Are there other liberal discussion boards out there?

[jwirr]

[sharp_stick]

1. I'm sure there are

There's a nice list here.

http://bfy.tw/Ajo

[uppityperson]

2. Do you mean ones you can use nasty slurs on and not get banned? Or ones that don't have so much

snarcking and other nastiness?

[jwirr]

3. NO in 2008 I was reading at least 3 other boards but they were mostly about W. Does it bother you

that I would like to see what is going on in the world?

[uppityperson]

21. Why would your wanting to see what's going on the world bother me?

Du is weird right now, I've not been posting much and not reading a lot of threads due to nastiness and snarking.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Given some of the nastiness

including one post (that was hidden) that had a clear whiff of antisemitism. Or the usual personal attacks, I don't bother to alert on, that are posted on me regularly... sorry, there is something about piggies, some are more equal than others, to paraphrase George Orwell. This is not new... either.

By the way, I have absolutely no horse (except big money) in this race.

To pretend this place is not anarchic or nasty is just pretending. And you were quite nasty to the OP there. No, I won't alert on you, There is no use.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. +1

[uppityperson]

19. We both agree this place has too much nastiness and snarkiness, right?

You tell me I'm nasty for pointing out what you agree with, and then do a friendly wavy? Huh.

[LynneSin]

31. Yep that's about how I feel

probably why I support no candidate now

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Well I do support a candiate

I am not sure if he is a he, or a she or an it.

You see I support Big Money. I am sure when the last vote is counted, my horse will win regardless of the name.

Yes, I am that cynical.

[LynneSin]

33. I figured by the time my primary comes around it'll be too late

so why spend a year stressing during the primaries.

But I always appreciate a cynic

[nadinbrzezinski]

36. me too

so I might write in Mickey Mouse

I mean, when in the land of the Mouse, vote for the full on fascism.

[TM99]

40. The Big Money by Rush

"The Big Money"

Big money goes around the world
Big money underground
Big money got a mighty voice
Big money make no sound
Big money pull a million strings
Big money hold the prize
Big money weave a mighty web
Big money draw the flies

Sometimes pushing people around
Sometimes pulling out the rug
Sometimes pushing all the buttons
Sometimes pulling out the plug
It's the power and the glory
It's a war in paradise
It's a Cinderella story
On a tumble of the dice

Big money goes around the world
Big money take a cruise
Big money leave a mighty wake
Big money leave a bruise
Big money make a million dreams
Big money spin big deals
Big money make a mighty head
Big money spin big wheels

Sometimes building ivory towers
Sometimes knocking castles down
Sometimes building you a stairway
Lock you underground
It's that old time religion
It's the kingdom they would rule
It's the fool on television
Getting paid to play the fool

Big money goes around the world
Big money give and take
Big money done a power of good
Big money make mistakes
Big money got a heavy hand
Big money take control
Big money got a mean streak
Big money got no soul...

[closeupready]

16. That's, essentially, reddit.

[geek tragedy]

5. dailykos.com, but they have similar intolerance to certain speech and behaviors nt

[jwirr]

7. I have never been there. And while i hate the fighting here I am interested in new boards because

the old ones I used to read are all about W. I need some new sources to keep me busy and yes to get away from the hate on this board once in a while.

[Romeo.lima333]

8. reddit/ politics

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Completely forgot about that one

thanks

[Romeo.lima333]

10. your welcome, i havent been there someone posted that in the nyc_skip has been banned thread

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. I usually stick to California and Mexico reddits

I don't bother with my own town reddit.

It can be a very different place to navigate

[backscatter712]

12. There's Daily Kos.

Though it's blogs with discussions in them, rather than forums like DU.

[KamaAina]

13. I've heard good things about Discussionist

[jwirr]

14. So have I - what I heard is that it is "a good thing" to stay away from.

[Warren DeMontague]

24. Ive heard you BETTER stay away from it, or you'll make "the list"

So of course after that I went back over.

[kenfrequed]

18. Eh...

The idea of the board was to create a space where people of multiple political persuasions could discuss.

To be honest I forgot it even existed so I peeked in on it again to see if I wanted to actually create a profile.

It looks pretty dead with a few nutty conservatives floating around making bad arguments and a very few familiar faces from here. It doesn't look like a very productive space and I don't think it really lives up to what it's creators imagined.

I decided against it.

[closeupready]

15. Probably - reddit is huge, and there are likely "subreddits"

that are dedicated to liberal/progressive politics. Others have been mentioned - Daily Kos, for one.

[jwirr]

17. I need to try reddit - my grandson is on it and I thought I might be too old for it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. It can be ahem, different to get a handle on it

but once you do, it's easy.

the interface is ahem... minimalist. Which has it's charm. Things like bold and italics, are done with markdown language. It is not that hard to learn. If you need help, this is a handy guide to it. (I use it for my text files)

https://help.github.com/articles/markdown-basics/

[jwirr]

37. Thanks. I would like to go in there just to see what my grandson knows about.

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. You welcome

[Jesus Malverde]

20. I like twitter for breaking news.

[Baclava]

22. No

stop asking

[Chathamization]

23. Some Facebook groups can be pretty good, though Facebook tends to broadcast your comments to

everyone on your friend's list if it's an open group (like most are). The Liberal Gun Club seems like a nice board for liberals who are gun owners.

Others have mentioned the journal type sites (Daily Kos), blog comments, and subreddits.

[Quackers]

25. Design wise, hands down this is the best site there is. I may not support Skinner's candidate but

Damn, did he design one hell of a forum.

[jwirr]

28. This is a good board - easy to navigate etc. He did do a very good job. Especially when there is

something big going on and there are so many of us here.

[dlwickham]

26. with some of the posts I've seen on here lately

Free Republic seems positively leftist

[Hekate]

27. what does Google say?

[jwirr]

29. Never even thought of going there to look for sites.

[Hekate]

30. I just googled "liberal discussion boards" and got half a dozen hits. Probably lots more...

....out there if you google "Democratic discussion boards" as well.

[jwirr]

35. Okay that is my plan for tomorrow. I am not leaving DU but I want to see what others are saying.

I used to read a lot of sites when W was in office.

[Hekate]

38. Psst...

You can give a look at Democrats for Progress while you're at it. They are relatively small, but civil, and the essays are good. You'll recognize some names.

[Mnpaul]

41. Check the blogroll on the homepage

plenty of sites there