Fucking A, I got my first twitch in GD today to respond to a post with only links to old threads and mutter some comment about “this topic having been done to death.”
I think that is a sign of SDMB-fogie-ism. Fuck that, I love GD.
But goddammit, the faith argument is getting to be a fucking IMHO the way people play it out anymore. No intense philosophy, no perspective of different ways to view the same topic, we get the old linkety-link, followed by a [**quote]d definition, and then proceed to simultaneously side with and counter the OP.
Now, not that many debated don’t give a cursory covering of what really are huge topics, but man, the whole “faith/blind faith/atheists-have-faith-too” (whatever happened to jmullaney?) is like a broken-glass enema to me.
Didn’t used to feel that way. I’ve enjoyed submitting comments, linking to old threads as reference while still commenting, and generally being a what I thought a GD’er should be: inquisitive, patient, helpful, and tolerant.
And then it happens again. wring, my dear, your frustration and the prostitution threads are palpable now. Everyone who ganged up on the Bush Defamation League™ cronies, and then gave up because of the endless procession of whining, has my understanding.
Maybe I’ve just been too active, and need to do more drive-bys like handy, tracer, or even guin’s seemingly recent tactic. Aloofness.
Fuck! I’m getting to be a SDMB square! sigh Any of the long-time posters have any advice?
