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Post by don on Apr 2, 2025 17:25:13 GMT
Maybe we could have a politcal board and leave this board for caring and sharing our personal lives.
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Post by hutchfan on Apr 2, 2025 17:27:18 GMT
Would be nice. I second this.
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Post by gar on Apr 2, 2025 17:31:23 GMT
No, unfortunately that's not going to happen. It's been discussed at length many times before and for as many people who like it, there are people who oppose the idea.
They're already handily marked in red so anyone can skim past them if required.
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Post by Laurie on Apr 2, 2025 17:41:01 GMT
No, unfortunately that's not going to happen. It's been discussed at length many times before and for as many people who like it, there are people who oppose the idea. They're already handily marked in red so anyone can skim past them if required. Not really as the political label war still continues on. It would be a compromise but for some reason many oppose a thread being labeled as such. |
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Post by gar on Apr 2, 2025 17:49:15 GMT
No, unfortunately that's not going to happen. It's been discussed at length many times before and for as many people who like it, there are people who oppose the idea. They're already handily marked in red so anyone can skim past them if required. Not really as the political label war still continues on. It would be a compromise but for some reason many oppose a thread being labeled as such. I haven’t noticed it lately but anyway, it’s fairly easy to tell which threads are political. I think what people dislike is when someone labels it as such when it really isn’t discussing politics but there’s the barest mention of something vaguely connected and someone decides to whack on the label There are plenty of topics that other people don’t like - who gets to decide which should be banished to a separate board and which shouldn’t? 🤷🏼♀️ |
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The Great Carpezio
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Apr 2, 2025 17:53:23 GMT
Yeah, I have been "here" for 23 years and this has been an ongoing discussion. There was one election where we had a politics board, but that was on the old board with a lot more people and faster posting and we only did that for the few months before the election.
I think on this board, it would make the board even slower, and like others have said, it is pretty easy to figure out political post most of the time.
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Post by huskergal on Apr 2, 2025 18:04:39 GMT
Sharing political events is sharing what is going on in our lives. It is directly affecting people.
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Post by Lurkingpea on Apr 2, 2025 18:22:14 GMT
Sharing political events is sharing what is going on in our lives. It is directly affecting people. Exactly. I know some people want more fluffy happy posts and there is no reason they can't start threads that are more to their liking. I skip past threads based on their titles all the time. It is incredibly easy to identify, even without the label which I don't see on my phone, which threads are political. Unfortunately right now politics are a huge deal because of how it is affecting every single human on the planet. |
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Post by rodeomom on Apr 2, 2025 18:28:40 GMT
Sharing political events is sharing what is going on in our lives. It is directly affecting people. I come here for the political posts. Why is your reasons for coming here more important than mine? |
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Post by melanell on Apr 2, 2025 18:30:17 GMT
One issue for me, is that because this is NSBR, and we talk about anything, then almost any thread could wind up going off on a political tangent. And then you'd have people complaining that the thread was on the "wrong" board over and over again, despite it not starting off as political. Or else you'd have someone post something on the main board and personally NOT viewing it as political, only to have others disagree. (Something like the "Everyone is Welcome" poster in the West Ada school.) We find enough reasons to squabble, I don't personally wish to add another opportunity.  |
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Post by Merge on Apr 2, 2025 18:38:41 GMT
*sigh* I do have to wonder if there’s any other type of poster here who regularly gets to read how unwelcome they are.
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Post by gar on Apr 2, 2025 19:11:52 GMT
Sharing political events is sharing what is going on in our lives. It is directly affecting people. Exactly. I know some people want more fluffy happy posts and there is no reason they can't start threads that are more to their liking. Indeed. It’s always the same (and don I’m not having a dig at you) - many of the people who always say “I don’t post much/any more because there’s too much politics” never start a thread to create some balance 🤷🏼♀️ Everyone is free to post about anything they like so if you don’t like politics, post about something else 😊 |
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Post by Laurie on Apr 2, 2025 19:14:03 GMT
*sigh* I do have to wonder if there’s any other type of poster here who regularly gets to read how unwelcome they are. The game thread people get a lot of hate too. FTR, I don't participate in those either. |
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Post by The Great Carpezio on Apr 2, 2025 19:39:02 GMT
Additional thoughts:
I think one of the reasons this board is still here is because of politics. I have zero issues with the game threads, but no one (or almost no one) is likely still coming here every day or often because of the game threads.
Trying to excoriate politics from this board would make this board inauthentic in any political climate, but right now, it would seem outright oppressive and controlling. We have enough thought policing and censorship going in this country/world that we don't need to add it to a place with a long history of little to no monitoring.
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Post by busy on Apr 2, 2025 19:42:50 GMT
Politics are inextricably bound to the lives of most people. Only certain groups have the luxury of looking at politics as something that is separate from the rest of life.
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Post by gryroagain on Apr 2, 2025 20:10:27 GMT
Politics are inextricably bound to the lives of most people. Only certain groups have the luxury of looking at politics as something that is separate from the rest of life. I had a post typed out in a similar vein but not as diplomatically put. |
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Post by MizIndependent on Apr 2, 2025 20:28:54 GMT
As overwhelming as the political posts can be...I agree they should stay.
I've stopped participating in them for the most part because the vitriol is so damn much and I just don't invite that kind of raw negativity in my life anymore. But that is my choice to do that.
I wouldn't want to impede anyone else's participation just because I don't like it. It's my personal responsibility to protect my peace.
