Shall we ban politics? Take the poll.

Do you want politcs to be banned from this forum?

  • Yes, ban it.

    Votes: 37 50.0%

  • No, keep it.

    Votes: 37 50.0%
  • Total voters
    74
  • Poll closed .
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Interesting though, that the poll result was 50/50. However, it's good to have a site which is free of politics. I don't know if it's just me but when I'm checking out the various on-line chat sites, I can almost 'sense' an atmosphere as soon as I land on a site.
However, the worse site for me was the 'Granny' one. Unless you had the same views as the site's developers, your posts were deleted.
 

Rosemarie said:
Interesting though, that the poll result was 50/50. However, it's good to have a site which is free of politics. I don't know if it's just me but when I'm checking out the various on-line chat sites, I can almost 'sense' an atmosphere as soon as I land on a site.
However, the worse site for me was the 'Granny' one. Unless you had the same views as the site's developers, your posts were deleted.
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yep but many of the pro politcs voters were those who were the main protagonists

I found the 'saga' forum (may it R.I.P) was by far the worst with regard having posts removed when not agreeing with the mods or admin political views...
 
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hollydolly said:
yep but many of the pro politcs voters were those who were the main protagonists

I found the 'saga' forum (may it R.I.P) was by far the worst with regard having posts removed when not agreeing with the mods or admin political views...
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There is a forum that I left for similar reasons. These things do happen, but eventually we find a forum we can call home. Hopefully, this one is it. :unsure:

I think that I have expressed my views here in a hopefully non-political manner. I don't align with any particular political party, but in general I support law and order, personal responsibility for one's actions, and accepting responsibility for the choices one makes for his or her life. From the various ideas I have read from most folks regardless of political affiliation, it seems many hold these values to one degree or another.

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asp3 said:
I do believe it's possible to have civilized political discussions, but I haven't found that many people who are capable of doing so. It is cool to have a great political discussion with someone who is able to be respectful of another's informed opinions and who can state specific reasons that their informed opinion is different. I sometimes learn new things in discussions like that.
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I enjoyed watching William F. Buckley Jr. on Firing Line back in the 90s, he was intellectual and was civil with his guests that had opposing views. I don't know of any broadcast show like that anymore...

The other day my son and I were talking about how / why the internet to became such a toxic sewer of extreme opinion and bad behavior. Two factors: Promoting fantastic & extreme conspiracy ideas attracts attention and followers, and that equals power and control.
Secondly, the ability to anonymously harm someone(insult, disrespect) seems to be a common dark side trait of the Human mind.
 
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I was a member of an automotive forum for years.
A few years ago, 2016, it became very offensive and political in the open topics section.
In about three years the membership dwindled and the forum is a shell of it's former self.
All it took was one guy. The site owners should have have removed him, but didn't and killed the forum.
 
For the benefit of those outside our shores, the argument that's become to be known as Brexit, has divided families. There's no centre ground, neither side can understand the opposite argument. It's given rise to accusations of xenophobic racism. Forums, sorry British forums, that tolerate political debate have been all but been torn apart by Brexit. Leave politics to those forums, I can tell you, if we allow politics, this forum will need to quadruple it's moderators, you only have to witness the last days of the previous US president to understand that.
 
I'm all for hearing opinions that differ from mine, provided they're based on facts. But in this day and age, we can't even agree on what the facts are, partially because some people don't seem to know the difference between fact and opinion, or they'll believe someone's opinion simply because it conforms to their world view and won't even check the facts. They'll say, "Nope, this is what I believe. I don't care about the facts."
 
J.B Books said:
I was a member of an automotive forum for years.
A few years ago, 2016, it became very offensive and political in the open topics section.
In about three years the membership dwindled and the forum is a shell of it's former self.
All it took was one guy. The site owners should have have removed him, but didn't and killed the forum.
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I'm a member of another forum for one of my hobbies. They started allowing political debates a few months ago and I found out things about some of the members there that I would have preferred not to know, but now the cat's out of the bag and you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube (to mix metaphors), and I'd rather not have anything to do with people like that. Maybe if I stay away for a few months I'll start going back.
 
Irwin said:
I'm a member of another forum for one of my hobbies. They started allowing political debates a few months ago and I found out things about some of the members there that I would have preferred not to know, but now the cat's out of the bag and you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube (to mix metaphors), and I'd rather not have anything to do with people like that. Maybe if I stay away for a few months I'll start going back.
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I love that, now the cat's out of the bag you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. I think I'm going to start using that one.
 
Buckeye said:
And this is why politics had to be banned. Some folks just want to keep beating that dead horse, and are unable to understand basic rules of common courtesy. Have a nice day.
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lol why don't the people that don't like to talk politics, just not address it? People do realize that it takes comments, or responses to comments, to keep something going, right? 😉 anytime that a topic is banned when the poll plainly showed that the result was equal in percentage, then in my opinion it shows bias on the side of the person that banned the topic. Next to impossible to find a non-biased moderator, they are only Human After All.
 
Buckeye said:
And this is why politics had to be banned. Some folks just want to keep beating that dead horse, and are unable to understand basic rules of common courtesy. Have a nice day.
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rgp said:
IMO, No, and think we should. ... Politics is the one thing that effects us all, and in some cases the results can actually effect us personally . I believe they should be discussed. And ... if a member does not like discussing them, then they should not open the thread.
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JudyB said:
lol why don't the people that don't like to talk politics, just not address it? People do realize that it takes comments, or responses to comments, to keep something going, right? 😉 anytime that a topic is banned when the poll plainly showed that the result was equal in percentage, then in my opinion it shows bias on the side of the person that banned the topic. Next to impossible to find a non-biased moderator, they are only Human After All.
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Have you not read all the replies since you were last here? They clearly explain why we don't have Politics anymore. The owner of this site has a right to not allow whatever he wants and most of us are behind him and agree with what he has decided years ago. We are a much happier forum now. I think you will understand better if you read all the replies. Have a nice night Judy. ;)
 
Reason I joined this forum is because it stipulated "No politics." Don't get me wrong, I love politics, but, when we can't see people's faces and interact, there arises a lot of misunderstandings and bad feeling.

Trouble is, if a specific area is selected for politics on a forum, it's not long before the views of the politically minded leach out into many of the other threads, thus spoiling the enjoyment. This is only my own personal opinion.
 
Wayne said:
This was one of the better political forums out there. Not overly censored and all sides had a say.
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That just makes me wonder why in the world it was banned?! 🤔 personally, I could never understand why adults couldn't disagree, on any subject really, without it turning into a battle. They must have never been married!🤣
 
People are passionate about politics and their passion sometimes makes them crazy when someone posts an opposing view - they have a brain fade and lose control – and want to punish that person with a nasty comment that has to be removed. I am a passionate lover of world politics but have to agree that a no politics policy keeps a forum on an even keel.
 

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