The Old Internet Neighborhoods
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/remembrance-of-message-boards-past/?_r=0
...part of the problem perhaps. And then, maybe da gubmint don't want us chit chatting away and making up our own minds about stuff. If they want us to have an opinion, they will issue us one.

Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!