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Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?

Yes
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No
32 (74.4%)

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #20 on: July 27, 2020, 07:52:19 PM »
Political discussion here is futile, unless it will follow the criteria set by @biobook.

But what does banning achieve exactly?

If you don't like a thread, don't click on it.
There's a difference between banning and moderating.
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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #21 on: July 27, 2020, 07:58:33 PM »
Is it time to ban all discussions about banning all political discussions on DDF?....

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #22 on: July 27, 2020, 09:08:42 PM »
I don't think we should ban it, but I do think it should get it's own board, which can be ignored, where (like JS) the posts don't count towards your post count.
I think there should be a board dedicated to Politics.

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #23 on: July 27, 2020, 09:17:49 PM »
I think someone managed to infiltrate the Count's brain and plant some anti American thoughts in it. Maybe the CCP, or maybe Bill DeBlasio. What is this un-American talk of banning political discourse?
I've been waiting over 5 years with bated breath for someone to say that!
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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #24 on: July 27, 2020, 09:46:18 PM »
But what does banning achieve exactly?
Stops it from popping up in useful threads outside of JS.
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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #25 on: July 27, 2020, 09:47:08 PM »
Stops it from popping up in useful threads outside of JS.
Banning politics outside of JS is something I could get behind.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #26 on: July 27, 2020, 09:48:28 PM »
Banning politics outside of JS is something I could get behind.
Should I start a poll?  :)
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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #27 on: July 27, 2020, 09:49:10 PM »
Stops it from popping up in useful threads outside of JS.
Examples?
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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #28 on: July 27, 2020, 09:49:54 PM »
Banning politics outside of JS is something I could get behind.
especially in threads that aren't supposed to be about politics
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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #29 on: July 27, 2020, 09:52:26 PM »
Banning politics outside of JS is something I could get behind.
And who decides what is considered political? IMHO this is a slippery slope.

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #30 on: July 27, 2020, 09:52:55 PM »
All threads lead to politics. Or so it's been, recently, on DDF.

In fact, only Kool-aid drinkers would argue on this.  ;)

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #31 on: July 27, 2020, 09:56:46 PM »
What happens when you have an entire board which was dedicated to a specific health topic and then somehow it became a political lightning rod?

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #32 on: July 27, 2020, 09:57:37 PM »
What happens when you have an entire board which was dedicated to a specific health topic and then somehow it became a political lightning rod?
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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #33 on: July 27, 2020, 09:58:34 PM »
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Hey, don't you all go looking at me. I'm hardly the only one guilty of this!

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #34 on: July 27, 2020, 09:59:04 PM »
What happens when you have an entire board which was dedicated to a specific health topic and then somehow it became a political lightning rod?
Ban everything outside of JS and Covid-19 boards.
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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #35 on: July 27, 2020, 09:59:58 PM »
Hey, don't you all go looking at me. I'm hardly the only one guilty of this!
Of course not. It is me and always me. It will never be the Jewish guy.  >:( >:( >:(
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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #36 on: July 27, 2020, 10:00:52 PM »
Of course not. It is me and always me. It will never be the Jewish guy.  >:( >:( >:(
Be careful. You are almost getting me to write up one of my parody news pieces.

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #37 on: July 27, 2020, 10:04:30 PM »
What happens when you have an entire board which was dedicated to a specific health topic and then somehow it became a political lightning rod?
That’s not an issue specifically with DDF, sadly the whole country has this issue

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #38 on: July 27, 2020, 10:08:09 PM »
What happens when you have an entire board which was dedicated to a specific health topic and then somehow it became a political lightning rod?

The issue with that is when the specific health topic in discussion has become a political lightning rod in and of itself.

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Re: Is it time to ban all political discussion on DDF?
« Reply #39 on: July 27, 2020, 10:10:55 PM »
The issue with that is when the specific health topic in discussion has become a political lightning rod in and of itself.
Yeah, this is what I meant...DDF bickering isn't what I consider politics ;)