Absolutely not.
Since it actively protects every nut job conspiracy theorist, knuckle dragging bigot and pieces of human filth from the sort of derision they would face were they to spew their idiocy in public, it tends to attract more than its share of nut jobs, bigots and human filth. Of the rest of us, this is still a sampling non-reflective of society at large because we are more zealous about politics to begin with. THis isn't a random sampling, but a sampling based upon degree of interest.
Is Debate Politics a good and fair representation of society overall?
Yes?
No?
I'm going to purposely leave out a "Maybe" option. For this question I think people should be able to make a choice one way or another.
In some ways it would seem so. We have the whole gamut of ideologies, genders, orientations, ethnicities, and so on. But, I would say 'no' for the simple reason that the vast majority of people here are here because they care deeply about social and/or political issues. Deeply enough to actually discuss them. The majority of average society does not care that deeply, and is seemingly perfectly fine with hiding their collective heads in the sand and willfully ignoring issues that affect them directly. They are fine with letting others make critical decisions for them.
I believe that we here at DP are in the minority.[/QUOTE
I have been a member of DP since 2005 and I find the members here lean left even though they say they on moderates or centrists........Still I like it here and have many friends and enemies.......
in general to double down on what i said id say my friends and people i encounter everyday are very much like the mix here and a mix of
captain courtesy
Gina
Goshin
Bodhisattva
StillBallin
Serenity
Maggie
Cardinal
RiskyTicket
Wiseone
lizzie
Josie
Tacomancer
jetboogie
Clax1911
LaMidrighter
YourStar
Roguenuke
and many more that i just cant think of but in general its a good mix and very much like real people in the real world
Is Debate Politics a good and fair representation of society overall?
Yes?
No?
I'm going to purposely leave out a "Maybe" option. For this question I think people should be able to make a choice one way or another.
In some ways it would seem so. We have the whole gamut of ideologies, genders, orientations, ethnicities, and so on. But, I would say 'no' for the simple reason that the vast majority of people here are here because they care deeply about social and/or political issues. Deeply enough to actually discuss them. The majority of average society does not care that deeply, and is seemingly perfectly fine with hiding their collective heads in the sand and willfully ignoring issues that affect them directly. They are fine with letting others make critical decisions for them.
I believe that we here at DP are in the minority.[/QUOTE
I have been a member of DP since 2005 and I find the members here lean left even though they said they on moderates or centrists........Still I like it here and have many friends and enemies.......
I set up my DP account in 2005 too, but have been only intermittently active from time to time--returned a few weeks ago after a lengthy absence. The last time I was active the board seemed to tilt more right than left. Now it seems that it does tilt significantly more left than right, and you seem to concur with that perception. So that too would be a piece of evidence that DP is not representative of society as a whole as I believe a majority of Americans, if they are polled via issues and ideology rather than via people and political parties, are more right than left.
I set up my DP account in 2005 too, but have been only intermittently active from time to time--returned a few weeks ago after a lengthy absence. The last time I was active the board seemed to tilt more right than left. Now it seems that it does tilt significantly more left than right, and you seem to concur with that perception. So that too would be a piece of evidence that DP is not representative of society as a whole as I believe a majority of Americans, if they are polled via issues and ideology rather than via people and political parties, are more right than left.
Please hang around my friend, we need your input.
Seems like a bunch of Liberals are your friends and that is OK........I have close to 60 friends and they either lean Conservative or Moderate to Conservative.
I have close to 60 friends and they either lean Conservative or Moderate to Conservative.
.I have close to 60 friends and they either lean Conservative or Moderate to Conservative.
This made me chuckle. Of course everybody here seems to the left of you, because pretty much everybody IS to the left of you. You're so extreme that you are incapable of seeing legitimate nuances in others. They're either with you, or they're not.I have been a member of DP since 2005 and I find the members here lean left even though they say they on moderates or centrists........Still I like it here and have many friends and enemies.......