Hi, I'm in search of a more civil forum.

[JoanDavis]

My last forum was off the rocker free speech, and the abusive nature of people got pitiful. Looking for a better forum, so I was referred here. I hear tell a few may already know me here. With the rules here, I expect there won't be gossip from these individuals, should we meet.

I joined a number of so called 'liberal' facebook pages and the trump trolls took them over and reported anyone who posted anything negative about trump or the republicans. I ended up being suspended by facebook because of the trolls - so I joined this forum. Well let me tell you the most hateful and disgusting comments are coming from the trump supporters. I then went on Daily Kos and although it is 99% liberal, it is refreshing to read comments that don't make your eyes bleed. Not sure if this would be good for a 'slightly liberal' person though. Check it out and see if you like it or not.

 

[JoanDavis]

I don't mind saying here. It's called Justplainpolitics, or JPP. It is heavily free speech, and allows anything, but pedophile stuff and personal info. You get people that get banned elsewhere, and the occasional Stormfronter. You can ban anyone you want from discussion, but that creates a couple trolls that ban everyone basically.

Thanks for the heads up. You will find vulgar and disgusting posts here too. One member takes great pleasure attacking people of color and homosexuals. Sadly he / she is still posting.

 

[Rogue Valley]

My last one was full of internet tough guys, that thought lame memes, and the c, and n words made for good conversation. The person running it, was one of the biggest trolls on the forum, with his sexist crap.

Every political forum these days will be contentious. The moderator team here at DP really does a good job. Thankfully, nasty trolls don't last very long here.

 

[DH Kirkwood]

My last forum was off the rocker free speech, and the abusive nature of people got pitiful. Looking for a better forum, so I was referred here. I hear tell a few may already know me here. With the rules here, I expect there won't be gossip from these individuals, should we meet.

We have our share of assholes, and I don't think the community is as civil as it could be, but it's certainly not horrible, given the subject matter. The last forum I was on was almost completely unmoderated in the name of freedom of speech, and this is definetely an improvement. I've personally been reprimanded for stepping out of line, and that's a very good sign.

I'm still not quite sure what a perfect balance looks like. However, I feel that we have enough older and wiser folks here that if the community really wanted to make a thing of it, that we could simply reinforce good behavior and discourage bad behavior simply through peer pressure, without having to rely much on the moderators at all.

 

[Felis Leo]

My last forum was off the rocker free speech, and the abusive nature of people got pitiful. Looking for a better forum, so I was referred here. I hear tell a few may already know me here. With the rules here, I expect there won't be gossip from these individuals, should we meet.

Welcome to Debate Politics, Jade Dragon. Look forward to battling it out in a civil manner on the forum. :thumbs:

 

[SMTA]

Well I have plenty of beer, just need to figure out the cheese. Probably should just use a sharp Cheddar. I can whip that up pretty easy, since I bought an Instant Pot.

Are those as good as everyone says they are?

 

[hado117]

My last forum was off the rocker free speech, and the abusive nature of people got pitiful. Looking for a better forum, so I was referred here. I hear tell a few may already know me here. With the rules here, I expect there won't be gossip from these individuals, should we meet.

my -right here- hurts

 

[jet57]

My last forum was off the rocker free speech, and the abusive nature of people got pitiful. Looking for a better forum, so I was referred here. I hear tell a few may already know me here. With the rules here, I expect there won't be gossip from these individuals, should we meet.

Sorry, but you would be wrong on the gossip count; people are abusive here as well, but if you can hack and present goods stuff you'll overcome. My signature will tell you something too.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

My last one was full of internet tough guys, that thought lame memes, and the c, and n words made for good conversation. The person running it, was one of the biggest trolls on the forum, with his sexist crap.

Yup, I've been to JPP and everything you just said is gospel truth.
I think I made it a week before giving it the Heave Ho.

Read the rules several times, they are heavy on details, so if you're not up on them you can get tripped up.
That said, it's pretty fair minded here.
Now, THAT having also been said, we still seem to attract a few 4chan types and some Stormers, but you'll identify them easily.
Most of the folks here are jolly well okay.

Cheers, welcome to the madness.

 

[Jade Dragon]

Are those as good as everyone says they are?

Sorry about being late to respond. Yes they really are quite nice. I've made great brisket, pulled pork, and shredded chicken. I'm going to try and make chicken paprikash for Christmas.

 

[Jade Dragon]

Yup, I've been to JPP and everything you just said is gospel truth.
I think I made it a week before giving it the Heave Ho.

Read the rules several times, they are heavy on details, so if you're not up on them you can get tripped up.
That said, it's pretty fair minded here.
Now, THAT having also been said, we still seem to attract a few 4chan types and some Stormers, but you'll identify them easily.
Most of the folks here are jolly well okay.

Cheers, welcome to the madness.

I still go back to talk with a couple people, but I try to avoid the elephants in the room. They were upset at me leaving, as they enjoyed my commitment to creating civil discussions from the fray.

 

[uptower]

I'm here for the same reason: my old political hangout was an abusive and hostile environment just because of ideological differences. The mods tolerated it there, even encouraged it as long as you shared their political disposition; they don't allow it here, so here's where I'll stay.

The other problem with forums that become echo chambers for one party or platform, they become small, insular and quiet at times. As the bad news for one side has mounted, there's been less and less discussion of it. The few from the other side who mention a development or two risk being yelled at first, then ignored. It means little gets discussed anymore and when it does, it's unpleasant for everyone.

This place has a lively left-right debate still going with no one side dominating the discourse.

