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Re: Some Observations On Blogs

troosvelt_1858 — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:04:35 -0000

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Re: Some Observations On Blogs

ICDogg — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:30:04 -0000

On Daily Kos, you are not being banned by the moderators but by the trusted users. That is why it happens so quickly. By contrast on RedState you would be banned by moderators. Since I do not know what you posted I can't possibly judge whether it would have been more offensive to Daily Kos users or to RedState users, but both are unabashedly partisan blogs and not general debating sites.

Re: Some Observations On Blogs

RememberNovember — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:01:03 -0000

I think Dr. Seuss devised that one- a la Star bellied Sneetches...seriously I don't know- it's a way for the media to polarize/quantify the country and oversimplify the issues of the day.

There is an inherent bias towards the left hand of things- going back ages- the original heraldric term for a symbol pointing left is "sinister". Lucifer sat at God's left hand purportedly- though if you are looking at this alleged "throne" you'd see Luc on the right, wouldn't you?

There is also an inherent pack mentality on these blog sites that is condoned by anonymity.

Found an interestig piece on the whole origin of the red state/blue state phenom:

http://www.visualthesaurus....

Re: Some Observations On Blogs

Manchester2 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:51:26 -0000

It was fun for a while to post some thoughtfully conservative things on DailyKos, but admittedly difficult to wade through many posts so rabidly leftist. Here on TMV, it's much less rabid, but my critique is that there are few intellectual conservative posters. Formerly, I had my own blog along this line, but found it too hard to maintain on a daily basis.

P.S. -- Who decided that the GOP is red, and the Dems are blue?

Re: Some Observations On Blogs

Teeparty — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:41:29 -0000

Patrick, I found this to be the case with individual people during the campaign. Whichever side a person came down on, they tended not to suffer their own perceived idiots.

Re: Some Observations On Blogs

ChenZhen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:06:19 -0000

I'm registered at both sites, and I've never really had a problem. Then again, I don't post there a whole lot anymore. But you should mention that DK has comment ratings and RS doesn't.