I hope I'm not too miserably off topic here....
Host! I'm sorry you are bummed....I love your effort
Please keep it up in what ever fashion that seems "worth it" to you.
Imo......People are just people...the "winners" will be those who out manipulate and deliver a message in the most digestable fashion (for the masses). I believe much of the public's desire "to discuss the least impacting events and controversies" comes from our inability to actually DO anything about much of the information today's technology delivers us. You read/see these things, get angry, and what....you are left hanging with simmering frustration. (Even voting isn't enough after Bush stole the first election.
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After so many times, you naturally start to shut the frustration down.
It's a giant, almost cellularly complex power struggle, the ultimate, never ending chess match. I am just another fairly clueless cell
.....but I hope my side (liberal) figures out (or natuarally falls into) a winning strategy soon. Fuck the Carl Rove's and his greed inspired efforts.