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Originally Posted by techguyone
Only you can decide if your time here is well spent or not, you do need to consider though, that it's a forum, by definition this means a place to discuss things.
Not everything is black or white, especially in politics, you're coming across as 'wah you disagree with me, or are saying something different to what I wanted to hear, I wonder if I should leave'
Put your big boy pants on and accept that on a forum people will have differing viewpoints that can't just be dismissed as 'a deluge of the same viewpoint' as the reality is, your very own postings are an equal deluge of your own particular viewpoint.
In short, if you can't take the heat (so to speak) get out of the kitchen (and don't start threads that don't go the way you want them to)
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You just don't get it do you? Patronising people is not debate. Hang on though, I am sure a while ago you put me on your block list. Please, please put me back on it ..
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Originally Posted by Hugh
I think it's a shame that a small number of posters who have very fixed views (both pro and anti Labour and Conservative) put people off, but I find there are a reasonable amount of posters who want to discuss things, and discuss what is right rather than who is right - that's one of the reasons I still hang around.
Returning to your point about the thread being taken off-track, I think the challenge is in the context - it's difficult discussing a situation/person without bringing in the journey about how that situation/person got to where they are, with the pros and cons / opposition and supporters, and peoples' differing views on these.
Talking about Osborne without taking into account how the economy got where it is, and the circumstances, would be difficult, imho.
But, as you say, there are some strong feelings on both sides, and emotions can often overtake rational discussion.
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Hugh, I take you point about topics deviating off course and I agree with you but the issue I raised here is that at the smallest opportunity, threads get taken in the same familiar place where you just get the endless posts trashing Labour, Europe, etc. ad-nauseum. It is if some people have a fixation about certain issues and are not content to make their point, they want to ram it down peoples' throats at each and every opportunity.
Peanut summed it up well:
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Because debating is one thing, but when it's just the constant sniping, stirring and continuous monotonous posts from the usual suspects it doesn't entice other members to actually debate anything, it just isn't worth it.
The forum suffers because of it.
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