Indy

Shame on you. We have always had our differences and do not see eye to eye, but at least we used to be able to have conversations and meaningful debates. We used to discuss issues for 20+ pages with stats, quotes, historical comparisons, etc. but now all we do is bicker. To make things worse, it seems that we take joy out of the misery of our fellow DP members. Why on earth would you be happy that somebody's candidate is loosing when you haven't mentioned a single real issue in months? It seems that people on this forum have begun to only care about the polls so that they can beat up on the opposing party and taunt them. This election has sucked the intelligence out of this forum and has replaced it with blind partisanship and an embarrassingly large amount of 5th grade bully mentality. This goes for just about everyone. True, we do have our occasional shining stars who choose to use issues instead of insults to win the debates, but these are few and far between these days. I am embarrassed and disgusted with my favorite political stomping grounds. I say shame on both your houses, liberal and conservative alike.

Get back on track. Start talking about issues again. Be civil. Use the brain that's between your ears and not the one on the AM radio. Stop posting polls every single day and hollering about how you knew all along your boy would win and your "enemies" are scared. Grow up. Act like adults. If you don't have an intelligent new way of looking at the issue or a new fact then don't even bother posting. Site your sources. Stop making things up and then getting upset when people call you out on it. Don't post something that you wouldn't say in front of your grandmother. And most of all, check your blind partisanship at the door. We aren't toddlers here, we are adults. Look at the top right hand corner of your screen, we only have one rule: CIVILITY IS A MUST.

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Navy Pride

ROTFLMAO Pot Meet Kettle........

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danarhea

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I see that kettle has spoken.

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Navy Pride

yeah you have....

danarhea

Wrong, I am pot. YOU are kettle. Make a deal with you. I'll make you some beans if you make me some tea. Deal?

Damn, who says we can't compromise on the important things, like our stomachs?

Kernel Sanders

I'd like to thank you both for illustrating Indy's point so well. It really puts this thread in context

Quortix

Just being short of 2 weeks reading from this forum on and off, I've come to the conclusion that the majority of people seek to use the same political bickering, finding its way in the realm of smear campaigns, for self-aggrandizement and personal gains. I am highly disappointed in a conduct of most members who rather mirror the same spinmasters in the mainstream media to marinate their arguments with specious half-truths, bizarre analogies, and array of non-sequiturs; ultra-partisans out-maneuvering each other. Just remember, if the media of far Left or Right fuel the election circus with no sound contribution to the end result, they have a stake to BBQ -- they make their profit, you don't. So much so that I see no reason to continue on posting here although I might enjoy the discussion on Economics sub-forum. This country has become a lost cause and I rather take myself out of the political scene... For my own sanity. Oh heck, I've made my million and I am not even 30... What do I care.


So long

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Reverend_Hellh0und

i blame the selective "captains challenge"

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Indy

?? Can you elaborate? (really I have no idea what you are referring to)

dclxvinoise

Thank you for saying what needed to be said. I couldn't agree with you more. The absurdity of the political bickering from both sides has not only made me want to take a break from debating politics, but it's made me want to take a break from politics all together. Unfortunately, I think a large part of the bickering here on DP is merely a product of how the political sniping is played out between candidates by the media. Maybe I'm wrong, but this election season seems particularly bad because the candidates seem attacking eachother more than ever and placing non-issue attacks at the same level as legitimate attacks. All of this absurdity has made a lot of people, myself included, eager as hell for the election to just be over with so things can get to a normal level again.