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In reply to the discussion: Could this be the birth of Free Republic 2.0? [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Far be it for me to suggest people find other hobbies than obsessing about what other message board participants (current and ex) are saying. For fuck's sake.
And if you look through this thread, you'll see the names of currently active DU members being thrown around, so in that regard in most certainly IS meta.
I realize that DU talking about DU or what ex-DU members said or who said what on DU or talking about the talking about the people who said that other thing on DU or this opinion was expressed by someone associated with DU or whatnot is an endlessly fascinating activity, but personally I don't really give a shit. And I strongly think it's one of the most fundamentally toxic behaviors that has fucked this place up, over the years.
I'm here to talk politics, not talk about the other people who talk politics. YMMV.
I'm not a member of the other site, but if people have a place to express their opinions that they're more comfortable with, who gives a shit? The primaries are over, anyone who can't support the nominee isn't going to be very comfortable on DU. So they went somewhere else. Isn't that what everyone wanted? Is it really necessary to follow them all over the internet?
Seems sort of childish.