<p>I am afraid I agree with the above…and I sure miss LTS and that thread…it was so positive and uplifting. We need more reaching out to each other like that!!!</p>
<p>I also find that the strident hyperbole, the repetition of lies, and the downright nastiness on BOTH sides of the debate to be really depressing. Can’t we discuss things without meanness?</p>
<p>And am I the only one who has lost a lot of respect for some the posters here as a result of the posts of the past month or so?</p>
<p>I don’t know that I’ve lost respect for people (there are a couple I never respected anyway), but I am surprised by the number of people who seem to like hitting their heads against the wall. I like engaging political discussion, too, but why keep posting to people who have no intention of changing their minds (people on both sides)?</p>
<p>But, hey, I’m pro-choice, so I’m glad people can make their own decisions!</p>
<p>Maybe that’s it, Youdon’tsay - I don’t understand why so many of these debates wind up with the same 20 people yelling at each other. (And the better question is - why do I keep reading them? maybe it’s that old train wreck analogy and I can’t help myself!)</p>
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Heck I lost respect for myself after I lashed out at a couple of posters who just make my blood boil - I have tried using the ignore function but the sheer volume of threads using every negative story they can find on the net, no matter how thin or how unreliable the source, has finally become too much for me. So I am gone from CC for now. But I will miss it.</p>
<p>Hey maybe it’s a good thing. I have felt for a while that I spend too much time on CC. Who’d have thought a web site could be so addicting. Anyway maybe this will help me quit - kind of like aversion therapy ;)</p>
<p>swimcatmom, I understand you needing a CC break. (I’ve found the political threads really depressing, but have a hard time not looking.) I hope you still continue to peek in on the Financial Aid threads though. You’ve given such great advice, and your absence would be a tremendous loss.</p>
<p>I don’t like the venom, and I agree that these threads will not change the minds of the partisans (and I’m a partisan myself, although not in the thick of the political discussions). But I have been following the discussions closely because for me, there is real value in some of the links thoughtful posters have provided to news articles, blogs, and other materials. I have forwarded selected materials to several of my IRL friends who intended to vote for McCain, but who since the Palin nomination are on the fence. If I can help to persuade just one of them to support Obama, wading through the nastiness will be worth it. And I bet there are undecided CC lurkers who are reading these materials as well. </p>
<p>Another instance in which I’m so grateful to the remarkably intelligent minds of CC.</p>
<p>I agree, wjb. I enjoy discussing politics–and I read all the CC threads–but I’m reluctant to venture into the fray because the arguments get so heated (and no minds are changed one way or the other). But it is, indeed, a great resource and I’ll continue to lurk frequently and post occasionally.</p>
<p>I don’t understand, Mary13. What is it about being savaged and insulted that you don’t like?</p>
<p>One think I’ll miss at the end of this election cycle is a local DJ who used to spend the day after the election “blowing up” all of the ads they aired that season… It was always refreshing to know you won’t have to hear them again.</p>
<p>Hindoo, I get enough of that from my kids! :)</p>
<p>Oh, my God, that’s good! You’ve made my sniffling, sickly self laugh out loud! :D</p>
<p>E-A-G-L-E-S, Eagles!!</p>
<p>J/k…I don’t even like the Eagles (football) but it’s better than all the political ping-ponging around here.</p>
<p>I am going to do my part to decrease the decibel level of this cafe. I am going to take a break, at least from the political threads.</p>
<p>I am getting SO much done today! :)</p>
<p>Eagles?!?! Now those are fighting words I can’t ignore!!!</p>