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Each of the Presidential candidates and those who support them are fighting for the soul of America. Each has a radically different world view; each inhabits a radically different culture. They listen to different music, watch different movies, read different media.
"I plead absolutely, unequivocally not guilty and look very much forward to a trial on the merits of what I consider flagrant, scurrilous charges," said U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent.
Obviously I have not been on the Vine as long as many others of you have, but I notice a pattern! Time and time again I am discovering threads that are basically on the Vine for a few friendly pats on the back and have nothing to do with a real debate or discussion, where both si …
A MUST-READ! A primer on defending your position without showing your @ss. A guide to civil, respectful discussion and debate. As the the old saying goes: "You'll catch a lot more flies with sugar..."
After tonight's wonderful and insightful Presidential Candidate Forum with Pastor Rick Warren at Saddleback Community Church in Lake Forest, California, both Barack Obama and John McCain have many reasons to be pleased with their performances.
When the news broke a few days ago that Novak had a brain tumor and would retire, I was not made prostrate by grief.
If you should stop any person on the street and ask them if they possess any character flaws, one of four things will most likely happen (provided, of course, that you look relatively harmless, it's still daylight, and the individual you are asking has not gone off his meds.)
As our emotional investment in the Internet has grown, the stakes for trolling — for provoking strangers online — have risen. Trolling has evolved from ironic solo skit to vicious group hunt.
The internet used to be a great place to discuss ideas. Now it's turning into a place where any discussion quickly turns into vicious, anonymous personal attacks.
Ah, election season.
A calm, clear-eyed consideration of incivility in American society: how it serves strategic aims of the Corporatocratic (mainly Republican) wing, and how it defeats putatively cherished American Ideals.
ANNCR: We have our disagreements, we Americans. We contend regularly and enthusiastically over many questions: over the size and purposes of our government; over the social responsibilities we accept in accord with the dictates of our conscience;
Here we are slashing and burning our way through March -- maybe even to the point where someone will soon appropriate the term "March Madness" from basketball.
I've often thought that streams of blue language are the last resort of the unimaginitive and unoriginal. Unfortunately, it's difficult not to emulate what we see and hear around us. Here's an entire town that's going to try and swear off swearing for a week.
I've thought a lot over the last couple years about the problem of trolls. It's an old one, as old as forums, but we're still just learning what the causes are and how to address them.
What's the best way to keep your kids healthy? Well, washing their hands and keeping them out of the garbage probably helps quite a bit. But there's another trick you may want to try: Teaching them to say "please" and "thank you" at an early age.
Discussion led by Melvin McLeod How do we restore the virtue of civility? A panel on bringing depth, respectfulness and integrity back to our national discourse.
"The most common variants of Ideologue are conservative and liberal; Smug and self satisfied in their certitudes, Ideologue's opinions are merely a loose collection of intellectual conceits, and e is genuinely astonished, bewildered and and indignant that his views are not univer …
The most common variants of Ideologue are conservative and liberal.
The following are just a few comments I've gleaned from recent articles on Newsvine. I offer them without naming their authors for obvious reasons. (Most of these are drastically out of context, but you don't really need context for the point to get across.)
What the media wants is polemic not reasonable exploration of complex issues - does Dawkins resist that tendency or play up to it? He clearly has a huge vested interest in doing the latter because it has made him a fortune out of booksales.
Why do people act so much worse when they are making anonymous comments than when they are talking to people in person?
This challenge was prompted by this article and post from yesterday. For the last six months, I've watched liberals and conservatives alike on this site point fingers at each other, and make claims about how "your side always attacks people, and not ideas.
From the article: "The Internet used to look so promising for democracy, with cheaper high-speed access, recovery from the dot-com collapse, and, most important, the emergence of "citizen media"—content of the people, by the people, and for the people.
They call him The Cleaver. And in these parts, there ain't none tougher, rougher or more feared than Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II. (These parts being a sixth-floor nook in the Longworth House Office Building.)
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