As a 'normal person' what do you think of Current Affairs/IMHO

You know the types

The new twitter is going to beat the head of the lefties, Trump is a god, Justin Trudeau and Jacinda Ardern are fascists and the like.

To be fair it's not all like that and can be a source of sensible information at times.

j2

You're on some saint sh1t kid. Just swing on anyone who argues with you. I'm serious BTW.

Well, to be honest, I think some of them are just having a laugh.

Sweet Talkin Romeo

a'righy then ; think it'd be fine meself, if the invidious WUMs were sanctioned,, So long as they be woke, they get away with allsorts,,

eg Poster 1: "There's too many Ukrainians coming over here (Ireland) "

Poster WUM : "Racist!"

how that can be "racist" is beyond me - aint even xenophobic imo

Ubbquittious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834257#Comment_119834257

Thats part of a much wider internet phenomenon of enforcing groupthink

Arghus

I think it's mainly worthless and about what you would expect from an anonymous message board.

But, I'm happy enough to leave them to it.

Burt Renaults

It is what it is, and that's a shame. But nobody forces me to look at it, so I don't give it a lot of thought. Quarantining the shite keeps After Hours cleaner than it might otherwise be.

EmmetSpiceland

An excellent creation but it’s not really doing the job it was designed for anymore. If the CA “types”, the angry middled aged cranks, could be kept distracted over there it would be great.

What's happening is they are getting “sanctioned” for their odious opinions over there and then wandering into more normal forums and doing their usual dumps on refugees, trans people, people of colour, women (particularly successful ones), RTÉ among others. They are usually quite easy to spot as they’ll have the prison bars over their avatar, never a good look.

I, personally, believe that with stricter moderation in AH, and other normal forums, and a much lighter “touch” moderator in CA things would be a lot better on the site, especially for more normal users.

Let the angry little weirdos, oddballs and malcontents have their little “dung heap” to wallow in.

Crocodile Booze

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834386#Comment_119834386

Tbh, this post reads like it was written by an angry middled aged crank....... dude.

Leg End Reject

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834415#Comment_119834415

And it's repeated ad nauseum to boot. God be with the days when it was merely a "cess pool".

osarusan

It's a disaster. It is, on the face of it, the main place on the site to discuss current affairs. It's not some overflow for castoffs from other fora.

But it is horrendously under-moderated, and posters get away with far much for far far too long before they get banned.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834386#Comment_119834386

Stricter moderation, yeah. Something should be done about all those sock puppet accounts eh dude?

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834541#Comment_119834541

Admin Beasty managed to remove the “Big 10” in the McMurphy Affair. That was one, heavily, pro-Sinn Fein user using multiple accounts to attack the government and defend SF.

Since then a few dormant accounts, suddenly, activated and others setup to fill the void but it was still Trojan work on the part of the mods here to uncover what was going on.

pjohnson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834335#Comment_119834335

Thats why it was created iirc. To store the waste in one place.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834561#Comment_119834561

Well one particular "dude" has been giving them a run for their money in the sock puppet account stakes.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834602#Comment_119834602

Who’s that, compadre?

bucketybuck

The biggest troll on the board is currently posting in this thread.

Deebles McBeebles

Bigoted clusterfuck.

Pardon my language.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058270457/as-a-normal-person-what-do-you-think-of-current-affairs-imho

You mean other people's opinions? Yes it can be difficult for some to stomach that others have a view unlike their own.

Ten of Swords

Mod - I want to let this thread run but if it's just going to turn into a list of grievances between posters, or people having a go at mods, then that's not going to end well.

Can we please stick to discussing the CA forum? This should possibly be in thd feedback forum but it can stay here for now

megaten

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834434#Comment_119834434

A place for cast offs that shouldn't be allowed to interact with other people is exactly what it is though, and by design. It was created several years to late to be that. The tenor of discussion had already changed on AH by the time it was created. Personally I don't the idea of quarantining a community actually works though. If a section of clowns are allowed to exist on a site they will naturally bleed over to the rest of it.

eggy81

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834561#Comment_119834561

Why would anyone want to attack this government?? Don’t get it myself

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119836839#Comment_119836839

I get what you mean, aitmDoF, but, for me, it’s about keeping all the nasty stuff like the anti-Ukrainian, anti-immigrant, anti-trans, racism, misogyny and all the stuff that, I would think, doesn't “belong” in AH over in another place.

If these things must be discussed then, again, for me, it should be done in CA and not somewhere designed for more of a laugh.

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119836599#Comment_119836599

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119834602#Comment_119834602

This thread is like Cluedo, but without the candlestick.

