Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community - View Single Post - Where do we draw the line between political discussion and ideological spam?

dc_dux · 12-26-2007, 01:29 PM

I suspect one person's ideological spam here is another person's credible source to support an opinion.

If the forum ever becomes solely a place to share personal opinions without allowing any external resources (ideological spam?), I'll be gone.

I've become more informed as a result of many of the links provided here....from both sides of the political spectrum. I know which links are "ideological spam" and most other TFP politicos are equally intelligent and open-minded to evaluate the credibility of posted links. On the other hand, I've learned very little from undocumented, ideologically-drive personal opinions and snippy one-liners.

If I may kvetch at a general level, what I find frustrating here is when I respond to a post that I know is factually incorrect or a misrepresentation of the facts (and I can support with credible source information) and ask the person to reply to my documented response....and I am met with silence.

I have concluded that there are some here who dont want to debate and discuss the issues if their posts are questioned for credibility or if factual information is provided that is counter to their own opinions.

12-26-2007, 01:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
dc_dux Location: Washington DC	I suspect one person's ideological spam here is another person's credible source to support an opinion. If the forum ever becomes solely a place to share personal opinions without allowing any external resources (ideological spam?), I'll be gone. I've become more informed as a result of many of the links provided here....from both sides of the political spectrum. I know which links are "ideological spam" and most other TFP politicos are equally intelligent and open-minded to evaluate the credibility of posted links. On the other hand, I've learned very little from undocumented, ideologically-drive personal opinions and snippy one-liners. If I may kvetch at a general level, what I find frustrating here is when I respond to a post that I know is factually incorrect or a misrepresentation of the facts (and I can support with credible source information) and ask the person to reply to my documented response....and I am met with silence. I have concluded that there are some here who dont want to debate and discuss the issues if their posts are questioned for credibility or if factual information is provided that is counter to their own opinions. __________________ "The perfect is the enemy of the good." ~ Voltaire Last edited by dc_dux; 12-26-2007 at 02:28 PM..