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Post by J u l e e on Jan 24, 2021 13:57:13 GMT
How can posters not tell the difference between a politically focused discussion (Supreme Court nominee for instance) and one that is not (having the vapors that someone is discussing a tradition with dishes that happens to include vocabulary such as President and White House)?
Mentioning Donald Trump’s hair in an unflattering way does not require a political label for the thread. Going in and marking it as such because you decide it should be is the same thing as calling out the incorrect usage of your/you’re. Only pettier because you don’t have to attach your name to the calling out.
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Post by Merge on Jan 24, 2021 13:58:47 GMT
I also had one of my thread marked political, and if was NOT. I called the anonymous clicker out and announced I would unmark it every time she marked it. I think we should have a rule that says if you have the nerve to mark a thread that is not yours political—you should have the nerve to announce it, and give your reasons. You cannot just mark any thread that slightly offends you political... Or anything you just don’t want to see/read. Jeez. Shall I go mark all the endless game threads as political? The ones about reality tv shows I will never watch? Let’s be grownups here. Scroll on by. |
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Post by monklady123 on Jan 24, 2021 14:02:52 GMT
Interesting thread.  I've also taken off the political label from posts in the past. There's one now that has the label on it called "what can Biden do about Covid" or something like that. In my opinion the pandemic should not be political, although maybe the thread devolved to that...? No idea because I haven't read it yet. But in my opinion, for what that's worth  , the label should be for posts about campaigning, the election, policies, etc. Not about White House china, or the pandemic, or others like that. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2021 14:03:08 GMT
I also had one of my thread marked political, and if was NOT. I called the anonymous clicker out and announced I would unmark it every time she marked it. I think we should have a rule that says if you have the nerve to mark a thread that is not yours political—you should have the nerve to announce it, and give your reasons. You cannot just mark any thread that slightly offends you political... I'd love it if people had to say 'I hereby announce this thread... fancy flourish...political'. |
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QueenoftheSloths
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2021 14:10:46 GMT
I can't quote more than one pea in a post, and so I will just reply to all of you who have collectvely criticized me. I am not the only person who labels threads as political. Apparently I am just the only one willing to admit it. Since the labeling was being discussed, I wanted to point out that there were other reasons for someone to use the tag other than being a butt hurt trump lover. I don't label every ugly pile on as political. I label the political ugly pile ons as political. If you can't admit that yor political bashing is political, that is your blind spot, not mine. To call me the board police is a bit silly when even in this one thread, several other peas have announced rules that they think should be in place. Maybe they should be the board police. And now specifically to you, lainey . This is the second time you have accused me of only posting complaints about the peas being mean. Why don't you actually take a look at my posts to see what I post about? Is it because that wouldn't support your position? The first time you accused me this way was after the epic bullying post that you started. Clearly you don't support my position that there are bullies here. That is fine. Maybe you only see a few posts of mine because we don't visit the same threads. Before accusing me of hating the board and suggesting I leave, why don't you actually see what I post? I see what you post, and occasionally you have posted quite kindly to me. But whenever I see your avatar I think of how you have now twice told me I should just leave. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2021 14:16:10 GMT
How I picture the now-quiet Trumpsters on this board, furiously clicking Politics:  Is that Gena Rowlands? What's that from? Need to watch now |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2021 14:34:21 GMT
I can't quote more than one pea in a post, and so I will just reply to all of you who have collectvely criticized me. I am not the only person who labels threads as political. Apparently I am just the only one willing to admit it. Since the labeling was being discussed, I wanted to point out that there were other reasons for someone to use the tag other than being a butt hurt trump lover. I don't label every ugly pile on as political. I label the political ugly pile ons as political. If you can't admit that yor political bashing is political, that is your blind spot, not mine. To call me the board police is a bit silly when even in this one thread, several other peas have announced rules that they think should be in place. Maybe they should be the board police. And now specifically to you, lainey . This is the second time you have accused me of only posting complaints about the peas being mean. Why don't you actually take a look at my posts to see what I post about? Is it because that wouldn't support your position? The first time you accused me this way was after the epic bullying post that you started. Clearly you don't support my position that there are bullies here. That is fine. Maybe you only see a few posts of mine because we don't visit the same threads. Before accusing me of hating the board and suggesting I leave, why don't you actually see what I post? I see what you post, and occasionally you have posted quite kindly to me. But whenever I see your avatar I think of how you have now twice told me I should just leave. I never told you to leave, in fact I pointed out that I wasn't saying that. I must miss a lot of your posts because everything I do see from you is in the vein that we're all bullies. I just can't imagine wanting to be around that if it was my genuine feeling.
