New Forum: "General Discussion-Victories Great & Small"

[BrendaBrick]

A forum specifically dedicated for the sharing of information to help boost morale.

Article by Bruce E. Levine, clinical psychologist outlines this necessity:

http://www.alternet.org/story/144529/are_americans_a_broken_people_why_we%27ve_stopped_fighting_back_against_the_forces_of_oppression/?page=entire

Thanks for your input!

[Buzz Clik]

1. What kind of stuff would be posted there?

[BrendaBrick]

4. Political & social issues...

normally already addressed in GD, only singled out in this forum.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. How about a forum that discusses ACTUAL morale-boosting things?

:shrug:

[Buzz Clik]

7. Are you implying that DUers are basically depressed people not seeking relief or...

... that there is no morale boosting to be had (ie, no good news to report).

[Hutzpa]

11. Could be

considering all the craptacular threads we have going on at the moment, it's as if
DU has encountered a metaphorical war.

[Buzz Clik]

12. "a metaphorical war". I like that.

:D :thumbsup:

[blindpig]

3. Well, that won't take up much bandwidth. n/t

[leftstreet]

5. +1

:spray:

[Edweird]

6. To be fair, it doesn't specifically exclude RW policy victories. So there's that....

[BrendaBrick]

8. Hmmm.....

That's not really how I understand this site to be:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/about.html

[Edweird]

9. I distinctly recall the passage of the FAR RIGHT 'individual mandate' being counted as a 'win'.

[quaker bill]

10. Would not get much business

as any victories are seen as compromises with the right. Besides, don't most folks come here to be irritated about something?

[BrendaBrick]

13. I wonder.........

how many of the folks here with the negative comments actually READ the article....which is the basic premise for this suggestion!