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Something has to be done about the name calling

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I propose that when talking about candidates, people shouldn't be allowed to change their names. Just like how we can't change what a person said while quoting them.

I know. I am not completely innocent on this topic. For a good many months I called Trump Swampy. People got tired of it so I stopped. However, there are certain posters here who make up new nicknames for candidates they don't like. It seems to happen randomly just to trigger the other side and it's almost never the same nickname. Hell sometimes the "nickname" is longer than the candidates actual name!!!!! It was fine when we only had Paulbots (I think I got in trouble for that). But Paulbots was a universal nickname that was used on the internet quite frequently. Now, it's getting to be every single Democrat. I don't see it much with Democrats calling people names besides for Trump, who let's face it he has it coming from a thousand miles away....

But calling other candidates or people names is immature and takes away from a debate. Especially when they can't defend themselves or never asked to be called names. Frankly a lot of the language here has to be better monitored.

There's been some great threads but the poster who start said thread started it in a way that was way too angry or incendiary that I pulled away from them. I have other places I can go to see that type of crap. Such as joke/parody accounts on twitter. if this site doesn't start to deal with this problem you will lose more people.
 
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NeverTrumpGOP said:
I propose that when talking about candidates, people shouldn't be allowed to change their names. Just like how we can't change what a person said while quoting them.

I know. I am not completely innocent on this topic. For a good many months I called Trump Swampy. People got tired of it so I stopped. However, there are certain posters here who make up new nicknames for candidates they don't like. It seems to happen randomly just to trigger the other side and it's almost never the same nickname. It was fine when we only had Paulbots (I think I got in trouble for that). But Paulbots was a universal nickname that was used on the internet quite frequently. Now, it's getting to be every single Democrat. I don't see it much with Democrats calling people names besides for Trump, who let's face it he has it coming from a thousand miles away....

But calling other candidates or people names is immature and takes away from a debate. Especially when they can't defend themselves or never asked to be called names. Frankly a lot of the language here has to be better monitored.

There's been some great threads but the poster who start said thread started it in a way that was way too angry or incendiary that I pulled away from them. I have other places I can go to see that type of crap. Such as joke/parody accounts on twitter. if this site doesn't start to deal with this problem you will lose more people.
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I also think people shouldn't be allowed to identify with an ideology they obviously oppose.
 
MovingPictures said:
I also think people shouldn't be allowed to identify with an ideology they obviously oppose.
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I don't know if that was directed at me which is btw off topic, but I don't oppose being a NeverTrump Republican. I very much support it.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
I don't know if that was directed at me which is btw off topic, but I don't oppose being a NeverTrump Republican. I very much support it.
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Not you.

I can't name names, but both sides have done it.
 
Whenever people do that or use terms like Repugnicans or Libtards I just ignore rest of their post as it is unlikely to contain anything worth my consideration.
 
Skeptic Bob said:
Whenever people do that or use terms like Repugnicans or Libtards I just ignore rest of their post as it is unlikely to contain anything worth my consideration.
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Social Media companies still haven't learned that ignoring the problem isn't going to make it go away. Maybe since we are a smaller community. We can do an even better job than they can.
 
While the name-calling is one thing, I'm not sure it can reasonably be limited easily.

Policing the lean of a poster is damned near impossible.
"Don't make a law you can't enforce", or some such.
Beyond that I think we shouldn't base our responses off the lean of a poster, although in some cases the info available in a given post or OP isn't enough to respond before asking clarifying questions.
 
I agree but I want to note an exception. If someone has a legitimate nickname, not created for partisan/politics (from outside that stuff) brought to public attention, it can be used for a period of time, on occasion.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
I propose that when talking about candidates, people shouldn't be allowed to change their names. Just like how we can't change what a person said while quoting them.

I know. I am not completely innocent on this topic. For a good many months I called Trump Swampy. People got tired of it so I stopped. However, there are certain posters here who make up new nicknames for candidates they don't like. It seems to happen randomly just to trigger the other side and it's almost never the same nickname. Hell sometimes the "nickname" is longer than the candidates actual name!!!!! It was fine when we only had Paulbots (I think I got in trouble for that). But Paulbots was a universal nickname that was used on the internet quite frequently. Now, it's getting to be every single Democrat. I don't see it much with Democrats calling people names besides for Trump, who let's face it he has it coming from a thousand miles away....

But calling other candidates or people names is immature and takes away from a debate. Especially when they can't defend themselves or never asked to be called names. Frankly a lot of the language here has to be better monitored.

There's been some great threads but the poster who start said thread started it in a way that was way too angry or incendiary that I pulled away from them. I have other places I can go to see that type of crap. Such as joke/parody accounts on twitter. if this site doesn't start to deal with this problem you will lose more people.
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When you stop calling posters you disagree with Trumpamzees and Trumpsters, I'll acknowledge your point.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
I don't know if that was directed at me which is btw off topic, but I don't oppose being a NeverTrump Republican. I very much support it.
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What position do you share with republicans?

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One need not read much research on the matter of insults (name calling/nicknaming and empty declarations), and the folks who utter them, to realize that the insults' very delivery reveals more -- namely weaknesses and character/personality flaws and maladjustments -- about the person doing the insulting than about the object of their degradation.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
I propose that when talking about candidates, people shouldn't be allowed to change their names. Just like how we can't change what a person said while quoting them.

I know. I am not completely innocent on this topic. For a good many months I called Trump Swampy. People got tired of it so I stopped. However, there are certain posters here who make up new nicknames for candidates they don't like. It seems to happen randomly just to trigger the other side and it's almost never the same nickname. Hell sometimes the "nickname" is longer than the candidates actual name!!!!! It was fine when we only had Paulbots (I think I got in trouble for that). But Paulbots was a universal nickname that was used on the internet quite frequently. Now, it's getting to be every single Democrat. I don't see it much with Democrats calling people names besides for Trump, who let's face it he has it coming from a thousand miles away....

But calling other candidates or people names is immature and takes away from a debate. Especially when they can't defend themselves or never asked to be called names. Frankly a lot of the language here has to be better monitored.

There's been some great threads but the poster who start said thread started it in a way that was way too angry or incendiary that I pulled away from them. I have other places I can go to see that type of crap. Such as joke/parody accounts on twitter. if this site doesn't start to deal with this problem you will lose more people.
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I was hoping this was about those who abuse other members with name calling and insults.

It is definitely time to decide to be better, and to consider shunning those who refuse.

We have to start someplace, and that is a good place to start.
 
NeverTrumpGOP said:
I propose that when talking about candidates, people shouldn't be allowed to change their names.........
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So you want to control speech that you don't like. What a surprise.

I guess you don't want me to be able to post about Crying Church Schumer, Crooked Hillary, Pocahontas Warren, or Crazy Maxine Waters.

Yet, I am sure you love to post about Trump and call him every name in the book.

Hawkeye10 said:
I was hoping this was about those who abuse other members with name calling and insults........
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What is with all the sissyfied hurt-feelings stuff. Good grief.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
I was hoping this was about those who abuse other members with name calling and insults.

It is definitely time to decide to be better, and to consider shunning those who refuse.

We have to start someplace, and that is a good place to start.
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Good luck with that. There are entire sections of this forum devoted to it.
 
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