Anyone want to petition for a Government Accountability Forum

[AllentownJake]

A forum for constructive criticism of policies without the flame bait so intelligent conversations can be held without the name calling?

[StarfarerBill]

1. Yo. K&R

[glowing]

2. That is a good idea.

[arcadian]

3. It won't work.

there is a class of so called "debunkers", contrarians and status quoers who try to derail any sort of activism fomented on DU.

Yeah, I know my post is ironic. :D

[AllentownJake]

4. They won't be allowed to post there after violating the rules

If they can debunk a criticism logically than they are welcome, but if they post talking points or other nonsense, than they would have their posting ability revoked.

[Starry Messenger]

5. Discussing politics on DU?

Is that allowed?

[AllentownJake]

6. Rainbows and Unicorns and everything happy

Just looking for a place to discuss with the people I like, that won't have coordinated nasty things thrown into the mix.

[Starry Messenger]

12. Sounds good to me.

I just poked around the existing topic forums & groups and didn't see anything like you propose. I think a mission statement needs to get written first for a group.

[Atticus]

7. Sure, that's what DU used to be, pretty much. This will require a mod with good judgment

and a firm hand.

How about 10 day "suspensions" for the first several violations of the guidelines instead of permanent banishment? Some will need practice to break old habits.

[AllentownJake]

8. I'm fine with whatever the consensus is on rules

I think we should get the forum first and than make rules on tolerated behavior.

[Atticus]

9. Sounds entirely reasonable. But, a word of caution is in order:

you DO realize this approach could spread throughout the entire forum, right?

[AllentownJake]

10. Fine by me

Frankly a stricter hand on here when things devolve into pissing contest would honestly make me happy. I have to take the tone I do on here at times to prevent people who don't like me personally to back off.

[highplainsdem]

11. K&R. Great idea!

[clear eye]

13. Not sure. There is always the danger of it mutating into a dungeon

w/ crucial issues banished from GD, editorials, etc. What is more central to left of center ideology than responsive gov't.? Actually editorials is a good place to post if you don't want a bunch of kneejerk negative responses (unless you're posting something entirely original).