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Gone for a day, good posts buried under drivel. HOW ABOUT

Posted: Aug 30, 2012

and hysterics who're just throwing mud? Please? Does this silly back-and-forth about an evil black man's plan to destroy America (subplot to evil Jew plan to take over the world) have to play out page after page every day on this forum?

Not to say never indulge in argument that will never change a mind, but maybe just less? After all, the true believers and whatever else are NEVER going to get over it. They live for this stuff and need the attention invective brings.

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Hear hear... - SK

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So many valid things to debate and to learn from each other without the ranting, name calling and pettiness. It's beneath every person on this board.

Unfortunately that's never gonna work - sm

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Content-containing posts are still going to get buried when some posters have to respond to EVERYTHING they disagree with not only once - but 2 or more times. Also, not everyone on this board is a regular, so if a first-time visitor's post is met with an insult to their intelligence, work ethic, lack of education, writing style, political view in general, etc., they're going to want to respond in order to stand up for themselves.

There was a time when a post was removed if it did not contain political content or strayed too far off the topic being discussed. Even if I'm on the receiving end of it, I can definitely appreciate sarcasm and humor as long as it's about politics and it's not a joke that's been told a million times over already. I think most of us can, but what's been going on here lately has been overkill and posts with no point but to repeat a nickname or punch line they find "clever," start an argument just to start one, or get in a personal insult. I've actually been told I have flabby arms (lol). Someone can tell what my physique is like just from reading this board, and since when is how toned my arms are political? There was a time when a post like that (actually a post less insulting than that) would get you banned.

It's probably going to continue at least through the election, so in the meantime, it might be smarter to wait a while and then bring the buried topic back up to the top in order to get the discussion going again.

Have a good one!

Know nastiness will always be part of it, just hoping for a - little constructive self control in those capable.

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Sure, answer bad behavior with silence. - Ignoring is the most powerful putdown of all. NM

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Excellent concept! - nm

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agree - nm

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Let's all try this - RC

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I'm gonna do my best to do that today.

Otherwise it just keeps going and going.

Me too. Today forward. No more feeding it. - NM! :)

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It's all they got. Hate for the president, lies and a - "just trust me" slogan

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They seem to believe voters are too small minded to wrap their brains around the issues, let alone solutions. It's a neat and tidy excuse to avoid talking about them like the plague.

Just had tro ruin an otherwise logical post"" - with your erroneous assumptions

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You proved SKs point.

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