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over the last few day things have happened in this nation . some good people feel that there should be some leeway on politics here and other good people feel we should stick to football stuff and leave this forum as an escape from reality if you will .
i can see both points of view as being legitimate but that leaves me in a bit of a pickle . i have engaged in politics on this board however as a moderator i have to balance that with the needs of the posters who dont want politics on the forum . i have only recently started harping on it because i have moved from my positions of engaging in politics here to wanting the escape from it .
i tell you these things so all parties know where i stand and have stood on this issue . its only fair that i do .
but that leaves me with trying to come up with a solution that fits everyones needs . my best solution is to have a thread , (stuck ) that deals with todays issues (politics ) . i dont know what to call it simply the political thread or maybe Our world Today or go funny and call it the redskins fake news thread . i need it though to be known as the place where politics are discussed
so everyone knows i would enforce it pretty tightly with the exception of the name debate thread where some leeway might need to be given . also know that a poster had a signature on his account that was political in nature and i asked him to change it . know that i will PM and let him keep it up if we have the thread . . any debates about said signature would have to be debated on the political thread
i expect if it is decided to do this that the same rules apply to everything else . my first action is to move the offending thread to the political one . next would be deleting it if someone is just being a jackwagon , and then asking for a ban . most people are cool with me moving it and deleting it would be extreme or in some cases moving it would make no sense (rare)
now my personal feelings are we shouldnt do politics here . i dont want good posters leaving or being run off because they dont want politics in redskins football threads . however that doesnt mean i wont support a thread for politics and defend it "right " to be on the forum . understand though that if that can of worms is opened that all hell can break lose if we dont respect each other and call people names ETC (which I have been guilty of as well ) . passions will run high and things said that are hateful or offending to some people
think about this long and hard and let me know what you guys want . i am going to vote for it so you know even with my reservations to it . i appreciate your feed back and give me and up or down vote so i can see what the consensus is
i can see both points of view as being legitimate but that leaves me in a bit of a pickle . i have engaged in politics on this board however as a moderator i have to balance that with the needs of the posters who dont want politics on the forum . i have only recently started harping on it because i have moved from my positions of engaging in politics here to wanting the escape from it .
i tell you these things so all parties know where i stand and have stood on this issue . its only fair that i do .
but that leaves me with trying to come up with a solution that fits everyones needs . my best solution is to have a thread , (stuck ) that deals with todays issues (politics ) . i dont know what to call it simply the political thread or maybe Our world Today or go funny and call it the redskins fake news thread . i need it though to be known as the place where politics are discussed
so everyone knows i would enforce it pretty tightly with the exception of the name debate thread where some leeway might need to be given . also know that a poster had a signature on his account that was political in nature and i asked him to change it . know that i will PM and let him keep it up if we have the thread . . any debates about said signature would have to be debated on the political thread
i expect if it is decided to do this that the same rules apply to everything else . my first action is to move the offending thread to the political one . next would be deleting it if someone is just being a jackwagon , and then asking for a ban . most people are cool with me moving it and deleting it would be extreme or in some cases moving it would make no sense (rare)
now my personal feelings are we shouldnt do politics here . i dont want good posters leaving or being run off because they dont want politics in redskins football threads . however that doesnt mean i wont support a thread for politics and defend it "right " to be on the forum . understand though that if that can of worms is opened that all hell can break lose if we dont respect each other and call people names ETC (which I have been guilty of as well ) . passions will run high and things said that are hateful or offending to some people
think about this long and hard and let me know what you guys want . i am going to vote for it so you know even with my reservations to it . i appreciate your feed back and give me and up or down vote so i can see what the consensus is