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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.
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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