Reply #10: Welcome To The Water Cooler... [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

DU is the place where people tend to spew first and think later...emotions always on the sleeve. It's endemic to this type of message board where the members personalities many times entangle with issues. It's like sitting around the water cooler and listening to the gossip...some may be true, others pure fantasy but it reflects the community it serves, and so does DU.

It's very easy to grab a keyboard and spew electrons. In some cases it's good catharsis. I admit I enjoy that aspect of this place as the comments can be more enlightening than the OP, but rarely do I take this place too seriously. If you're looking for true activism, it's at other sites. This place should be appreciated for the sturm and drang but it by no means reflects much more than the individual feelings and thoughts of its individual members...not any organized party or other group.