More Glitches in the ATS Matrix

[Maxmars]

My GAWD are we in kindergarten?! So a couple kids in the classroom can’t play nice. Now, teacher is taking toys away as punishment. 

I just don’t understand why it is so difficult to NOT click on a thread. You don’t like politics - then don’t fucking click on it! Don’t tune in! It’s just that simple!

It’s the same people that complain about politics on ATS - that are the most triggered in discussions about it.

Me personally, I did not come to ATS looking for any politics. I was all for the alternative topics. Ironically, I evolved as a person in well over 15 years since then. Now, I appreciate the fact that the political topics are there. It saves me from having to turn on CNN or FOX (and wade through the bullshit) to find out what’s going on in the world. Because unfortunately, political decisions DO affect me on a daily basis.

I tend to be a little more forgiving of the exasperation.

After all, it is nigh impossible to discuss some conspiracy theories with out including a political component.  Further, politics is seen as a root element within many conspiracy theories, so intrigue and interest in the politics of today is natural.  Members seeking that form of engagement found ATS (and hopefully DI) welcoming of the exploration... and grew to anticipate and appreciate it for it's rarity.

Of course, where that goes astray is in the expectation that a topic about politics today includes more than simple politician/party-bashing.  That when you visit a topic of political nature, you expect that it isn't just a partisan treatise with no conspiratorial point.  It can be - and is - frustrating and disappointing to search for discussion and be confronted with memery, hackery, and theatricality.  So they vent.  Even I vented.

At different points, I would call out that it is all theater, and where you see theater, you simply don't have to engage... but to little avail.  I would stress that it is opinion only, but was met with silence for the most part.  Some posters distinguish themselves with intense hatefulness towards a particular political person, or ideology, or even religion.  They "self-identify" as it were.  From there it can get hairy, "reactions with drama," I call it.

But in the end, your point is well made.  If you find a food that gives you heartburn, the solution is simple. Don't eat that anymore. (And no, "Tums" isn't a "solution.")