@zingermack it's from EastEnders a British soap known for it's epic meltdowns and overreactions, much like 2Peas!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2021 14:39:38 GMT
zingermack it's from EastEnders a British soap known for it's epic meltdowns and overreactions, much like 2Peas! Thanks!! Epic! |
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Post by gar on Jan 24, 2021 14:56:26 GMT
Apparently I am just the only one willing to admit it. One other pea has admitted it on this thread too, nine . I'm sure you're not the only one but I do think labelling someone else's thread isn't really on unless asked to because someone is posting on their phone for example. The vast majority of threads are easily decipherable from the title aren't they? And easily avoided if the don't like the argy-bargy. |
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QueenoftheSloths
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2021 15:01:55 GMT
Sometimes a thread is started about a topic I would be interested in discussing and turns into bashing and ugliness. A couple months ago there was a thread about impotence being a side effect of covid. Instead of being a discussion of the linked article, it immediately turned to another thread of peas cackling about limp dicked republicans. That made it a political thread for me. Well that doesn't make it a political thread for others. That's not the intent of the tag to be used for what YOU consider "ugly" you're complaining about the grammar police, but at the same time you are being the self appointed board police and what you consider acceptable discussion police. That's not how it works, and yes, having a trigger finger and labelling everything politics because you don't like the topic, does make you thin skinned. I think a lot of us need to start unlabelling those threads as quickly as you seem to be labelling them. Threads you don't like the 'tone' or content of doesn't make them politics. Can you explain how a thread that starts out as "new side effect of covid" but instead is about "republicans can't get it up anyway" isn't political? |
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QueenoftheSloths
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2021 15:06:51 GMT
Apparently I am just the only one willing to admit it. One other peas has admitted it on this thread too, nine . I'm sure you're not the only one but I do think labelling someone else's thread isn't really on unless asked to because someone is posting on their phone for example. The vast majority of threads are easily decipherable from the title aren't they? And easily avoided if the don't like the argy-bargy. My point is that a lot of threads start about one thing and turn to a political bash fest. The original topic is lost. If a thread title is "new symptom of covid" but all the posts are jokes about republicans who "can't get it up" then isn't that in fact a political thread with a title that has become misleading? Personally I would love if there were more labels to use. I don't want to read about animal abuse, but have accidentally wandered into threads about animal abuse because the title didn't warn me. I'm sure there are other peas with other trigger topics who would be served by a variety of thread labels as well. Maybe that is something that could be added to the features of the board. Edit to add, when I said I was the only one who was willing to admit labeling political threads, at the time I posted that I was the only one who had done so. |
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Post by Olan on Jan 24, 2021 15:09:04 GMT
I can't quote more than one pea in a post, and so I will just reply to all of you who have collectvely criticized me. I am not the only person who labels threads as political. Apparently I am just the only one willing to admit it. Since the labeling was being discussed, I wanted to point out that there were other reasons for someone to use the tag other than being a butt hurt trump lover. I don't label every ugly pile on as political. I label the political ugly pile ons as political. If you can't admit that yor political bashing is political, that is your blind spot, not mine. To call me the board police is a bit silly when even in this one thread, several other peas have announced rules that they think should be in place. Maybe they should be the board police. And now specifically to you, lainey . This is the second time you have accused me of only posting complaints about the peas being mean. Why don't you actually take a look at my posts to see what I post about? Is it because that wouldn't support your position? The first time you accused me this way was after the epic bullying post that you started. Clearly you don't support my position that there are bullies here. That is fine. Maybe you only see a few posts of mine because we don't visit the same threads. Before accusing me of hating the board and suggesting I leave, why don't you actually see what I post? I see what you post, and occasionally you have posted quite kindly to me. But whenever I see your avatar I think of how you have now twice told me I should just leave. I appreciate the candor. I would stew about the motives and now I can just chalk it up to ummm...predictable behavior. FTR I disagree with the “if you don’t like things, why stay” it slaps of 45 supporters telling everyone to like it or leave. If I leave who will continue posting “Black issues” Olan |
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Post by gar on Jan 24, 2021 15:14:56 GMT
QueenoftheSloths - I just think it's unrealistic to expect all threads to stay on track. Yes, in your example the title did become unrepresentative of the content after a while but honestly that's just the nature of discussions isn't it? All types of threads go off at tangents....some end up about something you personally find off-putting but doesn't bother others and vice versa. I think it's a 'risk' you take to be honest, when you're on a message board. It's a utopian wish to hope that no one ever got upset about anything.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2021 15:21:54 GMT
