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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf all of you agreed with me all the time, I would not be on DU
Because it would be boring and I would never learn anything.
let me give you an example. I would call rap homophobic/misogynistic. someone on DU pointed out to me that i was being racist, and at the time i disagreed vehemently, but later I realized that my position was racist. (also, since then I have read many studies showing that we music/culture associated with AA's are considered violent, even when they are not). I would never have learnt this had someone not disagreed with me.
You can call that bickering or drama or whatever, but if we all agreed all the time, this place would be much shittier than it is now.
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)Just wanted you to feel welcome...
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)Codeine
(25,586 posts)That's why I love ya, DU!!
still_one
(92,219 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)if du operated for me like FB, i'd have no reason to be here. especially since i no longer post in the lounge
still_one
(92,219 posts)La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)still_one
(92,219 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)I can't argue with a princess.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Unfortunately on DU and the rest of the internet it tends to get buried in nonsense, but when things are working and people are behaving like adults it's great stuff.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)only happens when you have lost the argument
drama happens on du, but it requires a fair bit of time to develop and such
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Well said.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)I'm actually a fan of a lot of rap.
But I do think much of it is misogynistic.
And plenty of non-rap music is as well.
La Lioness Priyanka
(53,866 posts)#= does not equal
cui bono
(19,926 posts)and attack the messenger rather than debate.
There are too many on here who are very hostile. Mostly when it involves sexism. Those people need to grow up or get banned. People are getting harassed and threatened. That's not disagreement.
I take it this OP is in response to someone else's OP asking whether there is too much drama on DU. Yes there is. And this is meta and not accomplishing anything but add to useless threads that mean nothing. Sorry, that's how I see it.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)don't help DU at all. I've started putting them on ignore and feel so much better.
Dirty Socialist
(3,252 posts)Not my cup of tea.