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Post by Merge on Apr 2, 2025 20:28:55 GMT
*sigh* I do have to wonder if there’s any other type of poster here who regularly gets to read how unwelcome they are. The game thread people get a lot of hate too. FTR, I don't participate in those either. Has anyone suggested a special label or a whole separate board for game threads? |
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Politics
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Post by pantsonfire on Apr 2, 2025 20:43:22 GMT
don you can block peas and if you don't use the mobile version of 2peas, you won't see their threads or posts. So if they start a thread it will be blank. I do wish the mobile version had the same options as the desktop version. I think that would help a lot of peas. I need the mobile on my phone for text size and simplicity of the site. But it works great when on my tablet or PC. So if you use the PC or a table, give it a try.
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 2, 2025 20:43:55 GMT
I have a trans kid, a lesbian kid, and I’m an academic whose friends are mostly lawyers and government workers. You’d need a surgical knife to cut the politics out of my everyday life, and I’d bleed out anyway. Who does everyone think I scrapbook? People probably liked my layouts of those kids back in the day.
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Politics
Apr 2, 2025 20:44:03 GMT
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Post by pantsonfire on Apr 2, 2025 20:44:03 GMT
The game thread people get a lot of hate too. FTR, I don't participate in those either. Has anyone suggested a special label or a whole separate board for game threads? Yes it has come up a few times when the first page to two had constant gaming posts. |
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Post by gar on Apr 2, 2025 20:45:53 GMT
I do wish the mobile version had the same options as the desktop version. I think that would help a lot of peas. That would be a bonus for sure. |
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Post by pantsonfire on Apr 2, 2025 20:45:54 GMT
No, unfortunately that's not going to happen. It's been discussed at length many times before and for as many people who like it, there are people who oppose the idea. They're already handily marked in red so anyone can skim past them if required. What is marked in red? I use mobile but on my PC the desktop of course and I have never seen any red threads. |
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Post by Scrapper100 on Apr 2, 2025 20:52:54 GMT
No, unfortunately that's not going to happen. It's been discussed at length many times before and for as many people who like it, there are people who oppose the idea. They're already handily marked in red so anyone can skim past them if required. What is marked in red? I use mobile but on my PC the desktop of course and I have never seen any red threads. Isn’t that the color of the word politics? I usually use my phone and don’t choose desktop view so don’t see the label. |
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Post by Laurie on Apr 2, 2025 20:53:08 GMT
The game thread people get a lot of hate too. FTR, I don't participate in those either. Has anyone suggested a special label or a whole separate board for game threads? Yes, I have seen multiple requests for a separate board for game threads. Again, I have no dog in this fight as I don't participate in game threads and rarely post in the political threads, just read. |
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Post by littlemama on Apr 2, 2025 20:56:10 GMT
Nah, it's been discussed and the politics tag was what was decided on. I wish there was a way to stop other people from marking non-political posts as political. I dont see the tag on my phone, but I know it happens
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Apr 2, 2025 21:00:09 GMT
It's been suggested many times.
It wouldn't work, because some of the troll posters are here first and foremost >> for the arguments.
Many "not politically related threads" get turned political because of the trolls, and other posters who can't resist including a political reply in their commentary.
A thread could start with no politics, then go to a full blown political and "my opinion is the correct way, the only way" battle.
Then there's the constant "politics" and "old thread" labeling and un-labeling. The trolls thrive on that and it's a game to them. They do it to be annoying and because they can.
The best option is to read title and scroll on by, if it's not a topic that you want to partake in.
If one enters a regular thread, that has turned into a battleground....if you're not there for "the battle or fight"....then quickly exit.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, about anything and everything. We all think our opinion is the correct one.
Chances of changing someone else's mind, about something >> anything and everything.....is slim to none.
I am that way....once my mind is made up about something >> anything and everything.....the chance that I will will reverse my thinking or change my mind is less than 1%.
Two(or more) opposite opinions, turn onto a continuous back and forth, with each party trying to explain why their opinion is the right one. That is draining and exhausting.
The best option is scroll on by or make a quick exit.
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Post by gar on Apr 2, 2025 21:03:17 GMT
The word Politics at the beginning of the thread title is in red. |
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Post by scrappinmama on Apr 2, 2025 21:08:08 GMT
Sharing political events is sharing what is going on in our lives. It is directly affecting people. This is an excellent point. People are losing jobs. Inflation continues to rise. People are struggling. While I understand that protecting your peace is important and that some may want breaks from politics, you can't avoid the discussion. |
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Post by BSnyder on Apr 2, 2025 21:18:11 GMT
What is marked in red? I use mobile but on my PC the desktop of course and I have never seen any red threads. Isn’t that the color of the word politics? I usually use my phone and don’t choose desktop view so don’t see the label. Threads I have opened are in red font for a period of time after I've visited them. The polictics label is in red. Both of these only happen on the desktop version. I also want to add that I appreciate Don and all the others that add their topics, thoughts, and opinions to this board. However, I wholeheartedly believe that being polite, avoiding the topic so as not to upset, and not discussing politics in mixed groups is what got us into the shitshow of the past decade. Maybe showing care to our fellow humans and making politics personal is what we must do to dig out of this mess. We need to stop aoiding the uncomfortable converstations and posts and start engaging, because like someone wrote earlier, not being political is a privilige as only a few will not be affected. I live in a state that neighbors DC; work a job at a university in the spotlight for losing funding for multiple made up reasons, in a career that my collegues are funded by federal education grants, and have children and loved ones that go to school and are in residency in programs directly in line for potential cuts. Politics is my life right now because my life is on the coals due to this president and congress. I can't look away and it is embedded in every area of my world. I care and it is personal. I. cannot. look. away. Today's politics are as much a part of my life as other people's health diagnoses and scares, which is a constant topic here. No one seems to ask for those to be hidden away because it is unpleasant to see those threads. |
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