QueenoftheSloths - I just think it's unrealistic to expect all threads to stay on track. Yes, in your example the title did become unrepresentative of the content after a while but honestly that's just the nature of discussions isn't it? All types of threads go off at tangents....some end up about something you personally find off-putting but doesn't bother others and vice versa. I think it's a 'risk' you take to be honest, when you're on a message board. It's a utopian wish to hope that no one ever got upset about anything. I totally agree, it is unrealistic to think all threads will stay on topic. That is why I believe the politics label, and other labels we could potentially have in the future, can be used as tools. |
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Post by gar on Jan 24, 2021 15:27:45 GMT
QueenoftheSloths - I just think it's unrealistic to expect all threads to stay on track. Yes, in your example the title did become unrepresentative of the content after a while but honestly that's just the nature of discussions isn't it? All types of threads go off at tangents....some end up about something you personally find off-putting but doesn't bother others and vice versa. I think it's a 'risk' you take to be honest, when you're on a message board. It's a utopian wish to hope that no one ever got upset about anything. I totally agree, it is unrealistic to think all threads will stay on topic. That is why I believe the politics label, and other labels we could potentially have in the future, can be used as tools. But who gets to decide? Who determines how much is too much 'off track' chat? At what point? What about if it's veers back to the original subject but the label-er has stopped reading because they didn't like the turn it took? I'm not interested in dogs but I've opened threads with ambiguous titles then realised that's what they're about but I just leave. |
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Post by katybee on Jan 24, 2021 15:29:48 GMT
When people take it upon themselves to mark a thread “political” just because they feel like it is political, they may be preventing some peas, who otherwise might have enjoyed the thread, from reading it. If you really feel that strongly about it, tag the the OP, state your reasons and ask her to do it. Or MYOB and move on...
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Post by pierkiss on Jan 24, 2021 15:33:48 GMT
Maybe it’s time for that label to go away. Since clearly it is being misused.
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Post by luckyexwife on Jan 24, 2021 15:35:42 GMT
I can't quote more than one pea in a post, and so I will just reply to all of you who have collectvely criticized me. I am not the only person who labels threads as political. Apparently I am just the only one willing to admit it. Since the labeling was being discussed, I wanted to point out that there were other reasons for someone to use the tag other than being a butt hurt trump lover. I don't label every ugly pile on as political. I label the political ugly pile ons as political. If you can't admit that yor political bashing is political, that is your blind spot, not mine. To call me the board police is a bit silly when even in this one thread, several other peas have announced rules that they think should be in place. Maybe they should be the board police. And now specifically to you, lainey . This is the second time you have accused me of only posting complaints about the peas being mean. Why don't you actually take a look at my posts to see what I post about? Is it because that wouldn't support your position? The first time you accused me this way was after the epic bullying post that you started. Clearly you don't support my position that there are bullies here. That is fine. Maybe you only see a few posts of mine because we don't visit the same threads. Before accusing me of hating the board and suggesting I leave, why don't you actually see what I post? I see what you post, and occasionally you have posted quite kindly to me. But whenever I see your avatar I think of how you have now twice told me I should just leave. I appreciate the candor. I would stew about the motives and now I can just chalk it up to ummm...predictable behavior. FTR I disagree with the “if you don’t like things, why stay” it slaps of 45 supporters telling everyone to like it or leave. If I leave who will continue posting “Black issues” Olan I appreciate you posting about "black issues". Because of your postings, I had a very good conversation with an Uber driver after witnessing subtle racism, and I learned about racism in the area I live, and what I could do to help. |
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QueenoftheSloths
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2021 15:36:34 GMT
I totally agree, it is unrealistic to think all threads will stay on topic. That is why I believe the politics label, and other labels we could potentially have in the future, can be used as tools. But who gets to decide? Who determines how much is too much 'off track' chat? At what point? What about if it's veers back to the original subject but the label-er has stopped reading because they didn't like the turn it took? Well, I guess in this world the last person who cares if a thread is labeled or not gets to decide. And since the tags are removeable, that's what happens. |
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Post by pjaye on Jan 24, 2021 15:38:26 GMT
