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tahujdt's Rant-Turned-Metapolitics Megathread
« on: March 26, 2014, 08:11:07 am »

Look, down here, and on this forum in general, we're all on the edge of the bell curve in one way or another. The thing is, I'm on the edge of the bell curve here, too.

An intelligent conservative on the internet. We're rare, but we do exist. We're the ones who jump in to defend atheists from young-Earth creationists. (something I actually did once) We generally try not to wave our political views in people's faces, which can be hard on forums where people kinda forget that we exist.

So when I see some saying, (The following is a dramatic exaggeration. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.) "Oh, conservatives are teh evullllz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" , it's hard for me to not jump in with a verbal chastising.

Just sayin'.

Anyway, just my verbal rant. So please, consider the feelings of conservatives, too. And besides, aren't liberals the ones who care about endangered species? The intelligent internet-dwelling conservative is in danger of dying out!
« Last Edit: March 27, 2014, 09:10:49 am by tahujdt »
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2014, 08:12:45 am »

Totally agree with you. It's too easy to swarm people with different viewpoints, we need to do more to be respectful.
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2014, 08:41:01 am »

So when I see some saying, (The following is a dramatic exaggeration. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited.) "Oh, conservatives are teh evullllz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" , it's hard for me to not jump in with a verbal chastising.
Maybe you should do that instead of making vague threads like this?
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2014, 08:41:02 am »

Yeaup, I understand and agree as well. I feel it used to be easier back when the discussion was more intelligent and not as much shouting and passive aggressive bullshit and navel gazing.

And I know I've personally been part of making it a shouting match, hut then again, I openly admit to feeling as I've become more and more stupid over the last couple of years. So I apologize.
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #4 on: March 26, 2014, 08:50:35 am »

As politely as possible- Harden up, princess.

I'd consider myself a conservative, although I'd never be accused of being intelligent, and I haven't yet gotten shit about it.
Plus Nikov is as republican as they come, and everyone likes him.

I dislike this assertion that you're being victimized. Congratulations, you're in an area with a higher quantity of liberals. Stuff people say is going to be liberal.
If you start dragging us down into the dungeon of political correctness, I personally will not forgive you.
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2014, 08:57:59 am »

We tend to dogpile people who put up views that some members feel strongly about in politically charged debates.

Half the time I just can't help but visualize some people just saying things in a angry 'I don't want to see you post any more, you are 100% wrong' tone after some time of continued dogpiling.

In recent times, it is watching the dogpilers try to express their ideology so very hard...
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2014, 09:00:44 am »

As politely as possible- Harden up, princess.

I'd consider myself a conservative, although I'd never be accused of being intelligent, and I haven't yet gotten shit about it.
Plus Nikov is as republican as they come, and everyone likes him.
Nikov was banned like 2.5 years ago....  ???
For being a dick.
And no, I didn't like him.
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2014, 09:05:26 am »

Vague posts with passive aggressive complaining are not likely to help in your situation, tahujdt.
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« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2014, 09:05:42 am »

Also I don't remember seeing you in the political threads Tack.
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2014, 09:08:25 am »

Nikov was banned like forty thousand lightyears ago, Tack.

Preedit: A dammit RedKing, you ninja. Don't think I don't know what you studied in China.

And yeah. Nikov had this thing where he'd go from totally cool to a flamebaiting douche on the drop of a hat. Usually a politic hat. But I always figured he was, over time, driven more and more into it by the dogpiling atmosphere.

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Vague posts with passive aggressive complaining are not likely to help in your situation, tahujdt.

Of all the passive agressiveness on this forum, I really do not feel this from tahujdt's OP.
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2014, 09:10:58 am »

And yeah. Nikov had this thing where he'd go from totally cool to a flamebaiting douche on the drop of a hat. Usually a politic hat. But I always figured he was, over time, driven more and more into it by the dogpiling atmosphere.

Yeah, Nikov was mostly fine outside of political threads. But in them.....Jesus H. Christ in a handbasket...
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2014, 09:19:04 am »

Vague posts with passive aggressive complaining are not likely to help in your situation, tahujdt.

Of all the passive agressiveness on this forum, I really do not feel this from tahujdt's OP.

Hey, you, you liberals. 'Some guys' are being really mean to some other guys! Stop it, you guys who I won't name but are out there.
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Re: A polite request to the inhabitants of the lower boards
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2014, 09:42:35 am »

I go back and forth. I didn't like Bush (I liked John Kerry better), and I voted McCain over Obama. I didn't like Mitt Romney at all, but I still figured he would hopefully be better than Obama... No way of knowing if he would've been, but Obama's certainly not doing so well so far.

I wouldn't consider myself conservative or liberal. I just don't care much about politics any farther than trying to keep people out of office who would be detrimental to the country... y'know, like Obama. :P (national debt has gone up by at least a trillion for every year he's been in office, and it's never done that before with any of our other presidents - even for just a year.)

I certainly haven't said anything bad to conservatives, though. Or liberals. But, to be fair, I'm more of an upper-board guy.
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« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2014, 09:51:18 am »

Aw. Guess I only ever saw the bright side of Nikov.
Same could be said of a few ban-ees though, I suppose.
Gotta love the rose tiny on these cool glasses.


And yes, I do tend to stay away from the political threads
You know why?
I voted Tony Abbott.
Not because he's unpopular- because 90% of the people here have no idea who he is.
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« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2014, 09:53:19 am »

You mean the Prime Minister of Australia?[/googled_it]
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