CA/IMHO seems to be largely WUMs replying to WUMs. The odd time something of value shines though.

eggy81

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119837136#Comment_119837136

There very little anti any of the stuff you said. It’s mostly anti governmental stupidity that comes across in those threads. The racism, anti this that and the other accusations are just thrown out to stifle criticism of government policy.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058270457/as-a-normal-person-what-do-you-think-of-current-affairs-imho

Thanks.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119837136#Comment_119837136

I dip in and out of certain threads over there and the odd ones I follow and maybe contribute to. More and more I adopt a shrug my shoulders attitude when reading a post that I don't agree with. Opposing opinions rarely bother me.

Racism and misogyny can be used to describe some people in very broad strokes I feel. There is no taking in to account the complexity of the view so instead it's "you say we can't accommodate more Ukrainian people then you are racist" or "if you don't believe that men should be extra mindful of walking behind a woman at night you are a misogynist".

And Emmet I find it very hard to believe that you are the person you portray yourself to be on here. Now and then I feel as though I've caught glimpses of the real you, the one who doesn't use quotation marks or throws digs at others or views certain forums and users with contempt.

Who are you really?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119836839#Comment_119836839

I am curious how you know what my views are.

complete pot & kettle

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The Current Affairs / IMHO forum works perfectly well, as far as I'm concerned.

Insightful analysis of many subjects that matter in the here and now. For sure, there'll always be some problem users - but that exists on any forum, at any time.

The quality of the posts is generally quite high, most of which is backed up, and most attempts made at posts are done in good faith.

Not sure what more you could ask for, really.

Rothko

There's a hell of a lot of people on here who really can't handle someone having a differing opinion. It's a very bad reflection on them as a person.

Tonesjones

Wrong tag

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119840263#Comment_119840263

Well the tone of your op implied that you don't share the opinions you referred to. It also seemed (even though you did acknowledge that some parts of the forum were ok) that you felt CA was a place for.......well I don't know really.

Thelonious Monk

It's a bit of an echo chamber for journal.ie commenter types. Middle aged men who are against most things, think climate change is a scam, hate the Greens, hate cyclists, are scared of urban areas etc. It would make you despair but if you look at Reddit Ireland which has a significantly younger crowd, they're far more progressive in their views, so that gives me hope.

Rothko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119839213#Comment_119839213

You won't get a response from that person.

j2

There are a few people who have been posting here for several times a day for the past decade. That alone amazes me, but when you realise they're mostly arguing about politics I really begin to wonder what they're actually like in real life. They can't be well.

Galwayguy35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119841251#Comment_119841251

The Journal is full of articles pushing the leftie lib agenda, sounds like its perfect for you Mr Progressive.

anewme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119841251#Comment_119841251

By you saying the younger crowd are more progressive, the oldie echo chamber people would probably describe them as woke.🤣

Potential-Monke

Define "normal person"...

Thelonious Monk

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119842582#Comment_119842582

Yes but the cesspit that are the comments are where you'd more likely find your kin

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119842603#Comment_119842603

That's why I put normal in brackets, there is no such thing as normal and as this is AH slightly humours tone.

Galwayguy35

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119842717#Comment_119842717

"My Kin"

And who exactly would they be now?

Gregor Samsa

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119842942#Comment_119842942

I think it's quite amusing that you pejoratively, and unprovoked, referred to the "lefty lib agenda" and directly referred to the poster as "Mr Progressive", clearly as an insult.

Then when the poster replied and suggested that you might be the opposite to that of all that, you get offended.

It's this type of very poor quality discourse that is the main problem with CA/IMHO. In my humble opinion, of course.

freshpopcorn

Well on Boards you encounter

People with bad spelling and Grammar(Like myself).

People who are conservative.

People who are a tad slow.

People who you dread running into. I'm thinking of one lad who ruins threads. If you see he's the last poster I nearly avoid it.

Those one's you can say nothing around without them getting offended.

anewme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119843017#Comment_119843017

You forgot about the trolls, racists and misogynists. Would you not say they should be top of the list?

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119843392#Comment_119843392

I'm top of my list!

anewme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119843408#Comment_119843408

A racist and a bad speller? Thats a tough hand to be dealt.

freshpopcorn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119843414#Comment_119843414

You left out Homophobic!

anewme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119843439#Comment_119843439

I did!!!

I find it fasanatign, to be honest, the only person I know about who seems to have those views is a distinct relative who lives in a part of Ireland where they are unlikely ever to encounter any looney left-woke femministst yet they seem to have been sucked into it somehow.

The woman who does my hair is a real conspiricty theorist, it is a strange one as well, she is a lovely woman who has her own business and sounds sensible and intelligent when you are talking to her.

thefallingman

why is everyone attacking middle age men, all men will be that one day and not all of us are as described here. I guess ageism doesn't count ! I don't go into ca very often at all it's stressful but people are very, very quick to start calling each other names and pigeon holing them, in my middle aged view having different opinions is healthy, as is debate. Echo chambers are a nonsense.