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Agschmid

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3. Much more of a herd mentality.
Mon May 27, 2013, 12:08 PM
May 2013

But grammatical and spelling mistakes which can take you down here on DU are often overlooked completely.

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In my small sample, such errors are not corrected, they're propagated. Scuba May 2013 #1
DUers aren't perfect, and some of our members repeat claims that are simply wrong. But, ... Buzz Clik May 2013 #2
Much more of a herd mentality. Agschmid May 2013 #3
There is a "herd mentality" here too ...it's just not as large ...and it's topic dependant. L0oniX May 2013 #15
Very topic dependent... Agschmid May 2013 #16
Back in the days before DU and when boards were pretty open to everyone, Cleita May 2013 #4
So, correcting an error could get you dumped if that error is critical to rightwing argument? Buzz Clik May 2013 #5
Yes, if it's an error FR wants to perpetuate. They don't care much about facts Cleita May 2013 #7
Not very often. On most of them, those who correctly MineralMan May 2013 #6
Do you hang out much at Freeperville? Lurking? Buzz Clik May 2013 #9
I never go there. I posted on that site several years ago, MineralMan May 2013 #11
I hear that! Buzz Clik May 2013 #17
god i hope not i'd hate to think they ARE being corrected and they're still so mis-informed leftyohiolib May 2013 #8
"Reality has a well-known liberal bias." Buzz Clik May 2013 #10
The internet facilitates confirmation bias. nt rrneck May 2013 #12
The echo chamber effect... Buzz Clik May 2013 #18
They just repeat what they want to believe. CJCRANE May 2013 #13
Back years and years ago when I leaned more right then left Populist_Prole May 2013 #14
Democrats agree on only about 50% of their platform items; we argue bitterly among ourselves. Buzz Clik May 2013 #19
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