What are some good political oriented forums to spar with conservatives/republicans

[penultimate]

without the risk of being banned for simply having difference in opinion? I often time stumble across the most ridiculous posts that originate from freerepublic, but I know posting rebuttals to some of the shit they say will simply result in a ban (been there, done that)

I remember way back when those idiots at protest warrior had an open forum that attracted a wide range of posters, and they didn't restrict it to only like minded people. It had more of an immature environment, but there were occasional debates/discussions that worked well. I would like to find something like that, but without the bad parts.

[geek tragedy]

1. Democratic Underground. nt

[SidDithers]

4. Yup...

Lots of Republicans here, pretending to be on the far left.

Sid

[Scuba]

6. +1

[Zorra]

9. Yuh. We're trying to move the Democratic party and the country to the left because that's

what conservatives and republicans want us to do.


War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Left is Right...you know the drill all too well.

[SidDithers]

11. No, they're here as ratfuckers...nt

Sid

[geek tragedy]

13. The giveaway is if they defend/apologize for/attack the critics of

libertarian whackadoodles like Rand and Ron Paul.

It never fails--bash those rightwing fuckers in a thread, and a few trolls show up to complain and attack the people criticizing the Paul family.

There are people here who NEVER criticize Republicans and NEVER have a single word of support for anything Obama has ever done. They are trolls.

[FSogol]

23. +1 n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

26. +1

[pampango]

19. There is some benefit to Democrats when tea party types pull the republican party so far right that

they nominate unelectable senate and presidential candidates. I suppose the flip side of that is possible too, but the idea that anyone here uses their posts to try to make Democrats unelectable is ridiculous.

Most want the party to move to the left because we think it will make Democrats more electable, not less. We all post our opinions, whether you like them of not, but there is really no grand strategy beyond that.

[uponit7771]

22. Yeap, move them to the left by using winger retort and memes

[Bobbie Jo]

10. +2

They speak fluent sloganese.

[AllINeedIsCoffee]

17. It took me a day or two to catch on to that

But when they behave like the cartoonish versions of the left the far right unfairly paints...

It's more than obvious.

[Nye Bevan]

25. Like the ones who join with John Boehner in disliking Snowden? (nt)

[DevonRex]

31. No. Like the ones who join with the tea party on the IRS thing and cheer Snowden. nt

[SidDithers]

33. Like the ones who join with Stormfront in praising Snowden...nt

Sid

[penultimate]

12. lol... Should have seen that coming.

[uponit7771]

20. ****bingo*****

[baldguy]

30. Libertarians & Paulbots, anyway.

[brooklynite]

2. I would suggest the comments section of any story in POLITICO

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14. The problem with comment sections is that they tend to attract

more trolls than a standard message board. By trolls, I mean people who just say crazy shit to rile people up. Obviously you get that on forums like DU, but it's easier to to determine if a person truly feels the way they come off as, or if they are just saying things to poke people with a stick. I'll check put politico to see if it's different than the typical comment section though (I'm not exactly sure what politico is yet)

[sinkingfeeling]

3. My son loves to debate the opposition so he lives on 'Newsvine'.

[penultimate]

15. Thanks. I'll check that out too.

[Shankapotomus]

5. City Data forums

has a politics section.

You're not allowed to talk about climate change, though, because the arguments get too heated....lol.

Sciforums.com also has a politics forum, which you may find a little more formal and civilized.

Just noticed you said "immature environment." In that case, Harmony Central's politics forum. Plenty of immaturity at HC. Check out the Open Jam section, as well, for extra immaturity. I wouldn't call it a Liberal safe website, though, and I personally prefer DU for laughs.

[penultimate]

16. CityData, I've been a passive reader on those forums before...

I'll have to check that out. I mean immature environment as a negative aspect of the forum I mentioned above. I remember things would often times spiral into silliness. But there were the occasional discussion that didn't seem to turn and people acted like adults to an extent.


I'm going to check out sciforums.com later when I get chance. Thanks.

[datasuspect]

7. it's more fun to watch monkeys fling shit at each other at the zoo

same difference.

plus you can get a nice walk in at the zoo.

[Scuba]

8. This one used to be OK, haven't been on it in a long time.

http://www.debatepolitics.com/


Of course any site that allows wingers to run wild will have problems.

[penultimate]

18. Very true.

I used to be a member of a now defunct social networking type site that had a lot of right-wingers on it. Some of them were conservative, but they were not like hard line batshit insane kind, and they were fun to debate with. I even have a couple of them on facebook, but politics is rarely discussed there. But then there were the far right-wingers who just spammed their BS opinions and would result to petty insults or ignore anyone who tried to debate. They didn't even get alone with the more moderate conservative either... I can't help but wonder what those people are like in person.

[backscatter712]

21. I'd suggest finding forums whose primary purpose is not political.

For example, Ars Technica is primarily focused on tech & geeky stuff, but of course, the members on the forums do discuss politics, so they've got a forum called the Soap Box for that.

And because the members have something in common - being tech geeks, there's a little bit of incentive to keep things civil, even though there's a mix of liberals and conservatives there.

[kentuck]

24. Everybody here disagrees with everybody here...

...at some time or other. Maybe you are looking for something else??

[sufrommich]

27. Go to Fark,hit the politics tab and have at it.

There are plenty of conservatives there who usually get raked over the coals and still come back for more.

[ag_dude]

28. Reddit

/r/politics

The voting system tends to be a touch left leaning but they have absolutely no shortage of in depth, time sucking, and life wasting debates between two sides that don't give two shits about what the other person says.

You'll have no problem trolling for conservatives there.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

29. Well, you can find a good number of conservative Democrats here.

aka Woodchucks, "moderates", "pragmatists", 3rd Way, New Democrats, DLC.

[baldguy]

32. Libertarians, Paulbots...

Conspiracy theorists.