Why I choose to be a counterproductive left wingnut.

[ConservativeDemocrat]

212. Not only is it all I did, I made no factual assertions at all...

..about what positions are acceptable or not.

Go back and re-read my OP. There is no place where I say "X is true, and if you don't believe that, you are a counterproductive left wingnut". Such a statement would be rather hypocritical, since one of the behaviors I specifically point out is that kind of Ad Hominum argumentation. It's used constantly by some haters on this board. Hell, it's being used in this very thread!

Let me also speak to your notion that I am not "accomplishing anything positive for either agenda". First, as I stated elsewhere, I'm not on RedState; that's a Republican board, and Republicans are (if you haven't noticed) going insane. Second, I actually don't think the D.U. has an agenda, other than being a discussion board, but to the limited extent that I've been able, I believe that I am strengthening the Democratic party by pointing out behaviors that weaken it.

Given the constant bashing of Democrats from the hard left, if I were conspiracy minded, I could start accusing people of being revleft or socialist forum trolls, just as you have of me coming from redstate. At first glance, this is far more plausible, as I specifically attacking offensive behaviors, while the anti-Democratic haters scream epithets at entire swathes of Democratic party thought, not to mention the majority of our elected officials. Yet in the end it's equally silly, as we're all just idling our time away over a keyboard, not being paid to shill.

Let me repeat. My original top 20 signs made no factual assertions about acceptable positions to take. Indeed, it made no factual assertions at all except for the uncontroversial statement (which I can back up with references to recent polls if you really feel the need to be pedantic) that President Obama's approval rating among Democrats is 85%. So if you feel see yourself in the behaviors I outline, maybe your conscience is trying to tell you something.

- C.D. Proud Member of the Reality Based Community