I take a nice, refreshing week or two off from DailyKos, and what do I come back to find? Not only is some guy named O'Reilly equating this site with people who, by most measures, were among the worst human beings of the last 100 years, but "mainstream" news apparently says similar, if far less extreme and more civil, things. Not that I haven't seen such things before, but for some reason, this evening I feel compelled to respond.
This post is not targeted to the regular DK community. You all probably already know everything I have to say. Instead, this is targeted to those many good people out there who don't know enough about DK to judge how sound it is or, more importantly, whether it's OK to use the site. My message is simple: Come on in, if you'd like. The water's fine.
Update: Several of the commenters are finding this to be a defense for O'Reilly. While I am motivated in part by his words, I intend the defense for "those many good people" and not O'Reilly or anyone else in particular.
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