What brought you to this forum?

[khajmer]

My primary reason is because I've been on forums for a while and I've debated with people, but alot of those people are swayed one way or another due to a common bond which has us all on those forums. So, I wanted to find a place where I could debate against a lot of intelligent people who disagree with me.

[Kernel Sanders]

I was on a forum that avoided political discussion like the plague - and even handed out a ban or two based on that. Any time somebody posted a thread about changing the rules to allow politics, this one mod would post a link to this forum and say GTFO. One day I followed that link

[Bodhisattva]

I became interested in Debate Politics after I was released from jail (the latest time) for negligent child rearing and decided that I could learn something about the world from enlightened individuals like Truth Detector and That Joe guy...

Anyway, thank for tolerating my ignorance...

[1069]

Originally Posted by Kernel Sanders

I was on a forum that avoided political discussion like the plague - and even handed out a ban or two based on that. Any time somebody posted a thread about changing the rules to allow politics, this one mod would post a link to this forum and say GTFO. One day I followed that link

What kind of forum is that?

[Pilots For 911 Truth]

I thought there might be signs of intelligent life on debatepolitics.com after browsing a couple of threads. I should have done more homework, because ever since posting here, I find nothing but personal insults and attacks when you hit people with facts they don't like and cannot refute and/or rebut. Human nature, I supposed, but slightly irritating nonetheless.

I've also notice that when you provide some attempt at in-depth coverage of an issue and you post accordingly, some here have the tendency to whine about the length of a particular read. If I wanted to Blog, I'd call-up Go Daddy and start my own private no-dialog page. Blogs are for Blogging, not for dialectic debate. Issues have depth and without depth, you are doing nothing more than narrative selling and I can watch the 'news' for that.

The other problem I have is with the silly request for a "link." As if the "link" itself carries more weight. This is the internet - the world wide web. If I want to read Wikipedia, I can simply go there and do so. I come here to read what's on the mind of The People, not what I can easily flush through a heuristic based algorithm on some search engine. What I post, comes from my brain, background and experience when I'm posting leading declaratives. When I post in rebuttal, THEN I might use a "link" to an outside source, but not before then.

I believe that outside sources should be used in rebuttals and that if one puts up a "fact", that I claim is untrue, then it is my responsibility to go out there and prove them wrong, either by posting something with logical extensions that prove my theory or point, or with third-party details. I may also use a video in my lead to spark debate at the outset - or in rebuttal to answer a claim made that I dispute. But, videos are typically special cases, because they can contain the principles explicitly and not through mere third-party dialog and/or rhetoric.

Most political forums that I've seen have good potential, few rise to the occasion and fulfill their genuine ideals upon which they were founded.

But, the world is what you make of it, most of the time.

[DeeJayH]

Originally Posted by Pilots For 911 Truth

I thought there might be signs of intelligent life on debatepolitics.com after browsing a couple of threads. I should have done more homework, because ever since posting here, I find nothing but personal insults and attacks when you hit people with facts they don't like and cannot refute and/or rebut. Human nature, I supposed, but slightly irritating nonetheless.

I've also notice that when you provide some attempt at in-depth coverage of an issue and you post accordingly, some here have the tendency to whine about the length of a particular read. If I wanted to Blog, I'd call-up Go Daddy and start my own private no-dialog page. Blogs are for Blogging, not for dialectic debate. Issues have depth and without depth, you are doing nothing more than narrative selling and I can watch the 'news' for that.

The other problem I have is with the silly request for a "link." As if the "link" itself carries more weight. This is the internet - the world wide web. If I want to read Wikipedia, I can simply go there and do so. I come here to read what's on the mind of The People, not what I can easily flush through a heuristic based algorithm on some search engine. What I post, comes from my brain, background and experience when I'm posting leading declaratives. When I post in rebuttal, THEN I might use a "link" to an outside source, but not before then.

I believe that outside sources should be used in rebuttals and that if one puts up a "fact", that I claim is untrue, then it is my responsibility to go out there and prove them wrong, either by posting something with logical extensions that prove my theory or point, or with third-party details. I may also use a video in my lead to spark debate at the outset - or in rebuttal to answer a claim made that I dispute. But, videos are typically special cases, because they can contain the principles explicitly and not through mere third-party dialog and/or rhetoric.

Most political forums that I've seen have good potential, few rise to the occasion and fulfill their genuine ideals upon which they were founded.

But, the world is what you make of it, most of the time.

is somebody upset that they are not taken seriously by virtually all members here?
maybe you should venture outside the tinfoil hat forum, I mean the Conspiracy forum sometimes
and maybe you should not have picked a username that instantly eliminates you as a credible poster who should be taken seriously

[Kernel Sanders]

Originally Posted by 1069

What kind of forum is that?

It's a tech forum, and is more devoted than Disneyland to being the happiest place on earth. To give a bit of perspective, 'wtf' doesn't make it past the profanity filter

[Pilots For 911 Truth]

Originally Posted by DeeJayH

is somebody upset that they are not taken seriously by virtually all members here?
maybe you should venture outside the tinfoil hat forum, I mean the Conspiracy forum sometimes
and maybe you should not have picked a username that instantly eliminates you as a credible poster who should be taken seriously

Maybe you should grow a brain.

[Reverend_Hellh0und]

Originally Posted by DeeJayH

is somebody upset that they are not taken seriously by virtually all members here?
maybe you should venture outside the tinfoil hat forum, I mean the Conspiracy forum sometimes
and maybe you should not have picked a username that instantly eliminates you as a credible poster who should be taken seriously

Well he does have Lerxst....

[1069]

Originally Posted by Reverend_Hellh0und

Well he does have Lerxst....

He has everybody, with the exception of you, Vicchio, and now apparently Deej.
He's an intelligent and insightful poster.
Would you mind confining your personal attacks to the appropriate forum, please?