Being that sort of PR shop is something places like this can accomplish. It can also be accomplished by the growing leftist media ecosystem and by elected officials.
A lot of that can be separated from good talking points like "bombing Syria is pretty expensive for a guy who owes me $2000," and some struggle sessions are ultimately constructive.
For instance, it's useful to have a conversation about how we should talk about anti-imperialism in the context of (1) Americans who don't give a shit about foreign countries and (2) Americans who do give a shit about made up stuff like deficit watching.
Where struggle sessions pop up will always be amusing. And as argumentative as they get, I think we're still more decent to each other than almost any other comparable forum.
One thing that I loved right from the start, that I still see, and that I hope to continue seeing, is people not holding grudges against other users from thread to thread or day to day. People are pretty good at not turning even a sharp disagreement on one topic into a running vendetta, which happens a fair amount elsewhere.
Being that sort of PR shop is something places like this can accomplish. It can also be accomplished by the growing leftist media ecosystem and by elected officials.
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A lot of that can be separated from good talking points like "bombing Syria is pretty expensive for a guy who owes me $2000," and some struggle sessions are ultimately constructive.
For instance, it's useful to have a conversation about how we should talk about anti-imperialism in the context of (1) Americans who don't give a shit about foreign countries and (2) Americans who do give a shit about made up stuff like deficit watching.
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Where struggle sessions pop up will always be amusing. And as argumentative as they get, I think we're still more decent to each other than almost any other comparable forum.
One thing that I loved right from the start, that I still see, and that I hope to continue seeing, is people not holding grudges against other users from thread to thread or day to day. People are pretty good at not turning even a sharp disagreement on one topic into a running vendetta, which happens a fair amount elsewhere.
Good news! We've also forked the fishing slap fight into some sort of weird discussion about which contact sport is the worst.