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[Mike 03]

Sophistication and nuance of the posts and discussions here. DU seems to comprise a much wider canvas. There is a subtlety and nuance to the discussion here I've not seen over at Free Republic, but then again I don't spend much time there.

DU seems multi-dimensional in a way that is not easy to describe.

I think DU aspires to be more than FR. People go to FR to agree with each other and commiserate. While I've done my fair share of commiseration here, I come here to see what others have to say about the issues that concern me.

Also, by the very nature of the Democratic Party, by definition DU has to accommodate a much more complex and varied group of people.

(Sorry for all these edits; the more I think about your question, the more I want to say about it. It's an important question to ask.)