@EdenOne:
Ok, let’s engage on this. What do you feel is a good example of the thinking on this site that is toxic? An example that is worthy of an entry into the DSM one day?
MeanMrMustard
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JW Net and Politics
by snare&racket inthis site was and remains instrumental in assisting people that want to leave the jw's.. there has been political discussion here for some time now, a good couple of years and it makes me feel a little uneasy.
i just opened up the site for the first time in some weeks, of the 10 posts being discussed, 4 were by the same poster, about politics, promoting their right wing beliefs.. this has been the trend for some time now, the same name behind a peppering of posts stirring the right v left of politics.. i remain forever grateful to the site and it's founders simon & angharad, i appreciate that simon shares some of these these political beliefs.
it would be a shame to see the site evolve from a place for jw freedom of thought and escape, to political squabbling, that the world is frankly tired of right now.. just to clarify, politics is my hobby, whilst my friends read the football scores, i'm reading polling data.
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JW Net and Politics
by snare&racket inthis site was and remains instrumental in assisting people that want to leave the jw's.. there has been political discussion here for some time now, a good couple of years and it makes me feel a little uneasy.
i just opened up the site for the first time in some weeks, of the 10 posts being discussed, 4 were by the same poster, about politics, promoting their right wing beliefs.. this has been the trend for some time now, the same name behind a peppering of posts stirring the right v left of politics.. i remain forever grateful to the site and it's founders simon & angharad, i appreciate that simon shares some of these these political beliefs.
it would be a shame to see the site evolve from a place for jw freedom of thought and escape, to political squabbling, that the world is frankly tired of right now.. just to clarify, politics is my hobby, whilst my friends read the football scores, i'm reading polling data.
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MeanMrMustard
@FedUp: No worries.
@TD: Ha.
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JW Net and Politics
by snare&racket inthis site was and remains instrumental in assisting people that want to leave the jw's.. there has been political discussion here for some time now, a good couple of years and it makes me feel a little uneasy.
i just opened up the site for the first time in some weeks, of the 10 posts being discussed, 4 were by the same poster, about politics, promoting their right wing beliefs.. this has been the trend for some time now, the same name behind a peppering of posts stirring the right v left of politics.. i remain forever grateful to the site and it's founders simon & angharad, i appreciate that simon shares some of these these political beliefs.
it would be a shame to see the site evolve from a place for jw freedom of thought and escape, to political squabbling, that the world is frankly tired of right now.. just to clarify, politics is my hobby, whilst my friends read the football scores, i'm reading polling data.
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The posts tend to appear to ask a genuine harmless question, then the post is a pro right wing, with heavy left, millennial, snowflake bashing.
I don't think that is how it went down. The posts Simon take down follow the same pattern:
1) Talking about a known debunked left-wing lie. For example, the "all-fine-people hoax". Those threads usually went like this:
Poster 1 : Trump is a racist
Poster 2: Why do you say that? Can you list a few reasons?
Poster 1: Well, did you see he called Nazi's fine people?
Poster 2,3,4,5: That's not accurate.
Poster 1: Why can't you people see he's an authoritarian nazi lover?!
Annnnd deleted...
Poster 1: Why was my post deleted? Look at this link from CNN, it proves it.
Annnnnddd deleted...
2) Categorizing others as "in a cult" because they disagree with political views. Those threads usually went like this:
Poster 1: Trump is a racist.
Poster 2: Can you list a few reasons why you would say that?
Poster 1: Isn't it obvious!! Every day he gives us more and more reasons!
Poster 2: Uhhh, like what?
Poster 1: Oh come on! You are all in a cult. I can't believe that you would leave one cult and join another. You would think that you would have learned your lesson.
Annnnnd deleted....
We've had political threads with no deleted posts. Simon said he doesn't want to hear that type of stuff, and so if people stayed clear of those pitfalls, nothing was deleted. The same type of stuff occurred with Michael Brown, Tray Von, and Roy Moore.
Forgive me if you disagree..... I post this in a hope we can change the course of this site between us all.
OK, what would you have Simon do? Or do you feel like the "right" wingers should be more "left" wing? Are you saying that, in order to help more JWS, conservatives should move to the left?
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A Month In and Bombs Are Already Falling
by Simon inso about a month in to biden's presidency and they are already bombing a country.. remind me how trump was going to bring about wwiii with north korea, iran, china and god knows who else?
did he?
no.. but straight back to business as usual for the military industrial complex and crickets from their media buddies..
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MeanMrMustard
“Chocolate 80s Dragon” has been added to the accepted gender pronoun list. Let’s keep our eye on the ball, people.
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A Month In and Bombs Are Already Falling
by Simon inso about a month in to biden's presidency and they are already bombing a country.. remind me how trump was going to bring about wwiii with north korea, iran, china and god knows who else?
did he?
no.. but straight back to business as usual for the military industrial complex and crickets from their media buddies..
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MeanMrMustard
But straight back to business as usual for the military industrial complex and crickets from their media buddies.
Well, the truth is that we really should only be concerned about the serious things... like any new gender pronouns or Mr Potatohead going gender neutral. These developments are much more important than Syria getting bombed.
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Should Schools Reopen?
by minimus ina lot of parents say teachers should full time get back to work and their kids should be back in the classroom..
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MeanMrMustard
There is the fact that, for people under 60, this virus is no more dangerous than the flu.
It is also true that we shut down society completely each year for the flu.... oh wait, nevermind.
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Do You Support Trump Being Impeached Again?
by minimus init looks like it can happen again and i suspect if it does happen, the senate will not convict either because they can’t convict him since it’s after his presidency or simply because they don’t have sufficient votes..
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MeanMrMustard
@Rocketman123:
No, there is a distinction in purpose between an impeachment and criminal trial. Impeachment is about removal, not about assigning guilt. You can't indict the President, so you impeach him to remove. After that, he can be criminally charged. In other words, double jeopardy doesn't apply to impeachment.
Also, he didn't "incite" and "insurrection", unless you expand your definition of "incite" and "insurrection" so broadly that it would literally include every Democrat in office today. I suspect you wouldn't want that.
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A Generation Change Again???
by BereanThinker7 ini have heard a few whispers that once again they are going to be changing the generation teaching.
does anybody have on info on this?.
i would love to be able to hit my family with a. .
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MeanMrMustard
They need Fred Franz.
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Try To Be Less White
by minimus inthat’s what coca-cola is telling their employees.
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this is ridiculous!.
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MeanMrMustard
This is the "anti-racist" ideology. This is the "woke" culture. This is where "social justice" is heading. This is right up the alley of "critical race theory".
It is *true* racism.
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Sound Familiar?
by peacefulpete ina republican congressman voted his conscience to impeach trump.
the results might surprise some of us.. "my dad's cousins sent me a petition - a certified letter - saying they disowned me because i'm in 'the devil's army' now," kinzinger said in a phone conversation on thursday.
"it's been crazy, when you have friends - that you thought were good friends that would love you no matter what - that don't.".
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