Re: Let's be civil and hate free, please?
By: Denn to MRO on Sun Aug 11 2024 10:46 am
> On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 22:17:18 -0700, you wrote:
> N> I've recently been participating in this Debate forum and have found
> N> that the toxicity level to be a little high for mature people
> N> operating and using BBS and terminal programs.
> What?! You have got to be kidding me.
> N> I've spoke privately with Digital Man and he said that this forum is
> N> not moderated in any way. But he did say something like feel free
> N> to debate and to fine to include this message, and asking people to
> N> be more polite here.
> That's some straight up snowflake shit right there, buddy!
> Let's rewind a bit here. Your very first post in this echo was titled
> "Kamala" and included this (formatted and spell checked to make it more
> readable):
> === Start Quote
> N> In true debate format, let's go people! Yes, I'm being overly simple
> N> and a little sarcastic. But, feel free to intellectually debate what
> N> I'm about to say.
> N> Kamala should be the next president of the United States of America
> N> because the other two people who were running are both very old and
> N> out of touch and both have concerns about their future mental health.
> N> Well that about sums that debate up. On to the next topic.... LOL
> === End Quote
> You sir, opened up the can of worms. Don't go crying to Digital Man because
> most people here don't agree with you.
> Did you actually think that post would just squeak through and not get repli
> > N> I would think it would make DOVE-Net a more attractive network to
> N> use if we area little more civil here.
> Dovenet has been an attractive network for much longer than you have been he
> > N> Harris?" then that completely opens up people preferring either
> N> candidate.
> I thought this echo was named "DEBATE"? That is EXACTLY what is supposed to
> happen here.
> N> Can we not be children, maybe, please?
> Lead by example. This post was definitely NOT a prime example of adulthood,
> though, so you're off to a really bad start. :(
> Regards,
> Nick
> ... Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
That's your opinion.
There is no such thing as a "Debate" when everyone has the same opinion, and whe
n asked to debate, no one accepts your argument as even valid. A debate require
s hearing points of view that you don't like or want to hear. Get over it!
THIS forum ISN'T ONLY filled with people like you. Try reading and try using yo
ur brain. Other people are arguing with people like you also. Most just ignore
you.
Especially in the 80's people didn't think like you. Yes, some of you did. I re
member flame wars has ALWAYS been a problem. Back in the old days you actually
had to deal with mixed points of view and tolerate it! BBS's used to be the mos
t mainstream version of doing this stuff, not the Internet!
By replying back to you right now, telling you that you are wrong to debate in t
his fashion, is in fact debating. I'm giving you constructive critisism to hopef
ully get the remianing brain cell in your head to work.
Why don't you see if you can wake up another brain cell and try actually debatin
g and consider other points of view in a debate? That's the whole POINT of a De
bate! Did you graduate from high school? I remember Debate class, do you?
A lot of you, myself included, are skilled computer programmers. In coding you
have to think of all the variables, functions, etc. Guess what, real life is no
different! Politics isn't just some weird thing that requires no brain cells!
You have to THINK, consider peoples arguments, and change your opinion when you
're WRONG. Too many Americans can't do that anymore today, and it's really sad
that has travelled into the BBS community.
Dealing with flame wars back the in the day was easy. Don't let people do it on
your BBS!
So anyone reading this, if you YOU don't want to consider that the United States
Constitution itself was written by both liberals and conservatives, then you're
seriously confused. The founding members where of a mixed cultures and belief
s. They had to do it this way. The constition DOES NOT IN ANY WAY tolerate som
e President to become a dictator, like Donald Trump says himself that he wants.
It's not true.
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