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(Gould 0738) writes:
Post a boating topic here. It will get three or four responses, maybe, and
then
disappear unless somebody calls somebody else a name or mentions a political
issue,,,,,,in which case it will go on for weeks.
I have read this newsgroup off and on for almost 10 years.
It has always been full of junk. The first time I came here, the Harry-Skipper
wars were going on and consumed tremendous amounts of bandwidth. They
continued for years.
The last few years, the politics has outweighed the other stuff, but I don't
know that the signal to noise ratio is any worse now than it was in 1995. I do
think the invective is worse, because of those (primarily but not exclusively)
rightwingers who cannot carry on a reasoned political discussion, but, instead,
attack any view with which they do not agree with ad hominem invective--but
then the politics of character assassination seems to be the right-wing way.
Then again, when you can adduce no evidence to support your position, the best
available alternative is personal attack. Attack enough, and folks might
forget that the emperor has no clothes.
Frank Bell
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