Ever notice?

POSTED BY: Ghoulman
UPDATED: Monday, September 13, 2004 16:44
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GHOULMAN

Wednesday, July 14, 2004 10:34 PM

... that the "Right Wingers" who post here never create thier own threads... but just post in threads by other folks? Over and over and over and over and over? Folks who are, shall we say, liberal by leaning.

Yea... it's annoying. Some moderators out there in cyberspace have a name for this behaviour... can't quite recall ...

HKCAVALIER

Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:45 AM

You gotta wonder what motivates 'em. I like to post on this board because A). I think I have something unique to contribute to the conversation, B). Writing helps me to clarify my thoughts, as does the often very thoughtful feedback I get and C). Sometimes I just want my voice to be "heard." Oh, and sometimes I just want to join in the festivities!

But why would somebody singlehandedly take on all comers in the kind of arid, cybernetic battle royale that seems to flare up on this board so often of late? Certainly, after the umpteenth itteration of your point in your 16th post you can't be contributing anything new or unique. And I don't see any of these lone gunmen refining their points, or getting any more lucid in their 20th post than they were in their first (oftenner than not it's the other way 'round, with them sputtering and calling everyone "mentally defficient" and leaving in a huff). And you ain't gonna tell me that this is their idea of fun.

And politically, you're right Ghoulman, all these fellas (don't think there're any girl gunmen, but I could be wrong) are rather to the right of center (oops, of course any number of them could drone on for untold paragraphs explaining how they're centrists and the likes of you and me are strictly lunatic fringe elements, you know--break out your tin foil hat and all that).

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

APEMAN61

Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:58 AM

McBain: "Did you ever notice how men are always how men are always leaving the toilet seat up?"
...silence....
McBain: "Dat's da joke."
Unknown: "You Suck McBain!"

"Rule of thumb? Maybe it should be rule of wrist."

SGTGUMP

Thursday, July 15, 2004 2:11 AM

"Hangin's too good for em'.

Burnin's too good for em'.

He should be torn into little bitsy peices,

and buried alive!" - Hanover Fist

SGTGUMP

Thursday, July 15, 2004 2:14 AM

"The first ten million years were the worst, and the second ten million, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline." - Marvin

LOSTINTHEVERSE

Thursday, July 15, 2004 2:56 AM

While I consider myself almost dead center, I feel I am rightist as compared to most people here (on most issues... there are some where I'm even far left of the democratic party... inquire within). I personally don't feel the need to start a political thread here. Plenty of them are already floating around. It suits me fine to lurk between them and post when I see something worth saying.

On the posting over and over and over claim, I've seen that from both sides. Degenerate namecalling is a long held and lowly regarded tradition that, unfortunately, I'm not sure will ever be truly eradicated from political discussion. Oh how I long to see a true statesmen run for office...

As per usual... just one mans opinion, feel free to tear it apart.

~ Lost In The 'Verse

"About a year before we met, I spent 6 months on a moon where the primary form of recreation was juggling geese. My hand to god. Baby geese. Goslings. They were juggled!"

CAPNHARBATKIN

Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:14 AM

I seem to recall a thread about 4 or 5 months back started by HowdyRockerBabe (sp?) asking something along the lines of "do you intend to vote for Bush?"

What followed was a really, really nasty, convoluted and generally hateful thread. I tried to make thoughtful points but as one of the posters above mentioned it pretty quickly degenerated into name-calling and sentence by sentence rebuttals with specious arguments. It got so bad that eventually HowdyRockerBaby (who seems to me like a really sweet and sincere human being) apologized for starting all the dissention.

Eventually I gave up on the thread and stopped coming to this board for a couple months. And that ladies and gents is the problem. I got turned off because I tried to post rational and thoughful comments and became disenchanted when I didn't convert anyone.

How does the old joke go? "Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." That's where I'm at now. I'll post simple responses but I'll stay away from the religious and political discussions. You'll never change someone elses mind.

Besides, all it does is annoy the pig.

Now, how's about we get on with this increasingly eerie-ass day

HKCAVALIER

Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:43 AM

Hey, hey, just so's y'all know: I didn't mean to imply that only Rightwing posters contribute negatively to threads. Why, our beloved Ghoulman himself knows that he can employ a pretty poisonous curser when he's a mind to.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

PURPLEBELLY

Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:55 AM

On the other hand, I'm amazed in a gratifying way at the tolerance on this Board to ideas other than politics. Everywhere else I go, people just tell me to shut up

FREMDFIRMA

Thursday, July 15, 2004 1:30 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by sgtgump:
"Hangin's too good for em'.

Burnin's too good for em'.

He should be torn into little bitsy peices,

and buried alive!" - Hanover Fist

ROFLMAO.

I didn't know anyone but me not only..
A. Watched that cult classic.
B. Would *remember* that scene/quote.
C. Find it as amusing as I did.

Lemme leave you with another one.

"NOT GUILTY!"
-Captain Lincoln F Stern.

heheheh

-frem
diefuxdie

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