a vent

[freshwest]

11. Been on 3 juries in 24 hours where obscene references re HRC and Obama were left with jurors

Not only voting to allow to stay, but agreed with fully with their comments. A lot of personal attacks are being allowed to stay.

Now articles from Breitbart (indirectly, but not hiding it) are being Rec'd to the top of the page. Other threads are playing around with race themes. Posters are telling women to shut up. And the voices of reason aren't posting.

Some OP's are JAQing Off (an acronym from internet trolling definitions) and that should be sounded out to get the full effect on obvious questions. I told one I'd respond as I was in the process of making an OP to give definitions, but I'm not going to bother now.

I'm sticking with Bernie through the primaries, but I'm not going to associate with the negativity brought by his fans here. I Rec positive threads only.

The online hubbub is very much like the Raun Pawl effect online, spamming. And if opposed, very foul mouthed, personal attacks and the like. IRL, HRC is getting multiple times more support despite the DU ballyhoo and no money being spent by her. Just face to face.

I said last year this place won't be satisfied until a Libertarian is POTUS and then it'll all be hugs and kisses and discussions of the great things they'll do. Then they'll talk about solutions then. I've surfed some RW boards and they are strategizing, sharing local information, and going over the opposition.

The DU mob won't allow us that kind of breathing space. It's taken the word Democratic to the realm of ~ Define what you mean by the word 'is'. ~

It's like being in hostile territory all the time. I think the Admins have given up as they don't want to moderate because they are busy with the mechanics of running the site. The RW boards give each other breathing room to talk things out.

You can't do that here many times. I have gotten better results with my Ignore list, where I can sort the chaff from the wheat and find something worth reading. But it's getting dumber by the day.