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Originally Posted by njbchbum
I am one of the members of ‘political’ who supported the temporary suspension of the forum because of the sniping and lack of civility there. I fully supported the need for a cooling-off period.
But I am overly disappointed to read that my support for this suspension would mean that the forum might not return until AFTER the election; and then return in a format that would PREVENT the discussion of things political that are NOT "centric to life in the villages”.
Well, YIKES! If issues such as voter fraud and medicare are not issues that are centric to the lives of residents in the villages, are we stuck with the issues of signage, dog poop and saving seats that the admin posted can be discussed in the general forum.
I always counted on ‘political’ as a place where I could go to understand the viewpoints/opinions of the honorable opposition, present the other side of the coin for discussion and learn from the serious material posted there. The loss of that opportunity to learn and to grow - even at my age - is a serious disappointment.
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Some of the other message boards I have been on have had volunteer moderators who did a good job of keeping things civil while also being objective about removing offensive posts and the like. Not sure if this would work on the TOTV's Political Forum as you would need someone who has a lot of time available, would work for no pay, and be objective. Very few people are really objective when it comes to partisan politics.