Can you explain how a thread that starts out as "new side effect of covid" but instead is about "republicans can't get it up anyway" isn't political? because it's jusy not. "politics" is talking about politics, voting, candidates, political processes, policies, political parties etc Making fun of people, be they politicians or not, talking about limp dicks, talking about dinner plates in the White House or how a first lady dresses are NOT political discussions and it's kind of pissy for people to mark them as such just because they don't like the content. If someone starts a thread about their dog and 10 posts in a couple of people post about their cat - that doesn't make it a thread about cats. That is why I believe the politics label, and other labels we could potentially have in the future, can be used as tools. and I think you'd find you are in the minority with that...just like it was the minority of people wanted a politics board. |
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2021 15:47:46 GMT
Can you explain how a thread that starts out as "new side effect of covid" but instead is about "republicans can't get it up anyway" isn't political? because it's jusy not. "politics" is talking about politics, voting, candidates, political processes, policies, political parties etc Making fun of people, be they politicians or not, talking about limp dicks, talking about dinner plates in the White House or how a first lady dresses are NOT political discussions and it's kind of pissy for people to mark them as such just because they don't like the content. If someone starts a thread about their dog and 10 posts in a couple of people post about their cat - that doesn't make it a thread about cats. That is why I believe the politics label, and other labels we could potentially have in the future, can be used as tools. and I think you'd find you are in the minority with that...just like it was the minority of people wanted a politics board. Clearly I am in the minority. But I still get to have an opinion, even when it doesn't match yours. And for the record, I didn't mark the threads about dishes or dresses as political. Because they were still about dishes and dresses. |
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2021 15:52:29 GMT
How can posters not tell the difference between a politically focused discussion (Supreme Court nominee for instance) and one that is not (having the vapors that someone is discussing a tradition with dishes that happens to include vocabulary such as President and White House)? Mentioning Donald Trump’s hair in an unflattering way does not require a political label for the thread. Going in and marking it as such because you decide it should be is the same thing as calling out the incorrect usage of your/you’re. Only pettier because you don’t have to attach your name to the calling out. This is a genuine question, and I hope you can answer it as such. The board agrees that making fun of trump's hair is okay. But when a pea posted a picture of some annonymous feet from the internet and called them ugly, she got raked over the coals for shaming the annonymous feet. Can you explain the difference? |
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Post by peano on Jan 24, 2021 15:57:03 GMT
I can't quote more than one pea in a post, and so I will just reply to all of you who have collectvely criticized me. I am not the only person who labels threads as political. Apparently I am just the only one willing to admit it. Since the labeling was being discussed, I wanted to point out that there were other reasons for someone to use the tag other than being a butt hurt trump lover. I don't label every ugly pile on as political. I label the political ugly pile ons as political. If you can't admit that yor political bashing is political, that is your blind spot, not mine. To call me the board police is a bit silly when even in this one thread, several other peas have announced rules that they think should be in place. Maybe they should be the board police. And now specifically to you, lainey . This is the second time you have accused me of only posting complaints about the peas being mean. Why don't you actually take a look at my posts to see what I post about? Is it because that wouldn't support your position? The first time you accused me this way was after the epic bullying post that you started. Clearly you don't support my position that there are bullies here. That is fine. Maybe you only see a few posts of mine because we don't visit the same threads. Before accusing me of hating the board and suggesting I leave, why don't you actually see what I post? I see what you post, and occasionally you have posted quite kindly to me. But whenever I see your avatar I think of how you have now twice told me I should just leave. White House china patterns--not political. OK, so I did happen to throw in a dig at she who shall not be named on the china thread, but if your sensibilities are that delicate, then maybe this isn't the place for you. COVID is not political as it is a disease and diseases are not political. It affects all of us but what differs is the way we look at the pandemic. However, it behooves all of us to be up on how the differences in the ways the two administrations did/plan to handle COVID. I guess feel free to accept the mantle of victimhood but I and I think most of the others who responded were criticizing the practice, not the person. I am of the mind that applying the political label to a thread that you, yourself didn't start would be akin to going in and correcting the content of someone's post. It's easy enough to determine context by most thread titles, and if one that slips in has content abhorrent to you, just back out. What I love about this board is that I have control over how I use it. The webz is replete with places to be superficial, to be all sweetness and light so as not to offend anyone. Go forth and be with your people if that will make you happier. |
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Post by peano on Jan 24, 2021 16:02:41 GMT
