06-27-2020, 03:24 PM
(06-27-2020, 12:38 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Generalizations are bad, and at the same time when he was first elected multiple board members called any criticism of his actions a mental illness.
Again, it is going both ways with that regard.
I was more aligned with libertarians during the Obama administration and criticized his foreign policy constantly here. I only registered Democrat for the first time after the 2016 election because I thought Donald Trump being elected president was the most ridiculous thing to ever occur in modern politics. I've experienced things being on different sides (it's not binary).
Things are definitely different in the Trump era with everyone. I looked back at some of the first threads from this board and it was actually pretty mixed.
Now most threads are a discussion of Trump's latest blunder or outlandish action (and at some point we have to be honest about the fact that this is a pretty uniquely concerning presidency).
There's obviously more liberal leaning people here and it's also tough when conservatives have to defend Trump and not someone like Marco Rubio or Paul Ryan. One of the loudest conservative voices was banned for constantly breaking the rules by refusing to not use slurs against minority groups nonstop. It feels like conservatives have had to take a more aggressive stance on defending Trump since most of the threads turn to Trump and his actions. Then again, if a thread appears to be too negative, ignoring it will eventually cause it to die. The back and forth is what keeps them going.
I think so long as everyone commits to ignore the straight up trolling, things will be fine.
This is a well stated post. As far as Lucie, it's really not fair to use him as an example of anything. He's been GoldenArm9, TommyC and then St. Lucie and he was a nutball in every instance. He's the type of outlier who should not be associated with any group out of simple fairness.
