Ok, rule number one of reading politico,

[Bassic]

Do NOT read the comments. :crazy:

[ghostsofgiants]

1. That's true of any website ever.

People who leave comments on blogs, YouTube, anything...all fucking morons.

[grasswire]

2. I disagree.

I find comments quite interesting, and often full of lefties and people who respect the Constitution. I'd rather read what the people are saying than some of those stuffed toads at politico.

[ghostsofgiants]

3. Every time I bother to read comments anywhere, I always feel dumber after reading them.

Maybe I just always choose bad articles to read the comments for, haha.

[Bassic]

5. I feel the same.

Actually I feel discouraged and angry at the stupidity, and I'm always dumber when I'm angry.

[Bassic]

4. I also like to read the comments, but lately those on politico,

as are some of those on Youtube, seem to have been invaded by hordes of bigoted asshats who wouldn't know how to recognize good policies if they bit 'em in the ass. I get so tired of stupidity sometimes.

[PM7nj]

7. The YouTube comments are horrible.

That and my local newspaper.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. I love the comments on YouTube !! They crack me up !!

I adore everything about YouTube.

[SoxFan]

6. Good advice for a lot of sites

Our local daily has a comments section that follows every story. Unfortunately, the comments tend to be dominated by five main groups:

1) Patronage hacks
2) Loonball "Free State Project" libertarians
3) Sour old cranks
4) Sour old patronage hacks
5) Sour old loonball libertarians

God help you when your name is mentioned in a story, because you will learn all sorts of heretofore unknown information about your ancestry...