Politics and Religion

[Dill]

(03-03-2021, 03:28 PM)GMDino Wrote: I think that list covers a broad spectrum of "conservatives" that post fairly regularly.

Some have left in the past and I don't know why and I don't care.  This is a sub forum of a sports board ran by fans of a team.  The mods have attempted to make this as "safe" a place as possible and if you can't handle it that is on the individual.  If they felt unwelcome because there were challenges to what they posted and "ran off" so be it.  Why would that even be an issue?  Who is keeping track of the balance of the posters vs the political spectrum?  Just be here for the discussions, and maybe to learn something, and move along.  If someone is letting anything here bother them beyond that they need to log off for awhile.

And that goes back to the topic of the thread:  This subject here can be volatile.  That's not for everyone.  Disagreements are frequent both because of the political lean of the posters and the loss of inflection with the written word vs actual talking.  Idea and points are easily misconstrued as easily as they are deliberately misrepresented.

Edit to add:  Then they play the victim card and/or claim they "won" because people won't argue anymore.  Grade school stuff.

I'm in agreement with the bolded. 

I have several times questioned right wing takes on illegals voting and pizzagate, after which the posters disappeared. 

Some, like Lucy and Vlad, were banned for their own intemperate language.

Not everyone is really up for dialogue with people of different views. Difference = attack.
Some are just more comfortable in a bubble where beliefs can circulate unchallenged. 
A QAnon supporter might feel more comfortable in a forum where everyone already agrees what Hillary does with babies.

A narrative about "leftists" who bully rightists and chase them out of this forum could only prevail 
to the degree that forum members eschew any requirement for factual, citable grounding.

There is a question about what constitutes "bullying" as well. 
If merely advancing certain political arguments can be defined as bullying, then one has a tool 
for dismissing others views without addressing or actually refuting them.