Exchanging insults ≠ debating political

[dolf]

There are three main motivations for posting here.

1, To have your political opinions reinforced by those who agree with you.
2, To vent your anger at those who hold views that differ from your own.
3, To solicit a range of opinions on topics you find to be interesting, in order to better understand both the issues and the reasoning behind the opposing opinions.

The mark of an intelligent mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

Yes, I am just venting my frustration.

 

[DeluxAuto]

There are three main motivations for posting here.

1, To have your political opinions reinforced by those who agree with you.
2, To vent your anger at those who hold views that differ from your own.
3, To solicit a range of opinions on topics you find to be interesting, in order to better understand both the issues and the reasoning behind the opposing opinions.

The mark of an intelligent mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

Yes, I am just venting my frustration.

Here's something you can relate to when it comes to why there is so much animosity.



It's earned. There's no middle ground.

 

[RoryN]

.3, To solicit a range of opinions on topics you find to be interesting, in order to better understand both the issues and the reasoning behind the opposing opinions.

This was a valid option back when more people based their opinions on facts rather than lies they found comforting.

 

[HisArpy]

You know you're taking all the fun out of the political board.

 

[dmallord]

There are three main motivations for posting here.

1, To have your political opinions reinforced by those who agree with you.

Birds of a feather philosophy. Okay, I'll go along with that, but that's just preening or patting oneself on the back.

2, To vent your anger at those who hold views that differ from your own.

That's evident and often done with derision, or even accompanied by lewd remarks. Perhaps it's not 'anger' but 'attempts to reason' with those others. Venting anger leads to retaliation by others here, a proven fact.

3, To solicit a range of opinions on topics you find to be interesting, in order to better understand both the issues and the reasoning behind the opposing opinions.

A noble endeavor. If only more of us did this, we'd have more civil discourse.

The mark of an intelligent mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

Well... that's not often found here, is it?

 

[Saint_Ann]

I'm just here for the free beer.

 

[Lazaran]

The mark of an intelligent mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

Fair enough.

It doesn’t address the issue / matter of how long an intelligent mind should suffer fools, racists, fascists, and enablers of sexual predators (MAGAts) or tolerate a "President" (DonOld Trump) that is a sexual predator, a racist, a traitor, an imbecile, and a threat to democracy, America, and the world, but, fair enough…



We. Told. Them. So.

 

[Lance_Castro]

Don’t forget the Schadenfreud!

Lol

 

[coati]

There are three main motivations for posting here.

1, To have your political opinions reinforced by those who agree with you.
2, To vent your anger at those who hold views that differ from your own.
3, To solicit a range of opinions on topics you find to be interesting, in order to better understand both the issues and the reasoning behind the opposing opinions.

The mark of an intelligent mind is the ability to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle

Yes, I am just venting my frustration.

I read your last line, the one in fine print.

I think you missed two of the main motivations for why many people post here, which are to get attention that many humans are no longer getting in their "off-screen" life and to anonymously express their anger about their growing sense of anomie.

Those two motivations help to explain the increase in nihilism, cynicism and cruelty in politics. The more people type shit on tiny screens, the less time they spend doing what humans were evolved to do for the past 100,000 years, which is face-to-face interactions..

Anomie is not cured in the faceless virtual world. It is enhanced, because the faceless virtual world shields posters from accountability.

 

[eric_erosfan]

Let's not pretend this is a new phenomenon. Did any of you participate in Usenet in the 90s or even certain email listservs? Flame wars, Godwin's Law. All originated 30+ years ago now.

The Internet has been aiding in the degradation of human discourse for decades.

 

[icanhelp1]

Fair enough.

It doesn’t address the issue / matter of how long an intelligent mind should suffer fools, racists, fascists, and enablers of sexual predators (MAGAts) or tolerate a "President" (DonOld Trump) that is a sexual predator, a racist, a traitor, an imbecile, and a threat to democracy, America, and the world, but, fair enough…



We. Told. Them. So.

THERE IT IS!!

 

[Bn2f]

There are three main motivations for posting here:

THERE IT IS!!

You have had now 4 right leaning douchebags post on your thread and not a one added any meaningful dialogue.
Wanna know why? Because even they know that they are assholes with a purpose to come here to lie and spread misinformation and be disingenuous in debate, but they don't/won't ever say it.

So the question asked by Laz now becomes the most meaningful one: How much does your intelligent mind, Dolf, suffer fools?
And I don't say your name condescendingly - at some point there's a negative to Aristotle's quote because I have seen people with seemingly intelligent minds be swayed into thinking against science and what they see occurring in front of them in real time.

