As a recent spate of news stories show, the "angry young lefty blogger" stereotype is in full flower right now. Because of that, I thought it might be useful to have a diary showing how heterogeneous we here at Daily Kos really are. So here goes; I want to know how you think you differ from the average Kossack in major categories;
demographics, ideology, strategy/rhetoric, and miscellaneous. I'm hoping it will show how diverse the users of the site really are, and show what Kossacks consider the typical user to be.
I guess I'll start...
Demographics: I think I'm pretty similar to the average blogger demographically, in that I'm white and college educated. However, the average blogger here at Kos is, I believe, in their 40s or 50s, meaning my tender 21 years make me a virtual babe in the blogger wilderness.
Ideology: Once again, I think I'm a fairly typical Kossack ideologically. I'm in favor of raising the minimum wage, for the Kyoto treaty and raising CAFE standards, pro-choice and pro-stem cell research, believe in the seperation of Church and State, anti-Iraq war but pro-Afghanistan. I believe in an active federal government, and favor universal health care and the defense of Social Security. I'm anti-death penalty, which I would guess places me in the majority here, but not overwhelmingly so.
The one issue that I differ from a lot of Kossacks on is the issue of gun control, which I think I'm less inclined to support.
Strategically/Rhetorically: This is the area that I diverge most sharply from most users. I don't agree with the DLC on a lot of issues, but my only real problem with them is the way that they keep attacking other Democrats. Other than that, I'm okay with their existence. Similarly, I don't have any real problems with the DCCC or the DSCC, and I think both Rahm Emanuel and Chuck Schumer have done outstanding jobs at setting up the midterms. I consider myself a big tent democrat, and I don't have a problem with the party running more moderate or conservative Democrats in districts that require it, and I don't think that a few pro-life candidates threatens the party's position on Roe.
Miscellaneous: The only other area that I think makes me different is my view of "establishment-netroots" relations. I've never been all that concerned with internal party spats, and I don't feel that there's a war being waged for the soul of the party. I think everything works better when we turn our fire on Republicans.
So that's what makes me different. Lemme know; where do you think you differ from the Kossack stereotype or the typical user?