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OneGrassRoot

(22,920 posts)
Mon May 6, 2013, 10:42 AM May 2013

I posted my first diary to DailyKos

Last edited Mon May 6, 2013, 11:50 AM - Edit history (1)

Edit to add: Since I'm a newb there, I'll be pummeled. If anyone can vouch for me there, I'd appreciate it.


I've only read the posts (usually the ones shared here) and haven't learned to really engage there.

If you guys are more familiar and wouldn't mind helping me out by recommending and sharing and commenting or whatever, I'd appreciate it. (Hopefully I didn't break any rules in my post...lol)




Why a Compassion Revolution?

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/06/1207224/-Why-a-Compassion-Revolution


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byeya

(2,842 posts)
1. Good for you for reaching out. My opinion of that site is that while there is quite a bit of good
Mon May 6, 2013, 10:52 AM
May 2013

information to be found there, there are many things I don't care for like the "cult of the veteran"vibe; an overbearing aipac-type presence; and a lot of foolishness. The latter I can take or ignore but the others, including a strong neoliberal bent, I find at odds with creating and maintaining a civil society. Kos himself writes perceptively most of the time.

 

byeya

(2,842 posts)
3. You're certainly welcome. I hope other people chime in because they will bring a perspective
Mon May 6, 2013, 11:21 AM
May 2013

that may well be different than mine.
As I hoped I made clear, there are more +s than -s.

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