 

[icanhelp1]

You have had now 4 right leaning douchebags post on your thread and not a one added any meaningful dialogue.
Wanna know why? Because even they know that they are assholes with a purpose to come here to lie and spread misinformation and be disingenuous in debate, but they don't/won't ever say it.

So the question asked by Laz now becomes the most meaningful one: How much does your intelligent mind, Dolf, suffer fools?
And I don't say your name condescendingly - at some point there's a negative to Aristotle's quote because I have seen people with seemingly intelligent minds be swayed into thinking against science and what they see occurring in front of them in real time.

AND THE HITS KEEP ROLLING ON!

 

[Typo Fu Master]

I'd like number 3 with a side order of drama, please.

I'm mostly here to read informed opinions about current events.

Wading through 5 pages of IKYABWAI to find them does get tiresome.

Same as it ever was.

 

[glamorilla]

One of the things I noticed when I got my first desktop back in the late nineties was that it did not matter what the argument was within a few minutes everyone would start calling each other nazi's, pedophiles and racists.

Yeah there are exceptions but thirty years later little has changed.

This is not a place to seek serious discussion.

 

[Bn2f]

One of the things I noticed when I got my first desktop back in the late nineties was that it did not matter what the argument was within a few minutes everyone would start calling each other nazi's, pedophiles and racists.

Yeah there are exceptions but thirty years later little has changed.

This is not a place to seek serious discussion.

Certainly anyone can say they are discussing things here but there is a huge difference between having a discussion and having the ability TO have a serious discussion.
You, in all your time here, has yet so show that ability. Don't take my word for it. Go ahead, engage glamz on a serious topic. Lol. F'in clown.

 

[glamorilla]

Certainly anyone can say they are discussing things here but there is a huge difference between having a discussion and having the ability TO have a serious discussion.
You, in all your time here, has yet so show that ability. Don't take my word for it. Go ahead, engage glamz on a serious topic. Lol. F'in clown.

no. there are so many things going on worthy of discussion but everyone here mostly focuses on "orange man bad", "down with white people/black people" and personal vendettas.

these forums only serve to show how collectively ignorant we like to be. I have zero stake here...just wasting a little time.

 

[eric_erosfan]

I have zero stake here...just wasting a little time.

 

[Bn2f]

no. there are so many things going on worthy of discussion but everyone here mostly focuses on "orange man bad", "down with white people/black people" and personal vendettas.

The man is the POTUS, he is terrible, and has only tax cuts to the rich to brag on as a success - it's nonsense and a deflection to dismiss convo on him.
You used the N word and not once. It's a duty to individuals with morality to call you out for your shittakes.

these forums only serve to show how collectively ignorant we like to be. I have zero stake here...just wasting a little time.

Thanks for confirming what I claimed from the start, though I would argue that your zero intelligence allows you to say you have no stake which is so very confusing seeing as how you're here as part of the LGBTQ community and think you YOU have no real political interest. F'in clown.

 

[glamorilla]

The man is the POTUS, he is terrible, and has only tax cuts to the rich to brag on as a success - it's nonsense and a deflection to dismiss convo on him.
You used the N word and not once. It's a duty to individuals with morality to call you out for your shittakes.

Thanks for confirming what I claimed from the start, though I would argue that your zero intelligence allows you to say you have no stake which is so very confusing seeing as how you're here as part of the LGBTQ community and think you YOU have no real political interest. F'in clown.

you got me dead to rights.

 

[Saint_Ann]

You have had now 4 right leaning douchebags post on your thread and not a one added any meaningful dialogue.
Wanna know why? Because even they know that they are assholes with a purpose to come here to lie and spread misinformation and be disingenuous in debate, but they don't/won't ever say it.

So the question asked by Laz now becomes the most meaningful one: How much does your intelligent mind, Dolf, suffer fools?
And I don't say your name condescendingly - at some point there's a negative to Aristotle's quote because I have seen people with seemingly intelligent minds be swayed into thinking against science and what they see occurring in front of them in real time.

Aren't you here to hurt people? Where's that quote?

 

[Bn2f]

Aren't you here to hurt people? Where's that quote?

Yes, I'm here to kick ass and chew gum.

 

[glamorilla]

Aren't you here to hurt people? Where's that quote?

this is a perfect example of overlooking actual news in favor of just arguing.

anybody with half a brain would have started a "saint Anne is burning" thread by now.

 

[glamorilla]

Yes, I'm here to kick ass and chew gum.

you're an ass and can't chew gum and walk at the same time.

fixed it for you.

 

[Bn2f]

you got me dead to rights.

Hahaha. Nice. Play stupid. Rollover and make it seem like I'm now picking on an innocent lil baby.
F'in clown.