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I'd like for Tilted Politics to be more similar to the rest of TFP than it is to other political sites on the web...
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Uber, I wonder if that is even possible. Politics is an animal of a different kind. Select any other TFP forum and attempt to envision it as a model for Politics and the type of discussions that should be held here. I think it safe to assume that you will not find one.
I also believe that the "problems" of the politics forum are greatly exaggerated and are primarily due to failing to see how much progress has been made in only one year. I fully agree that it is a difficult forum to moderate, compared to the other tfp forums. Is it an impossible forum to moderate? Of course not.
Tecoyah started a topic some months ago and commented after numerous posts that we were capable of engaging each other in a discussion that was not likely in another political forum that he visited. He shared the url with me, and I would agree just by a quick sampling of the responses to topics there. Should I ever find a better politics forum than this one, I will leave in a heartbeat, but I have yet to find it.
I would like to make one last very important point. The partisanship that you find in this forum is merely a reflection of the great divide that currently exists in the US. This forum represents the very principle of TFP and offers the opportunity to rise above the national discord.
My challenge to the new Mods is to establish a new framework of appropriate posting to this forum, and then publically hold us to your expectations.
Pen