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03-15-2024 , 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Luciom
Ye so many right-wing people want to unilaterally drop all tariffs worldwide and fully legalize euthanasia sure
Just let your inhibitions go and embrace your inner MAGA. You will feel at one with the universe.
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03-15-2024 , 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Luciom
As a right-wing leaning pragmatic libertarian who often says things that offend both "political tribes" deeply, I find 2+2 political forum to be very well moderated. Extremists takes both on the left and the right are tolerated in most cases , unless it's blatant racism basically, and what is very heavily moderated against is personal insults.

There is a weird policy about trans people which protects it from comments that elsewhere would be usually allowed but 1) that's a forum wide policy so not something related to the politics forum alone and 2) it's a minor theme in the grand scheme of things so whatever.

Having been banned for a week (imho wrongly as I don't think I violated policy as stated, but I had the opportunity to discuss this at length with browser) I still find browser moderation style to be if not perfect, far preferable to that of most other internet places that want to accommodate people from all political tribes.

Can you be more specific about why you caught a week-long ban?
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03-15-2024 , 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by ecriture d'adulte
Obviously not you then. Someone needs to mod, remove spam etc.
i could remove spam. won't get involved in political discussion though. spam and porn i can deal with.
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03-15-2024 , 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by d2_e4
Lol "right leaning". Dude, you lean so much you're almost horizontal.
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Originally Posted by Luciom
Ye so many right-wing people want to unilaterally drop all tariffs worldwide and fully legalize euthanasia sure
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Originally Posted by d2_e4
Just let your inhibitions go and embrace your inner MAGA. You will feel at one with the universe.
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
Can you be more specific about why you caught a week-long ban?
See, this is why we rarely get to go on field trips. Everybody from politics back on the bus. It's time to go back home before someone gets lost or breaks something. And while it was tempting to try and help get some of ed's money transferred to a fellow mod struggling to get by on a meager mod stipend, that deal is off the table. After feeling all the ❤️ in this thread, I could never walk away voluntarily no matter how much money would go to my fellow mods (who turned out to be surprisingly cutthroat to each other).

So time to load up the politics bus. And remember, lefties on the left, right wingers on the right, and no one is allowed stand in the middle aisle. Of course, anyone who prefers to wait for the next bus is welcome to stay here instead.

Last edited by browser2920; 03-15-2024 at 07:35 PM.
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03-15-2024 , 07:55 PM
I kinda like it here, all sorts of new and interesting multicoloured posters around. You never told us there was this big wide world outside of P&S. I might have to stay a while.
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03-15-2024 , 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by jmitchell42
i could remove spam. won't get involved in political discussion though. spam and porn i can deal with.
The whole point is we need someone who reads and is capable of understanding posts and making sane/non idiotic mod decisions. It's not hard, as we've had it for 15 years prior.
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03-15-2024 , 10:51 PM
Just move the transgender athletes thread to SE where it belongs and let those mods clean it up.
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03-15-2024 , 11:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
Can you be more specific about why you caught a week-long ban?
I used the word "deluded" when referring to trans people affirming they are woman/man and it was considered a mental health claim ; I am not a native speaker and I checked the dictionary and delusion is a word used often outside of medical contexts but it doesn't matter much now
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03-16-2024 , 09:57 AM
I wish someone would call me a clown.

Spoiler:
Everybody loves a clown.

Spoiler:
I mean, besides the people who are afraid of them.
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03-16-2024 , 10:11 AM
and Batman. He hates clowns.
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03-16-2024 , 11:05 AM
Punks
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03-16-2024 , 05:43 PM
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03-16-2024 , 05:54 PM
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03-16-2024 , 06:01 PM
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03-16-2024 , 06:06 PM
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03-16-2024 , 06:08 PM
Absolutely exquisite!
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03-16-2024 , 08:56 PM
We have hit the big time when morph makes us the subject of one (much less 4!) of his graphics.
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03-16-2024 , 08:58 PM
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Originally Posted by d2_e4
Lol "right leaning". Dude, you lean so much you're almost horizontal.
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Originally Posted by natediggity View Post
maybe i do want to participate. you gonna ban me? warning, i lean right.

Lean? If you leant any more, you'd be ****ing horizontal.

OMG


according to d2e4 anyone who leans right is horizontal. what a loser
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03-16-2024 , 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by natediggity
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Originally Posted by natediggity View Post
maybe i do want to participate. you gonna ban me? warning, i lean right.

Lean? If you leant any more, you'd be ****ing horizontal.

OMG


according to d2e4 anyone who leans right is horizontal. what a loser
Reading comprehension of the average MAGAtard I see.
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03-16-2024 , 10:36 PM
Hey cool, I'm in a morph meme again.
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03-17-2024 , 02:28 AM
Tbh if the mod complaining is being taken to ATF from a very black and white rules interpretation that Browser seems to take to his moderation from his background in the moderation of live poker it is working. Nothing complained so far in this thread leads me to any concern he should be replaced and I should know.
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03-17-2024 , 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Luciom
As a right-wing leaning pragmatic libertarian who often says things that offend both "political tribes" deeply, I find 2+2 political forum to be very well moderated. Extremists takes both on the left and the right are tolerated in most cases , unless it's blatant racism basically, and what is very heavily moderated against is personal insults.

There is a weird policy about trans people which protects it from comments that elsewhere would be usually allowed but 1) that's a forum wide policy so not something related to the politics forum alone and 2) it's a minor theme in the grand scheme of things so whatever.

Having been banned for a week (imho wrongly as I don't think I violated policy as stated, but I had the opportunity to discuss this at length with browser) I still find browser moderation style to be if not perfect, far preferable to that of most other internet places that want to accommodate people from all political tribes.
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Originally Posted by bundy5
Tbh if the mod complaining is being taken to ATF from a very black and white rules interpretation that Browser seems to take to his moderation from his background in the moderation of live poker it is working. Nothing complained so far in this thread leads me to any concern he should be replaced and I should know.
theres lots of anti arab, anti brown racism, and as long as it isnt blantant, its allowed to slide. thats a problem
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03-18-2024 , 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen
I’ve been advised to take grievances to ATF

Your mod has explicitly stated the truth is not a priority. Decorum to people who don’t want to engage in the truth on the other hand is

Either shut this forum down or make it unchained again so people can air their grievances appropriately without fear of disproportionate reprisal. Browser is wholly unfit to moderate it
So in other words, he is saying that you have to treat people with respect, even if you disagree with them? That is what it sounds like you're saying.

And that's an excellent policy.

The policy you are advocating: that everybody must agree with you or be subjective to verbal abuse by you, is an awful policy.

Much of the internet, including much of this website, is run according to your policy. And that's unfortunate. Treating other people well should be the guiding principle. We're all going to disagree about lots of stuff. No way around that. And nobody has been appointed the grand emperor of wisdom on all things.
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03-18-2024 , 10:54 AM
You're wrong.

Spoiler:
Bobo Fett is the grand emperor of wisdom on all things
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03-18-2024 , 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by marknfw
You're wrong.

Spoiler:
Bobo Fett is the grand emperor of wisdom on all things
you do have a point.
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