ChiefsPlanet Keep your political bullshit in DC and out of all other forums

**Bearcat** · 10-07-2020, 06:24 PM

It's safe to say thread bans aren't working, at least for the handful of people who simply can't keep politics out of any given conversation.

Due to continued reported posts and general frustrations around inserting politics into absolutely everything, and idea came up to restrict people to DC, much like the Romper Room.

So, everyone gets three thread bans as warnings, and after that will get a vacation in DC (the other forums will be view only). The thread bans and DC vacations will be posted in the transparency thread.

Just like several other rules, there's of course gray area and it doesn't really matter where the line is drawn, because those who can keep politics out of the Lounge will never come close to the line and those who can't will insist on running right up to it.

Generally speaking, we're talking about political opinions or blatantly inserting politics into a thread that isn't even a little bit on topic, or otherwise leaking DC BS into the Lounge or other forums.

**Easy 6** · 10-07-2020, 06:27 PM

Just call it both ways, and there shouldn't be much hubub about it

**srvy** · 10-07-2020, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

Just call it both ways, and there shouldn't be much hubub about it

This is the truth. We saw how it went in the non-political COVID thread. I have my doubts fairness rules the day.

**Easy 6** · 10-07-2020, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by srvy

This is the truth. We saw how it went in the non-political COVID thread. I have my doubts fairness rules the day.

Eh, lets give' em the benefit of the doubt...

We're all still learning to navigate this krazy new 24/7 all pervasive political reality

SuperBowl4 · 10-07-2020, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

Eh, lets give' em the benefit of the doubt...

We're all still learning to navigate this krazy new 24/7 all pervasive political reality

THE C0VID IS A HOAX REALITY? A GLOBAL RESET? A NEW WORLD ORDER? I GET IT.

**srvy** · 10-07-2020, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Easy 6

Eh, lets give' em the benefit of the doubt...

We're all still learning to navigate this krazy new 24/7 all pervasive political reality

The benefit of the doubt? They pretty much blew that big time. That thread would have never gotten out of hand if it had been moderated with an even hand. This place isn't close to what it used to be so many have left It not fun anymore and its happened rapidly.

**RealSNR** · 10-08-2020, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by srvy

The benefit of the doubt? They pretty much blew that big time. That thread would have never gotten out of hand if it had been moderated with an even hand. This place isn't close to what it used to be so many have left It not fun anymore and its happened rapidly.

You might be an old man who yells at a cloud if you say things like:

"This place isn't close to what it used to be..."

Spott · 10-07-2020, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by srvy

This is the truth. We saw how it went in the non-political COVID thread. I have my doubts fairness rules the day.

I put that thread on ignore months ago, along with all the other political stuff that got started in the lounge around the same time. It’s definitely apparent that political opinions are ok in the lounge, just as long as they align with a certain side.

eDave · 10-07-2020, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Spott

I put that thread on ignore months ago, along with all the other political stuff that got started in the lounge around the same time. It’s definitely apparent that political opinions are ok in the lounge, just as long as they align with a certain side.

There's really no reason for that thread anymore. Same shit over and over, IMO. Ain't been there in a while.

htismaqe · 10-07-2020, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Spott

I put that thread on ignore months ago, along with all the other political stuff that got started in the lounge around the same time. It’s definitely apparent that political opinions are ok in the lounge, just as long as they align with a certain side.

That's absolutely not true.

There's plenty of BOTH sides in the COVID thread.

There's plenty of BOTH sides in the NBA thread (now moved).

I don't care which side you're on, if you say only one side is tolerated, you're lying to yourself.

**Buehler445** · 10-07-2020, 07:20 PM

Politics suck. Thus ends my contribution to this thread.

patteeu · 10-07-2020, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by htismaqe

That's absolutely not true.

There's plenty of BOTH sides in the COVID thread.

There's plenty of BOTH sides in the NBA thread (now moved).

I don't care which side you're on, if you say only one side is tolerated, you're lying to yourself.

I haven’t been in that thread for a long time. The fact that both sides are there isn’t in dispute. The question is whether our moderators are able to recognize both sides.

htismaqe · 10-07-2020, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by patteeu

I haven’t been in that thread for a long time. The fact that both sides are there isn’t in dispute. The question is whether our moderators are able to recognize both sides.

The fact that both sides are still posting there all but proves they're not just allowing one side to voice their opinions. That was what was alleged, after all.

**Bearcat** · 10-07-2020, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Spott

I put that thread on ignore months ago, along with all the other political stuff that got started in the lounge around the same time. It’s definitely apparent that political opinions are ok in the lounge, just as long as they align with a certain side.

Quote:

Originally Posted by srvy

This is the truth. We saw how it went in the non-political COVID thread. I have my doubts fairness rules the day.

Number of reported posts for politics in the Lounge in the past ~week: 7
Number of thread bans for those posts in the past week: 7

Number of reported posts all time from both of you combined: 0

**srvy** · 10-07-2020, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bearcat

Number of reported posts for politics in the Lounge in the past ~week: 7
Number of thread bans for those posts in the past week: 7

Number of reported posts all time from both of you combined: 0

I am not a moderator nor a snitch.

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