# GD is turning into PR **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 26, 2010, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gd-is-turning-into-pr/537372 "2010-04-26T03:55:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gd-is-turning-into-pr/537372/6 "2010-04-26T16:17:25Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I couldn’t put a time-frame on it, but I do think it’s changed over time. Some long-time posters have calcified in their views, and after the _X_-hundredth time of trying to make a basic point have somewhat devolved into partisan bitterness. There’s some of that going on, yes. And there’s the fact that the board has become more left-leaning over time (I think that process really got going after the Iraq war started) and there’s now a Democrat in the White House, and a lot of Dopers support him strongly overall. Like I’ve said in other threads, this is an issue I’m interested in from a moderating standpoint. Hardcore partisanship bores me. I realize people are entitled to butt heads if they want to but I’d rather read a nuanced discussion of a complicated issue than watch people joust. When I see off-topic broadsides about one party or another I try to moderate that and keep the discussions on topic, but at a certain level, if people want to post that kind of thing, that’s what the forum is going to be. But I’d like to nudge it in a different direction to whatever degree is possible. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gd-is-turning-into-pr/537372)._