Reply #9: I don't think it is backwards at all. [View All]

[Exiled in America]

Of course everyone is free to post whatever they want. And other people are free to comment on their impression of the value and quality of what is posted.

I guess it depends a little bit on what purpose you see DU as having. For me, I would like for it to be more than just a casual place to kill time and post whatever. I would like it to be a place with a little more focus into the issues that I think will make or break the future of America. It seems to me that the more time we spend focusing on those things, the more good it does all of us.

However, if one views DU more as a cathartic place to come and relax and casually discuss whatever with about the same seriousness that we might discuss last weeks football game, then yes it would be "annoying" for some people to attempt to put pressure on the community to focus on specific issues and give them more attention.

Either way though, simply trying to persuade people that other issues deserve more focus is not taking anyone's freedom away. I too am free to talk about the kind of DU I would like to see, and you're free of course to agree or disagree, read or ignore, or do whatever you like. Just because I have a point of view, doesn't mean that I will get my way I and I know that. But that doesn't mean I can't talk about what I would like to see.