Reply #287: Hate is the Crack Cocaine of emotions

[enigmatic]

And yes, there are people who are addicted to it just like those who are addicted to crack. And like crack, it destroys you from within, no matter how good it feels at the instant of the "High".

There are too many people on this board (and others like it)who love to hate, who transpose the anger in their own lives onto other targets that have very little if any to do w/ Politics; it's just a convenient target.

I'll be honest, Skinner; I gave up on DU (GD and GD: Politics)as a sounding board for debate for political and social policy over a year ago; I know you like to say it's never really changed over the years but it has. It's simply become a rant board for one issue axe grinders, those who think Democrats are as bad if not worse than Republicans, a haven for trolls (and though some love to say that those trolls are only coming from the most conservative wing of the Democratic Party, it's coming just as much from the "progressive" side as well), and in the case of GD: Politics, a bunch of posters acting as Swift Boaters for the candidates they deem not as worthy as their own.

So why am I still here? Because there are some fantastic writers here (Nance Greggs, H2O Man, and yes, Pitt if he comes back)who equal anything that's published in MSM. And for breaking news, it's unbeatable, and kpete is a treasure. And there still are posters here who don't buy into the "All Hate, All The Time" mindset that's made GD and GD:Politics virtually unreadable, but they are much fewer these days.

I get my political debate elsewhere and stay in The Lounge when I'm here, because it's just not worth the effort for me, I'm sorry to say. But I still have great fondness for DU, warts and all.