The goal of the propaganda assaults across the internet is not to convince anyone of anything.*

[JNelson6563]

206. But look at the valuable service they provide!!

I've seen propaganda type posts from all sides on DU so let's not pretend it's limited to any one group of people.

On to my main point: Let's use the NSA as the example topic. That story hit like a hurricane. I got the jist of the story and got on with my life for the most part, choosing to forego the "discussion" of it on DU. Ok so a couple of days in I check out GD and there are endless threads basically with the useless back and forth most big threads devolve into. I skim but click out once the lucidity evaporates. Still somewhere in there a couple of people must have said they don't have a problem with mass spying by the government judging by the dozens of posts decrying such views.

One person can say something and then watch the pontificating soap-box residents preening in their glorious self-righteousness! Oh and all the fellow self-righteous joining the pile on, dozens of 'em!

So between the troll droppings and the self-righteous pontificating by those on the only true liberal side of things there are seldom threads worth reading in GD as long as the hot button topic of the moment is going strong.

And I don't care what side of any argument you're on, it plays out like this every single time.

Julie