Yesterday Senator Chuck Schumer posted a heartfelt thank you to the contributors of Daily Kos. That diary and the ensuing "Fling a Whoppin Turd Fest" can be read here...
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Tell me, what is it that you want?
This Senator has been a strong voice against the Bush administration, and has defended YOUR rights tirelessly. I am not a constituent of Schumers, nor an employee. I watch the news, and was always grateful that there is a voice of reason in the Senate, even at our darkest times.
So the man comes onto our site and posts a very grateful diary thanking us for our energy and work and he gets 856 comments, most of them rude, nasty and snarky. Beautiful. This is why so many people regard Daily Kossacks as a joke.
Posting comments on a blog gives you a little bit of anonymity and that often causes people to speak more freely, and once a mob mentality gets going, well we all know what happens, at least those of us who took Psych 101 do. I think we need to be at the very least civil, and surely respectful. This man is a human being for goodness sake, and we all deserve some respect, but also a Senator who has fought hard against the tide for us, so show him the decency he has shown you.
Kids, and you are behaving like kids, it is time to shut the farq up and behave like adults, if you want to have any credibility.