Shouting at the Morning Sun
An Overwhelming Surplus of Diggity
is the republican party's symbol an elephant because they both make stupid noises?
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As if either side is as holy as they make themselves sound. All that this is, is each side choosing to ignore their own faults, and to focus on the faults of the other side. I personally think both sides are at fault but whatever.
I find it kind of interesting though that almost all the mods posting right now seem to be on the same side though...
I find it kind of interesting though that almost all the mods posting right now seem to be on the same side though...
John Madden
resident policy guy
democrats are occasionally bad on a small handful of economic issues. clearly this means they have as many faults as the literal cartoon villains that seem to comprise the entire population of the House GOP
The Admiral
the star of the masquerade
considering their favorite president ever said "government is the problem" in his inaugural address... you make the call
John Madden
resident policy guy
bear in mind that this president eventually wound up dramatically expanding the government over his 8 years in office, and i don't just mean public-sector job creation
Kind of gotta agree, I know the mods have a tough job to do, I mean I am surprised Moogles hasn't gone insane with all the work he has to do. But.. it is kind of disconcerting when you do not have a mod for a debate forum that represents the other side of the political spectrum, the charges of bias become far too easy to throw out when you have two mods cracking jokes like they were last night.
John Madden
resident policy guy
about 90% of the posters in this thread are surprised you haven't gotten permabanned yet for reasons entirely unrelated to your choice of corporatist circlejerk, so that all evens out in the end
Peter Quill
star-lord
1) I wouldn't go insane over a debate forum online lol my priorities are a little better than that
2) Bias can't really be applied in this case - at least not because two people were tossing around jokes which weren't even in a debate. I could see someone crying bias if there was actual infractions or whatnot simply because they disagreed with your political views. That doesn't happen though, we only step into infractions when they are deserved. There's been some pretty religious and conservative mods as well, they just don't happen to frequent the debate forum.
John Madden
resident policy guy
maybe it's because we mod smart people and smart people tend to share a lot of the same characteristics.....
do you mean to tell me there's a positive correlation between educational attainment and identification on the left side of the political spectrum??? odd
It's funny how everyone here is talking about politics......
I was reading an intense political debate on Facebook last night. The debate turned into a p*ssing match real quick. I received my entertainment for the night.
*Sits back in chair with popcorn in one hand.
I was reading an intense political debate on Facebook last night. The debate turned into a p*ssing match real quick. I received my entertainment for the night.
*Sits back in chair with popcorn in one hand.
True, but at least here, mods are considered to have power, so when people see a mod posting with one side, people who are on the fence may side with them. But then again, this is a pokemon forum, so it doesn't really matter.
Why do we need to make fun of a certain political group? I'm sure if I started making jokes about Democrats people would get irritated, so can we just drop it? I'm asking politely here.
Peter Quill
star-lord
I've made my stance clear I'm not particularly fond of America period so I try not to delve into their politics too much. I mean I still engage in debate when it involves western civilization considering I live there but Republicans v. Democrats? No thanks. I'll laugh at jokes when I hear them but I'm not going to invest as much as time as the average American or whatever.
actually no on further reflection I guess it depends what the issue is. I'll use debate in American context (i.e American gun laws and how I think they're wack, the police brutality seen in the states, gay rights) but as far as pure democrat/republican regards of running the country you can count me out.
actually no on further reflection I guess it depends what the issue is. I'll use debate in American context (i.e American gun laws and how I think they're wack, the police brutality seen in the states, gay rights) but as far as pure democrat/republican regards of running the country you can count me out.
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John Madden
resident policy guy
won't someone think of the poor republicans?
(because the actual republican party won't think about them except when they're trying to get away with raising taxes on them.)
all snark aside, i wonder how much you'd be handwringing if i was making fun of the Partij voor de Vrijheid
probably nowhere near as much in spite of the fact that their political positions are eerily similar to that of the GOP
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Zenotwapal
have a drink on me
*guess
dang i didn't know that ALL republicans were terrible beings
dang girl smart!maybe it's because we mod smart people and smart people tend to share a lot of the same characteristics.....
lol huckster im surprise you haven't been banned for any given amount of time because of your blatant personal strikes against anyone with a right view point
see there's arrogance and ignorance on BOTH sides of the political spectrum (beautifully displayed in the last page or so of this thread) so the lesson here would be not to focus on one bad apple of the group BUT nah
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John Madden
resident policy guy
you're surprised i haven't gotten banned because my posts generally consist of more than personal attacks, unsourced speculation, and devil's advocate garbage? weird. i thought everyone got banned for that.
hrm yes, both sides are bad so therefore you can't ever talk about just the side that's the worst by far (and god help you if you don't make it clear that you're talking about elected officials, because otherwise you get posts reeking of NOT ALL MEN syndrome)
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Peter Quill
star-lord
Zenotwapal
have a drink on me
oopsie
once again your bias comes in the clutch
ill state it again: both sides have their bad examples
clearly not talking about elected officials at all
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John Madden
resident policy guy
excellent. one post with a personal attack out of god knows how many on that forum evidently means i am the attack dog of spp. you've outdone yourself again!
here is a helpful link for u to read in the future
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_balance
now here is a spoilered line i'm typing ~*just for you*~
sure, both sides have bad examples. except in this situation, one side has 3,000 bad examples and the other has 50.
(and a lot of them for completely different reasons, like "state senator convicted of corruption" versus "actually submitted a real federal budget abolishing basically every social safety net program")
(and a lot of them for completely different reasons, like "state senator convicted of corruption" versus "actually submitted a real federal budget abolishing basically every social safety net program")
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