archer wrote: Heard one the other day about the Republican party headquarters in southern Virginia that had hateful pictures of Obama on their Facebook page....not funny pictures, they were purely hateful. .
Now that's a reliable source, "I heard".
My neighbor's cousin's uncle, UPS guy heard it differently. Or maybe saw it on a blog someplace. rofllol
archer wrote: Heard one the other day about the Republican party headquarters in southern Virginia that had hateful pictures of Obama on their Facebook page....not funny pictures, they were purely hateful. .
Now that's a reliable source, "I heard".
My neighbor's cousin's uncle, UPS guy heard it differently. Or maybe saw it on a blog someplace. rofllol
Shucks, I thought it would be an easy one for you to google, apparently not. I will do the work for you
Virginia Republican Party officials ordered their Mecklenburg County affiliate to remove photos portraying President Obama "as a witch doctor, a caveman and a thug from its Facebook page,"
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) -Some Virginia Republicans say that the caricatures of President Barack Obama posted on the Mecklenberg County Facebook page “offensive” and “tasteless”.
RICHMOND — Virginia Republican Party officials on Tuesday ordered their Mecklenburg County affiliate to remove photos portraying President Obama as a witch doctor, a caveman and a thug from its Facebook page.
It's all good, I accept your apology....I don't post something I "heard" unless I have sources to back it up. It's just hard to quote those sources on a cell.....my apologies for thinking you would at least check on google before posting a response.
Becky wrote: This...like any job, requires hard work and with all due respect.....the tone of this site or Pinecam or a school or a government or even a family is set at the top.
We all can strive to be better each day.
Edited to add......tonight I saw some good leadership.
I'm curious and wonder if you'd be willing to expand upon what you mean by "the tone of this site is set at the top"? I don't attack people, I don't call names or behave disrespectfully when I disagree, and I don't do drive-by snarky crap (unless I'm in a rare joking mood).
As for how this site is moderated, it's done almost entirely the same as when I took over from jmc and CG. As LOL pointed out, the big issue is with the organization and the multiple similar threads. Frankly, I got tired of hearing the complaints when things are merged so I've left things more often than not because it didn't make people happy; if the overall feeling is swinging back the other way, then we'll start merging more (and you Cupcakes can suck it up! ). Maybe everyone can agree for the remainder of the election cycle to have one "pro-Mitt Romney" thread, one "anti-Romney" thread, one "pro-Obama" thread, and one "anti-Obama" thread and news stories and comments are added to whichever one they belong to? Then we can have a contest to see who can keep the positive "pro-" threads as well populated as the "anti-" threads? :thumbsup: Hell, I'd even throw in a gift card to King Soopers for that - the person who adds the most "pro" news stories and comments wins!
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
two cents (that is that it's worth).
Let people fight it out. The site ,285, is not the issue. We have differing views on the politics of the day.
No site could deal with this unless they censor. Don't read it, Don't post, If you don't like
I enjoy the whacks from both ends.
Cheap entertainment. Who really cares? We all know who we are going to vote for, waste of time.
archer wrote: Heard one the other day about the Republican party headquarters in southern Virginia that had hateful pictures of Obama on their Facebook page....not funny pictures, they were purely hateful. .
Now that's a reliable source, "I heard".
My neighbor's cousin's uncle, UPS guy heard it differently. Or maybe saw it on a blog someplace. rofllol
Shucks, I thought it would be an easy one for you to google, apparently not. I will do the work for you
Virginia Republican Party officials ordered their Mecklenburg County affiliate to remove photos portraying President Obama "as a witch doctor, a caveman and a thug from its Facebook page,"
RICHMOND, Va. (WTVR) -Some Virginia Republicans say that the caricatures of President Barack Obama posted on the Mecklenberg County Facebook page “offensive” and “tasteless”.
RICHMOND — Virginia Republican Party officials on Tuesday ordered their Mecklenburg County affiliate to remove photos portraying President Obama as a witch doctor, a caveman and a thug from its Facebook page.
It's all good, I accept your apology....I don't post something I "heard" unless I have sources to back it up. It's just hard to quote those sources on a cell.....my apologies for thinking you would at least check on google before posting a response.
Wouldn't have been much simpler just to have put in one of the links in you first post instead of the "I heard" and then having to come back and fill an entire screen with google links?
