Why Ask Why in YA Politics?

Lots of good thoughtful answers, but then the question was a fairly straight forward question not designed to make someone mad or insult them.

I do think though that it goes a bit deeper though, that the level of nastiness and all has to do with the anonymity of the Internet and people feel a bit more powerful when they think they can tweak someone else.

Maybe YA needs a "serious thinkers only" area for a real exchange of thoughts.

i'm sorry yet i have in easy words been travelling for decades, replaced into there ever this variety of time? you're able to keep in mind that what we are seeing the following isn't any diverse from what exceeded for political discourse contained in the media and between Politicians themselves. As a former aggressive debater i'm continually appalled at how completely incapable a lot of human beings immediately are of even following, now to not teach conceiving and providing, a coherent position with a factually depending helping argument. In a society the position maximum folk won't be able to imagine previous a 30 2d sound chew or a one hundred and fifty personality textual content and Sarah Palin is taken under consideration a position kind for aspiring Politicians what else do we expect?

The guy above me is correct. Post a serious political question, perhaps about what the Constitution says, then post another and include something about Fox News and Sarah Palin, and see which gets more answers.

Anything with Palin, Obama, Fox News, or race gets a ton of hits.

Most people use the politics section on YA as a forum for debate rather than a source of information.

Not that I am suggesting very much rational discourse or debate actually takes place here.

Some of us have too much time on our hands . If you have read newspapers and listened to TV for 60 + years and had felt you needed to let something out in rebuttal but did not care enough to send a letter to your local editor Then Y/A politics is the place to let off a little steam and engage in a little sarcasm

No you are correct. Most people are not really asking questions, but rather stating an opinion in the form of a question in an attempt to get a reaction.

Of course it is in order to get a response or start a dialogue with people. If I just wanted an answer to a particular question I would simply look it up for myself.

OK... Why did Al Gore buy a 9 Million Dollar Villa on the beach if "sea levels are going to rise dramatically"?

Once in a while when I post a question, it is serious. How about some answers.

Serious questions average 1.7 responses