Message boards are relics of communicating online, but they still offer some benefits over twitter in the sense that we can at least pretend to know each other here. There are folks on this board that I've been arguing with over various things for two decades now. We don't KNOW each other, but we know each other.

When you trot out language like that in reference to Sanders' supporters, charity insists that you clarify who you're talking about because it feels like you're taking a lot of liberty with that open-ness. This board is pleasant. Shit gets heated once and awhile, but the personal attacks that people so commonly attribute to our current political culture don't really occur here that often. That's a good thing, and I think it's better to keep it that way.