I agree with white.

The internet is not a thoughtful medium.

I'd be much more interested in you writing about this. (It'd also be a more subtle way to throw jabs at hubski, if that's your inclination.)

This would be an interesting post. Is it Hubski, or is it the internet in general? Is there anything that can be done?

Your post reminded me about a recent one wherein Meriadoc expressed his disdain for California.

JTHipster wrote the post about Ohio, and I think it might help to be familiar with his writing in general to get a bit of context. When something rubs him wrong, he takes pleasure in eviscerating it. To me, he wasn't just slamming Ohio, but was slamming the existential malaise the Midwest can induce in general when you aren't accustomed to it. Just like Meriadoc was slamming California for being defined by wealth and capitalism, JTHipster was lamenting Ohioans being kind. And polite. And agreeable. And fucking, utterly, boring. It's over the top, and it's supposed to be. You should have linked to the post.

You are right that our tagline is much about aspiration. But, I think an honest assessment of our comment feed would indicate that the majority of conversation on here isn't far off the mark. Of course, not all of it will be. Still, perusing your comment history, it seems like good conversation. Perhaps I am missing something. PMs maybe?

At any rate, Hubski is not a news site any more than it is a art site, or a poetry site, or a music site, or a rant-about-the-State-I-dislike site. It's a site for conversation. You might readily find the conversations you want to have here, and you may not. You might be able to find them with effort, or you may not. I didn't see your post about the beheading in Oklahoma. There have been a number of posts and topics that I was dying to get a conversation going about, but were never were picked up. It makes me crazy, but sometimes it's just the ebb and flow of things here.

Personally, I think the conversation about extremism in Islam is well worth continuing, and I do believe that some liberals are not being intellectually honest. There was a good post/counter-post on that topic within the last couple of days, with some good comments made about each.