Shouldn't politics be in the Politics forums and not in general chat ???
So your saying a person that is not allowed in a political forum for some reason is allowed to muddy the water in other forums. That's just brilliant.No that is not all. They have the discretion to not allow people in that forum.
Is there a distinction if it's one group (or an individual) that is making the personal attacks and insults to get the thread locked or moved?There's some misinformation in this thread. GC adheres strictly to HT rules and discussion is to remain civil and family appropriate and mods are not prepared to bend the rules so that GC can become the Dark Room 2.0.
The discussion mentioned regarding politics in GC had more to do with the concept that politics plays a certain role in many areas and mods were not interested in deleting individual posts reported for the mere mention of politics and government policies but it was not intened that GC and the Dark Room serve the same purpose.
The problem I'm having is that people seem to be forgetting they aren't in the Dark Room and responses are beyond unsuitable. This thread is a perfect example, it's rife with personal attacks and insults and while cleaning up threads is part of being a mod, it's also not our full time job and adults should be able to discuss subjects civilly without hurling insults.
As always, threads will get cleaned up once and if the tone remains the same, it will simply get deleted or moved.
I am not suggesting that. I am just pointing out that there are all kinds of subjects that some would not want to see.I've noticed that many internet boards have specific forums for religion, and if someone comes in saying stuff like you are stupid for believing (xyz) or being generally insulting, they are banned from that particular forum.
It works.
That's why they have their own dedicated section, like Politics is supposed to be.I, for one, despise goats and never want to see another thread dealing with those vile beasts! Who’s with me?!?