DU has always had divisions and it always will [View all]

[cali]

Perhaps I should say that for as long as I've been here there have been divisions here.

No, it isn't an accurate reflection of the real world. If you start to believe that than you're living in a bubble. The vast majority of voters aren't even close to being as obsessed by politics and current events as the denizens of DU.

DU goes through cycles. A dem president has changed the dynamic to a certain degree, but think back to last November and the months leading up to election day; pretty united.

I believe that to some degree there's a dynamic here re President Obama that involves people who are more supportive of the President getting their backs up about the criticism directed at him. That leads to increased defensiveness which in turn leads to more criticism. Both sides leap overboard.


We can argue passionately and sometimes angrily, but that's always been true.

We're still a community. At least I think we are. We still have more in common philosophically than that which separates us.