(04-24-2023, 06:09 AM)Freija Wrote: All I can say is that if there is a sudden exodus of members to this board, they damn well better not bring their bullshit here and muddy up what we've got going on. Granted, this site is pretty hard right leaning but hasn't devolved into the absolute shithow that's going on over there and I hope that doesn't happen.
That's my nickel's worth of thoughts on the matter.
It won't.
Folks are welcome to speak their mind here, Left, Center, Right, or even out in the outfield, but that does not extend to trashing another member. "Speaking your mind" on a topic does not include personal attacks as in slapping contests. I'll lower the boom in a heart beat in those instances, because it is way too easy for a full-grown human being to counter a message without resorting to have to shoot the messenger. If they have to shoot the messenger, then that means they have no meaningful counter to the message, and so have already lost the debate anyhow.
I don't like banning folks, and it's double-super-extra-rare for that to happen here, but whenever it's necessary, we don't waste time getting 'er done. We have so few rules that if even the ones we do have can't be followed, then the offending individual is not fit for inclusion in civilized society any how. It's not hard to pick them out, because they are generally of a discourse level beneath australopithecines.
Yes, we lean hard to the Right, but I will fight every bit as hard to preserve the right to hold a Left wing opinion as I do any other opinion. If both of any two people agree on everything, then at least one of them is entirely unnecessary, and no human growth can occur, because there is nothing to challenge them to promote that growth. Development only comes with a necessity to rise to a challenge. Otherwise, there is no incentive to rise.
One can only be sure of their beliefs if they can successfully defend them against adversity. With no adversity, there is no evaluation, and hence no growth or development.
We were never meant to be an echo chamber, but we WERE always meant to be able to bat ideas around civilly.
We never had a mud pit because only hogs wallow around in the mud, not human beings.
So, it won't happen here.
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