Has anyone noticed the dishonesty of the attacks on Dennis in other forums

[genius]

I am constantly seeing posts flat-out lying about his positions. Dennis had the most progressive approach to choice - a litmus test for Supreme Court justices. Yet his attackers are trying to portray him as anti-choice - a flat out lie. There was one poll where virtually every option was a flat out lie and defamation against Dennis. I think people should be able to post the truth about various candidates but I am opposed to lies - particularly about a great guy like Dennis. Any suggestions about how we should approach posters doing this? We could ignore it but then new members might get the wrong idea about Dennis.

[LWolf]

1. This is a tough one.

I haven't seen too many, but that's because I've avoided forums/threads about candidates, other than this group.

If you don't reply, the lie stands. If you do, it can become a flame war. And then, what will be seared in people's consciousness is the flame war, not the facts.

I'd suggest a compromise. One reply that doesn't include any remarks to the poster at all; just a statement of fact, backed up with documentation and a link.

There are those who have to have the last word, so they'll keep piling inflammatory crap onto every response you give. When indicated, don't respond to them twice. Keep personalities and emotions out of it, and stick to facts. if someone is fueling a fire, after an initial posting of fact, ignore them. Go back to the original post, respond to it with more facts. Ignore and/or alert on flamebait.

That, I hope, has the effect of damping the flames, and making them look disgruntled, while DK supporters show civility.

:shrug: