I’ve tried to make it clear that diaries about Daily Kos make me uncomfortable. I frequently have to spend considerable time dealing with emails from outraged Kossacks, who blame me for not doing more to stop them.
My answer is always the same: ‘I’m not going to ban free speech that doesn’t violate the rules of the site.’
And I’m not going to make criticism of Daily Kos against the rules.
Here is a soft-rule: If you have a problem with Markos, Armando, Plutonium Page, Hunter, or any other front-page poster from Daily Kos, please don’t post disparaging remarks about them, or make unflattering speculations about their motivations and/or character UNLESS you are willing to cross-post them at Daily Kos.
Critiquing Daily Kos is an occassionally valid topic. But this site is not a safe haven to make personal attacks against dKos front-pagers, where they cannot defend themselves.
If I think Armando is being a prick, I send him an email, or I keep my mouth shut. I might even post a diary at Daily Kos about it. But I would never write it here alone.
I wrote a diary critiquing Markos over election fraud. I wrote a diary defending him over the pie-war. But I wrote them THERE.
There is a big difference between arguing over policy, and arguing over character.
Daily Kos is a valid subject for discussion. The posts of the front-pagers are a valid subject for discussion. Even the character of the front-pagers is a valid subject of discussion. But this last one is not welcome here UNLESS the diary is cross-posted.
Thank you.
