@vivify saidIf you don't have stats, fair enough. I catch the Daily Show from time to time. I don't need to watch a comedy show in order to get an analysis of Trump. I follow the White House saga pretty closely, every single day. Frankly, I don't see why his critics and opponents have to resort to hyperbole and exaggeration. I just don't see why it's necessary. If you don't have any statistics on how many/what proportion of American Christians actually see Trump as being literally "godly", so be it.
Also see the video in the OP.
@bigdoggproblem saidIf it conforms to your definition of "irony", that's fine, I suppose. I see him as a creepy blowhard who has dragged the obvious chip on his shoulder from thread to thread and stalked me for several years to browbeat me for my posting style in his dreary hypocritical way while so often simply ignoring the content of my posts or sidestepping the key points ~ something I don't do. So I don't really see how it's "irony" if I say no thanks to "unsolicited personal chatter". If I got "unsolicited personal chatter" from a poster like you, I would just respond to it.
Oh, the irony.
10 Sep 20
@fmf saidI've seen you have a lot of posts removed and engage in troll-like behavior in this forum, and the forum has really been cracking down on this sort of thing -- it has been even more apparent in the Debates forum.
Banned? For what?
While there is less material out there now, I have to say that I have generally liked this decision.
10 Sep 20
@philokalia saidI have removed posts of my own, on occasion. I have had hardly any posts removed. I do not engage in troll-like behaviour. "The forum" has not been "cracking down" on me. I do not transgress the kinds of 'rules' that are being applied in the Debates Forum. You are completely mistaken about the content and nature of my posts.
I've seen you have a lot of posts removed and engage in troll-like behavior in this forum, and the forum has really been cracking down on this sort of thing -- it has been even more apparent in the Debates forum.
10 Sep 20
@fmf saidThat is excellent -- I am really glad to hear that you have been unaffected.
I have removed posts of my own, on occasion. I have had hardly any posts removed. I do not engage in troll-like behaviour. "The forum" has not been "cracking down" on me. I do not transgress the kinds of 'rules' that are being applied in the Debates Forum. You are completely mistaken about the content and nature of my posts.
I was just surprised to see the frequency of your participation seemingly decline. At least, from where I am sitting.
10 Sep 20
@philokalia saidDo you not have anything on topic to say or anything to say about the on topic things I have said? It feels like you are just stalking me instead.
That is excellent -- I am really glad to hear that you have been unaffected.
I was just surprised to see the frequency of your participation seemingly decline. At least, from where I am sitting.
10 Sep 20
@fmf saidYeah, I posted my thing about prominent conservative Christian commentators and how they actually have very nuanced views of Trump -- I was just happy to see you here and so I commented. ^^
Do you not have anything on topic to say or anything to say about the on topic things I have said? It feels like you are just stalking me instead.
@philokalia saidI suggest you take your incongruous and therefore creepy bonhomie and put it in PMs.
Yeah, I posted my thing about prominent conservative Christian commentators and how they actually have very nuanced views of Trump -- I was just happy to see you here and so I commented. ^^
Someone’s got to say it: Americans are the kindest, most open-hearted, loving, generous and adventurous people on Earth. But, boy, they are the most gullible and simple-minded as well. When I see the almost religious evangelical fervour of Trump’s rallies I am sickened and saddened by the haunting memory of Hitler’s rousing speeches. When 40% of American still think the Universe is only 10,000 years old because it says so in a book written by scientifically ignorant desert tribesmen how can one take them seriously?
19 Oct 20
@pianoman1 saidWhy do feel you've "got to" make a claim like this?
Someone’s got to say it: Americans are the kindest, most open-hearted, loving, generous and adventurous people on Earth.
@philokalia saidThe forum moderation here has taken a notable backward step since the debate forum was (temporarily) closed down a few months ago.
I've seen you have a lot of posts removed and engage in troll-like behavior in this forum, and the forum has really been cracking down on this sort of thing -- it has been even more apparent in the Debates forum.
While there is less material out there now, I have to say that I have generally liked this decision.
Posters such as yourself for example are now able to alert posts which they personally disapprove of and very often they will get removed. Occasionally a poster will have a little group of their supporter “gang-alert/multiple alert” a post.
The moderation team is very small and they are under instruction to protect the site. Therefore the easiest thing to do is to remove an alerted post is it looks at all suspect.
The problem now however is twofold:
1) those posts which don’t get alerted simply remain making the moderation team look biased.
2) the apparently indiscriminate approach to post removal in debates has bled over into the other forums including this one.
So your comment to FMF here is moot.
But seeing as you are one of the people who keeps alerting posts directed at you and which you don’t like, then I’m not surprised to log on and see you making it.
19 Oct 20
I've had a post removed, and it was one in which I was dangerously close to personal insults, thus it was entirely merited.
Other times, I have said things that were unpopular and down voted, and to many I imagine they were offensively stupid things to say... But because nobody was the target of harassment or bullying and I did not violate any other rules, they stayed up regardless of the zeal of the down votes.
I think that the system honestly works and it serves to keep the forums clean.
20 Oct 20
@philokalia saidI think that with yourself, the scenario is as I describe in my post above. And which you downvoted ...
I've had a post removed, and it was one in which I was dangerously close to personal insults, thus it was entirely merited.
Other times, I have said things that were unpopular and down voted, and to many I imagine they were offensively stupid things to say... But because nobody was the target of harassment or bullying and I did not violate any other rules, they stayed ...[text shortened]... f the down votes.
I think that the system honestly works and it serves to keep the forums clean.