Attn: All Political Forum Refugees; We Need a Chat

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aTmAg said:

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In some ways, people are more in your face on these boards than they are in real life. I almost never talk politics at work, on Facebook, or anywhere else, unless it's with somebody I know is on the same page. And if I do, I try to do so as delicately as I can. But on TexAgs (especially the political board) you can let your frustrations and opinions fly. It's somewhat therapeutic. I know there are people on the political board who think I am a grade-A a-hole. But I think that if they met me in real life (and didn't know my TexAgs persona) they would think I was a swell dude.

I suspect a lot of people on that board are the same.


I will offer this to consider. You are your online persona as much as your real life one, and people will judge you for your actions in either sphere.
Does that mean those dudes who play online video games as bikini clad women with triple D boobs are in fact bikini clad women with triple D boobs? If so, that would probably make their day to find that out.


I'm saying a person's character is their actions, regardless of where they do it.
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wxguy95 said:

aTmAg said:

wxguy95 said:

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In some ways, people are more in your face on these boards than they are in real life. I almost never talk politics at work, on Facebook, or anywhere else, unless it's with somebody I know is on the same page. And if I do, I try to do so as delicately as I can. But on TexAgs (especially the political board) you can let your frustrations and opinions fly. It's somewhat therapeutic. I know there are people on the political board who think I am a grade-A a-hole. But I think that if they met me in real life (and didn't know my TexAgs persona) they would think I was a swell dude.

I suspect a lot of people on that board are the same.


I will offer this to consider. You are your online persona as much as your real life one, and people will judge you for your actions in either sphere.
Does that mean those dudes who play online video games as bikini clad women with triple D boobs are in fact bikini clad women with triple D boobs? If so, that would probably make their day to find that out.


I'm saying a person's character is their actions, regardless of where they do it.
Well I've been fighting the fight against anti-semites on an anti-Israel thread for the past couple hours. I guess I'm not all bad.
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DannyDuberstein said:

Some of you take way too long on the crapper

FIFY
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I established my self as a figure of authority,


This right here is the problem with your initial post, and subsequent posts... you're not in a position of authority here. Only the mods are. Get over yourself.
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What the...
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Chips2003 said:

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I established my self as a figure of authority,


This right here is the problem with your initial post, and subsequent posts... you're not in a position of authority here. Only the mods are. Get over yourself.


Yeah, that does sound kind of lame.

BUT after 2 days with no sleep and a little bit of hooch it sounded REALLY cool.

I meant establishing it in the moment but that still sounds pretty bad.

Yeah, I'll probably delete it now that I got some shut eye.
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queso1 said:

What about those of us that post both places?

Oh...and the boobs above!


1. Then you would not be a refugee you would be a duel citizen.

2. Boobs indeed.
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SeattleAgJr said:

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Makes it a bit like being welcomed to the city you just landed in by the flight attendant that landed at the same time you did. But then she gives you a long lecture.
Or like a student who has read a Wikipedia page wanting to lecture the professor about the subject.



Oh, I agree entirely. I way over stepped my bounds.

I climbed in a canon and flew over it.

BUT in my defense... ... ... I got nothing
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Edit: Double post
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ITT: self appointed internet sheriff/rulemaker posts weirdness for other weirdos to abide by.

Mentions of froyo occur as well.
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I remember the OP now. Welcome back.
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This is me not responding to someone



Snitches end in stitches.
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unimboti nkum said:

I'll crack libtard skulls with sick burns on any board I want!


(F_ck it; last one.)

You could crack a person's skull with a keyboard.
But this would take several blows.
This might damage the keyboard.
A broken keyboard would be bad.
Without a keyboard you would have a much harder time typing.
Then you could not make such fierce words fom the safety of your home.
How would the people fear but also respect you?


Please do not use your keyboard to crack the libtard"s skull.
You will need your keyboard to do the battle.
Then you will be able to be feared, but also respected.

Hail! Hail!
Hail the mighty Keyboard Warrior!
Hail to whom we fear but also respect!


Lock down that anger, mister! You're making us dignified conservatives sound like Trailerpark Republicans. Shouldn't you be firing guns in a junkyard somewhere?


Edit: Swear that's the last time I take the bait.
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RPM said:




Me either. Typing it took long enough.

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come at me bro
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unimboti nkum said:

come at me bro



Ha!




Gave you a star.
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ACU Aggie's mom must be a really empathetic English major.

Because you don't seem like an overbearing b-hole and you are very wordy.
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And nice self-awareness too (eventually)!
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Well if I thought I hadn't read the most condescending thing this board has seen, I for sure have now.
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AlphaCharlieUniformAggie said:

Edit: I was bluffing
Aw man, I am disappointed.
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Imma save this thread or die tryin.

