So you are made boss of the politics section. What rules do you enact, repeal or change?

[Chary]

If you weren't attacking me why are we even talking about the guys questions.

Because it’s a forum and you posed a question so I responded in turn...? Gosh have I been using these darn website thingamajigs wrong all this time? Oopsie.

, I merely played the other side of those statements. Devils advocate.

So then I’m playing devil’s devil’s advocate...okay?

You seem to be struggling so allow me to clear it up for you.

Yaaaawwn.

You could easily see my take by reading my post history and the post's I've replied too, that would mean sending "da rulez" to someone you agree with though.

Didn’t really care to respond to anyone else in the thread. Everyone and their dog knows what Amanda’s thoughts are, and I wasn’t jonesing for a 50 paragraph thesis from FAST tonight. I could have responded to Xzi’s “no memes” thing by quoting the rules at him, but I found that to not be worth picking that single piece out of whatever he said.

You’ve proven you don’t wanna talk about the point anyway so this is such a waste of time.

 

[Doran754]

So what you're saying is you could've applied "Da rulez" equally but chose to just pull me up instead. Sounds about right.
Look, we can both be facetious

 

[Chary]

So what you're saying is you could've applied "Da rulez" equally but chose to just pull me up instead. Sounds about right.
Look, we can both be facetious

…your point only makes sense if the rules are being enforced, not discussed. Lulz.

 

[Doran754]

…your point only makes sense if the rules are being enforced, not discussed. Lulz.

It makes sense because they are being enforced. Selectively. I've had a number of posts removed, the people making disparaging comments about me, aka 'flaming' their posts are fine though. But you're already aware of that.

 

[Daggot]

I'd push it towards complete anarchy. Any and all political opinions allowed even if I don't like the opinions in the first place. As long as nothing breaks US law and people stay on topic it'd be ok to me.

 

[JuanMena]

I would add a "Measure your Intelligence" sticky thread sponsored by Buzzfeed.

By rule, you'll have to take the test before posting in the Politics section in order to know what kind of special snowflake you are in order to keep your experience on the section Safe from any Insults to your beliefs and to promote Inclusion and Political Correctness.

Holy shit FAST. I never thought about seeing you here.
What's more surprising to me though, is the proper lack of discussion on this thread, given the forum it's posted.
I guess you didn't expect regular folks reading a text wall followed by a 25min video, when the attention span averages 2 minutes, 8 at max. lol

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From my own observation, it's impossible to make everyone happy.

Based on how things are currently handled, you have one side saying there are not strict enough actions being done, and on the other, there are people crying we are biased on the left and censoring everyone, which contradicts the first point directly.

So it's quite a catch 22 here.

Unfortunately this is just how the real world is, except the real world is a lot worse than an internet forum.

The other way around... in the real world you can always shout someone's mouth with a punch in the face.
(please don't punch me girl, I like you)

 

[Taleweaver]

Hmm... If I were the boss of this section...

It would be funny if there was a multiple choice question asking something like 'what's the difference between communism and socialism?', and anyone clicking the 'there is no difference' option would be thrown off the internet.

Ahem... But in all seriousness... I'd probably close it. IIRC, this forum was only created because people were discussing politics elsewhere. However, it has since become a home for people who barely or never post elsewhere. Worse : people who don't want to share their opinion but Want To Be Right,and use every argumentation trick to create the perception of just that.

And what's the purpose, really? I'm someone who trusts newspaper articles and am sceptic of anonymous posts on shady sites, and others have the exact opposite belief. So when those sources clash, who is going to convince who exactly? It's just going in circles until it becomes personal.

 

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[notimp]

Id say 80% of the people in this thread are more 'mad' than the actual debates going on in here for the last six months.

I get people being manipulated by the promise of identity politics, and highly emotional narratives.

I dont get why people would pronounce ownership over something -- they hardly participate in, and then pronounce it "their utopia" coming up with many ideological reasons for banning the other group.

And if they cant have it their way - 'burn the whole thing down". But embedded in polite language of 'shut it down'.

I deal with all the borderline nutcases and extremist meme peddlers in here about twice as enthusiastically, than I'd deal with anyone of you. Partisan politics pendling to the death. Thinking 'on message' and proud of it.

