Daily Kos is not the place for me. Clarification Daily Kos is not the place for me to contribute my thoughts, so ironically yet predictably I will provide one last thought in an attempt to gain attention for something that has been rubbing me about this place for the past month or so.
The door will probably hit me on the way out because from time to time I do enjoy reading some of the diaries here but in the end...
Too clique-ee, too reactionary, too formulaic.
It's always one group against another group. It's always "You don't agree with me so you must be saying the worst possible option there is, so I can make you sound like an idiot or a bad person or both, so my computer friends will like what I say as if it was Facebook and then they can follow me like it's the long form of a Twitter account."
Then it's these stupid fucking response diaries and the chain they create.
and today on the rec list.
1. I love cheeseburgers
2. F**k you animal haters
3. Why I hate the word "hate"
4. Hardball: A guy supporting liquid plant based diets OBLITERATESsomeone who thinks the occasional turkey sandwich is okay.
Don't even get me started on how far off the radar Trayvon Martin is going to fall, once a new story comes along. It's no fault of your own it is more or less me coming to realize that this place is less idealistic than it lent itself to be and that is what happens when you represent a large number of people.
Take heart in the fact that the Daily Kos does that and will continue to do in my absence which will go largely unnoticed as it should.
It's not about me thinking it is getting worse or becoming more like a non-televised form of the mainstream media, these things are natural when you become very successful. Dilution is a requirement for widespread success and there is nothing wrong with that.
This is about one guy finally reaching his dilution point. This is about one guy not caring all that much about the progressive movement. I'm just a Democrat and a moderate one at that but this place was starting to make me feel like I didn't belong here anymore. I need to find a place where it's okay to agree with some conservative issues without someone putting a minus by my name.
I need to find a place where I can talk about race outside of the context of a tragic murder or some stupid GOP cartoon where all people are interested in doing is scoring political points or without fear of being forcefully removed from the discussion.
Seriously guys it's not okay to only consider something racist if it comes from the GOP or someone other than yourself.
That purge was bullshit Kos and you deserve a big black fuck you for that so... FUCK YOU!!! other than that you did a good thing here.
So with that, I take my leave. I'll be watching, but I won't be giving my two cents anymore. My first child is due within days, The Masters is on this week, and God willing Barack Obama will give me another 4 years to enjoy how awesome of a President he is.
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