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In reply to the discussion: The real reason a very loud few are posting hostility toward Barack Obama at DU: [View all]Blaukraut
(5,703 posts)There are long time posters on both sides. I recognize names from way back when DU was in its infancy. They aren't trolls. These ideological fights have been around since DU's inception. While we largely fight on the same side, there are necessarily always going to be differences of opinion on certain issues. Maybe not on the overall issue itself, but on how to go about resolving it.
I tend to fall more into the 'Obama is mostly doing the best he can, although I have been disappointed in some of his decisions or actions', but I can definitely empathize with those who are disillusioned and angry. I try to stay out of the fights and try to be fair in jury duty. The constant negativity about Obama is wearing me down, no doubt. But do I believe that that is the intent of the majority of the 'negative posters'? No. They want the same thing we do. They're just tired of having it come piecemeal. Maybe it's a matter of pragmatism versus idealism. Who is to say which is the right path?
It takes idealists to force change. It takes pragmatists to preserve it. That's just my opinion, but in the end, it takes both groups to be successful in our endeavour.
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