PhD Thesis on DU and Free Republic

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87. "AGONISTIC DEMOCRACY AND THE NARRATIVE OF DISTEMPERED ELITES"

The only interpretation I can think of for "agonistic democracy" is that it means that every different faction has equal rights - then winner takes all. That's according to the dictionary.

I'm aware that for each of several different "narratives" telling about the current political situation, there are others branching off, and fiction is sometimes substituted for authentic reporting.

In short, I would rather not talk about "narratives" or "meta-narratives".
Or any of that kind of evil, when it's laid down as politics.
I want to talk about fact.

For example, it's a fact that DU is split right now, and "Free Republic", that fetid mass of decayed fungus, be damned. It has no connection.

Because:
If we all support the same principles and can agree to speak in terms of those principles there is no problem.

That fact seems to supercede talk about "distempered elites".