Have some voices gone quiet here?

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Some people have an interest in flying airplanes, some people's interest is politics, I would hope this forum is open to all interest, it is not about 'winning', its about being able to express your view and interest.
 

I have not been here long to know better than everyone but I don't think QS is the type to back out of a good healthy debate and state her opinion.

There are a few people that have been banned lately.
Imp
Applecruncher
 
oldman said:
Well, then why not just avoid the political threads? People that insert themselves into the debate or argument do so because it is something that they enjoy and choose to do. I choose not to debate or argue politics, so I just stay out of the Political threads. How hard is that? We do have posters that can't walk away, turn the other cheek or enjoy getting the last word in. What does that accomplish? Well, you can see for yourself the result.
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I find it hard to resist although I wouldn't call it enjoyable. I might just have to turn off the politics section. Or I might just find myself banned well before the election!
 
Jackie22 said:
Some people have an interest in flying airplanes, some people's interest is politics, I would hope this forum is open to all interest, it is not about 'winning', its about being able to express your view and interest.
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I agree with you , Jackie..but people who attack others who don't agree with them in a personal way are no longer "discussing". Everyone should be able to express an opinion without being personally attacked.
 
Karen99 said:
I agree with you , Jackie..but people who attack others who don't agree with them in a personal way are no longer "discussing". Everyone should be able to express an opinion without being personally attacked.
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There are several who get personal and then get angry when I or others get personal back. Some demonstrate they are racist etc and some of us will get personal when faced with such hate and ignorance.

It's not about winning or having the last word.
 
vickyNightowl said:
I have not been here long to know better than everyone but I don't think QS is the type to back out of a good healthy debate and state her opinion.

There are a few people that have been banned lately.
Imp
Applecruncher
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I don't know what Imp did but the other one was constantly attacking others and was often quite nasty.
 
Ameriscot said:
There are several who get personal and then get angry when I or others get personal back. Some demonstrate they are racist etc and some of us will get personal when faced with such hate and ignorance.

It's not about winning or having the last word.
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Yes, I will speak up anytime I see racism or hate in any form, if people want to call this 'disagreeing or attacking' so be it.
 
I was wondering as well, especially AZ because he posted grandchildren pics around the holidays. So AZjm, applecruncher and imp are gone, others?

I've must have missed their comments because in some respects all three seemed more moderate than others. They might have been party loyal but still seemed to have a middle. Name calling other forum members?
 
I, too, have noticed the absence of a couple of the most prolific posters. I didn't see anything from them that seemed overly objectionable...but then, I seldom have the time to read through every daily post. AZJim seemed to only be able to make a sarcastic response to those he disagreed with, so he must have gone a bit too far. Imp seemed ok, but then I only exchanged a couple of notes with him about his area around Laughlin, NV. Applecruncher doesn't register any memories. I did, however, kind of wonder about QS. She claims to be a full time working nurse. The nurses I know all seem to be trying to pack 10 hours of work into an 8 hour day....and I often wondered how she could handle such a demanding job, and still be able to spend a considerable amount of time pouring through these forums....something there just didn't add up.
 
Karen99 said:
Please point out exactly what racism and hatred you "see" on this forum? How do you decide who is and isn't, etc? How well do you know all these people on the forum to make a serious judgement like that. I'm curious..
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AMEN! It seems to me that when people start hiding behind accusations of "Racism", they are showing their own lack of understanding of the real issues.
 
IMO the ones mentioned that are banned and or no longer posting were.....disagreeable, argumentative and prone to snide remarks and personal attacks if your opinion differed from theirs no matter what the subject and I for one am glad to see them no longer posting.

Again this is IMO and I feel no need to justify how I feel.
 
IMHO when a thread deteriorates to preschool..." You're a poopoo head, No you are...teacher she took my crayons!". I just move on to another subject. Of course some people I will call out for being exceptionally stupid, but rarely.
 
IKE said:
IMO the ones mentioned that are banned and or no longer posting were.....disagreeable, argumentative and prone to snide remarks and personal attacks if your opinion differed from theirs no matter what the subject and I for one am glad to see them no longer posting.

Again this is IMO and I feel no need to justify how I feel.
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That's simply not true...a lot of people have stopped posting here because of many other reasons..
 
The banning thing can be kind of silly. There were two dog sites I stumbled upon when I was new to dogs and chat forums. One was more for sniff, sniff, registered dogs. There was much debate over top shelf dog food, showing and training methods. I didn't belong there obviously. I got in the cross hairs of one of the mods and rather than banning me he reset my sign in so he could approve any posting. Half of my questions vanished. Needless to say I got the message.

The other site seemed innocent. Unless your political views didn't match some of the outspoken posters...G-d, guns and dawgs.
Yep I got banned for life, glad they didn't hunt me down too. You get a feel for sites. AARP used to be mildly amusing. Then a new moderator came in and cracked everyone with a virtual ruler. I look over there sometimes and all the senior posters have dropped off...hey it happens.
 
IKE said:
IMO the ones mentioned that are banned and or no longer posting were.....disagreeable, argumentative and prone to snide remarks and personal attacks if your opinion differed from theirs no matter what the subject and I for one am glad to see them no longer posting.

Again this is IMO and I feel no need to justify how I feel.
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You are specifically talking of the ones who are banned right? I get that, mods do that sometimes after numerous warnings.
 
I've always found even in the workplace or on forums like this is stay on topic. Repeat stay on the TOPIC, not the posters. Don't make unrelated commentary. FOCUS.People in news, the actual subject/people in the posts or news can be ridiculed but the poster content should only be called out, not called names especially if they are not related to THE subject/opinion.

PEACE
 

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