How can posters not tell the difference between a politically focused discussion (Supreme Court nominee for instance) and one that is not (having the vapors that someone is discussing a tradition with dishes that happens to include vocabulary such as President and White House)? Mentioning Donald Trump’s hair in an unflattering way does not require a political label for the thread. Going in and marking it as such because you decide it should be is the same thing as calling out the incorrect usage of your/you’re. Only pettier because you don’t have to attach your name to the calling out. This is a genuine question, and I hope you can answer it as such. The board agrees that making fun of trump's hair is okay. But when a pea posted a picture of some annonymous feet from the internet and called them ugly, she got raked over the coals for shaming the annonymous feet. Can you explain the difference? I guess this one may require some soul-searching by Peas. I for one never criticized Trump's hair nor foot woman because I don't like criticizing people's appearances, as it seems superficial, petty and mean-spirited and because I've been criticized for my appearance and it doesn't feel good. The Trump case had an added layer of dimension in that he was heaping so many evil misdeeds upon the American people that obviously it was more important to be critical of that. |
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Post by peano on Jan 24, 2021 16:11:15 GMT
I can't quote more than one pea in a post, and so I will just reply to all of you who have collectvely criticized me. I am not the only person who labels threads as political. Apparently I am just the only one willing to admit it. Since the labeling was being discussed, I wanted to point out that there were other reasons for someone to use the tag other than being a butt hurt trump lover. I don't label every ugly pile on as political. I label the political ugly pile ons as political. If you can't admit that yor political bashing is political, that is your blind spot, not mine. To call me the board police is a bit silly when even in this one thread, several other peas have announced rules that they think should be in place. Maybe they should be the board police. And now specifically to you, lainey . This is the second time you have accused me of only posting complaints about the peas being mean. Why don't you actually take a look at my posts to see what I post about? Is it because that wouldn't support your position? The first time you accused me this way was after the epic bullying post that you started. Clearly you don't support my position that there are bullies here. That is fine. Maybe you only see a few posts of mine because we don't visit the same threads. Before accusing me of hating the board and suggesting I leave, why don't you actually see what I post? I see what you post, and occasionally you have posted quite kindly to me. But whenever I see your avatar I think of how you have now twice told me I should just leave. I appreciate the candor. I would stew about the motives and now I can just chalk it up to ummm...predictable behavior. FTR I disagree with the “if you don’t like things, why stay” it slaps of 45 supporters telling everyone to like it or leave. If I leave who will continue posting “Black issues” Olan I appreciate the info you post and the links. I have found them valuable. But that you feel you are the annointed savior of the Karens of 2 Peas is a bit much. I am eminently capable of edumacating myself by my own little self. |
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2021 16:15:19 GMT
I can't quote more than one pea in a post, and so I will just reply to all of you who have collectvely criticized me. I am not the only person who labels threads as political. Apparently I am just the only one willing to admit it. Since the labeling was being discussed, I wanted to point out that there were other reasons for someone to use the tag other than being a butt hurt trump lover. I don't label every ugly pile on as political. I label the political ugly pile ons as political. If you can't admit that yor political bashing is political, that is your blind spot, not mine. To call me the board police is a bit silly when even in this one thread, several other peas have announced rules that they think should be in place. Maybe they should be the board police. And now specifically to you, lainey . This is the second time you have accused me of only posting complaints about the peas being mean. Why don't you actually take a look at my posts to see what I post about? Is it because that wouldn't support your position? The first time you accused me this way was after the epic bullying post that you started. Clearly you don't support my position that there are bullies here. That is fine. Maybe you only see a few posts of mine because we don't visit the same threads. Before accusing me of hating the board and suggesting I leave, why don't you actually see what I post? I see what you post, and occasionally you have posted quite kindly to me. But whenever I see your avatar I think of how you have now twice told me I should just leave. White House china patterns--not political. OK, so I did happen to throw in a dig at she who shall not be named on the china thread, but if your sensibilities are that delicate, then maybe this isn't the place for you. COVID is not political as it is a disease and diseases are not political. It affects all of us but what differs is the way we look at the pandemic. However, it behooves all of us to be up on how the differences in the ways the two administrations did/plan to handle COVID. I guess feel free to accept the mantle of victimhood but I and I think most of the others who responded were criticizing the practice, not the person. I am of the mind that applying the political label to a thread that you, yourself didn't start would be akin to going in and correcting the content of someone's post. It's easy enough to determine context by most thread titles, and if one that slips in has content abhorrent to you, just back out. What I love about this board is that I have control over how I use it. The webz is replete with places to be superficial, to be all sweetness and light so as not to offend anyone. Go forth and be with your people if that will make you happier. I didn't label the thread about dishes as political. The title clearly stated what it was about and the dicussion was by and large about that topic. I didn't feel that the title was misleading. I'm not sure why you feel that I'm acting like a victim. I don't feel like a victim. I feel like I have an opinion on this topic and I am free to express it just like you are free to express yours. Then you are free to make some cutting little remarks about what I want my board experience to be, and I am free to think whatever I like about you as well. |
