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Everyone one should force themselves to show some respect to the office..........in this case, this mod's office. Calling out mods/admins in open forum usually just end up with one result. I don't know Greg and heck, I hold the opinion that he has exercised bias in some of his actions but you know what's said about opinions..............and he is still the mod here.

This stuff is counter productive if the discussion becomes personal in open forum & that is all too common a trend.
 
I have some mild form of Tourette's (probably) and am probably brain damaged somewhat, so I can't have an adult conversation with anyone.

Beer and titties.

The problem I always have with the "no political discussion" policies is whether people see them as a way from turning forums for the discussion of non-political shit into partisan bickering hellholes, or maybe that people who are so fixed in their political views that they want to squash all discourse that they don't agree with and banning all speech doesn't make them seem like playing favorites.

The reality is that we have become militantly polarized politically in this country. I don't have political chats with my coworkers because I'd probably strangle them and I don't have friends with differing political opinions because reckless political policies have pretty much marginalized my career. Or more concisely, I can be friends with people as long as politics doesn't enter the picture.

With all that said, we in America have switched from celebrating constitutional freedoms to hiding behind an imagined "right" to not to be offended (see the festering creature known as Lena Dunham).

This attitude that we're not supposed to or are not allowed to talk about politics reminds me of the good old days in the East Bloc and it has become worse to the point that we're close to being accused of thoughtcrime if we offend some special snowflake.

I'm for freedom.

I'm for beer.

I'm for titties.

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Everyone one should force themselves to show some respect to the office..........in this case, this mod's office. Calling out mods/admins in open forum usually just end up with one result. I don't know Greg and heck, I hold the opinion that he has exercised bias in some of his actions but you know what's said about opinions..............and he is still the mod here.

This stuff is counter productive if the discussion becomes personal in open forum & that is all too common a trend.

I disagree. I think it needs to be out in the open, so everyone can see what is truly happening.

"behind closed doors" is never a good option.
as is the "head in the sand" approach.
 
of the few whiners and complainers, how many of them have you told to find another forum?

All of them but just to discuss politics. Would love to talk to you about 4Runners. Near as I can tell there are less than 10 of you that actually want to discuss politics and it always turns into the same guys saying the exact same thing. I probably could create a thread and tell you what each guy would say in respect to politics lol.


this forum DOES allow it. it is YOU that doesn't.

No. This forum does not allow posts that instigate flame wars. Every political post eventually gets there. We have tried it.

wasted bandwidth? is that a joke? if anything, that is one thing that admin would want, since that means more traffic, which means more money for the company.
See above. Less than 10 people out of thousands. Don't think they would be losing much.


those people are whining to you, because YOU have made it an issue. just because they complain, doesn't mean you need to do ANYTHING about it. as long as forum rules aren't being broken, and they aren't. YOUR rules are.

I made it an issue when the complaints started. Again, these are forum rules, not mine.


what actually is the problem with consenting adults having a conversation? even if it gets heated, so what? wtf does that matter?

Nothing except most cannot handle debating. Unfortunately there are currently a few people who are forever banned because they couldn't control themselves in the political threads. They started threatening others to the point of asking locations and talking about how good of a shot with their gun they were. This is what happens and those guys who followed closely here will remember those episodes. Actually the posts are still here somewhere.


to that last thing, I did my part, its out of my hands.

you seem to have no problem responding to anything. besides, I wasn't talking solely about you. there is more than one mod on this board that I feel should NOT be mods. I take it you are someone who doesn't like rules in general. Good luck.

Answers in bold.
 
Answers in bold.

I have no problem with rules. but i expect them to be fair, and to be fairly enforced.

and again, this forum does allow political posts. it just doesn't allow them, if their INTENTION is instigate a flame war.

3. No Trolling or Posts For the Purpose of Instigating Flame Wars
This includes, but is not limited to, posts designed to instigate political and religious flame wars (e.g., starting a poll asking whether or not you think the President is a re****). Trolling includes making deliberate provocative posts with the aim of inciting an angry response or disrupting discussion. Determinations on the issue of whether a post was made for the purpose of trolling or of instigating a flame war shall be in the sole and absolute discretion of the admins / mods.
in that regard, this rule is broken multiple times daily, but since its not political in nature, they get overlooked.

and finally, that last part. you are not doing your job as described above, if you are doing a BLANKET ban. a blanket ban doesn't allow for discretion.
 
Pretty sure the geniuses at MIT are working on an AI that can parse the difference between a political post that is intended to start a flame war and one that is not so that the human factor is eliminated.

