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sibelian

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2. Well, perhaps it is, Peggy...

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 11:41 AM

Apr 2013

I'm not trying to suggest that the forum itelf is valueless, I'm more trying to get an anecdotal picture of how it affects people generally.

It's always going to be very difficult to demonstrate what level of effectiveness it has in the individual political decisions that people make in terms of things like voting, but it's my feeling that in the end it's everyday choices that sculpt the human landscape, not legislation and I wondered how profoundly a tool like this forum might be able to affect that landscape.

Being more aware and thoughtful is doing something, I would say.

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How many people on this forum have changed something they do as a result of this forum? [View all] sibelian Apr 2013 OP

Reading this forum has made me a lot more aware and thoughtful. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2013 #1

Well, perhaps it is, Peggy... sibelian Apr 2013 #2

GD has helped me solidify my opposition to capital punishment Orrex Apr 2013 #3

Sounds interesting. sibelian Apr 2013 #32

Happy to share--it's an oldie: Orrex Apr 2013 #36

I no longer watch news or political opinion programs on the teevee tularetom Apr 2013 #4

Indeed, DU has taught me to be extremely skeptical of anything I hear through the M$M Fumesucker Apr 2013 #11

I was in the habit of that before DU... sibelian Apr 2013 #12

I spend less time here as a result of spending time here. This forum is mainly for showing how smart KittyWampus Apr 2013 #5

I'm afraid you have a point. sibelian Apr 2013 #6

Oh, the irony... Earth_First Apr 2013 #9

For a Long-Term Member w/ So Many Posts You Must be Really Smart or Really Liberal dballance Apr 2013 #10

the FORUM is not the same thing as the SITE hfojvt Apr 2013 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author dballance Apr 2013 #25

Okay, no one makes you come read this FORUM, so feel free to spend less time here if it offends you. dballance Apr 2013 #27

I don't see why you think it was insulting. sibelian Apr 2013 #31

huh? marions ghost Apr 2013 #14

Pretentious smartness = bad. Dash87 Apr 2013 #23

They can't help it marions ghost Apr 2013 #49

Crap! I've been doing it wrong. nt ZombieHorde Apr 2013 #51

I guess it's a good thing you are too smart for that, huh? renie408 Apr 2013 #53

Correct. Often it is a big game of "I'm more liberal than you." FSogol Apr 2013 #55

I don't own a tv or listen to the radio., I get my news from places like this site; other moderate byeya Apr 2013 #7

Stopped going to the Olive Garden in Times Square (nt) Nye Bevan Apr 2013 #8

Started going to the Olive Garden in Times Square. Ikonoklast Apr 2013 #61

The way I talk to my girls. Iggo Apr 2013 #13

Hm. I think that's pretty effective, then. sibelian Apr 2013 #18

Nope. nt rrneck Apr 2013 #15

Though i have always been in favor of equality for all etherealtruth Apr 2013 #16

Proper win! sibelian Apr 2013 #19

Thanks. pinto Apr 2013 #29

Well, I waste a lot more time typing posts and MineralMan Apr 2013 #17

I have stopped commenting on the most controversial topics of all Generic Brad Apr 2013 #20

You are clearly numbed with mindless propaganda. sibelian Apr 2013 #22

I drink more than I used to The Straight Story Apr 2013 #21

excellent question. veganlush Apr 2013 #26

When bad things happen, or political setbacks, marions ghost Apr 2013 #28

I'm getting the impression sibelian Apr 2013 #30

+1 KoKo Apr 2013 #33

I have learned that I can get MANY views Lifelong Protester Apr 2013 #34

I have. Got more involved with politics, helping out after Katrina, am more outspoken in real life uppityperson Apr 2013 #35

I stopped breast feeding my pit bull in Olive Garden hootinholler Apr 2013 #37

i am training my pit bull to open the door for the ladies eom arely staircase Apr 2013 #40

Changed my bank and volunteered for Obama and others. nt s-cubed Apr 2013 #38

shit someone beat me to it arely staircase Apr 2013 #39

I think I've become more sensitive to other people's feelings ecstatic Apr 2013 #41

I now have almost no tolerance for ANYTHING right wing. sibelian Apr 2013 #43

I stopped buying Eden Organics. Zoeisright Apr 2013 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Robb Apr 2013 #44

Something I do? LWolf Apr 2013 #45

Why? nt sibelian Apr 2013 #46

Because: LWolf Apr 2013 #47

Well said. n/t Laelth Apr 2013 #52

yes. what you said. Matariki Apr 2013 #56

I've met some of my best IRL friends here. PeaceNikki Apr 2013 #48

I've changed in small ways, hopefully for the better. justhanginon Apr 2013 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author Matariki Apr 2013 #54

I stopped trying to tell folks that civil unions are "good enough" TheKentuckian Apr 2013 #57

I agree on the civil unions, and I changed my mind too lunatica Apr 2013 #60

hmm, Broken_Hero Apr 2013 #58

I've gotten a lot of help from reading DU lunatica Apr 2013 #59