I've decided to quit reading dailykos.
It lately seems to have become a breeding ground for nutjobs who belong in the loony bin. They write ridiculous stories with specious logic, yet nonetheless end up being highly recommended.
I think it may reflect a decline in the overall educational level of the readership in dailykos as it has become more popular. The readers are getting stupid, and recommending stupid stories. This is a dangerous trend, as eventually Dailykos may just become a source of paranoid gossip for the left
Then they actually argue using ridiculously illogical arguments when you point out to them how stupid they are for writing such a story.
Some examples follow
One of the highest recently recommended stories used bogus statistics to claim that it was a statistical certainty that the election was stolen by a nationwide conspiracy that gave Bush extra votes in thousands of districts across the nation. When I pointed out that there is a difference between systematic error and statistical error that would easily explain the election results, I was accused of being a troll.
Another highly recommended story claimed to prove, using fuzzy photos and equally fuzzy logic that the latest Bin Laden tape had been manufactured as a psy-ops operation by the US military.
Since I don't want to read tinfoil trash, which is becoming more common on this site, I am giving up on it. I think the current system for screening stories isn't working, and needs to be fixed. If it doesn't get fixed, I suspect more and more educated readers will follow my lead and go elsewhere to get away from the uneducated nutjobs that are taking over the site.