Can we tone down a bit of the right wing propaganda and left-bashing? Seems like everywhere I turn there is a slogan or picture that is a right wing bias. I don't want to post up a whole bunch of "retaliation" pictures, I think that those (and the pictures already here) just lead to confrontation and (eventually) flaming. After all, this is a bipartisan site.

Just speaking my mind at the moment.

That's what the report post button is for. Report it and the staff will review it.

But TOG - it is election time, ain't it? I'm sure everyone understands that don't you think? You're pretty good yourself!

There's plenty of right-wing bashing as well... All's fair in love and politics.

We have no chance at all to read all new posts so you need to report all offensive posts and/or signatures you see or else we're not able to do much about it..

Originally Posted by Del Boy

But TOG - it is election time, ain't it? I'm sure everyone understands that don't you think? You're pretty good yourself!

I think the problem is that a lot of people can determine between a political discussion and blatant electioneering/pushing a cause (aka propaganda) which is what we are seeing on the boards more and more these days.

Most people can quite rationally discuss political topics but there is no way you can discuss electioneering as the very nature of it is to be confrontational ie Party A is the right one and Party B is the wrong one, there in no room for compromise and there is no intention of compromise or ration discourse basically it is referred to on most other boards as baiting and it is generally frowned upon.

Another thing I have noticed is the sharp increase in drive by posts (basically just an initial report usually inflammatory that is never defended after the initial post), it used to be required that you post your opinion when you posted a news issue but that seems to have died a natural death as well.

This is why we have a political section isn't it? We (You, I, Everyone) post political topics there. I'm a Republican but I limit my political posts to the Political Sub-Forum. Anywhere else on this forum I don't talk politics.

Originally Posted by MontyB

Most people can quite rationally discuss political topics but there is no way you can discuss electioneering as the very nature of it is to be confrontational ie Party A is the right one and Party B is the wrong one, there in no room for compromise and there is no intention of compromise or ration discourse basically it is referred to on most other boards as baiting and it is generally frowned upon.

Well, some members here are not very rational and some are certainly not averse to baiting. In fact there have been a lot of one liner posts, and more than a few cartoons that could be seen as little else other than blatant baiting. I presume these are the one's that are the object of this thread.

The only thing that stopped me reporting them as such, is my singular disinterest in both sides of US party politics.

Originally Posted by senojekips

Well, some members here are not very rational and some are certainly not averse to baiting. In fact there have been a lot of one liner posts, and more than a few cartoons that could be seen as little else other than blatant baiting. I presume these are the one's that are the object of this thread.

The only thing that stopped me reporting them as such, is my singular disinterest in both sides of US party politics.

I would agree but it is apparent that letting them go does little more than encourage people to try harder next time.

Forget about it. I'll sweep over until the next campaign in four years time.
Kinda like the Olympics. Except it's like everyone's a loser.