Has Anyone Else On DU Noticed This Lately?

[Igel]

65. There isn't a single "Democratic Party." There's a platform, but not all agree.

There's more of a coalition, with various groups having their own goals and priorities.

There are differences in
class
race
age
pro-D vs anti-R
pro-poor vs anti-rich
education
focus on morality, money, or power
historical perspective--do we live in the past or are we existentialist?
geography
knowledge
tolerance and empathy
short-term vs long-term
paranoia

On any given topic, you're going to have different splits as a matter of course. The GZ/TM thing was a case in point. The divides were raw and the accusations--with some glaringly trollish behavior and lots of name-calling--were as you'd expect.

My observation is that in the morning there are more posts that are strictly news-based. There's the latest news cross-posted to other fora. Some stories are positive, but when a party is in power there are going to be more negative, esp. in the second term when all the pecadilloes from the first term surface and people look for more recent ones.

By evening the general discussion forum is mostly emoting and reacting to what has already been said. Hard news dribbles to a trickle. More people are home from their day jobs, as well, so the nature of DU has to change.