Zone1 These forums are very odd

[d0gbreath]

Oddity is a commodity.

 

[BothWings]

People do not debate here. A material portion are paid trolls from other countries. Cough Russia Cough.

But its great if you want to fight.

Trolls, yes....but I wouldn't bet money they are from other countries in most cases.

 

[deannalw]

Oh! I just emembered why I was here!

Welcome Wiggle Piggy. Say "Hello" to the unofficial board mascot:

He has a little something for everyone!

I hate that hideous little twerp.

 

[miketx]

Yeah, me too.

Amirite?

I yam, ain't I?

Yeah. Me too.

Look, if you are number 3,5,7,9, or 11 then you are an odd person. Me, I'm even being 10. Hell, you might even be a prime specially if you is 11 or 13!

 

[whoisit]

What is up with people on these political boards?

A. They Make a claim someone or a group is something bad
B. I ask how/why they claim that
C. They get agitated, change subjects, and/or throw insults.

Over and over and over..

Do people debate here? There’s a lot of bitter, unhappy, disrespectful folk in these threads.. maybe this is a collection pool of sorts for those types? Who knows

Welcome to the forum, try the music and media forums, they are usually fine.

 

[Hector12]

A huge portion of the Biden supporters will insult you if you support trump , if you criticize BLM , if you criticize support for Ukraine, or if you are a Christian.

Those Biden supporters are low on context and high on nonsense.

This can be said of posters on either side of the political spectrum.

 

[FranklinRoosevelt_FTW]

This can be said of posters on either side of the political spectrum.

Agreed

 

[ThisIsMe]

What is up with people on these political boards?

A. They Make a claim someone or a group is something bad
B. I ask how/why they claim that
C. They get agitated, change subjects, and/or throw insults.

Over and over and over..

Do people debate here? There’s a lot of bitter, unhappy, disrespectful folk in these threads.. maybe this is a collection pool of sorts for those types? Who knows

Bite me!







































just kidding

Yes, this place is not for a good debate, it’s for bickering, shouting, insulting, but it’s not for working out political issues. Imagine if you will a cage match in wrestling….well, that’s USMB, just without the physical violence…and large sweaty men….eerrr, we’ll, I cannot actually verify that statement, so I wish to retract.

Basically, if your goal is to find people to discuss issues, and see eye to eye…this isn’t that place…

 

[whoisit]

IMO religious and political discussions are a waste of time, nobody's mind is changed.
To study maybe.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Look, if you are number 3,5,7,9, or 11 then you are an odd person. Me, I'm even being 10. Hell, you might even be a prime specially if you is 11 or 13!

Deanna is an 11 in my book.

I would have said she was a 10, but the dial on my amp goes all the way to 11.

 

[deannalw]

Deanna is an 11 in my book.

I would have said she was a 10, but the dial on my amp goes all the way to 11.

 

[The Duke]

Deanna is an 11 in my book.

I would have said she was a 10, but the dial on my amp goes all the way to 11.

 

[bdtex]

Message boards are an odd little corner of political discourse. The sooner you realize that it's a useless and futile pastime where no one ever changes their minds the better off you'll be, I come here to better understand why people are mean.

That's a pretty good description.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

That grammar is too good for 90% of the members here. Easy to spot.

Grammar Is the Foundation of Semantics

This Netrix usage of apostrophe s ("All American's are dumbed down") for the plural is below any grade level. What will future archeologists think of us when they dig these threads out of the rubble we're heading for?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Look, if you are number 3,5,7,9, or 11 then you are an odd person. Me, I'm even being 10. Hell, you might even be a prime specially if you is 11 or 13!

Originality Is the Only Thing That Isn't Square

I recently found out that all the squares are the sums of all the consecutive odd numbers (1 + 3 = 4 ,+5 = 9. +7 = 16...). But odd people call everybody else "squares." The contradiction can be resolved when we realize that most odd people are conformist to a group, just like the squares.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

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They think they're debating.

Most of them, when asked to provide real evidence, disappear.

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The understatement of the century on the leftie Demonrats.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

In actual debate classes and debate teams, you are required to debate both sides of an issue.

A fact Billo has never understood all these decades.

 

[LA RAM FAN]

Welcome to the forum, try the music and media forums, they are usually fine.

Yes would love to see you in the music section.

 

[MisterBeale]

A fact Billo has never understood all these decades.

Folks that have taken them, or in philosophy departments, logic classes. . . are far less likely, to fall for this type of fallacy, which cable, network, and corporate news, as well as party politics thrives on;

False dilemma - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

False Dichotomy - Definition and Examples

False Dilemma is a logical fallacy, when number of alternatives intentionally narrowed. Othe names - false dichotomy, no middle ground.

www.logical-fallacy.com

 

[SweetSue92]

That's a pretty good description.

I don't agree actually. Sure, you have to wade through a bunch of garbage. But in there also is an exchange of ideas and debate, which at the very least sharpens your own thoughts/perceptions. Or if it doesn't, you really are just throwing insults.

And as bad as this is--consider Tik Tok, and Twitter, which is like a high school cafeteria. People are there not to exchange ideas mostly, but to either create the "cool table" or to make sure they're seated at the "cool table". It's ridiculous.