I love DU but I'd be reluctant to recommend it

[Douglas Carpenter]

17. It has always been a bit wild and crazy here. There have always been those who jump to assumptions

on what they think someone else means. There have been those who have an all or nothing approach to certain issues. For example one of the most frequently visible dividing lines - There are those who cannot imagine any honest intentions from anyone who offers even a hint of anything that might even indirectly imply a criticism of the Obama Administration. Equally there are those who are completely outside of reality of what is politically plausible for any administration - as if they expected President Obama to govern like he is Noam Chomsky and feel betrayed that he does not. Both ends of that spectrum can appear unwelcoming to new posters.

There are those who cannot seem to imagine that any intelligent and intellectually honest progressive or liberal could have an opposing point of view with no ulterior motive. So, anyway I'm not sure that just your average liberal Democrat will find DU hospitable - and this is because of a relatively small number of dogmatic people who just cannot play nice.