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    Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
    Actually, message boards pre dated FB by a long time. I think those on FB who never knew anything about actual debate are the equivalent of message board newbs.

    They don't realize that they look like idiots, and are very easily put in their place. Unfortunately, toxic Russian propaganda spreads like fire on FB due to sheer numbers. When the fools try it here, they get smacked down immediately.


    I believe FB is the j.v of political discourse. It's a terrible platform for real discussion. The threads grow confusing due to the inability to directly quote someone. It's obvious who is trolling FB looking for ammunition to bring to message boards, though. We have quite a few here.
    I don't discuss politics on FB ever, so I never get anything political in my feed. Gotta keep em separated....(song intro)

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    The real problem with these places is that they allow anonymity.

    Sharing opinions has always been allowed...and many of us have done so from long before the Internet (and its forums) ever existed. We wrote letters-to-the-editor to newspapers and magazines. Except in very, very, very exceptional cases...every comment had to be made with a name and town attached.

    The cowardly nut-cases in Internet forums want to spew their bile from cover.

    What has to happen...what almost certainly will eventually happen...is that EVERY comment made on the Internet will be made the way comments were made BEFORE the arrival of the Internet...with a full name and town attached.

    I think that might temper the bullshit a bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    I don't discuss politics on FB ever, so I never get anything political in my feed. Gotta keep em separated....(song intro)
    I have a separate account for political discussion. When a rather large board we were on went down about 10 years ago, many went to FB. I refused for quite some time, but eventually opened an acct.

    Then I decided to open a different one for friends/family.
    Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

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    With Facebook at least you are posting under your real name. It’s not an anonymous board like this. I’d be highly surprised if people who drop n bombs or call people cracks goyums on here would say that on FB.

    So in theory at least the fact that people use their real name and either know each other or know people in common there should be a minimum of decor

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    Quote Originally Posted by crowonapost View Post
    Fuck rule of law, it's about PARTY!!!!

    Fuck, the criminal, it's about, MONEY!!!!!!

    Fuck humanity or life, it's about MEEEE!!!!!

    This forum writ large...

    That's all you got.

    Nothing more.
    Then why are you still here?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    The real problem with these places is that they allow anonymity.

    Sharing opinions has always been allowed...and many of us have done so from long before the Internet (and its forums) ever existed. We wrote letters-to-the-editor to newspapers and magazines. Except in very, very, very exceptional cases...every comment had to be made with a name and town attached.

    The cowardly nut-cases in Internet forums want to spew their bile from cover.

    What has to happen...what almost certainly will eventually happen...is that EVERY comment made on the Internet will be made the way comments were made BEFORE the arrival of the Internet...with a full name and town attached.

    I think that might temper the bullshit a bit.
    Too many nut jobs out there to do that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    Much truth but I insist is skews towards mental rejects and childish nonsense and lies designed to infuriate the decent people
    who could debate were an agreed framework of reasonableness enforced. There is no framework for debate with the uneducated.
    These types first need basic education that would convince them of those things that are arguable from random noise and toxic
    antipathy.

    Moderation is key. Here there is none. Consequently the last common denominator is dominant discourse and the pearls are dropped on the floor
    in a vast food fight. You either like a food fight or frankly should leave.
    I doubt much 'debate' occurs here. We all come here and share our opinions with each other. And, since we're all convinced we are right, not much mind-changing occurs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crowonapost View Post
    Fuck rule of law, it's about PARTY!!!!

    Fuck, the criminal, it's about, MONEY!!!!!!

    Fuck humanity or life, it's about MEEEE!!!!!

    This forum writ large...

    That's all you got.

    Nothing more.

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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    Political forums as a whole have been in decline for a while. When they let loose on restrictions they turn into troll breeding grounds. They also make apt places for the mentally unfit to say things out in the open that would shame them elsewhere.
    The first glimpse of self-awareness we've seen out of you so far. Congratulations, Trumplicker!
    "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    The real problem with these places is that they allow anonymity.

    Sharing opinions has always been allowed...and many of us have done so from long before the Internet (and its forums) ever existed. We wrote letters-to-the-editor to newspapers and magazines. Except in very, very, very exceptional cases...every comment had to be made with a name and town attached.

    The cowardly nut-cases in Internet forums want to spew their bile from cover.

    What has to happen...what almost certainly will eventually happen...is that EVERY comment made on the Internet will be made the way comments were made BEFORE the arrival of the Internet...with a full name and town attached.

    I think that might temper the bullshit a bit.
    They have that with Facebook. You use your screen name which is tied to all your info and is not a good idea. I had a post where someone mentioned being on a political chat and they made a threat by posting a picture of the person's house. She said they took it down by the time her complaint to Facebook was received. People in these types of discussions are often too screwed up in the head for words. You don't know what kind of danger they are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crocodile View Post
    They have that with Facebook. You use your screen name which is tied to all your info and is not a good idea. I had a post where someone mentioned being on a political chat and they made a threat by posting a picture of the person's house. She said they took it down by the time her complaint to Facebook was received. People in these types of discussions are often too screwed up in the head for words. You don't know what kind of danger they are.
    Prior to the Internet...every person who posted a political comment in a newspaper or a magazine...had to include a name and town.

    We should get back to that...in order to eliminate the screwed-up people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    Much truth but I insist is skews towards mental rejects and childish nonsense and lies designed to infuriate the decent people
    who could debate were an agreed framework of reasonableness enforced. There is no framework for debate with the uneducated.
    These types first need basic education that would convince them of those things that are arguable from random noise and toxic
    antipathy.

    Moderation is key. Here there is none. Consequently the last common denominator is dominant discourse and the pearls are dropped on the floor
    in a vast food fight. You either like a food fight or frankly should leave.
    it's tragic that you think you're smart.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    Socks#45 is losing it
    And whose sock you think you're talking about,shit for brains?
    AM I, I AM's,AM I.
    What day is Michaelmas on?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    Prior to the Internet...every person who posted a political comment in a newspaper or a magazine...had to include a name and town.

    We should get back to that...in order to eliminate the screwed-up people.
    In theory I like the idea of people being accountable for their own words, it would probably eliminate 90 percent of racist language , bigotry and libel.

    30 years ago the only public forum available for the mentally disturbed to write anonymously was bathroom stall graffiti. Which jpp is the modern equivalent of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    Prior to the Internet...every person who posted a political comment in a newspaper or a magazine...had to include a name and town.

    We should get back to that...in order to eliminate the screwed-up people.
    Nothing would stop them from posting phony info.

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