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In reply to the discussion: Gaza 'will not be liveable by 2020' - UN report [View all]Ash_F
(5,861 posts)I decided to start posting to counter the torrent of total RW craziness flooding the site. I saw a poster disgusted by it and wanted them to realize that they were not alone in that disgust. Hope you can help me with that. There are still good people here, despite my criticisms.
A brief history of DU
Born out of the controversy of the first Bush election, DU was a home for fiery opposition to RW talking points spouted by the media 24/7 in those days. In a world where it took big money to buy airtime, DU was a place for the people. That fire has been waning though. Conservatives started to get used to the internet(later than Liberals of course) and began appearing on blogs as well as DU to parrot their fox news nonsense. I think the Kerry loss was the real turning point. It was a punch in the gut to the left wingers here. Really took the zest out of them; mods too. Never really fully recovered from that, even when Obama won. Maybe another Obama win will give them more resolve. But now we are starting to get OT so whatevs~ I'll drop it.