The Unvaxinated = the Taliban

[Dill]

(10-15-2021, 12:47 PM)hollodero Wrote: Lastly, the issue is that this board is something akin to a regulars' table. One does not necessarily like everyone on said table, but usually people still refrain from getting in another person's face at every occasion. For if one does that all the time and turns most lasting debates into yet another of these feuds, the rest of the regulars will get annoyed by it and, after every attempt to address this is failing, will attend less and less. I know you exclusively blame the liberal posters for that exodus as well, but I doubt that this is entirely true. It isn't true for this former regular.

That being said, as indicated I will now take a longer break from these boards as well, mainly for the reasons stated. As I'd assume many others did. Have fun, all.

If people could all agree to allow the "feuds" to play out on this one thread, not the others, then we might have a workable solution. It will prevent angry digressions involving two or three of the same people from erupting on every other thread. People should know to stay away, if they aren't interested in the feuders' arguments/issues. 

As for the exodus of posters, I think some of that results from the larger political situation in the US. If it is true some people do not like angry feuding, it is also true that some have come to like information "bubbles" more than previously. No one likes being bullied and personally attacked, but challenges to data, evidence, and logic are not that, and there is some evidence that people have left the forum simply to avoid the latter. That isn't really fixable, if open political debate is ideal and goal.

Enjoy your vacation. Come back soon.