You are correct, I watched it happen. My subscription there dates from June of 2000, and back then the place was a great hangout spot. The 2008 election really started the trend of far left political ideology taking hold, and the 2016 election just turned it up to 11.
It wasn't sudden, though, it was gradual. When I first joined, it was mostly educated GenX people who hadn't been social justice indoctrinated, for the most part. As new members joined who were recent college grads (and therefore programmed lefty pod people), the site went ever farther left.
You are correct, I watched it happen. My subscription there dates from June of 2000, and back then the place was a great hangout spot. The 2008 election really started the trend of far left political ideology taking hold, and the 2016 election just turned it up to 11.
It wasn't sudden, though, it was gradual. When I first joined, it was mostly educated GenX people who hadn't been social justice indoctrinated, for the most part. As new members joined who were recent college grads (and therefore programmed lefty pod people), the site went ever farther left.