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Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: May I ask a favour? [View all]passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)20. Because sometimes people don't really want to have a discussion
They just want to have a fight. And some people don't want to have a conversation, they just want to have a soliloquy.
And that's pretty much why it's useless to try to engage and just add fuel to the fire in certain topics here that just keep going in circles and making no progress.
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Good threads usually drop like a stone off the front page. For instance, yesterday's DOJ protest
Chathamization
Aug 2015
#31
In general I've been avoiding GD/GD:P, but I posted again recently because I'm concerned about the
Chathamization
Aug 2015
#41
^^^^^^^^This ought to be on a disclaimer screen when one logs in here - lol ^^^^^^^^^^^^ n/t
jtuck004
Aug 2015
#21
discussing issues is one thing. One way to diminish crazy, however, it to let it sink like
magical thyme
Aug 2015
#19
Without naming names...that has to be one of the best descriptions I've seen for what's been
haikugal
Aug 2015
#51
I have noticed that you can from day one, first post, start trashing a candidate
Snotcicles
Aug 2015
#18
So, don't fuel the engineered meme that the Sanders campaign is having an ongoing issue
Babel_17
Aug 2015
#24
That's a good strategy. Nadin made the point that they thrive on controversy. n/t
haikugal
Aug 2015
#53
I try not to feed the trolls, but if they are outright lying I won't let it go unchecked.
GoneFishin
Aug 2015
#26