Reply #23: I think you missed the point [View All]

The bickering between camps IS mindless. It's this endless battle, some posters have been replaying a loop of discussion since the 04 primaries. I believe many have been just biding time between now and then to take up the practice again.

I am hard pressed to think of any benefit to be had from this but I do see a whole lot of downside. For starters there's the mountain of wasted bandwidth....for the most part though what it seems to do is to create lots and lots of hard feelings.

I am not saying there should be no discussion of the candidates. All the potential candidates do newsworthy stuff and provides a basis for an actual discussion. There is a difference between those and the So-and-so is the only one who can win!! n/t and the So-and-so is the only one who can handle this mess!! n/t" threads. Sadly we are treated to many more offensive titles, usually accompanied with little or no substance and almost always end up in flames. Pointless, stupid, counter-productive, and yes, I'd go so far as to say mindless activity.

Hard to believe anyone could miss, deny or justify this kind of stuff going on and the negative effects of it.

Just my .0125


Julie