Politics Sucks

[Been Jammin]

There are certain posters, whose posts I read on this board, that either cause me to shake my head, or actually piss me off. Then, I go over to The Corrall, and read the same guy's posts, and think to myself, "this guy is hilarious", or "I love this guy's style".

Politics divide us.

I only bring it up, because if I have been surly to certain of you, I apologize and hope that you won't take it personally. I'm pretty sure that you are great guys, and politics is just getting in the way. (There are others, who don't post over there, who I have my mind made up about, right or wrong).

 

[windriverrange]

As long as you admit your views are wrong Been, it's all cool! Haha, no worries man and it's always nice to see "thoughtful" and well thought out opposing views, especially when their not rote memory party talking points. Think age mellows you as well and the older you get (generally) the less fanatical, hence the more open minded one might get.

Since the moment we could pick up a bat, ball or video control it's almost always been about winning and being right. More life piles it cornucopia of good and bad things on ya, the more interspective you get and hopefully the more educated/rational/thoughtful one gets. The outlying sycophants will always be there though and they will almost ALWAYS be the professional shit disturbers that try to drag you back under.

You show me a fanatical politician (either clown show or believe) and I can almost assuredly show you a pathological lying hypocrite who, as HR Mencken once said, "would feed missionaries to his constituents if he found out his constituents were cannibils." Those lying whore dog sacks of shit succeed because we (as a whole population) let them succeed and continue to re-elect the same sorry POS to perform in the same unaccountable manner they have for years. Once that ends we will be a far better country and people.

Side note as well. I'm trying to get one of the more prolific posters (medic) to meet me for the November 4th game, in Stillwater. Already have tickets for both of us as well. Would be fun for those that wish, to gather up for a beer to meet somewhere. Always nice to to put faces to names. It will be a gun free zone as well

 

[Headhunter]

There are certain posters, whose posts I read on this board, that either cause me to shake my head, or actually piss me off. Then, I go over to The Corrall, and read the same guy's posts, and think to myself, "this guy is hilarious", or "I love this guy's style".

Politics divide us.

I only bring it up, because if I have been surly to certain of you, I apologize and hope that you won't take it personally. I'm pretty sure that you are great guys, and politics is just getting in the way. (There are others, who don't post over there, who I have my mind made up about, right or wrong).

Been come back from the dark side it's not to late.

Liberalism is curable, the first step is admitting you have a problem.

You're a good person, you can do this!

 

[Rdcldad]

it's good to have a place to get it all out

i feel free to speak my mind and say things here i don't have the opportunity to in the real world

it's the internet

 

[Ostatedchi]

Been is an idiot goof who's never been r

I only bring it up, because if I have been surly to certain of you, I apologize and hope that you won't take it personally. I'm pretty sure that you are great guys, and politics is just getting in the way. (There are others, who don't post over there, who I have my mind made up about, right or wrong).

Don't apologize. Own that crap. You're a dick and pretty much exclusively wrong on your opinions and conclusions. You do you.

 

[CowboyPhil]

Politics don't suck. A necessary evil, yes, but politicians and their lobbies suck.

I enjoy this board and feel like I'll learn something most days I check in here.

 

[MegaPoke]

Discussion of politics with a balance of personal conviction and an open mind are critical to the American experiment. Which is exactly why YouTube and other platforms are playing a dangerous game with their restrictions based on wrongthink. Free speech shows us who the nazis are. Drive them into the shadows and restrict pro free speech advocates, and you create a smokescreen where you can't tell who is who.

There are few regular posters on the politics board who in person would legitimately not find common ground in politics and get along very well when discussion turns to anything else.

I've said it before, politics is not a flat earth. It's a sphere and if you go far enough left or right, you wind up being the same thing. Virtually everyone on this board occupies some space in the relative middle.

Many here consider me a conservative but I would be considered a liberal by any 20th century definition. The problem, I contend, is that we are manipulated into team politics posturing against what we are told are other tribes.

To put it in the simplist terms, if you are pro free speech, you are probably ok.

In regards to having an open mind, personally I've moved my position on a lot of things over the years like the Iraq war, interventionism, and potentially some socialization of healthcare for catastrophic assistance among other things.

Anyway, Found this on Twitter today and it's a pretty interesting concept of the political sphere (donut). The far left and far right aren't 2 dimensional. Both are intolerant authoritarian threats to classic western liberalism.

Get woke bitches.

 

[davidallen]

Which is exactly why YouTube and other platforms are playing a dangerous game with their restrictions based on wrongthink.

Just one example... that's all I am asking for...

 

[MegaPoke]

Just one example... that's all I am asking for...

Jordan Peterson

 

[davidallen]

Jordan Peterson

Anything specific? Dude has a massive back catalog of complaints...

Channel up at https://m.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos

Videos posted throughout the last month...

Account was suspended for 2 hours on Aug 1 - that really what you are complaining about?

 

[MegaPoke]

Anything specific? Dude has a massive back catalog of complaints...

Channel up at https://m.youtube.com/user/JordanPetersonVideos

Videos posted throughout the last month...

It was a pretty massive story for awhile as you probably know.

Would love to see the complaints a free speech advocate who is a "classic British liberal" politically speaking, gets. I'm sure they are hilarious.

Yes David. Let's talk about Dr Peterson.

 

[davidallen]

It was a pretty massive story for awhile as you probably know.

Would love to see the complaints a free speech advocate who is a "classic British liberal" politically speaking, gets. I'm sure they are hilarious.

Yes David. Let's talk about Dr Peterson.

Yeah 2 hours to reinstate is atrocious... such a China Doll. You want a perfect system? Go create it...

 

[MegaPoke]

Yeah 2 hours to reinstate is atrocious... such a China Doll. You want a perfect system? Go create it...

He's a china doll because he suddenly had - without explanation - no access to his email account or revenue source?

Pretty sure you would be too.

 

[davidallen]

He's a china doll because he suddenly had - without explanation - no access to his email account or revenue source?

Pretty sure you would be too.

And 2 hours later I would be right back at it as he was...

The China Doll is anyone who sees this as systemic censorship. Would say snowflake but @ThorOdinson13 says that is an appropriation of his culture....

Apologies @Been Jammin for the hijack...

 

[Been Jammin]

Been is an idiot goof who's never been r


Don't apologize. Own that crap. You're a dick and pretty much exclusively wrong on your opinions and conclusions. You do you.

 

[Ostatedchi]

There you go. Own it.