On the attacking other candidates on DU - My little rant

[liberal N proud]

Rant on:

Until recently you could count on the information posted on DU to be relatively accurate. If it wasn't, others discredited it very quickly.
DU had integrity, it was one of the primary reasons I began browsing and posting information on DU, a well informed group of liberal thinkers.
I was able to trust most of the things posted here and it was great, the one place where there was a wealth of information without the trash you see elsewhere on the internet and the media.

Since Iowa, things on this board have steadily degraded to the point where we are no better than Free Republic. Trash talk back and forth and slander here, mis-statement of facts there.
We have degraded ourselves and the integrity of this forum with all the crap that takes place here as we attack each others candidates.

We need to ground our selves and return to the values that this forum once stood for. TRUTH!

Rant off.


Flame away!

[William769]

1. Why would you be flamed for this?

[liberal N proud]

3. Those doing the attacks will attack this rant

I am sure.
They are attacking everything that doesn't agree with their views. Starts to make us all sound like republicons

[William769]

4. I'll admit I do my share of attacking once a thread is posted

But rarley start one. I did do one today that was fact checking, I guess some could construe that as an attack.

But I mainy try post put my candidates best foot forward.

[chimpymustgo]

2. Excellent point. No flames here. DU should value truth over spin.

nt

[redqueen]

5. I tend to agree... I always want to assume the best...

so I have to hope that people are sincere when they say they're not sure if something's true or discredited or whatever... but some of this stuff... *sigh*

What gets to me even more is the namecalling and childishness... I am now at the point where I'm just putting people on ignore. I don't have any tolerance at all for it.

[LandOLincoln]

6. Thank you for that post, and a special thanks for not running from

the word "liberal."

K & R, too.


:kick:

[mopinko]

7. i am gettng so cranky

really, it is so sad. and hard to resist hitting back.