05-23-2024, 04:37 PM
All good and well, but come November, it's going to be crazy.
Will this forum remain Politics-free?
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05-23-2024, 05:23 PM
(05-23-2024, 01:50 PM)FlyingClayDisk Wrote: Warning! - Unpopular Opinion Ahead - Honestly, I agree with FCD, but it's got to be kept to one forum, seriously When you are just discussing Bigfoot or Nessie and you get a political reference, usually just a joke, that everybody either laughs at or lets it slide. Now it's almost always challenged then it goes sideways...
His mind was not for rent to any god or government, always hopeful yet discontent. Knows changes aren't permanent, but change is ....
Professor Neil Ellwood Peart
05-23-2024, 05:52 PM
This post was last modified 05-23-2024, 06:09 PM by FlyingClayDisk. 
(05-23-2024, 04:36 PM)Blaine91555 Wrote: I personally believe you are wrong. It's just a matter of not caring what size the board is and not pandering to the political trolls that infest the Webverse. Politics can be discussed civilly and those who are just posting to spread hate can be removed easily. Fair enough. It was an opposing editorial. You are entitled to your opinion. Judging by my absolutely 'chilly' welcome here (on the 'intro' thread) I know where I stand, and that's okay. I expected no less; I am confident that I am 'persona-non-grata' here. In any case, I will not break the T&C's, but I am here as an observer, FWIW.
05-23-2024, 06:10 PM
To be honest? I think many are uneasy about talking politics because we're heading towards 1984 and they don't want people to point that stuff out.
05-23-2024, 07:21 PM
If we have a political forum .. this site will go the same way as the other site did 8 years ago and has never recovered.
I am against this, as no matter how policed even one forum might be.. il'll get out of hand and soil the entire site. my 2 bobs worth
05-23-2024, 07:34 PM
How will we be able to discuss the police-state if we're not allowed to discuss the police-state?
05-23-2024, 08:02 PM
(05-23-2024, 07:34 PM)DBCowboy Wrote: How will we be able to discuss the police-state if we're not allowed to discuss the police-state? That's a really good question. I mean, if the (or any) police-state, or oppressive situation is a direct function of the political ideology, how could you discuss it? Would you have to caricaturize the leadership and underlings as people, turn them into cartoon figures and lampoon every aspect of their lives? Would you have to create a slogan campaign, an encyclopedia of memes, and monetize the outrage? Would you need to psychologically damage anyone who disagrees with you? Or would it be possible to simply address the policy or act that you disagree with and use reason and persuasive argument to demonstrate where and how it is unacceptable? Would you really need to vilify the people or persons who support the presumable 'bad' policy... or could you just talk about the policy and why it's wrong. I get it though, sometimes I break my own rules too. And I'm not talking about reducing your expressions to some form of clinically-detached dry humorless thing. If it were only an exception in political discourse it could be accepted as a small thing, maybe not embraced, but overlooked mostly. But right now, that trash talk is 'celebrated' to the point of making most political discussion a slug-fest of insults and generalizations... vilification has become the new "normal." If you hate Biden, or you hate Trump... can you express why specifically... or only trash and belittle either one, along with all who disagree?
05-23-2024, 08:09 PM
(05-23-2024, 08:02 PM)Maxmars Wrote: That's a really good question. Some will support the police-state, some will be against it. If we can't even talk about it here, then I won't be a frequent flier. I hafta say what I hafta say. When I was a writer for Townhall, I wasn't as censored.
05-23-2024, 08:21 PM
This post was last modified 05-23-2024, 08:21 PM by Maxmars.
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(05-23-2024, 08:09 PM)DBCowboy Wrote: Some will support the police-state, some will be against it. Have you been censored here? Have we blocked you from speaking your mind? All that I saw was a request to constrain antagonistic partisanship, not to stay silent. I'm sorry you feel censored. And I apologize if I seemed to imply anything like that. That was never my intent... I am only a moderator after I am a member, please accept that my opinions are my own. |
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