(Both)
It is the future,
The distant future
It is the distant future,
The year 2000

We are robots

(Jermaine)
The world is very different
Ever since the robotic uprising of the mid-90's
There is no more unhappiness

(Bret)
Affirmative

(Jermaine)
We no longer say "yes",
Instead we say affirmative

(Bret)
Yes, affirmative

(Jermaine)
Unless it's a more colloquial situation,
With a few robo-friends

There is only one kind of dance
The Robot

(Bret)
And the Robo-Boogie

(Jermaine)
Ah, yes, two kinds of dances

(Both)
Finally, robotic beings rule the world

The humans are dead
The humans are dead

(Bret)
We used poisonous gases
And we poisoned their asses
The humans are dead

(Jermaine)
Right, they are dead

(Bret)
The humans are dead

(Jermaine)
Yes, they look like they're dead

(Bret)
It had to be done

(Jermaine)
I'll just confirm that they're dead

(Bret)
So that we could have fun

(Jermaine)
Affirmative, I poked one
It was dead

Can't we just talk to the humans,
A little while longer?
It could make things better
Can't we talk to the humans that
We're together now?

(Bret)
No, because they are dead

(Jermaine)
Binary solo!

(Bret)
0000001, 00000011
000000111, 00001111
0000001, 00000011
000000111, 00001111

(Jermaine)
Come on sucker, lick my battery

(Both)
Boogie, boogie

(Jermaine)
ROBO BOOGIE

(Both)
Boogie, robo boogie

(Jermaine)
The humans are dead
Once again without emotion,

(Both)
The Humans are dead dead dead
Dead dead dea-
 
I think I've been a part of all of the most recent political threads and other than one minor incident I really haven't seen anything out of control or unreasonable.

I mean, sure the threads don't always make progress and often end up going in circles at times, but I don't feel that alone is a reason to shut them down. Especially if the people participating in them don't have a problem with it. I do think at times some members have trouble debating the issue rather than their opposition personally. I think that would be the point at which I would consider some moderation reasonable. Perhaps a reminder to debate the issue not the opposition. But sometimes that is inevitable and we are all grown ups.

For me it always comes back to the same thing; If you don't like a post, don't read it, don't participate in it. Simple.
 
There are so many places to discuss politics. Why would anyone go to a 4Runner forum to debate politics anyway?

From Infowars to DailyKos - you can find your people or engage with your rivals.

But there's only one place where you can discuss K02s in 17 different threads and never let petty policy disagreements color your opinion of someone who really knows whether or not they will rub...
 
There are so many places to discuss politics. Why would anyone go to a 4Runner forum to debate politics anyway?

From Infowars to DailyKos - you can find your people or engage with your rivals.

But there's only one place where you can discuss K02s in 17 different threads and never let petty policy disagreements color your opinion of someone who really knows whether or not they will rub...

I suppose part of the reason I like discussing politics here is that the opinions and ideas expressed in a place like this feel more in line with 'ordinary folks' as opposed to politically focused forums which tend to attract a more specific demographic.
 
I suppose part of the reason I like discussing politics here is that the opinions and ideas expressed in a place like this feel more in line with 'ordinary folks' as opposed to politically focused forums which tend to attract a more specific demographic.

absolutely.
 
Someone posted in the 4Runners of Ohio Facebook group.....


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This might be a required upgrade if you want to keep using interstates near certain cities now. "Like my momma always used to say, 'Stupid is as stupid does.'"
 

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The flood of Trump-fearing American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week. The US presidential election result is prompting an exodus among left-leaning Americans who fear they’ll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution.

Canadian border residents say it’s not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, liberal arts majors, global-warming activists, and “green” energy proponents crossing their fields at night.

“I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn,” said southern Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota. “He was cold, exhausted and hungry, and begged me for a latte and some free-range chicken. When I said I didn’t have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?”

In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh across the fields, but they just stuck their fingers in their ears and kept coming. Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals just south of the border, pack them into electric cars, and drive them across the border, where they are simply left to fend for themselves after the battery dies.

“A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions,” an Alberta border patrolman said. “I found one carload without a single bottle of Perrier water, or any gemelli with shrimp and arugula. All they had was a nice little Napa Valley cabernet and some kale chips. When liberals are caught, they’re sent back across the border, often wailing that they fear persecution from Trump high-hairers.

Rumors are circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer, study the Constitution, and find jobs that actually contribute to the economy.

In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans in blue-hair wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior citizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the ’50s.

“If they can’t identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age,” an official said.

Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage, are buying up all the Barbara Streisand CD’s, and are overloading the internet while downloading jazzercise apps to their cell phones.

“I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can’t support them,” an Ottawa resident said. “After all, how many art-history majors does one country need?
 
Saw a quote from Ricky Gervais

"Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right"


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