# Formerly active lurkers:  Why don't you post any more?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 25, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-active-lurkers-why-dont-you-post-any-more/807474 "2018-01-25T19:45:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/formerly-active-lurkers-why-dont-you-post-any-more/807474/30 "2018-01-27T13:49:23Z")

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> [@madmonk28](#):
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> I know that the conventional wisdom is that this board is left wing, but I just don’t see it.

Just look at the way members treat the right and the left. Trump is deplorable but the way Dopers treat him is despicable. And the Mods condone it. And Dopers will defend Democrats beyond reason.

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> It skews left of center, but is not this hotbed of leftist thought.

Yes, leftist tribalism, not thought.

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