Grady wrote: Wouldn't have been much simpler just to have put in one of the links in you first post instead of the "I heard" and then having to come back and fill an entire screen with google links?
Yes it would have been much simpler....IF I had been working off a computer, but I was working off a cell phone.
I was responding to this post by renegadeCJ
I do know that Obama supporters are mean and nasty, and will do anything (in real life, not just here on the board) to help their person win.
Romney yard signs are being torn up all over town....
no source, nothing....yet you didn't find that to be a problem, neither did I ...just assumed he had a good reason to post it, as I had a good reason to post what I had heard...
I really thought that if anyone had an issue with it they would check it out before whining about what I posted.
Science Chic wrote: You know, I recall that when this site was started that the major complaint was that it was dominated by conservatives who bullied liberals and if you don't believe me, start back at page 1. Frankly, it's all a matter of perception and neither group "dominates" this board. Politics is a passionate subject, some people are forceful with their opinions, and they will clash with the people who are sensitive about their beliefs when it comes to politics. Especially during an election year when the stakes are higher and emotions get ramped up. If you don't like what a certain poster says, put them on Ignore - that way YOU get to choose what you see and what you don't, rather than the moderators deciding for you what you can handle and what you can't. It's why this site was built. You know what I see? People who can't help themselves and want the drama, want to see what that person they hate says, so they can snipe back at them. It's human nature. But don't blame this board - we provide the place, it's up to you to be responsible for what you post and where you post - you yourself have control over that.
For those who say that 285Bound is like a dirty strip club, or that this place is turning into a cess pool of hate, or whatever else they come up with - the people I see making those judgements are the ones who almost ONLY post in the Courthouse (maybe the Campfire, or the Ring once in a while, but HARDLY anywhere else). I look at the titles of the threads on the first page of the CH and I see that that there are very few that aren't about Romney or Obama, and some of those got good responses, but some got nothing - Romney and Obama are what people want to talk about right now. But Guess What? there are 26 other forums in which to post here (and while the Courthouse has just over 50% of the total posts, more people use the Campfire), not including 19 of your local businesses who support the survival of this board and whose businesses we bust our ass to promote. How about posting a nice review once in a while if you've patronized a local business? Throwing up some cool pictures while you were outside enjoying the mountains this past weekend? Jump in on the cold weather comfort food recipes thread or let us know how you think the Broncos will do on Sunday. This board is what you make it, and if you want it "less nasty", get out and explore more of the site and post elsewhere in it. Because IT's NOT ALL COURTHOUSE and it personally pisses me off when I see people judge it based ONLY on that. And yes, I have a vested interest so I'm gonna get pissy about it so deal. tongue:
That being said, I am going to repeat myself yet again, to no avail I'm sure. I too am tired of the personal insults, name-calling, derogatory remarks, etc. in the CH. The Courthouse is for debate and discussion - attack the policies and the claims, not the poster. If you want to call someone names, great, fine, go to the Ring. People come and go all the time, and more are going to hide during a election year cycle, but I personally would appreciate not seeing any more posters disappear as I like as much diversity as possible - makes things more fun with more viewpoints and is a strength evolutionarily.
You are right, there is a lot more to this board than the Courthouse. I happen to be interested in politics. I am not interested in the back and forth, non-stop drivel that every single thread turns into here. I reacted by not coming here as often. Maybe that is a cop out as you said to someone else, but I don't have enough room under the stress level to deal with the garbage here. This is not a commentary on you or your site SC, but rather on people who have made this site their life. I don't understand how people can take this so damned serious, to the point that they are sitting in their living rooms scared to death clinging to their guns. People, that is nuts. Good grief, its just a forum. A forum that you have now ruined, but still just a forum. Get a life.
). Maybe everyone can agree for the remainder of the election cycle to have one "pro-Mitt Romney" thread, one "anti-Romney" thread, one "pro-Obama" thread, and one "anti-Obama" thread and news stories and comments are added to whichever one they belong to? Then we can have a contest to see who can keep the positive "pro-" threads as well populated as the "anti-" threads? :thumbsup: Hell, I'd even throw in a gift card to King Soopers for that - the person who adds the most "pro" news stories and comments wins!
