The most important characteristic of a truly free society is minority rights. The best way to eliminate those rights is to have someone in position of power choose what's acceptable.
This blog used to be the best thing on the web for me since I discovered it in 2004. It probably helped elect a democratic congress in 2006 and Obama in 2008. Do you know why? Because in addition to Markos, a variety of other anti-corporate, pro social change, pro reason and anti-war voices were heard loud and clear. If the idea was good, readers read it and commented. Ideas got better with honest exchanges of opinion.
Now, when we really need it so that we may reelect a great president, its just as bad as FOX news, and I think its because of this silly "Community Highlights".
There are a few Markos Moulitsas admirers that think for all of us what KOS would have liked, and place it on the "community highlights" part - and its usually not very important. Its entertaining - its baffoonery - its tooting our own horn - but who the !@#$ cares? (Unless you really think that the KOS is just a cheer leaders outlet.)
(example: the brilliantly funny but useless:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
. If this entertainment or passion-arousing diaries were few, so be it. but its the only thing of note here anymore).
Even if it was Markos himself that chose those diaries, its still wrong. Its anti progressive. Its pretentious. Its like Pravda in the Soviet Union and Fox News choosing to only show what the Kremlin and the Murdochs family think is important.
Those that tried to keep this progressive outlet going by keeping it honest were demoted to diaries that no one reads, and no one of opposing progressive opinions is recommended by the die-hards teacher pets.
I am back to old fashioned support of the ACLU and some local politicians, but honestly, Citizens United means we are going to lose congress, and the senate, and, god forbid, maybe even the presidency. Oh how I wish the true KOS was back!
So if you are really trying to help the president re-elected, and get progressive causes back on the agenda, kill the bloody community spotlight, and start responding to opposing views with an open mind. In times of crisis, those creative people and creative ideas are the only chance we have!.
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