Maybe and maybe not the most accurate use of the word - but close enough. Isn't amazing just how much time and space on Kos goes to those whining about Obama. Not to policy discussion. No posting can avoid them. Is it for real?
I've been following Kos for a good while now. There has been a steady increase in the very activity, discussion that is much more effective in undermining progressive causes than any obvious troll. Nothing undermines like dissent that drifts away from disagreement as to policy into personal attacks, blame throwing and worse. Nothing resonates like a volume of disaffected followers. I repeat - how much of this is real?
If I wanted to render Kos ineffective, possibly even as damaging to the progressive cause as Mt Rushmo, I'd simply plant a number of MOLES who would pick up on and magnify the most self destructive of whatever they found. This isn't an accusation, yet. But - it begs the question. Are we ourselves working to undermine our own causes or are we getting some very sophisticated help. We have certainly come to the point where all the anti- Obama stuff surely costs votes and undermines the whole point of the site.