Expressing Your Opinion and Getting Digitally Lynched

[Cloud_Strife]

I'm not sure this is even the whole problem... I see this as you saying the fundamental issue is people being unfair, as people deliberately misconstruing each other's arguments. But I think more to the point the problem is the freaking pitchforks. How quickly they come out, how often they come out, how neurotic and self-righteous the people carrying them usually are.

Who are you talking about

 

[hobbsyoyo]

How quickly they come out, how often they come out, how neurotic and self-righteous the people carrying them usually are.

Well yeah because YOU ARE WRONG

This is disengenuous

Thanks for mansplaining that

 

[Cloud_Strife]

So let's say this poster exists, hypothetically speaking, what exactly are you guys recommending?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Nothing, I don't think there is fundamentally a problem. I agree with @Synsensa that things have been basically pleasant and enjoyable. There are issues, there always is. Doesn't mean they need to be corrected imo.

 

[Synobun]

Nothing, I don't think there is fundamentally a problem. I agree with @Synsensa that things have been basically pleasant and enjoyable. There are issues, there always is. Doesn't mean they need to be corrected imo.

I suppose I'm biased because I moderated during an era of CFC OT where we had members openly calling for the alt-right to gain power and start killing. The people going "nah" to that got banned more than the people advocating such views. I can't say more due to PDMA. But I really do think the state of OT is laughably better since 2017. This story of OT disintegrating in 2018 and 2019 seems amiss to me.

 

[Old Hippy]

I can't say more due to PDMA. But I really do think the state of OT is laughably better since 2017. This story of OT disintegrating in 2018 and 2019 seems amiss to me.

just asking... what does PDMA actually stand for?
thanking you in advance
I have the jist of what it means

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Public discussion of moderator action, which is verboten here

 

[Synobun]

just asking... what does PDMA actually stand for?
thanking you in advance
I have the jist of what it means

Public Discussion of Moderator Actions. So, talking about specific infractions, or lack thereof. Responding to mod text. Although Herrs Arakhor and CitrusDealer are surprisingly chill with the latter lately.

 

[Cloud_Strife]

I guess I just don't buy the idea that a person can spout dogwhistling statistics in an attempt to show minorities as being inherently criminal or parasitical without being a racist.

 

[dusters]

How many people were cured from cerebral palsy using your method?

What I suggest is a complex method involving all Western scientifical methods, also adding breathing exercises, and a lot of stuff. So far I have offered this method to one person and she declined. Well, in person it could be different.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Although Herrs Arakhor and CitrusDealer are surprisingly chill with the latter lately.

bro don't out them

 

[Synobun]

bro don't out them

This is my secret plot to get them to crack down on us.

What I suggest is a complex method involving all Western scientifical methods, also adding breathing exercises, and a lot of stuff. So far I have offered this method to one person and she declined. Well, in person it could be different.

Then... how do you know it works if the ONE person you offered it to rejected it?

My offer of $200/mo for 12 months in exchange for reproducible proof is still open.

 

[Ajidica]

just asking... what does PDMA actually stand for?

I mentally replace it with "Public Display of Moderate Affection" and the thread immediately becomes more funny.

 

[Birdjaguar]

Here is one view from Peggy Noonan, moderate Republican columnist who is not a Trump fan.

The past decade saw the rise of the woke progressives who dictate what words can be said and ideas held, thus poisoning and paralyzing American humor, drama, entertainment, culture and journalism. In the coming 10 years someone will effectively stand up to them. They are the most hated people in America, and their entire program is accusation: you are racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic; you are a bigot, a villain, a white male, a patriarchal misogynist, your day is over. They never have a second move. Bow to them, as most do, and they’ll accuse you even more of newly imagined sins. They claim to be vulnerable victims, and moral. Actually they’re not. They’re mean and seek to kill, and like all bullies are cowards.

Everyone with an honest mind hates them. Someone will finally move effectively against them. Who? How? That will be a story of the ’20s, and a good one.

I think her view shines a light on some of what has been talked about in this thread. Those who would rather throw "bombs" than discuss. She is not entirely wrong.

 

[Manfred Belheim]

What I suggest is a complex method involving all Western scientifical methods, also adding breathing exercises, and a lot of stuff. So far I have offered this method to one person and she declined. Well, in person it could be different.

Sounds pretty robust and foolproof.

 

[dusters]

Sounds pretty robust and foolproof.

Well, the thing is to build up what we already know and add what works. Same with cancer - full cure is a myth (you need to work on yourself so your body understands that allowing cancer in it is a thing of past), but prolonging a life span is very realistic.

Everything takes hard work.

 

[Synobun]

Well, the thing is to build up what we already know and add what works. Same with cancer - full cure is a myth (you need to work on yourself so your body understands that allowing cancer in it is a thing of past), but prolonging a life span is very realistic.

Everything takes hard work.

$300 USD a month for 12 months, and I get 0.5% of profits from your patent royalties when you sell your cures for cerebral palsy and cancer. This is a good deal.

 

[Birdjaguar]

$300 USD a month for 12 months, and I get 0.5% of profits from your patent royalties when you sell your cures for cerebral palsy and cancer. This is a good deal.

Hmmm...if the "cure" stops the cancer from growing, is that enough?

 

[Ajidica]

(you need to work on yourself so your body understands that allowing cancer in it is a thing of past

I'd like to think the above sentiment is due to English not being your firs language, but somehow I don't think that is what is going on here.

"Digital lynching"... seems disrespectful to the victims of actual lynchings, doesn't it? I won't post pictures of lynchings because...

I was thinking that but I was waiting for someone else to post that.

 

[Sommerswerd]

"Digital lynching"... seems disrespectful to the victims of actual lynchings, doesn't it? I won't post pictures of lynchings because...