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Originally Posted by Goldwingnut
This will be an interesting line for the moderators to tow and I look forward to see how it is handled, too much heavy handedness and this forum becomes a worthless world of sunshine and unicorns, not enough and it degrades to the trashy level of may other social media platforms.
While spirited discussions will surely abound in the coming months of the November elections and will be more easily identified as political, what about the grayer areas? Where will you draw the line? A discussion of the 25% property tax increase is most certainly of profound interest to Villages residents and Sumter county alike, it easily shifts to a discussion of those making the decisions and that pending election, where will you draw the line?
Since the posting of this thread you have had no teeth, this post https://www.talkofthevillages.com/fo...people-307816/ was clearly and purely political and offensive in nature and yet was allowed to fester for 90 posts. A quick review of the threads and posts on may of the forums show a great many clearly laced with political tones and derogatory comments. Where is the line to be drawn on these? When will this line be like a knife at the throat of liberty?
Obviously this website is free to pluck and purn its branches as it sees fit. We can only hope they are not too aggressive as to kill the tree. |
Sensible and logical post, as usual GWN.
Since almost every expression a person makes is based on that person’s foundational beliefs, separating communications into political and apolitical may result in TOTV becoming nothing more than a community calendar and a place to sell used stuff. That’s fine but it may not keep drawing a lot of views.
Year-round retired Villagers run the risk of becoming disconnected from each other and from happenings outside The Bubble, especially those who are in COVID isolation now, so I hope TOTV will continue to be a neighborly place to share thoughts and concerns.
Discerning what is and is not political may be virtually impossible for the Moderators but promoting courtesy and civility would make everyone feel like a respected and valued part of the community. It’s going to be interesting to watch, that’s for sure.