03-31-2017, 06:07 PM
This thread's a great example of how so many things get derailed so badly here.
Oh well. I'm not going to pretend this is a new thing, it's just that the Internet makes it a lot easier to play out.
- Original Poster comes in with an agenda, stating their opinion on something in a mildly incendiary way ("This is what liberals are fighting for. Grats!").
- Other posters of the opposite political leaning take the incendiary bait and challenge the Original Poster, not really over the issue, but because they fought with Original Poster in other threads.
- Someone at some point (in this case, me) jumps in and wants to discuss the point without including the incendiary language, separating the topic from the poster.
- Someone else suggests that the topic isn't worth discussing because they disagree fundamentally with the Original Poster.
- More posts flaming the Original Poster.
- Original Poster jumps back in, flaming the commenters and restating the original point in an even more incendiary way.
- Name-calling and flamewars.
Oh well. I'm not going to pretend this is a new thing, it's just that the Internet makes it a lot easier to play out.
Quote:Considering the mods here are generally liberals who seem to have a soft spot for fascism and white supremacy (despite them saying otherwise), me being perma-banned at some point is probably not out of the question.