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Populist_Prole

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14. Back years and years ago when I leaned more right then left

Reply to Buzz Clik (Original post)

Mon May 27, 2013, 01:37 PM

May 2013

I recall on various forums that when someone posted something over-the-top crazy or stupid, most of the corrections/chiding were not due to the view as such, but more for the worry that it was impolitic. Now these weren't political forums as such, but general "lounge" type boards in forums of other interests/hobbies and politics were the most common subject.

The most common complaint among posts were people calling each other's claim to an ideology in question just because they didn't tow every aspect of the neocon line. Yeah, herd mentality.

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On right wing discussion boards, are glaring errors corrected by other posters? [View all] Buzz Clik May 2013 OP

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