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Originally Posted by billethkid
You forgot to mention that the bad reputation and shooting from the hip and bad mouthing and name calling were all to the credit of a very few. The other 98% of us where adult enough to handle a discussion.
The 2% plus those who were against anything political would constantly badger the admin with complaints. And for some who have suggested making it private or sign in....IT WAS. Those who complained the loudest had to OPT IN to be able to lurk and then complain.
Please remember it was a very few who baited and set out to disrupt the many. You know like per usual!
btk
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Did I miss the explanation given by the admin for discontinuing the political forum? I've not heard before that they were deluged with complaints from non-participants and the 2%. Unless you can confirm that, I find it somewhat farfetched that they would allow themselves to be influenced by folks whose motives were so obviously spurious. Absent their explanation, I have theorized that they were instead deluged by a steady flow of nasty comments and shooting from the hip, with which they had to spend far too much time monitoring and removing to preserve what they thought was civil discussion befitting TOTV.
You're correct about the 2%. But those folks were almost all passionate participants who just couldn't contain their emotions or stubbornly refused to follow admin guidelines. They ruined something that was good, but we could say that most things in our lives which are regulated came about because of folks like that.