Steady on old boy. It wouldn't be too hard to find some examples of right wingers being horrible garbage either.
I am a lefty, and I try to be nice. I even give thumbs up to posts that I disagree with if I think they are interesting and well-considered, indeed the main reason I read this politics forum is to hear views from across the fence. Now granted, the level of discourse here isn't always great, and sometimes (
to quote Geoff Lemon) resembles a dozen morons all trying to copulate with the same doorknob. That being said though, what TF is the point of having discussions on the internet with people you agree with. Sure, you might never change eachother point of view, but understanding where different points of view are coming from is to me both important and interesting. This forum could actually be a decent place if everyone decided not to post one-ups, insults and generally low-content crap.
