Impeding changes to our Health Care system

[SamIam]

Its not as if every other forum here is pure sweetness and light. Look at all the nastiness with Emma the troll on Home Base a while back. And a thread on Meta over just how much of an *sshole a certain member is. Yeah, the political discussions have been more political spams of late, and that is too bad. There have been times when I have wanted to post something here, but felt overwhelmed by the constant warfare. But I haven't deserted the forum either. There are only 2 or 3 members who are really responsible for the nastiness and maybe all this fall-out will convince them to be more moderate in their replies.

It kind of bothers me though when people who never post anything on the political forum suddenly want it to disappear. You can post here without name calling and you can also just not read any posts here. It is a shame if the bad manners of a couple of people cause the entire board to give up on political discussion.

[lumberjim]

Originally Posted by SamIam

It kind of bothers me though when people who never post anything on the political forum suddenly want it to disappear. You can post here without name calling and you can also just not read any posts here. It is a shame if the bad manners of a couple of people cause the entire board to give up on political discussion.

Do you think I really have any expectation of this forum being removed, or that I actually want it to be?

[SamIam]

I'm not a mind reader, so I don't know what you REALLY want, LJ. Maybe a ham and Swiss on rye?

[tw]

Originally Posted by SamIam

Look at all the nastiness with Emma the troll on Home Base a while back.

Why? I thought my pictures were educational.

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by tw

Why? I thought my pictures were educational.

[Griff]

Originally Posted by SamIam

And a thread on Meta over just how much of an *sshole a certain member is.

Consider who that thread is about, how long ago it started, and which forum he earned his reputation in. Emma was a right winger and a hater who was not as slippery or occasionally human as others who are still around.

As far as my going over the top, sure, but understand that I'm a swing voter with libertarian tendencies who lives in rural America and works in human services. I find the world to be a much more complicated place than the simple angry message marketers in the two major parties and tea baggers would have us buy. I wish the President only good fortune in rescuing his agenda and some scrap of national unity from all of the above.

We dwellars used to pride ourselves on having some nasty heated arguments here but they were not exactly dueling monologues like we see right now. Even during the run up to the war people were making cogent arguments despite or maybe because of the intensity of feeling. We also remembered to take the time to show a human face so people would react to people not ciphers. The politics forum is reflecting Washington right now and that is a shame. We used to be better than that. Most of this isn't on you, Redux, merc intentionally leaves little room for discussion wanting only to obstruct er... impede.

Of course it is possible that I've mellowed and don't really care about politics the way I once did. *shrug*

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Griff

....merc intentionally leaves little room for discussion wanting only to obstruct er... impede.

False. You are no less interested in discussion and never have been in your statements towards/about me.