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SilverBoat -> RE: The possibility that the GOP does NOT want to face. (1/22/2012 5:34:23 PM)
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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl
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And it's perhaps worth mention that the same sort of tactics have been pursued by rightwingnutz in chatsite discussions, newsite comments, etc, where they can spawn legions of sockpuppets too.
That is a choice one makes, independent of the political process. You have every right to be heard, and to respectfully discuss pertinent issues with your representatives in a town hall meeting.... if you feel ganged up on a political board, you have the right to go elsewhere.
Hunh? ... I'm not sure if you understood what I meant ... And in any case, if the discussions' format, context, moderation (if any), etc were anything approaching reasonably worthwhile, I usually think it's better to slug matters out, preferably with civility and logic, reluctantly with rhetoric, and hopefully reach some sort of mutually acceptable compromise. That's not always possible with some of the more insanely zero-sum idiots, but sometimes it's worth trying. And sometimes, there turns out to be lots of behind-the-scenes whining, pandering, scheming, cliques, etc. Oh, well, that's the nature of some lesser humans.
What I'd suggest, though, is to scan a few news items at, say, Yahoo, and then scroll down to the comment(s). Quite often, the news story might be about something like so-n-so cured of cancer, and the very first comment will be something like blaming Obamamaomau for causing the cancer. Then check the comments again, a while later, and often enough, much of the comments are juvenile political snarking, and perhaps more often than not, the whole dicussion collapses under hundreds of rightwing spams swamping the other posts. Or, sometimes especially if it's a topic unfavorable to rightwing interests, they'll spam for a while and then give up.
I've seen that sort of tactic at chatsites too (not saying anything specific about here). Kink sites sometimes seem more resistant to that sort of thing by either 'side' of politics, but not completely immune.
The point, perhaps, is that discussion of the tactics some people and groups employ in order to influence discussions is relevant to the discussions, no? And perhaps some of those people and groups would rather not have that happen?
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