Author Topic: Political & Religious Discussion subforum (Read 15171 times)

dkaz · « **on:** January 15, 2019, 02:11:36 pm »

I noticed the politcal correctness thread is locked and I wonder why? Sure it's getting a little heated in there and I am keeping my mouth shut in that conversation but it's in a subforum with a title pretty much implying that things can get feisty for a reason.

tpl · « **Reply #1 on:** January 15, 2019, 02:25:19 pm »

Yes but that discussion had just gone off into name calling after Ms B had asked politely for them to give up.

dkaz · « **Reply #2 on:** January 15, 2019, 02:27:29 pm »

True. Contentious or not, there's no need for personal attacks.

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #3 on:** January 15, 2019, 02:33:04 pm »

Quote from: tpl on January 15, 2019, 02:25:19 pm

Yes but that discussion had just gone off into name calling after Ms B had asked politely for them to give up.

It had turned into namecalling long before that.

Gurgie · « **Reply #4 on:** January 15, 2019, 02:43:42 pm »

It was starting to get a little ridiculous... I was wondering when it would get locked

Question though, who locks it? Was it Brig? Someone at Trader? Just curious.

lebowski · « **Reply #5 on:** January 15, 2019, 02:58:56 pm »

Quote from: Gurgie on January 15, 2019, 02:43:42 pm

It was starting to get a little ridiculous... I was wondering when it would get locked

Question though, who locks it? Was it Brig? Someone at Trader? Just curious.

My guess it was most likely [CENSORED]'s mom because dinner was ready...

Brig · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2019, 05:39:37 pm »

Quote from: Gurgie on January 15, 2019, 02:43:42 pm

It was starting to get a little ridiculous... I was wondering when it would get locked

Question though, who locks it? Was it Brig? Someone at Trader? Just curious.

No, wasn't me. I don't have moderation permissions in that section. Jacob used to, and maybe he still does.

It went on as long as it did because I rarely go in there. Someone did call my attention to it yesterday, though, which is why I spoke up.

mlin32 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 15, 2019, 05:52:22 pm »

Quote from: DKaz on January 15, 2019, 02:27:29 pm

True. Contentious or not, there's no need for personal attacks.

+1. I have not gone into that thread and I won't.

There's a couple topics that I don't generally like to discuss, politics, religion, and money. It's often tempting for me to chime in, rebut an argument etc... when someone posts publicly but unless it's a close friend and we're chilling in person, I refrain.

That said, I also strongly believe in the freedom of thought and expression, as long as there is no personal attack. That's the red line.

tenpenny · « **Reply #8 on:** January 15, 2019, 07:13:54 pm »

It was indeed way beyond the popcorn stage, so it’s good that it was locked.

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Gurgie · « **Reply #9 on:** January 15, 2019, 08:33:51 pm »

Quote from: Brig on January 15, 2019, 05:39:37 pm

Quote from: Gurgie on January 15, 2019, 02:43:42 pm
It was starting to get a little ridiculous... I was wondering when it would get locked

Question though, who locks it? Was it Brig? Someone at Trader? Just curious.

No, wasn't me. I don't have moderation permissions in that section. Jacob used to, and maybe he still does.

It went on as long as it did because I rarely go in there. Someone did call my attention to it yesterday, though, which is why I spoke up.

Oh, thanks for the info.

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KD · « **Reply #10 on:** January 16, 2019, 06:53:29 am »

Well at least it was a place for the perpetually pissed off to go hang out and spew endless vitriol. Now where are they gonna go?

Ex-airbalancer · « **Reply #11 on:** January 16, 2019, 07:23:52 am »

Quote from: KD on January 16, 2019, 06:53:29 am

Well at least it was a place for the perpetually pissed off to go hang out and spew endless vitriol. Now where are they gonna go?

Fobroader · « **Reply #12 on:** January 16, 2019, 09:08:29 am »

Quote from: KD on January 16, 2019, 06:53:29 am

Well at least it was a place for the perpetually pissed off to go hang out and spew endless vitriol. Now where are they gonna go?

Buick articles??

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Railton · « **Reply #13 on:** January 16, 2019, 09:59:21 am »

^^ This.
Railton

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #14 on:** January 16, 2019, 10:03:35 am »

Quote from: AP on January 16, 2019, 09:43:55 am

Why have a political subforum if it gets locked when things get too...political?

The better decision might be for the forum to not host political discussions, given that it is off-topic for an autos forum. That's not restricting speech so much as hosting on-point discussion.

Based on experience to date, removing the political subforum would probably be a net improvement to autos.ca. The discussions are never fruitful because the primary contributors tend to have no demonstrated interest in "discussion" properly so-called.

I think for the most part, threads in that section of the forum remain civilized, and fruitful discussion ensues.

The particular thread that was locked, however, had degenerated far past anything I have ever seen on a forum before.

OliverD · « **Reply #15 on:** January 16, 2019, 10:40:10 am »

Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on January 16, 2019, 10:03:35 am

The particular thread that was locked, however, had degenerated far past anything I have ever seen on a forum before.

I take it you haven't been on many forums then.

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #16 on:** January 16, 2019, 10:44:37 am »

Quote from: OliverD on January 16, 2019, 10:40:10 am

Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on January 16, 2019, 10:03:35 am
The particular thread that was locked, however, had degenerated far past anything I have ever seen on a forum before.

I take it you haven't been on many forums then.

This, a computer forum, and a camping trailer forum. That's about it. All are pretty civilized.

Weels · « **Reply #17 on:** January 16, 2019, 10:50:21 am »

Quote from: Great_Big_Abyss on January 16, 2019, 10:03:35 am

The particular thread that was locked, however, had degenerated far past anything I have ever seen on this a forum before.

I don't recall any other thread dropping to the depths that one did,, except for maybe whatever happened when Saf got permabanned

tpl · « **Reply #18 on:** January 16, 2019, 11:48:42 am »

Digital home Canada is strongly moderated and that thread would not have got past the first page, if that.
W10 forums have hardly any banter...which maybe because it is a worldwide forum.

johngenx · « **Reply #19 on:** January 16, 2019, 11:52:18 am »

I used to belong to a Hayabusa forum that was mostly posts containing pro-gun garbage or porn with a little info about bikes scattered here and there. Ugh. I'm also on TGR, a nearly non-moderated ski forum that has some of the same issues, but a lot of great content, so it's worth hanging out.