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Post by peano on Jan 24, 2021 16:30:53 GMT
White House china patterns--not political. OK, so I did happen to throw in a dig at she who shall not be named on the china thread, but if your sensibilities are that delicate, then maybe this isn't the place for you. COVID is not political as it is a disease and diseases are not political. It affects all of us but what differs is the way we look at the pandemic. However, it behooves all of us to be up on how the differences in the ways the two administrations did/plan to handle COVID. I guess feel free to accept the mantle of victimhood but I and I think most of the others who responded were criticizing the practice, not the person. I am of the mind that applying the political label to a thread that you, yourself didn't start would be akin to going in and correcting the content of someone's post. It's easy enough to determine context by most thread titles, and if one that slips in has content abhorrent to you, just back out. What I love about this board is that I have control over how I use it. The webz is replete with places to be superficial, to be all sweetness and light so as not to offend anyone. Go forth and be with your people if that will make you happier. I didn't label the thread about dishes as political. The title clearly stated what it was about and the dicussion was by and large about that topic. I didn't feel that the title was misleading. I'm not sure why you feel that I'm acting like a victim. I don't feel like a victim. I feel like I have an opinion on this topic and I am free to express it just like you are free to express yours. Then you are free to make some cutting little remarks about what I want my board experience to be, and I am free to think whatever I like about you as well. I was specifically referring to the part where the thread on impotence being a side effect of COVID went off-track. It would be easy enough just to try to rein people in to get back on topic or start a new thread for people who want to discuss the medical aspects of the side effects of COVID. Now if you did that, and people were still tittering like schoolboys about limp dicks, then I'd think you'd be justified in complaining. |
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Post by Olan on Jan 24, 2021 16:32:40 GMT
I appreciate the candor. I would stew about the motives and now I can just chalk it up to ummm...predictable behavior. FTR I disagree with the “if you don’t like things, why stay” it slaps of 45 supporters telling everyone to like it or leave. If I leave who will continue posting “Black issues” Olan I appreciate the info you post and the links. I have found them valuable. But that you feel you are the annointed savior of the Karens of 2 Peas is a bit much. I am eminently capable of edumacating myself by my own little self. Thank you for weighing in. For posterity sake this is the pea who told me white women were powerless and couldn’t exercise any good judgement during chattel slavery. When I explained that wasn’t the case she never came back to acknowledge the misinformation she tried to pass as fact. The thread: 2peasrefugees.boards.net/thread/110444/black-peoplePlease note I don’t give a damn how you’ve categorized my participation or what you find valuable. Just last week I posted a lovely video of Toni Morrison where she implores white people to tackle racism without the help of Black women. I’ll bump it. |
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Jan 24, 2021 16:36:12 GMT
I didn't label the thread about dishes as political. The title clearly stated what it was about and the dicussion was by and large about that topic. I didn't feel that the title was misleading. I'm not sure why you feel that I'm acting like a victim. I don't feel like a victim. I feel like I have an opinion on this topic and I am free to express it just like you are free to express yours. Then you are free to make some cutting little remarks about what I want my board experience to be, and I am free to think whatever I like about you as well. I was specifically referring to the part where the thread on impotence being a side effect of COVID went off-track. It would be easy enough just to try to rein people in to get back on topic or start a new thread for people who want to discuss the medical aspects of the side effects of COVID. Now if you did that, and people were still tittering like schoolboys about limp dicks, then I'd think you'd be justified in complaining. Well specifically about that thread I stumbled on it after the discussion was no longer active and didn't feel it served any purpose to post and resurrect it. |
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Post by cindyupnorth on Jan 24, 2021 16:42:45 GMT
Too bad there's no accountability to who marks it as political..like. if you hover over the political flag it says who placed it.
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I've also taken off the political label from posts in the past. There's one now that has the label on it called "what can Biden do about Covid" or something like that. In my opinion the pandemic should not be political, although maybe the thread devolved to that...? No idea because I haven't read it yet. But in my opinion, for what that's worth 
, the label should be for posts about campaigning, the election, policies, etc. Not about White House china, or the pandemic, or others like that.
