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Originally posted by lurkette
So (everyone) what can we do to change the tenor of the discourse here, as a very small and humble step toward changing the tenor of the political discourse in society?
Aside from behaving ourselves individually, do we simply need to demand a higher level of participation from people, and resist the temptation to respond to "politics as usual"?
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The only way that I can see it changing is through highly competent moderating. This is not a comment on the skills of moderators at TFP, just a statement about what type of moderating would be necessary to greatly improve the discourse. The moderator(s) would have to be relatively conversant in the current political issues and work to keep the conversations "on focus".
Just as business strategy meetings and the like employ moderators to keep the discussions on track and minimize side discussions, the TP mods would perhaps need to cut through the bs and try to break the concepts down to the true discussion points.
This isn't moderating like you see in the political debates (basically time keepers and question posers) but more of a consultative approach to moderation.
Just my .02