Permit me to laugh at David Swanson

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323. Calling another DUer out in a subject line, inviting the community to mock that person, used to be

against the rules here. And if I saw such an OP directed at you, or anyone else, I would object to it also. My question was related to the fact that we used to criticize Freepers for this kind of behavior, but even they generally did not attack their own members, their childish vitriol was reserved for Democrats. Here two DU members have been attacked in the most disgusting way over the past few days using subject lines, easily found on Google, to do so. And as could be expected once it was accepted as the standard it escalated, or devolved is probably a better word to attacking Greenwald, eg, based on the fact that he is gay.

That thread was rec'd by members of the community, so absorbed in the 'let's get Greenwald' game they were playing, they ignored the vile homophobia, or agreed with it, who knows, and all standards of decency were lost. Those of us who objected to all of this got comments hidden, while those joining in the attacks were cheered on. It had the feeling of watching a mugging, frankly. Until finally the administration was alerted to the last and most disgusting thread and ended it.

My point is that if there are no standards, this is what happens, and this blog and democrats in general, hardly benefit from any of this. Is it so hard to just disagree with someone based on what they say without sinking to the level this got to in the end?

Anyhow, that is my opinion, no one has to agree with it.