 

[Divine_Wind]

My last forum was off the rocker free speech, and the abusive nature of people got pitiful. Looking for a better forum, so I was referred here. I hear tell a few may already know me here. With the rules here, I expect there won't be gossip from these individuals, should we meet.

Welcome, JD. I've bounced around forums myself. Some tend to be echo chambers, this one is not. Have fun.

 

[American]

Not really anything on relationships. It was more health, how to make homemade extracts, stuff for pets, etc.

Invent your own elixirs, do ya?

 

[Divine_Wind]

Invent your own elixirs, do ya?

I've only made wine.....OTOH, I do sacrifice a hog to the Hogfather once a year.

 

[homersapien]

My last forum was off the rocker free speech, and the abusive nature of people got pitiful. Looking for a better forum, so I was referred here. I hear tell a few may already know me here. With the rules here, I expect there won't be gossip from these individuals, should we meet.

Me too. The last forum I was on started out OK, but after almost 5 years, the site has been taken over by extremists.

 

[Divine_Wind]

Me too. The last forum I was on started out OK, but after almost 5 years, the site has been taken over by extremists.

LW, RW or both? My last forum was catering to RWNJs. I was given a one-day temp ban and never returned since it wasn't worth the hassle.

Just 10 years ago there were very few political forums, now there's dozens. Most are small and cozy, a few are subsections of larger forums and a few are dedicated like this one. So far, I'm content to roost here....but I always have Plan B in my pocket.

 

[American]

I've only made wine.....OTOH, I do sacrifice a hog to the Hogfather once a year.

Does that save your bacon?

 

[homersapien]

LW, RW or both? My last forum was catering to RWNJs. I was given a one-day temp ban and never returned since it wasn't worth the hassle.

Just 10 years ago there were very few political forums, now there's dozens. Most are small and cozy, a few are subsections of larger forums and a few are dedicated like this one. So far, I'm content to roost here....but I always have Plan B in my pocket.

The most recent one was conservative. The forum before that was liberal. Both sites went too far with their views, IMO.

 

[Divine_Wind]

The most recent one was conservative. The forum before that was liberal. Both sites went too far with their views, IMO.

As a frequent business traveler, I enjoy being on a forum since I can take my netbook or iPad anywhere with me...and I'm not much for hanging out in bars these days (age 62+)

As such, I've bounced around several forums the past several years. Like you, they've been both "conservative" and "liberal"....I put those in quotation marks because what passes for conservatives and liberals today doesn't resemble the conservatives and liberals of the 1960s when I was growing up. Conservatives and Liberals in 2018 are mostly nutjobs, people so highly partisan they can't spend one minute discussing a topic before one starts screaming at the other.

 

[homersapien]

As a frequent business traveler, I enjoy being on a forum since I can take my netbook or iPad anywhere with me...and I'm not much for hanging out in bars these days (age 62+)

As such, I've bounced around several forums the past several years. Like you, they've been both "conservative" and "liberal"....I put those in quotation marks because what passes for conservatives and liberals today doesn't resemble the conservatives and liberals of the 1960s when I was growing up. Conservatives and Liberals in 2018 are mostly nutjobs, people so highly partisan they can't spend one minute discussing a topic before one starts screaming at the other.

The biggest difference I have noticed between LW and RW forums, is that the liberal ones tend to be quicker to ban a person for expressing an opinion that they don't agree with.

The conservative ones will usually try to engage someone at least initially.

 

[Divine_Wind]

The biggest difference I have noticed between LW and RW forums, is that the liberal ones tend to be quicker to ban a person for expressing an opinion that they don't agree with.

The conservative ones will usually try to engage someone at least initially.

Agreed on that observation. Additionally, it seems that liberal forums seem to have an easy time recruiting liberal mods but a very difficult time recruiting and retaining conservative mods. I've often wondered why that is so and have come to the conclusion that liberals tend to be more social/hivemind/authoritarian while conservatives tend to be individual/live and leave me alone/anti-authoritarian. Now, that's Goldwater-style conservatives, not the authoritarian "modern" conservatives who support big government on things like gay marriage and abortion.

 

[UtahBill]

There are other forums worse than this one? And I don't see much info about any being better. Occasionally I go dark, then come back hoping it has gotten better.
No luck so far.

 

[Divine_Wind]

There are other forums worse than this one? And I don't see much info about any being better. Occasionally I go dark, then come back hoping it has gotten better.
No luck so far.

So where do you hang? In a LW echo chamber? A RW echo chamber? When people tell me they've found a politically unbiased and fairly moderated forum and I go take a look at it, it always turns out to be a firmly LW or firmly RW forum. If you don't want to post in public, post to me privately. I'll share the forums I've found and my opinions on their political leanings and moderation styles.

 

[UtahBill]

So where do you hang? In a LW echo chamber? A RW echo chamber? When people tell me they've found a politically unbiased and fairly moderated forum and I go take a look at it, it always turns out to be a firmly LW or firmly RW forum. If you don't want to post in public, post to me privately. I'll share the forums I've found and my opinions on their political leanings and moderation styles.

I used to vote Republican in national elections, Democrat in local elections, generally speaking and depending on issues and quality of the persons running.
Now I am sick of just about all of them. Used to be that the more local they are, the more likely there will be some scary wing-nuts running, now those wing-nuts are going national. Last time I voted with confidence, GHWB was running. Morals aside, Bill Clinton almost got my vote. Quality of candidates since then is a landslide into the sewer...with Trump having the most foul smell. Education and ability to speak without embarrassing the country's education system would be nice.
As for a better forum, I would like to see Lean and Location and Nationality be required Signature info.