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The problem isn't with OT posts. I usually skip those myself, especially if they have a political basis.
The problem is with otherwise sports-related posts that devolve into whatever political hot topic everyone is all up in arms about that week. Because we have far too many posters here that think their political opinions mean anything to everyone else. It's exhausting.
When a post about sports is made in a thread about sports, and a quoted reply to that post is something like 'well you are a 17ing moron and support grooming, so your view is worthless', there is little chance of keeping political talk out of threads.
Ha, so all this is the fault of the small group who almost never even starts the contentious political threads?
Seems reasonable.***
IBMD said it started with covid, and while I agree with his examples showing why it was out of control then and has largely continued, I think it really started a few years prior.
There had been a group of people that felt like they couldn't voice their views because their views were seen as hateful/dangerous/insensitive/conspiratorial.
Then that group was metaphorically freed by way of the '16 election, the ability to now just dismiss reality and preach alternative facts, and the easy ability to find like minded others via increased use of fringe message boards like 8chan etc, and the passive permission to attack and vilify when having conversations.
Meanwhile, a small % on the left has become extremely vocal in that same time frame. They are pushing pretty radical concepts and hold a 'with us or against us' attitude with a lot of vile that is spewed to anyone who finds themselves on the 'against' side of things.
The right then focuses on that small % of extremists and claims it is representative of everyone.
The left focuses on that small % of extremists and claims it is representative of everyone.
Outrage politics are, from where I sit, the least productive and most destructive societal issue we have had in the last decade. Unfortunately, culture war topics are an easy to generate interest in media and for politician donations.
The stuff that impacts 1% of our population takes up 80% of bandwidth in state legislatures. Meanwhile, actual issues that actually impact a large majority of people go largely unaddressed.
There had been a group of people that felt like they couldn't voice their views because their views were seen as hateful/dangerous/insensitive/conspiratorial.
Then that group was metaphorically freed by way of the '16 election, the ability to now just dismiss reality and preach alternative facts, and the easy ability to find like minded others via increased use of fringe message boards like 8chan etc, and the passive permission to attack and vilify when having conversations.
Meanwhile, a small % on the left has become extremely vocal in that same time frame. They are pushing pretty radical concepts and hold a 'with us or against us' attitude with a lot of vile that is spewed to anyone who finds themselves on the 'against' side of things.
The right then focuses on that small % of extremists and claims it is representative of everyone.
The left focuses on that small % of extremists and claims it is representative of everyone.
Outrage politics are, from where I sit, the least productive and most destructive societal issue we have had in the last decade. Unfortunately, culture war topics are an easy to generate interest in media and for politician donations.
The stuff that impacts 1% of our population takes up 80% of bandwidth in state legislatures. Meanwhile, actual issues that actually impact a large majority of people go largely unaddressed.
....but challenges every thought that is the least bit conservative in any way, political or not. You trolls know what you're doing and it's a shame you've been allowed to get by with it but it is what it is.
I don’t come to this board for political discussions. In fact every time I see some rant on the pack opposite of my strong beliefs it just annoys me so about a year ago I took a 3 month vacation from the pack because I found that I wasn’t laughing while here anymore. When I came back I decided to just put certain posters on ignore when they started their usual crap. So far I think I have 4 on ignore and that has almost completely eliminated the issue. There are way more than enough places to go debate politics. This isn’t one of them.
I am not so sure any longer. Seems to be more liberals on this particular message board than conservatives. Then Oktibbeha county voted blue the last two presidential elections.....barf.
Oh, please, stop with the ‘stolen’ (lost) election. 0-62 in federal court cases challenging the 2020 election. Either Rudy is the worst attorney in America or there was nothing to the ‘stolen’ claim.
Courts that refuse to hear a case = a lost court case?
Some very powerful people control the justice system.
Orange man’s case was never gonna be heard regardless. They don’t want any more riots.
Biggest problem with this country is that neither side will simply accept the results of a fair election. The losing side has fraudulently fought to impeach every president since Clinton. Both sides have called for criminal investigations of every president since Clinton & now one has been indicted. This behavior by both sides will destroy this country faster than anything.
Like the fellows who fly Clarence Thomas private to their hatch-wait, he is one of the conservatives. Cause me.
That’s fine, as long as you understand that there’s corruption on both sides. Drop the hypocrisy
Is every thought challenged?...or are comments about extremist outrage issues what is challenged?
Ignorant stuff like claiming people like to wack off kids dicks(still shocked that wording was used for multiple reasons), the election was stolen, trans people want to molest kids in bathrooms, reproductive health eduction is worthless, etc is what's frequently pushed back on.
Who controls the justice system?
Trump was president, SCOTUS was clearly conservative due to Trump's appointees, Trump oversaw the Justice Dept. Trump oversaw the FBI.
Furthermore, multiple lower court judges who heard the baseless claims were registered Republicans.
Further furthermore, multiple state election officials overseeing elections in states claimed to be stolen were Republicans and they didn't support the baseless claims.
So if you were to somehow set all that reality aside, I guess we could then consider your claim and maybe in such a far reaching hypothetical, it could have some validity.
^ the post I responded to is the sort of disconnect from reality that has further divided the country.
One side has reality and the other side has 'well the truth can't be known because 'they' wont allow it'.
Not for nothing, you are literally arguing about how arguing about sports and politics are similar.
You don't hafta participate or even click. Just treat them like I do soccer threads.
Well with the FBI and DOJ helping you out, probably not.
The laptop from hell was called Russian disinformation.
That is election interference. Many have said they would have voted differently. But media and big tech was told to suppress it
Do you really think anyone believes you've been keeping numbers on those leaving cuz of political threads?
You can't handle the truth evidenced by your white flag waving post totally void of substance.
Yeah, bin Laden is dead and the stock market doubled. What a loser!
Hang on, you spew intolerance, ignorance, and long disproven conspiracies in soccer threads too?
I wouldn't be so sure of that. I've noticed conservatives often overestimate how common their beliefs are on some issues.
Again you all are either dumb or blatantly lying
PLEASE LOCK THIS UP.
please lock every thread up that I respond to these useless idiots so I won’t be one
I've noticed that whoever is complaining to the refs, is usually the one getting their àss kicked ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Accusing me of being dumb or lying is a nonsensical response to my post.
I posted reality- so it isn't lying since it's the actual situation at the time of the 2020 election.
And it isn't dumb since it disproves the baseless claim that I was responding to.
Is this another example of you not understanding basic words? You still haven't explained how your non-analogy is an analogy, and now this - a factual list of how part of the government was set up in 2020 makes me dumb or a liar.
You seem to just throw words into a post and hope they make sense or that nobody notices.
Care to give me a specific example instead of vague left winged clichés?
No. It’s why I don’t do it. But I’ve let every family member of mine on the opposite side know that I understand minute of angle, muzzle velocity, and bullet coefficient better than they ever will and they can take their chances on that.
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