Okay, we've been through another round of discussion about how to try to bring the level of civility back up here.
I'm of two minds about this. On the one hand, I like that we duke it out around here and aren't expected to act like we're in Pleasantville.
On the other hand, things have gotten to the point where you can't discuss some very real political issues here (I/P, anyone?) without finding yourself in the midst of an irrational mess of unfounded accusations, name calling, conspiracy-theory, paranoia and sheer junk thinking.
I think that part of what we're seeing here is that we are being affected by the dragging down of the nation's political discourse. When you see the kinds of things the Teabaggers are saying, it makes it a little easier to go in that direction, telling yourself that it's okay because you haven't gone as far as THEY would.
But I think we can help this matter considerably by improving the technology of the site to improve accountability to standards and set some real, measurable benchmarks for whether or not HRs are being abused.
More after the jump.