There can be no fruitful political discussion with people who are insincere or hiding their views

[pipi_k]

67. I'm sorry, but...

this is a total crock of shit.

Last week the two of us had a snarl-fest of sorts over a poll you had posted where there could only have been ONE "correct" answer.

I wanted to know if answering the poll question in a certain (i.e. unacceptable) way would place those who answered that way into the category of Bad DUers, or whether all answers...honest, truthful answers, even if those answers weren't what a "good DUer" would give, would be acceptable.

No reply.

In fact, I was accused, by yourself, of trying to "justify" something fairly nasty...racism or bigotry...although it was only vaguely hinted at, and not exactly put that plainly.

That is one of the troubles with some here at DU. People say they want honesty and transparency, but they really don't at all.

So we lie, or pretend, in order to avoid being accused of being RWers, trolls, assholes, and worse, when nobody wants to hear our honest opinions.


PS...I can link to that thread if you like, just to refresh your memory... Let me know.

Not waiting for a reply...here is the thread/poll I was referring to.

Apparently there's only supposed to be ONE right answer here, and anyone who answered honestly the other way is a racist scumbag asshole, right?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024726899