Give a detailed, sincere, brutally honest description of the previous poster

[DC Al Fine]

Garden variety social democrat as far as I can see. Occasionally gets hot blooded but is generally able to argue with reason not rhetoric, so he's ok in my book.

[DC Al Fine]

re: DC al fine I like him but he's is extremely pro life, he wouldn't fit with us

Indeed. If the Democrats pro life wing was bigger than Bob Casey, I would seriously consider switching.

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[DC Al Fine]

Despite my differences with TNF, I actually kind of like him. He seems to actually be concerned about the welfare of the working class instead of the oh so trendy people who look down their noses at people worse off than themselves. That said, I think he is severely misguided on how to better the working class. His views on labour markets, immigration and social issues each have clear instances where they harm the working class. Ex: I think sexual libertinism has maimed the institutions that provide stability for the working poor, he does not.

All in all an ok if somewhat frustrating individual/

[DC Al Fine]

DC Al Fine is a decent person. Pretty... different views on social issues (more than a 1.39 would suggest)

That'd be my ultra dove foreign policy dragging it down.

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[DC Al Fine]

Underrated poster almost exclusively due to his white nationalist phase. I wasn't around for it, but it's harmed his credibility with almost every longtime lefty, and a good chunk of the right wingers too. He writes interesting stuff and its a shame so many dismiss his stuff out of hand. My only critique of him is that he occasionally writes the odd "head-scratcher" post where I have no idea what's going on in his argument.

[DC Al Fine]

A good poster and a really nice person. But of course, this thread requires details:

Maddy posts well-written stuff on a variety of subjects and is nice to people which is something we need more of on this forum. Most importantly Maddy adds to the knowledge of the forum thanks to her extensive knowledge of a topics that the forum is weak on, most notably Japan, and liberal Protestantism.

On the negative side, Maddy seems almost totally disinterested in economic issues, which saddens me and has a habit of posting walls o' text, which can be a bit annoying but doesn't diminish her overwhelming FF rating.