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In reply to the discussion: Re:Chelsea Clinton: Did peoples' spin-detectors suddenly short out? [View all]TBF
(32,060 posts)7. I had a thought this morning while posting in another thread -
I wonder if there's any consideration of tightening up DU with moderators during the coming election season (2014-16), now that Discussionist is out there (for folks who just really want to argue and use whatever sources they want etc).
Not just the crazy sources (Natural News is the one that gets me going ... along with the Tabloid type Daily News sorts of publications) ... but also the fact that many on juries will let posts stand if they are polite no matter how many right-wing arguments they spew. Smart trolls have figured out that the way to stay on this board is to be polite, but spewing all those RW points daily does make DU suck. And very much keeps it from being the progressive place it used to be imo.
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I think the real problem is that many many voters - not DUers - will only see the spin.
djean111
Jun 2014
#2
Basically it's all about perception. You already have a negative view of the Clintons, so you assume
Metric System
Jun 2014
#5
Is it really ridiculous to ask for the information that informs one's opinion? eom.
1StrongBlackMan
Jun 2014
#46
No. It's about Chelsea's words and the huge difference between what rich people
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#35
your suggesting she should have gotten a job with a hedge fund as a teenager? HA
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#77
well you suggested her money chasing rebellion should have happened as a teen- so what exactly was
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#80
oh, it's an over simplistic generalization used to imply she is lying about her reasons for choosing
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#85
So I suppose if you asked someone that quit being a chef why they quit and they said
Chathamization
Jun 2014
#31
You mean sort of like censoring things to repeat one's own version of the Democratic Party line.
JDPriestly
Jun 2014
#28
Well, I have met poor people whose values were centered around things other than money.
cheapdate
Jun 2014
#66
when it comes to the clintons, some people's brains turn off completely (in both directions)
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2014
#34
This is how truly privileged people (and their hangers on) think about themselves... nt
Romulox
Jun 2014
#71
How much did she make there I wonder? It also occurs to me that maybe, perhaps maybe,
Dragonfli
Jun 2014
#94
yeah, if they had a Dean scream moment, some here would be the first to attack for it
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#82
privilege is something every candidate has obtained along their way to the nomination, so......
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#91