Is CD Political Forum a Microcosm of America? (Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, economic)

[notasmoker]

What I like about this forum is that is seems to reflect America's political beliefs...divided, regional/cultural differences, passionate sentiments. Do you think that is true?

[brokensky]

Simply put . . . No. There are a lot more liberals on this forum than in real life, LOL.

Or maybe it is that the liberals just post more and are more contentious - and the moderates/conservatives choose to just watch and listen.

[2Adam29]

considering this is a CITY-DATA forum, and CITIES tend to be more liberal, it makes sense that there is a higher population here of leftist ideals.

[GermanSpy]

Originally Posted by anifani821

and the moderates/conservatives choose to just watch and listen.

I agree. We should show conservatives how to work a computer. Maybe a three step program:

Watch, listen, press power button.

[mullman]

I personally think C-D does bend Left, but I still enjoy hanging out here.

[brokensky]

Originally Posted by GermanSpy

I agree. We should show conservatives how to work a computer. Maybe a three step program:

Watch, listen, press power button.

Well, thank you for that remarkable insight, Spy.

Funny - I thought the investor class is typically GOP . . . w/ money to buy any sort of computer equipment they desire.

Maybe you should rethink your theory.

[brokensky]

Originally Posted by mullman

I personally think C-D does bend Left, but I still enjoy hanging out here.

Me, too . . . I tend to get in the middle of the contention, LOL.

[motoracer51]

Originally Posted by notasmoker

What I like about this forum is that is seems to reflect America's political beliefs...divided, regional/cultural differences, passionate sentiments. Do you think that is true?

This place is more like an extension of DUh.

[amploud]

Originally Posted by anifani821

Simply put . . . No. There are a lot more liberals on this forum than in real life, LOL.

Or maybe it is that the liberals just post more and are more contentious - and the moderates/conservatives choose to just watch and listen.

I think this forum tends to be very young and inexperienced at life in general.

Also, there are many "know it alls" who remind me of college students who've taken one or two economics or political science courses in college and think they understand the world.

[fruitlassie]

Originally Posted by anifani821

Or maybe it is that the liberals just post more and are more contentious - and the moderates/conservatives choose to just watch and listen.

You must be joking...there are dozens of anti-liberal threads posted here daily and the rightwingers are far from shy about putting in their $.02 (or, more to the point, regurgitating whatever inflammatory rhetoric they heard from Michael Savage, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity)