Take A Peek….

….at the newly redesigned website Digital Dissent. It’s the brainchild of Justin Delabar, a moderate Democrat, who has joined forces with a Libertarian and a Republican to create a SPECIAL kind of open source politics blog. Delabar writes:

The internet is a land of bitter partisanship; it’s all about Republicans v. Democrats, Conservatives v. Liberals, Libertarians, Socialists, Greens, etc. v. Everyone. Why not create a site that attempts to bring these groups together to discuss, intelligently, policy and politics? Create a place where snark is not mightier than the message of cooperation; let’s stop fighting each other and discuss actual ways to make this country better.

That’s obviously a tall order, but I’m willing to give it a shot. The Drupal engine allows incredible flexibility for just this sort of idea. Users can have individual blogs and can have their entries also posted to the main page. A encyclopedia module can be added in order to put together combined policy iniatives, which can be started by members or site administrators. The possibilities are truly endless. Suggestions are much welcomed, especially it seems as if there’s very little this site engine cannot do. I’m convinced it can make cappuccino on command, even.

It’s a noble experiment which we applaud…and TMV hopes GOPers, Demmies, Libertarians will give the new Digital Dissent a peek…and perhaps participate. Seriously discussing ideas — even conflicting ones — can make things better.