I lost 40 points. What does this mean?

[akhenaten]

Wasn't the BIG BAN due to some posters alleged involvement in some other discussion forum?

Now that's a whole other issue. That was a banning of posters.. not a banning of politics/religion discussions..

 

[Hoodie]

The other thread is about potential discrimination against gay individuals. I don't see that as Conservative or Liberal.

Even the OP (a mod) admitted it was political. Not to mention the subsequent posts referencing a political party.

Nice try though.

 

[OceanAnnie]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2125945&highlight=lasagna+lovers&page=157

Here you go , I am sure you will find some old friends... if you find the liberal version of this let me know...

Not really hopping now is it? Last posts were Sept. '11.

Why wouldn't there be a liberal version?

Thanks, just the same.

 

[Uncle Remus]

Even the OP (a mod) admitted it was political. Not to mention the subsequent posts referencing a political party.

Nice try though.

So you're gonna blame a Mod who wants to discuss discrimination/oppression in America?

Folks should be concerned that any Party uses discrimination/oppression of Americans as a quick fix to get votes.

 

[akhenaten]

Not really hopping now is it? Last posts were Sept. '11.

Why wouldn't there be a liberal version?

Thanks, just the same.

I don't recall the name of the liberal thread that started at the same time as lasagna... but I can tell you that most are gone and the last post on that was not in 2011...

 

[Planogirl]

Even the OP (a mod) admitted it was political. Not to mention the subsequent posts referencing a political party.

Nice try though.

I said that I didn't see the topic as Conservative or Liberal to someone who commented that it was one of those. I didn't say whether I thought it was political or not.

Nice try yourself.

 

[OceanAnnie]

I don't recall the name of the liberal thread that started at the same time as lasagna... but I can tell you that most are gone and the last post on that was not in 2011...

Well, like you said, it's all in perspective.

Lasagne is not "political". The very first post stated it was an apolitical thread.
Sure they talked about lasagne before, but they are probably just talking amongst themselves and within guidelines if not the thread would've been gone. Conversations aren't banned. So what's the big deal?

I would think anyone could start a lasagna thread.

 

[FireDancer]

So you're gonna blame a Mod who wants to discuss discrimination/oppression in America?

Folks should be concerned that any Party uses discrimination/oppression of Americans as a quick fix to get votes.

I'm all for equal rights and the discussion of it but the subject can be broached without mentioning any political party, candidate, or religion.

If someone who agreed with the person in the video posted it in a thread about the support of her as opposed to the opposition of her the thread would be closed and that is hypocrisy.

Either ban all political threads or allow all political threads. Don't only allow some if they adhere to a particular ideology.

ETA: That linked thread is about freaking lasagna. I looked at the last page and it is about food and has nothing to do with politics.

 

[robinb]

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2125945&highlight=lasagna+lovers&page=157

Here you go , I am sure you will find some old friends... if you find the liberal version of this let me know...

Interesting .... I didn't know they still had a thread. So much for that liberal bias!

 

[akhenaten]

Well, like you said, it's all in perspective.

Lasagne is not "political". The very first post stated it was an apolitical thread.
Sure they talked about lasagne before, but they are probably just talking amongst themselves and within guidelines if not the thread would've been gone. Conversations aren't banned. So what's the big deal?

I would think anyone could start a lasagna thread.

Not saying they are still talking politics... just pointing out that they are still together and the liberals were scattered to the wind.

In any case it is old news...

 

[marmalade]

So you're gonna blame a Mod who wants to discuss discrimination/oppression in America?

Folks should be concerned that any Party uses discrimination/oppression of Americans as a quick fix to get votes.

What I have never understood either is how marriage is a political issue anyway?

 

[CowboyCO]

So you're gonna blame a Mod who wants to discuss discrimination/oppression in America?

Folks should be concerned that any Party uses discrimination/oppression of Americans as a quick fix to get votes.

Yes, because it is a political discussion about a candidate running for the highest office in the land, followed by posts bashing one political party, not one political person (which is also supposed to be banned). What's good for the goose, is not good for the gander...

I don't know what the OP posted, but obviously the person was punished and the post removed, while the posts bashing one party remain. I can do basic math and I can connect the dots...

 

[FlightlessDuck]

I'm so confused. Is "Lasagna" a code word for something?

 

[Uncle Remus]

I'm all for equal rights and the discussion of it but the subject can be broached without mentioning any political party, candidate, or religion.

If someone who agreed with the person in the video posted it in a thread about the support of her as opposed to the opposition of her the thread would be closed and that is hypocrisy.

Either ban all political threads or allow all political threads. Don't only allow some if they adhere to a particular ideology.

I haven't read the thread, but I do remember a thread on the CB recently about a mother takin' her kid to a book signin' by a presidential candidate, it was a parentin' thread.

I'm sure we have folks who turn innocent threads into political or religious ideology coz that's how they view the world. I myself find it difficult to not see equality as a political issue, but I tend to post positive articles about equality, ya know, military folks enjoyin' their freedoms now 'n yet some find that offensive. Yes, our soldiers that fight for our liberties is offensive to some.

 

[Planogirl]

Yes, because it is a political discussion about a candidate running for the highest office in the land, followed by posts bashing one political party, not one political person (which is also supposed to be banned). What's good for the goose, is not good for the gander...

I don't know what the OP posted, but obviously the person was punished and the post removed, while the posts bashing one party remain. I can do basic math and I can connect the dots...

There is a pro-Gay slant on these forums. Would that actually surprise anyone? I don't know what the DISer posted but it sounded like it might have been anti-Gay. Is that political?

I would agree that comments about the candidate are certainly political though.

 

[Nancyg56]

If I recalll, the ban was before the election - and posters were being punished for supporting conservative points of view. The ban wasn't to stop political discussion, as evidenced by political threads started by mods. It was to silence conservative voices.
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I remember things a bit differently. IIRC after the election there was a poster who would pop up on any thread that she could find any way to stretch into a political argument and use the OT to springboard into a diatribe about the election consequences. The thread then turned into an argument regardless what the OT was and ended up closed. It spoiled a lot of discussions.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

I'm so confused. Is "Lasagna" a code word for something?

MTE! I was here during that time and I guess I just never caught on.

 

[akhenaten]

I'm so confused. Is "Lasagna" a code word for something?

during the last pres. election things got hot and heavy on the community board...as threads were closed and bans put in place the people on each side of the election started threads with benign topics to keep chatting with their friends... the Republican/conservative group called theirs "Lasagna Lovers".

 

[Uncle Remus]

I remember things a bit differently. IIRC after the election there was a poster who would pop up on any thread that she could find any way to stretch into a political argument and use the OT to springboard into a diatribe about the election consequences. The thread then turned into an argument regardless what the OT was and ended up closed. It spoiled a lot of discussions.

I'd damn near forgot!

 

[KristaTX]

You didn't lose points; you earned points. A zero is actually an A+. And according to that chart, a 100 = F = banned. We just learned it wrong in that crazy school system of ours .