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[oggbashan]

Is there a way, apart from ignoring some individual posters, of rejecting threads that abuse the President of the United States?

I appreciate that many US citizens wanted a President from the Republicans, but that didn't happen. Daily abuse of your President is boring, and not worth reading.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Is there a way, apart from ignoring some individual posters, of rejecting threads that abuse the President of the United States?

Not that I know of.

 

[domroger]

I have most of them on ignore ,not because of their politics but because of their racism .

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Is there a way, apart from ignoring some individual posters, of rejecting threads that abuse the President of the United States?

I appreciate that many US citizens wanted a President from the Republicans, but that didn't happen. Daily abuse of your President is boring, and not worth reading.

I completely agree with you.

Unfortunately, I don't think there's any way. Part of the reason for this very forum was to give a panacea to the GB for that exact bullshit. For this much alone, I'm thankful. Iggy who you must, you'll just have to slug it through the chaff.

 

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[KingOrfeo]

Proving that creation of this forum isn't enough to satisfy enemies of free speech, and other fellow travelers of totalitarianism.

ogg wants a way to iggy, not to censor. It's not the same thing.

 

[CandiCame]

Is there a way, apart from ignoring some individual posters, of rejecting threads that abuse the President of the United States?

I appreciate that many US citizens wanted a President from the Republicans, but that didn't happen. Daily abuse of your President is boring, and not worth reading.

How do you still see those? Aren't they in the politics board now?

 

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[CandiCame]

This is the "Politics Board."

My bad. I thought this thread was in the gb. Super tired. Been a long day.

 

[oggbashan]

BS. Ogg needs to Iggy or mentally ignore those who call out the President, like me. Lit is what it is, he has to adapt to this environment, no matter what the cost, or leave.

I do - mentally ignore them, that is.

But I would like some political discussions that are not just abuse.

Edited for: I have no objection to people exercising their right of free speech. I just wish some weren't so repetitive and boring.

 

[CandiCame]

I do - mentally ignore them, that is.

But I would like some political discussions that are not just abuse.

Edited for: I have no objection to people exercising their right of free speech. I just wish some weren't so repetitive and boring.

Do they not do that in other countries? That's pretty common in the states. People like repetition. Especially in politics because you can kinda pump yourself up that it's almost over and it's gonna change- and then it doesn't and you just start all over again.

 

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[KingOrfeo]

BS. Ogg needs to Iggy or mentally ignore those who call out the President, like me.

But, that is not censorship. Anyone who does not iggy you still sees your posts, ogg has done nothing to interfere with that.

 

[CandiCame]

But, that is not censorship. Anyone who does not iggy you still sees your posts, ogg has done nothing to interfere with that.

I think he kinda uses a lot of words that he doesn't understand.

 

[CandiCame]

Now I am really, really fucking tired, so this might be a COMPLETE non sequitur, but this thread reminds me of the bus joke from this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHcR_pjpvA4&x-yt-ts=1422579428&x-yt-cl=85114404#t=32

 

[oggbashan]

There are effective tools at your disposal, Iggy is your friend. Intolerance for free political speech has always been at the bottom of the creation of this forum.

The problem with using ignore is that some of those I might consider for ignore do produce some interesting posts. My ignore list is usually two or three, rarely getting as high as five names.

If you read my essays on Free Speech, you would find that I am for, not against it.

But being repetitive and boring is an irritant.

I hated the actions of UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown (and some politicians from other parties) but I wouldn't have posted about my hate daily - not even on a UK based forum. There would be no point in posting about them on Literotica. No one would care.

 

[KingOrfeo]

The problem with using ignore is that some of those I might consider for ignore do produce some interesting posts. My ignore list is usually two or three, rarely getting as high as five names.

Well, I'm afraid an iggy function that filters out threads "that abuse the President of the United States" would require strong AI. We ain't there yet.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Is there a way, apart from ignoring some individual posters, of rejecting threads that abuse the President of the United States?

I appreciate that many US citizens wanted a President from the Republicans, but that didn't happen. Daily abuse of your President is boring, and not worth reading.

Two hundred years ago we could have thrown them in jail for sedition. As it stands now, they can hate America and the duly elected President as loud as they want.

Rest assured, in the real America, just like on Lit, they are extremists and not to be payed any attention.

 

[CandiCame]

Two hundred years ago we could have thrown them in jail for sedition. As it stands now, they can hate America and the duly elected President as loud as they want.

Rest assured, in the real America, just like on Lit, they are extremists and not to be payed any attention.

Yeah. We're generally just like

http://i.imgur.com/91sn32Q.jpg

 

[oggbashan]

Do they not do that in other countries? That's pretty common in the states. People like repetition. Especially in politics because you can kinda pump yourself up that it's almost over and it's gonna change- and then it doesn't and you just start all over again.

Politicians, at least in the UK, tend to use argument and debate, not repetition. They attempt to persuade voters - most of the time - instead of abusing their opponents. In Parliament, in City Halls, in local politics, politicians tend to have respect for each other even when they disagree.

Last week I attended a funeral of a local councillor, who was also a justice of the peace. Apart from his family, councillors from all three parties were present, and all had something positive to say about his work as a councillor.

In the House of Commons, every Member of Parliament has to find a 'pair' - someone from the opposition party who will cooperate when one or other of them cannot be present for a vote, to preserve the balance of power. If one cannot vote because of other duties, the 'pair' will not vote. So a Conservative MP needs a Labour MP as a friend.

Many national and local issues are decided by mutual negotiation and agreement between parties. There is no need for opposition of a good idea just because the other party thought of it first.

Obviously there are issues that divide parties, positions that cannot be negotiated, promises made at election time that should be kept - but those are known and fought over.

In the rest of Europe, coalition governments are the norm, and cooperation between political parties that have differing objectives has to be argued about before a compromise is reached.

The acrimonious Right versus Left split in the US government isn't seen in the UK or most of Europe.

 

[PoppingTom]

I do - mentally ignore them, that is.

But I would like some political discussions that are not just abuse.

Well, that's the reason for all the abuses: making real sensible discussions impossible. Most people are not as open as i t nees to do such a thing, and the abuses strengthen the tense.

I would love to have a sensible discussion with a republican. But how to deal with people who are at war, even if it makes no sense to my humble German mind?

 

[KingOrfeo]

Politicians, at least in the UK, tend to use argument and debate, not repetition. They attempt to persuade voters - most of the time - instead of abusing their opponents. In Parliament, in City Halls, in local politics, politicians tend to have respect for each other even when they disagree.

This "UK" -- in what star system is that planet?!

 

[sr71plt]

You could just put the rabid Obama abusers you encounter on Ignore, Ogg. I haven't seen anything else they post to be worth reading either. Just seem to be consumed by hatred and chosen ignorance. And not because of Obama, in particular. It just comes out as their general nature toward most everything.

 

[PoppingTom]

This "UK" -- in what star system is that planet?!

Seriously, not every nation acts in politics like the US.

I thought you were a bit smarter in your views.