Reply #22: I believe that Democrats, or liberals if you'd rather, are more [View All]

compassionate than Republicans, who tend to be more conservative.

Take these political forums as a good example. DU has The Lounge. How many posts are there where someone asks for information? Someone is looking for help in finding a source or link or help with a computer problem. DUers always come through.

Think of the number of posts where someone is in trouble and needs advice or support. Someone has a health problem. Should he/she go to the emergency room? Has anyone else experienced this? Someone may have experienced a death in the family or of a close friend. They come to DU first and report back with how they are feeling. If they don't, people start looking for them. These help and support threads tend to be the longest and often are kicked for days.

Also, think of the number of animal posts. Someone may have a problem, medical or behavioral, with a cat/dog/bird/rat. It doesn't matter; DU cares and responds with information, sympathy, compassion.

In contrast, Free Republic has no equivalent of The Lounge. The last time I looked at that forum, there were Clinton-bashing threads, still discussing Monica Lewinsky. Move On! And I ran across an anti-animal post. It shocked me, because I am so used to DU.

So you tell me who has more compassion. From what I can see, Democrats win, hands down.:shrug: