Somehow the simple posting of a design image turned Design Sponge into the Gene and Kristi argue politics show.
Um, people? I'm just as passionate about politics as the next guy, but whatever happened to civilized debate? Did that fly out the window when communication became so much easier? Propaganda can spread faster and we suddenly feel like facts aren't worth the time they take to double check?

If I work up the courage, tomorrow I might post a nonpartisan list of environmental stances from both candidates. I might not. I'm a little scared of the cruel responses due to the "ownership" people seem to feel with the blogs they read.
What do you think? Can discussion be civil?
Because a blog is so public, the writer becomes a public figure. In many cases public figures are expected to withhold the personal. Is this rightfully so?
Oftentimes people source blogs as factual news, rather than editorial writing, which causes a deeper, resentful chasm between bloggers and writers, and the validity of each. What do you think about all of this?
Politics in the land of an amateur blogger: good idea or bad?