You are not allowed to troll-rate anyone in this thread. If you do so, you invite massive retaliation. You are not allowed to break the law, but short of that, anything goes here. If you are easily offended or squeamish, it is highly recommended you not enter this thread.
Please vote if you like (or don't like) the idea of this thread. If the total 'Yes' vote gets less than 2/3 support (or less than 20 total votes), I will drop the idea. The previous vote was 80% positive 20% negative (as of this post).
All angry Dems seeking a cathartic outlet are welcome here.
I've seen some angry/misguided responses to my idea and I'd like to make a few clarifications (which perhaps were obvious to me, but seem not to be obvious to some people):
- Arguing for a free-speech zone does NOT make me a control freak. Quite the contrary. To argue otherwise is absurd.
- If someone would like to propose a different and equally effective way of saying 'Don't troll-rate anyone in this thread.' I'm all ears. Thus far, my wording has been effective and I'm comfortable with it.
- The purpose of this idea is NOT to drag down the tone of discourse on DKos. Again, quite the contrary. Indeed, it is to give people who enjoy sitting at their computer and typing 'You're an asshole.' 'No, you're an asshole.' a place to do it. If the idea catches on, I would expect the tone in other threads to be elevated, if anything.
- A secondary (and less apparent) purpose of this idea is to promote the idea that as this community increases in size, the top-down management structure of this site must change. We are Democrats. Let's be democratic.