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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 09:05 PM
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Does anyone notice how nice everyone is being at the caucuses?
I often wonder if people here would be as uncivil in real-life as they sometimes are here, from behind an anonymous keyboard? Your thoughts?
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Kathleen04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 09:07 PM
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1. Anonymity
allows people to let themselves become more agitated and get more vicious.

Face to face is a whole 'nother ballgame. People have only gotten mildly flustered..
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Endangered Specie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 09:07 PM
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2. They are on national TV.. that tends to make people nicer.
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mike1963 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 09:08 PM
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3. Iowans are almost universally nice folks. I've spent a fair amount of tim
of time there. Will Rogers may have as well. :D
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Cuban_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 09:14 PM
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4. I agree.
I grew up there, until I was 16. :)
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frogbison Donating Member (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 09:17 PM
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5. Iowans ARE nice people...
right next to Minnesota nice. Don't let it fool you. You are either on their list or you are not . They just hide it better.
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leyton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-04 09:19 PM
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6. People are pretty nice at the DU too.
Where several weeks ago there were only arguments about this or that candidate, I walk into a thread and people are congratulating/comforting one another. Sure beats what I expected.
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