Very quiet in here

This site has become an echo chamber for people who need safe spaces.

Mods curate threads to their own narratives/political leanings. And most mods lean the same way.

It's unfortunate as it used to be a decent site to discuss issues and get different perspectives.

The Political satire thread was in the Cool Vids, Pics and Links forum but it was closed at the end of October.

Is there another thread there for Political stuff ?

No. I asked @New Home a couple times could we reopen the political satire thread and he said no.

Not sure if it was generating too many spurious reports or what, there was an awful lot of unfunny stuff in it but not much that crossed a line into overly offensive, from what I saw anyway

Im doubtful if much of the content of the previous thread would qualify as light hearted, or even satirical. It was political warfare using images to spread abuse of political figures.

It was but in fairness it was pretty much one sided.

There could be 6 or 7 posts in a row by anti Trumpers and then someone would post an anti Democrat meme and it was like a red rag to a bull, or whacking a hornets nest.

The anti Trumpers would feel the need to instantly retaliate by posting flurry of any old crap memes they could find.

It was laughable really.

Well maybe you laughed at that because there weren't many to be had from the memes. And I dont think any one side had a monopoly of unfunny ones or "a flurry of any old crap memes they could find".

Either way, you are confirming it was a hornets nest rather than lightening the mood.

I was responding to the suggestion that one of the merits of it would be to have something light hearted in CA. The tribalism \ abuse to funny ratio would be even worse in CA given the intensity of the debates.
The issue with 7 in a row isn't whether they come from one side or another, but whether they are even attempts at humour or satire. Or just any old text or speech excerpt or scurrilous rumour or insult wrapped up in meme form.
And it could encompass not just American politicians but Irish public figures too.

"Keeping stuff out of the main" thread is a different basis to bring it in, just as long as no one is under any illusions about the type of "stuff" that will be there :)

I don't think its quiet enough in here at all at all. Theres still way to many antagonistic people on here who don't share my particular ideologies, and for my plans of world domination to succeed, I need the site numbers to be way down to just a few hundred. That way i can assert some sort of control. Could the current mods not stop with all the yapping, get back to doing their jobs properly, and start permanently banning people in their droves, before finally banning themselves?

Thank you.

BRING BACK BEASTY!

The double standards between forums, and the enforcement of "site rules" is a complete joke right across this site.

Go into the immigration thread. Review the anti immigration posts getting warnings/bans and then review the pro immigration posts that go unimpeded.

Its quite obvious that its being censored, sorry moderated inline with the moderators personal views.

Pro immigration posters can wax lyrical with anecdotes. They can thinly veil attack posters etc. All childish stuff that should be allowed both ways as it in no way merits bans or warnings to begin with.

But its glaringly obvious to anyone who cares to look that the overbearing moderating only leans one way.

Post #740 in this thread falls foul of "attack the post, not the poster".