Political Pissing Matches

[NYLongbow]

I closed (not deleted but just closed) 2 threads that had devolved in 2 party pissing matches.

I hate closing threads. Not something I want to spend my time doing but these really go nowhere. I really do try to give as much room for debate as I can which is why there is a .gov subforum and we discuss .gov stuff here ALLLL the time.

But when the threads start out as or turn into the left sux, no the right sux, no the left does, FU you the right does...

Well, I just think that is below us. All of us. I know we all have biases. If you truly think you are absolutely right and have no bias then you're not fooling anyone except yourself. But those predispositions wont be mean a hill of beans when the collapse happens.

So, I have no intention of trying to change anyone's mind politically. And if threads degrade into left vs right shoolyard brawls, expect me to close them. unfortunately.

Having said that I should also say I am very encouraged by how very few times this has come up. So we are definitely proving my belief that we are above that BS. I guess sometimes we just need a slight course correction.

:-)
Alex

[Steaker]

Well Alex

Some of us see Government as the problem. So when some one comes on this site saying Government is the solution, and then insults anyone who disagrees with them, we respond.

Your Site Your Rules

I will try to keep your view and ground rules in mind, I really enjoy your site

[NYLongbow]

Hey, I said nothing rallying against the government. In fact I would take exception to the idea of .gov being a solution or not being a huge part of the problem.

What I did say is that division about which side of .gov is better than others... dem vs. reb, Reagan vs. Clinton ... blah blah blah.

When we start leaving real discussions and start getting into republicans are evil and democrats are angels, or republicrats are for small .gov and demecrons are for socialism... blah blah blah...

it never ends well. It adds nearly no value and despite the fact that it increases my click count TREMENDOUSLY, its not the type of traffic that I think serves ANY of us well.

The alternative is a free for all and a new LATOC in the making.

[ellen54]

Plenty of other forums (cesspools) where a person can get into a political pissing match. Good call, Alex, this place doesn't need to become another.

[portals - RIP old Friend]

Yeah! I agree with ellen54 on this one. Good call.

[Uncle Huey]

What I did say is that division about which side of .gov is better than others... dem vs. reb, Reagan vs. Clinton ... blah blah blah.

[TheDignityofStruggle]

That is an awesome cartoon Huey.

[Uncle Huey]

That is an awesome cartoon Huey.

If you like it, save it to you hard drive now. This is a high-Rez version. I think someone here posted a low-Rez version, which was where I followed down the lead to the high-Rez one, went to some trouble, not easy to do, especially on an iPad, etc. Etc. So get it while the gettin's good.