None of you should be granted ownership of this section, not even for a day.

 

[djpannda]

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None of you should be granted ownership of this section, not even for a day.

excuse me but I am more then capable of ownership... in fact you peasants, can now call me "BIG Poppa Panda"

 

[notimp]

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excuse me but I am more then capable of ownership... in fact you peasants, can now call me "BIG Poppa Panda"

I just dont get the notion.

You want to own your own 'thing'. Then the first thing you do is to make a list of who is not allowed to enter.

Its a mentality I cant wrap my head around.

 

[TheRedfox]

Honestly i don't think 99% of the site users would care if this section disappears. It would cleanup the toxic shit that has been going on here.

The most vocal people in the politics section seem to only post here, and not participate in other parts of the website. In a healthy community people should not join for only the politics section and only post there(some of the users there did not post in any other forum sections since october as far i bothered to go back in their history...)

 

[DBlaze]

100% north korean dictatorship and censorship. That's the only way to go with politics.

 

[Searinox]

As a boss I demand to have my own health bar and battle theme.

 

[TheRedfox]

Honestly i don't think 99% of the site users would care if this section disappears. It would cleanup the toxic shit that has been going on here.

The most vocal people in the politics section seem to only post here, and not participate in other parts of the website. In a healthy community people should not join for only the politics section and only post there(some of the users there did not post in any other forum sections since october as far i bothered to go back in their history...)

I was a bit bored, and picked 10 random people active here(started threads or participating in controversial ones)

Checked their post history up to 200, something i did not and will not automate obviously. Or up to March 2020(dates are DD-MM-YY xP) if the user is not that active.
GBATemp has so much to offer, why would some restrict theirselves to just this board? From some i even doubt if they're interested in consoles at all as their post history did not go further than EoF and Politics/Worldnews

Back to the ontopic question, what would i do?

Considering the numbers, i would just remove the board and ban politics from all other sections. Ban the people who ignore the rules. People who are not interested in the core of GBATemp will go away and find some other place to do /pol/

Later on i would consider reopening the board when the world cooled down a bit, but have stricter rules to access it(Posts not going for your postcount, have at least X activity in the past few months)

 

[Bladexdsl]

you do not want to know....

 

[tabzer]

you are right I am just a poor frail little woman who relies on men for support.

Kid you really don't know me do you

This was a totally unsolicited response from you, forwarding the memo that I somehow made a topic of conversation about gender. Subsequently you offered a lot more personal information that wasn't exactly solicited. It's as if you want to dox yourself and to put yourself in the lab, and then you want to be offended when the predictable outcome happens?

If someone talked about their dick, why would questions asking more about their dick be what is what is out of line? Maybe talking about their dick, or lack thereof, was the primary offense... if you are trying to find offense.

 

[AmandaRose]

I think you will find my quote was in response to you saying that I needed backup from male members of the site to defend myself. My reply was a sarcastic reply telling you if you you knew me then you would know I am more than capable of defending myself. Where in that quote do I mention my body parts. Where in that quote am I giving you permission to discuss my body parts?

 

[tabzer]

I never mentioned that he was a male, or insinuated that his gender was important. It was you that forcefully injected gender roles into the conversation. Afterwards, you started talking about your genitalia and the psychological process you went through, prior to surgically remove it. Then you promoted the emasculation of others.

 

[AmandaRose]

I never mentioned that he was a male, or insinuated that his gender was important. It was you that forcefully injected gender roles into the conversation. Afterwards, you started talking about your genitalia and the psychological process you went through, prior to surgically remove it. Then you promoted the emasculation of others.

No I didn't forcefully inject gender roles into the conversation. I explained the process to transition and to get GRS and explained the fact that you need to go through years of evaluation to show you don't have a mental illness before you can get GRS. This was done because the right wing in the thread kept saying being trans is a mental illness which it is not.

Where in the post you are talking about did I meantion what genitals I do or don't have? I didn't so that is outright lies.

And if you want to keep misquoting me thats cool you can easily Dm me to continue the conversation and that way the thread will remain on track and won't be about your continued personal attacks and miss quotes. Thank you