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09-27-2007, 08:27 AM | #1 | |
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Is the Cellar actually cliquey?
Jeb got me thinking about this again, because he said nobody lit up Lj when he crossed a line. Then I read this from UG:
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09-27-2007, 08:49 AM | #2 |
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Yes, it's cliquey.
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09-27-2007, 08:56 AM | #3 |
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Let me add to that. I think that there are some folks that get treated differently than other folks. It might not be a clique, per se, but when two people do the same thing, one often gets a pass, the other gets hammered. And it seems to be the folks getting the pass and doing the hammering.
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09-30-2007, 09:21 AM | #4 | |
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09-27-2007, 09:14 AM | #5 |
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don't know; and I pay no attention to such things, even if it is
but it certainly can be quite mean
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09-27-2007, 09:33 AM | #6 |
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When talking politics, I think we mostly group up by ideas, rather than people.
But some people over time have shown themselves to be lacking reason, and they seem to be ganged up on often. |
09-27-2007, 09:58 AM | #7 | |
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If 10 people were telling me the same thing, I might think there was something to it. However, If I could demolish all 10 of their arguments, I would still say "ƒuck all 10 of you" ... I would never think of them as a "group" of ten people, though. Just 10 individuals.
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09-27-2007, 10:00 AM | #8 | |
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It usually breaks down to side A, which acknowledges that side B has a different opinion, and tries to convince their side B that side A's opinion is correct, and side B, who thinks that side A is lacking reason.
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09-28-2007, 06:35 PM | #9 | |
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Clique A) Those who support economic freedom but not personal freedom...aka Republicans/Fascists/etc. who want to tell you whom you may marry, what medicines you may take or medical procedures you may have, which religious doctrine you must follow, etc. These people don't think you're adult enough to decide for yourself what you should be able to do with your body. Clique B) Those who support personal freedom but not economic freedom...aka Communists/Socialists/Hippies/etc. who think you aren't adult enough to know how much to spend on insurance, charity, education, retirement, etc. so they want to decide that for you and will decide how much of the money you earned will go toward these things for you, and for your neighbors, and for people you don't even know. One or both of these cliques always hates me because I'm for all freedoms all of the time and I always mention common-sense, rational, reasonable, intelligent, realistic, and workable solutions to our problems which don't require force or coercion to exist.
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09-29-2007, 03:26 PM | #10 |
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I don't hate you for those reasons. I may disagree with your opinions, but I don't hate you for them. I hate your belittling, demeaning attitude toward those who don't agree with you. Starting a statement with "you're too stupid to understand this" or something of the sort is the way an asshole starts a statement.
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09-27-2007, 09:38 AM | #11 |
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Cliques form, break off, reform and change. It is a community. Other boards are (to my mind) less rounded than the Cellar...yes people get nasty with each other, but those same people are usually ready to shelve hostilities when their erstwhile enemy is posting about something they are having problems dealing with.
Any community that doesn't involve some kind of powerplay and jostling, be that overt or not, isn't a rounded one. This is what human beings do when they congregate. We are very clever apes. |
09-27-2007, 10:04 AM | #12 |
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If you're lacking in ƒucking reason, you just are. It has nothing to do with the specific subject, or opinion; it's about a method of thinking, IE do you employ internal quality control on your ideas before launching them? The people (A/B) who do this get very irritated with the people (A/B) who don't.
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09-27-2007, 10:44 AM | #13 |
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What Flint said.
I tend to dismiss people who lack reason, and find them annoying if they hold the same opinions I do. They make me feel dumb by association. Although I should thank them because if I see clearly that they lack reason, then I can question my own reasons for holding the same opinion and see if they are rational ones. |
09-27-2007, 11:06 AM | #14 |
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pull my finger!
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09-27-2007, 11:10 AM | #15 |
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Spexx and Glatt are right: our associations form around ideas, and I'm in agreement with Flint about what to do about sloppy thinking.
Three isn't much of a mob, though. More of a trio. Cliques are more permanent and to my mind more exclusive than what I see going on around here. For instance, if I were to write posts only in threads started by or containing The Mercenary, Yesman065, or Slang, and they posting likewise, plus threads containing me, that would be cliquish.
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