Politics Forum has gone to hell

[wacki]

With threads like:
Ronald Reagan is to blame for the 9/11 Attack
God to blame for 9-11...
Samuel Adams to blame for 9-11
Pentagon: 9/11

The conversation in alot of the threads isn't much better.

Hopefully sanity will return after the election.

[benfranklin]

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The conversation in alot of the threads isn't much better.

Hopefully sanity will return after the election.

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After the election, the threads will be about who is responsible for the election going to the Supreme Court again.

[juanez]

No doubt. Some folks are getting really nasty and personal. Too bad... /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Neil Stevens]

Arguing politics with anonymous people is like running in the Special Olympics.

[wacki]

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Arguing politics with anonymous people is like running in the Special Olympics.

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That is a very crude and offensive joke.

I disagree. I learn alot from posters like Nicky G, lastchance, vulturesrow, Dynasty, Adios, Utah, and many others. I'm not really trying to convince anyone of anything. By argueing, I learn. 2+2 was one of the best sources of news until very recently.

[tek]

Wrong forum dude /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[wacki]

maybe maybe not. I am talking about a forum, not politics.

[ThaSaltCracka]

thats why I rarely go in there now.

[Neil Stevens]

It's offensive to point out that there are retarded people in the Special Olympics?

Or it's offensive to compare someone arguing his best with anonymous people with a retarded person trying his best on the field of competition?

[wacki]

Any version of this joke is tasteless and offensive.

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[Ulysses]

BTW, what's better than winning a gold medal at the Special Olympics?

[wacki]

I'm not sure what your getting at, but I just don't find jokes that are made at the expense of retarded people funny. That's all.

[Neil Stevens]

Do you find jokes made at anyone's expense to be unfunny? Or do retarded people just "special"?

[wacki]

Making a joke at the expense of any disabled person is offensive to me. I don't pick on people who can't defend themselves, and I don't like it when other people do.

Polish, Jew, and Black jokes aren't offensive to me because there is nothing wrong with those people.

Do you see the difference?

[Neil Stevens]

Yup, I just think you're too easily offended.

[theBruiser500]

yeah i agree, the politics forum hasn't had a lot of good discussion the last week or two

[spamuell]

Making a joke at the expense of any disabled person is offensive to me. I don't pick on people who can't defend themselves, and I don't like it when other people do.

So is it ok to make jokes at the expense of physically disabled/retarded people? What about if they're pretty dumb and don't have the capacity to defend themselves, although not actually mentally retarded? What about stupid people in general? What about physically retarded people who can't type, is it ok to pick on them in person but not online because they can't type a response?

[Dynasty]

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Making a joke at the expense of any disabled person is offensive to me. I don't pick on people who can't defend themselves, and I don't like it when other people do.

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I don't understand why you think disabled people aren't able to defend themselves. I think you underestimate them.

[B Dids]

and people wondered why I banned Woolygimp from IRC.

[ThaSaltCracka]

good call, he is very annoying.

[wacki]

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Making a joke at the expense of any disabled person is offensive to me. I don't pick on people who can't defend themselves, and I don't like it when other people do.

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I don't understand why you think disabled people aren't able to defend themselves. I think you underestimate them.

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Maybe. But I've always been the kind of guy that tells people to "Pick on someone their own size". I don't understand why so many people are chewing me out because I don't like retard jokes. WTF?

[ThaSaltCracka]

yeah I agree with you, I think jokes about mentally handicapped people is probably in bad taste. But some people either don't care or disagree with that, so whatever /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[wacki]

Thankyou!

[Blarg]

I thought the whole point of the politics forum was to keep the hellish threads centralized.

[Beerfund]

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BTW, what's better than winning a gold medal at the Special Olympics?

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its supposed to be "whats better than winning a silver medal at the special olympics?" cuz then people think "uhhh a gold medal?" and also nothing NOTHING is better than winning a gold medal at the special olympics











except not being retarded