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In reply to the discussion: I will never, ever fucking ever understand supporting everything a president says and does. [View all]Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)And yes, I know there are posters who are the inverse of that.
The thing is that calm and rational posts that try to bring us together aren't at all popular. If you don't put up the divisive broad brush title you don't get the outrage that drives so many clicks and a lot of the recs too.
I can put up a perfectly reasonable OP praising Obama that analyses the technique Obama used to defuse that sputtering maniac O"Reilly and shows how anyone can use it in daily conversation and get basically no interest from either side.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024437856
Why bother to put up anything substantive that people can use when it will be ignored in favor of some incendiary and divisive thread?
Also if you don't get fully on board one of the cliques your posts don't get so much adulation.
There are times I think Manny G isn't at all productive, check his snarky threads and you'll see I by no means rec everything he writes.
But I think he finds important issues sometimes and highlights them in a perverse way that a lot of us find both humorous and enlightening.