@Rebelofnj,
Rebelofnj wrote:So why are you wasting your supposed intelligence here,
Inertia perhaps. There used to be a lot more intelligent progressives here.
There are actually boards where the quality of intelligent discussion far exceeds that of a2k these days. Unfortunately they are also highly active. I can go to a thread and see an outrageous gun control argument posted, but there is no need for me to bother replying because 30 other people have already posted the same argument that I would have posted.
a2k posts at a rate of speed that is better suited to the amount of time I want to contribute to posting my thoughts online.
That said, who says that posting here is a waste?
Rebelofnj wrote:instead of writing editorials and opinion pieces in a news outlet?
I've never thought about that before. It sounds like it might be more work than I want to commit to though.
With a2k I can post about whatever I feel like talking about for as long as I feel like talking about it. If I don't feel like talking about something for awhile, I can go do something else with my free time.
With a2k I'll never have a newspaper editor breathing down my neck because he wants my weekly contribution on "subject X" when I really don't feel like talking about "subject X" at the moment.