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Yeah ... so I had a response which didn't single out Ustwo - but seeing as how he is the crux of the problem I see with this forum, it just didn't make any sense.
Any member that CONSISTENTLY talks down to anyone that disagrees with him - or even pre-emptively talks down to EVERYONE (see: his healthcare thread) has some serious issues in life. Coupled with the post he made just 20 posts up where he very clearly states that his goal is to DEFEAT liberals - it is blatantly obvious that his desire is not to DISCUSS politics - it is to force everyone into submission to his self-declared clarity of knowledge.
Why Mods continue to permit any member from approaching the forums as a means of snide attacks on the intelligence of other members is beyond me. Particularly with the constant repitition of "Mods are not biased". I don't give a damn if you're biased - you assuredly are, but it's simply human, not something I expect to be corrected. But if you refuse to put a stop to a member that rarely contributes anything without also contributing multiple attacks on the availability of intelligence within the community to debate him - I have to take exception.
I have only been here a short while. But in that time I have had very good discussions with conservatives on this forum. Almost NEVER do I see a non-combative position from Ustwo - and in the rare instances that he is not attacking the "twisted and constantly wrong ideology" or lack of intelligence of liberals (or every member of this forum) he spits out nothing but expanded talking points. But very shortly after doing that, he attacks anyone that challenges his viewpoint by claiming they are "blind partisans" who are "not capable of seeing the truth" instead of doing the adult thing: continuing on with the debate or ignoring it altogether.
If it is the opinion of the moderators that combative positions of childish claims of superiority of intellect which are used expressly to defeat one's "dangerous opposition" is a quality contribution to the TFP community, I would have to say I am shocked and disappointed.
On the larger scale of things, there are a number of reasons the politics area of TFP is the most heated. The primary reason is obvious: it's politics. This is an election year. This is one of the most important elections ever.
I, for one, think that TFP has been handled well by the Moderators (with the exception of the handling of Ustwo's abundance of derision for his fellow community members) because there are many voices of conservatives and many voices of liberals. If I wanted to join a community where everyone agreed with me and we all patted each other on the back for our brilliance, it would not be here. I want to debate with conservatives. But if I went to a conservative enclave, I'd be blasted out of the community or banned immediately. TFP is exactly right. Congratulations on that, and thank you all.
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