You know, there was a time... [View All]

[Robb]

...on DU when posters didn't just run around looking for articles that supported their own world-view, and posting them every chance they got. It was a place to be informed, have your ideas challenged, etc.

Blasting DU with repeated stories that support a particular slant on events only turns people off to your posts if they don't agree with your slant. No one learns shit that way. Instead it's "Oh, look, another BS post from XXXX."

That the stories are largely true is immaterial; "But it happened!!!11! I'm not offering opinion!" is a nonsense defense. If a reporter did nothing but stories on Hispanic crime across the country every week, one would naturally impugn their motive. Same with posters lately who repeat a single theme, over and over: taken as a whole, the posts amount to propaganda.

Possibly well-intentioned propaganda, but propaganda nonetheless. And not conducive to the marketplace of ideas. My $0.02.

Edited to add: please feel more than free to unrec this, it's internal laundry, IMO.