I hope pcchat can be better than other political sites.
Hey Folks,
Deep breath and sigh............................ This is(was) the only political site I have ever been on that had at least a smattering of decency and information. With the current state of affairs, levels of frustration and fears, things have taken a nose dive. At one time we had a few resident trolls, but most people would continue to post ideas and have productive discussions. I still see some of that, but I also see a lot of "your this, but what am I " insult posts. Here is a challenge for all of us, stating at midnight tonight, no one posts a single name calling, insulting, condescending post until midnight tomorrow. 24 hours of consideration and respect, possible? I hope so. best of luck to us.................... |
Politics and Religion are devised to divide people. So good luck.
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There are folks who play the troll, or are provoked to react to trolling that foul the discourse of ideas.
It's not that much fun for folks who are here to get a broader interaction of ideas and perceptions. Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk |
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Maybe we do my suggestion tomorrow and next weekend we do the opposite. From Sunday 12:00 am to Monday 12:00 am we can only post if we include and insult or condescending remark with the post................ This might actually be challenging and fun |
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Sounds good to me.
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Talking politics or religion in an open forum is going to be contentious.
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As far as this forum does not get contaminated by the current so popular American hitlerism, as far as this forum remains a place of different opinions on the basis of democratic values, I will stay in here.
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My earlier comment was based on the 'divide, conquer and rule' which an age old strategy. When was the last time you have seen political parties or religious factions merge? |
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sounds good to me, I really try to avoid name calling except for Drumph (OOPS)!
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Onbaord with challenge. Ignore my last previous post.... :) |
I'm in. I can do 24 hours standing on my head. :D
Don't expect too much to change long term. Even on the strictest moderated boards 24 hours is about the limit any crackdown on this sort of thing will last before the system starts to be gamed and the insults start flying surreptitiously through the use of snarky innuendos. |
starts at 12:00 am eastern.
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In order to be fair to those on the Left Coast, it should start at 3:00 AM Eastern time. :)
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Hmmm...I'd better check the rules again.
Done. No name-calling, insulting, or being condescending. First two no sweat, but the third may be tricky.... |
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And there's the type B error, getting it when it's not there.... :o
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She still loves me though. I am incredibly lucky to have her. |
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But there is where it went wrong. He did not ask us to build Him giant edifices to be used so rarely. In fact He once said that 'wherever two or three are gathered together in my name there shall I be also.' No requirement to build a cathedral stipulated.
So if we start at 3:00AM EST I guess we end 12 hours later? |
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I'm going to re-enlist for another 24 hours.:)
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Better to sin and repent than forced abstinence for me. This just does not seem normal.
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And I'm making a payback list as I go along. :D http://i843.photobucket.com/albums/z...-kill-list.jpg |
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But we're into the Holiday season now. As a retired government worker I can tell you that not a helluva lot happens or gets done in government between now and after New Years. So there won't be much to discuss as far as political stuff except to rehash old shit. So it was going to be boring anyway for the at least the next 6 weeks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8KuH_RxUNE |
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The point of the exercise, IMHO, was not to wave a magic wand and everyone becomes nice. The point was to nonetheless do an attitude check and try to be more nice, going forward, affirming the value of civility.
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I do not agree with the title of this thread, having visited very many other political sites. Here we have a very small group of people speaking our minds and now for us to practice 'civility', one has to admit that we have been uncivil. I cannot do that.
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No public confession is called-for, you don't have to admit anything to take on civility as a goal going forward.
I get the definite impression that you just don't like civility as a goal. Is that the case? |
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But thank-you for your opinions. |
'Definite impression' is not reporting, its an assessment.
It's like "my mind is made up, go ahead and prove otherwise". In fact, why are we even having this argument? |
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