used for insults mostly. I don't use it much: 13 times since October 1. I used it for an insult directed at Deadhead. I used it several times for vermin references. I never use it just for scatalogical/profane/obscene language. I don't use it for disagreements.
Even the link to check for themselves did not satisfy the critics. So, I will show here each of the uses, and let this diary be a tutorial for anyone who might want to use "1" as a tool of community moderation. For details, join me under the orange tangle of passive-aggression.
Goodbye
crawl back under the bridge
I don't believe a word the Kochroaches say!
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I know that is a really tempting description for the loathsome, seditious Kochs but turning people into vermin has a really bad history behind it.
[Response to the question, who's a moderate Republican?]
Obama
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Whatever
I don't subscribe to the idea that the president ought not to be insulted. I've insulted every president we've ever had, and I'm not going to change now.
The Obama worship here is puzzling. Are most people here more into Obama personally, or more into supporting the Democratic Party no matter what it does (like when it pushes right-wing policies), or more into a liberal ideological agenda?
I don't understand the first two. Worshiping any man (or woman) is gross and ridiculous. This isn't a monarchy. The One makes mistakes. As far as I can tell, he MOSTLY makes mistakes. Besides, Obama is a lame duck. What are you guys going to do after 2016?
Team politics, backing the Dems no matter what, is infantile. It means you don't believe in anything.
If you are liberal, then you push liberalism no matter what, and that includes attacking Obama and the Democrats when they are not liberal.
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Civility isn't worship.
[responding to a comment about a Republican who switched parties] Your reading comprehension sucks
Nice job trying to assassinate somebody's character while not knowing WTF you're talking about.
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[talking about Ted Cruz's father] What an idiot.
Problem being, he's the one cockroach representative of a much larger population.
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There's a really unfortunate history associated with using insect imagery for opponents. There's plenty of vituperation that can be hurled at Cruz père without dehumanizing him.
[on the VA attorney general race] On the Internet, you can be anything
you want to be, so why would someone decide to be stupid? Oh and delete this crap diary.
[Responding to Deadhead] Just take a crap you're particularly proud of?
Or are you just doing the usual and responding to everything I post, without content, because you think that's a way to be a dick without breaking the rules?
Really, Ray pretended to be asking a question, and you STILL act as if you need to be his yappy little guard dog.
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[dismissing a diary about radioactivity and Fukushima] Terrible, disingenuous
I don't think I believe you at all. You have apologist written large across your words.
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hidden comment about rape jokes
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Damned straight we should be grabbing power.
When the opportunity presents itself, damned fucking straight we should take it!
We should be shoving through as many judicial and executive branch nominees as possible, with all the votes being called "52-48 and no lube!"
This is our coup d'etat of the federal court system, and we damned well should take it.
In order to retain power, we must be ruthless!
[a diary about Adam Lanza] What a fucking waste of time.
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Hidden comment comparing the Iranian deal to Neville Chamberlain's diplomacy
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The data don't support the idea that I am waging any kind of war on Obama critics. I continue to think that the 1 comment can be a useful tool in community moderation in certain circumstances. Please take the poll and feel free to add your thoughts in the comments.