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Quit linking to insane blog posts and pretending it comes from an official DNC website. Anyone can create a blog at my.barackobama.com. It's like blogspot.

Unfortunately, there is no mandatory mental health screening required to purchase an Internet connection or a computer.



I'm not pretending the content I cited was generated by the DNC. I'm pointing out that a site similar to the one currently under discussion, but with the opposite political affiliation, also has nutjobs posting on it.

That's not a very surprising fact, but considering the number of people here acting like it's a republican only problem, it's worth pointing out explicitly.


Yeah, but you're making a total straw-man argument unless you get into quantity and kind.

It appears that the republican website is 99% populated by nutcases, split pretty evenly between republican nutcases and liberal/moderate trolls. That's the point of the original article, along with the insinuation that these sentiments represent the republican base and tea party movement.

The existence of 1 (even hundreds!) of nutcases on my.barackobama.com doesn't invalidate the original point or insinuation, even if they're wrong.


I think you mean 'fortunately'. A few trolls is a small price to pay for something approximating anonymity and freedom.


Yeah, I was being sarcastic. I love the internet, even with it's psycho insane trolls... :-)




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