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Originally Posted by SamIam
And a thread on Meta over just how much of an *sshole a certain member is.
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Consider who that thread is about, how long ago it started, and which forum he earned his reputation in. Emma was a right winger and a hater who was not as slippery or occasionally human as others who are still around.
As far as my going over the top, sure, but understand that I'm a swing voter with libertarian tendencies who lives in rural America and works in human services. I find the world to be a much more complicated place than the simple angry message marketers in the two major parties and tea baggers would have us buy. I wish the President only good fortune in rescuing his agenda and some scrap of national unity from all of the above.
We dwellars used to pride ourselves on having some nasty heated arguments here but they were not exactly dueling monologues like we see right now. Even during the run up to the war people were making cogent arguments despite or maybe because of the intensity of feeling. We also remembered to take the time to show a human face so people would react to people not ciphers. The politics forum is reflecting Washington right now and that is a shame. We used to be better than that. Most of this isn't on you, Redux, merc intentionally leaves little room for discussion wanting only to obstruct er... impede.
Of course it is possible that I've mellowed and don't really care about politics the way I once did. *shrug*