FSU Professor fired for fake racism

When posters always have the same response on any issue - and you are an example of that malady - what's the point of reading their posts? If in addition they are rude and dismissive, e.g., consistently responding with a laugh or come on man emoji, I block them. I have only five posters blocked.

 

Maybe she wanted to feel needed and felt like she could change him.

 

They absolutely do. As do people on the right. If anyone out there thinks there is a difference in the degree of honesty between MSNBC, CNBC, Fox, ABC, CBS, NBC or their local news they are fooling themselves. They all have an agenda and play to their audiences to pit us against one another, just as this thread illustrates. They count on us to skim headlines and not look at the facts.

 

I don’t have anyone blocked currently, but I take your points here. I did once block someone (now moved on to the other board) who was quite rude, and it really did improve my experience here.

I also think the idea of someone always responding in the same way is worth some thought. Indeed, it seems we have many whose responses are very predictable. What does this say about these posters? Meanwhile, I’d like to fancy myself to be a sophisticated thinker, but honestly my posting could probably be convincingly simulated with 3 lines of code. Maybe 3.5.

But if I have any defense for my predictability, it would be that at least my code wouldn’t include anything about “democrats”, “republicans”, “libbies”, or “cons”. It would instead be focused on ideas, like authority, liberty, kindness, and evidence. Now I don’t know how much better is being consumed with the idea of authority, but at least it gives me the ability to agree and disagree with posters of all political inclinations, which sadly seems to be a dwindling trait in American politics.

 

He is no longer among us.....lethal injection.

 

But what happened to the prisoner

 

I'm sure there are a few that are exactly what you describe that are not blocked because you agree with them on most issues.

 

I can’t speak for trickster, but I’m sure this is true for many posters. However, in the defense of these hypothetical posters, the rude / condescending / mocking posts that come from our members are virtually always directed at posters of the other side. So it may not be so much that our hypothetical selective blocker agrees with those he/she hasn’t blocked, as much as those posters agree with him/her and therefore don’t treat him/her with contempt.

 

Nice post. I am obviously a democrat. It best reflects my personal philosophy. So in that sense I’m predictable. However, I try to approach every issue on its own merits. By doing that, I have surprised myself by the number of times I side with the more conservative posters. There are as many posters on the left who are as predictable - ideological, if you will - as OB, Rick, 515151, and a few others. I like any post that reflects intelligence and explains the reason for the poster’s position. The constant funnies and come on man to serious posts by the same people, and the stupid comments, like OB’s that ‘are ruining America’, are a waste of time.

 

You’re right, though it might not be that I agree with them so much as I respect their intelligent explanation for their position. There have been a number of positions the left has taken on issues with which I have disagreed. However, their positions are usually supported by intelligent arguments which I can understand.

 

I totally understand. And I think a democrat is a great thing to be. There is no view from nowhere, so we all must come from some starting philosophy. With my comment about having no “democrat” in my simulation code, I didn’t mean that I have no philosophy, but that it wouldn’t be very accurate to simulate my responses based on he identity of the original poster. E.g. “If replying to [democrat], GatorRade clicks [agree]” isn’t going to be reliably true for me. And it sounds like it isn’t completely true for you either. I think that’s a great thing because I see no reason why all upright, moral, intelligent, caring, etc. behaviors should be confined to either side of the political aisle. I know this will sound as blasphemy to many, but there is a lot of good stuff to be found across the aisle, regardless of which side one starts from.

 

My own view is that if I offended someone so much that they felt the need to block me, I’m glad they blocked me. I don’t want them to be offended, and if blocking me and my thoughts brings them back a level of joy and happiness, then thank goodness for the block/ignore button.

 

A man after my own heart....so to speak, mind you.