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1. Surprised anyone actually read that novel

2. If any of your identity or self worth is based on a tv show host, you're in need of some deep self analysis
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I didn't realize people had to "process" the death of a vapid celebrity. Huh.
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I guess it just feels good to lecture others, even if you come off as a completely crazy person. That must explain why there are so many wack job professors everywhere.
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Just an fYI for OP:

Saying "We need a chat" in your title and then posting a manifesto is "not a chat"
Philip J Fry
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TLDR;

Agreed there should be a balance between politics and the real world. Disagree that whatever small amount of trolling we do to you libs justifies that wall of text and gnashing of teeth.

Sometimes, our political background affects how we enjoy movies. Deal with it.
CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.
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AlphaCharlieUniformAggie said:

I'm sorry guys, I don't care for having my seriousface on in here for long periods.

But some dude was jaw-jacking with TCTTS about Harvey-who-gives-a-sh_t-Weinstein and more or less generalizing that because the guy works in showbiz that TCBYTTS was also a part of there liberal agenda of evil, yadda, yadda, yadda. The sentiment was clear.

I may be a conservative, but that pretentious mother f__ker had no right to start painting broad strokes like the Karate Kid on an acid trip about a decent fella he knew nothing about.

He was so angry inside that he was spitting out just total abusive nonsense at TCTTS. It could have been any of y'all Angry Dude was criticizing.


Well, I'm sick of that s__t.

And if I didn't believe in my heart that y'all are sick of it, too, I wouldn't have hung my balls out on a wire like that.

Plus, now my father-son dynamics are public knowledge... so that's undesirable.

But you gotta smack a bully in the mouth or he'll be pain in your ass until one of you moves away.

And I'm not the one moving.

America,
F__k
Yeah.


2 things

1. *their
2. ruling the internet or any chat/board is a tough job..... better to just relax, don't reply, ignore and flag.

Presley OBannons Sword
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Man. Everything AlphaCharlie posts is so cringeworthy.
WestAustinAg
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Good lord that was some emotion-driven broadsides against people who care to opine about Star Wars and Harvey Weinstein and their connection to some of the evils in this day and age.

TC was the biggest contributor of the Harvey/Hollywood abuse thread for a long time until the number of Hollywood DB's overwhelmed even him. And he was one of the first to criticize TLJ. Does that make him a bad guy? Or is it not the criticism but the criticism from the right that is the problem?

And your father was an ******* because he was a conservative. Well my dad was quite gracious and loving and he was a conservative. So our dads prove nothing.

I'll continue to opine when i feel like it. I hope others will continue to do so as well. Entertainment became political when Hollywood decided it should be overtly political especially when it made the case that you couldn't disagree or you were a bigot or a racist or worse.

That made this intersection of politics and entertainment valuable and indeed necessary.
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Not that I agree with the OP's meandering diatribe or his self-appointed role as E-board mayor/sherriff/spokesperson, but I would argue the follow rule seems obvious and logical:

Whether it deals with actors or athletes or whoever, if the main subject of a thread is "Politics" then keep it on the Politics board. For example - Threads about the motivations and appropriateness of athletes kneeling during the national anthem, or threads solely about the political leanings of actors.

Threads whose main subject is the merits of a piece of "Entertainment" (a particular movie, song, tv show, book) but happen to touch on how the piece might reflect a certain political undertone are fine on the E-board...to a degree. It can be a fine line sometimes (e.g. TLJ discussions, oy vey!), but IMO threads like the Deniro thread are obviously solely about Politics and clearly belong on the Politics board.

But hey, it's not my website, I'm just a freeloading visitor.
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I agree with the OP's sentiment. To keep this Entertainment Board related, the Politics Board has become like Agent Smith in the Matrix. The cancer has spread beyond the established boundaries and threatens to ruin the rest of the Texags experience. The us against them culture that has developed over there in the last few years has made it intolerable and I hope staff keeps it contained.
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I agree my diatribe was over the top and condescending. I over stepped my bounds.
In hindsight it would have been wise to allow staff to regulate these affairs.

I still stand by my message. But I lament the manner and tone I chose to deliver it. Being a conservative there are people in this forum I disagree with but whom I still like very much.

My post was in response to yet another personalized attack on one of them after repeated requests to tone down the toxicity by several people.

My logic in that moment was to make myself the a--hole so others would not have to. It's not the persona I would have preferred.

I know I went too far. Only a handful of guys needed that message and now I've pi$$ed off a whole bunch of you.

That doesn't feel so great.

I'm not asking for sympathy; I knew there could be a strong backlash.

I'm simply stating I am aware of the current climate
I've made for myself and acknowlede your condemnation is not without merit.

Gig'em
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MW03
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HERE'S my point. Nobody cares what you know if you're an a__hole.

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