If we really cared about not being smeared (i.e. quoted verbatim), then we should hold ourselves to a higher standard and keep the discourse more civil.
We wouldn't be printing our political thoughts for others to read, now would we? This is just a Salon en masse flame.
Salon can take a hike, it's that easy.
Damn right. If somebody posts something that looks like it was copied from DU with only the names and slurs changed, expect that an outsider reading it will form the same opinion of us as we have of DU.
Speak trash (no matter who you are or where you are) and it will come back to haunt you and trash the site you were posting on.
Why is it so "cool" to speak utter gutter language everytime a gay is mentioned?
I hit the abuse button over gutter sexually-explicit metaphors no matter what sexual orientation as I feel it cheapens the site.
Do the respected bloggers have such language on their sites? Surely we are able to discuss without explicit metaphors depicting sexual practices - or maybe we just need to put "XXX" in the title or post a "language" warning.
Do we really want to invite our relatives and friends to FR when instead of being impressed they will think we have gone to the dark side? I remember years ago the first time I mentioned at work something about FR and the comment was "Oh, you better be careful - there are a bunch of weird-o's there". Sort of like we say about DU.
FR is such a great site - why does it need to be disrespected over gutter language?
i agree with you.
one thing is that its the same on both sides - rather than discuss politics, many end up generalising and insulting the other side. just like theres DU threads attacking righties, theres freep threads attacking lefties with no real purpose than to demonise those who have come to different conclusions. each side thinks the other is worse at this, but from what ive seen theres pots and kettles on both sides of the political divide.
the obsession with the other side generally starts with a lack of understanding. i supported both wars, but i have anti-war freinds and ytou know they arent unreasonable people. you can shake your head and write off their opinions as blind ideology but thats ignorance on our part. i can see why they come to these conclusions, but i disagree with them. simple. then we have a beer.
why cant we disagree with people without calling them names? why cant they do the same? at least some of us seem to be able to do this.
Agreed. As I put it to a fellow FReeper yesterday whose post had been pulled by the admin mod, "let's not give bulletin-board material to the other side."
That would take all the fun out of the Coulter and Kournikova threads.
If we really cared about not being smeared (i.e. quoted verbatim), then we should hold ourselves to a higher standard and keep the discourse more civil.
17 posted on 10/12/2004 11:56:23 PM PDT by Steel Wolf (Got wood?)
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