2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Bernie double standard, where he gets to shout but the rest of you should lower your damn voices [View all]CaptainTruth
(6,697 posts)Sincerely, thank you. I've been wondering if I was the only one feeling this way.
Don't get me wrong, when I wake up every morning DU is still the first web site I visit. It's my first source of news, as I drink my coffee, before I go to Twitter. But, it's gotten to the point where I just skip over most of the Politics section.
Your words:
"Now basic facts can't even be agreed on. Is it cultural influence? How emotion and feelings have become more important than reason? Experts ignored? Thinking objectivity is impossible? The emphasis always on conflict?"
Very astute observations, 100% correct. IMHO those are not characteristics of Democrats, they're characteristics of cons/Repubs. The exact things I have criticized in the opposition for decades, & now it seems like we're falling into the same cesspool. All of those things are now fracturing the Repub party & rendering it ineffective. I damn sure don't want to see the same thing happen to the Democratic party.
Anyone want to talk me off of this ledge? Go for it.
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