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Originally Posted by RCFJ
I’d rather hear what you all think about topic x, even if I do vehemently disagree, than have CNN or Fox News tell me what to think about it. I guess I don’t see how it hurts a forum. It’s buried under Off-Topic. Not that many people travel here and if you know you’re easily offended you don’t have to click into it. How about a political section on its own that people know to steer clear of.
Plus let’s be honest internet shouting matches are kind of fun, pointless, but fun.
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I just experienced it in one forum... they had an "anything goes" section, and soon religious and political lines were drawn. What started out as genial banter became bitter, aggressive attacks toward one another. The personal conflicts started to bleed out into other forums on the site. Finally, the mods got tired of it and just shut the "anything goes" section down and refuse to this day to even allow an off-topic section.
It was kinda fun for a while, until it wasn't. Some started digging up online dirt on each other and their families, posting it, and calling each other out for fist fights. Honestly, it got pretty creepy at the end.
