The other board (On3) isn’t noticeably busier. But it is less contentious. Usually.
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I agree this board was fun. I have been a member for about 20 years and posted on a regular basis. I would come here to forget about everyday nonsense. Unfortunately, it is now here as well. I don’t see the “regulars” post anymore. I know some are gone. I guess that’s the way things are. Time to move on.👋
It'll be less contentious with a moderator that censors opposing views. More like an echo chamber.
Good post. As for people being angry at both parties.......that is why Trump won in spite of his considerable flaws. He was a total outsider that never ran for any political position before. And he took on R insider machine pols. He also exposed how both parties have been selling us out to China for decades. He certainly had serious flaws but he had both the national name recognition and the money to run against both parties. It’s almost impossible to run against the established parties with their huge money pools, manpower, connections, and image.
Always has amazed me that the Libertarian Party doesn’t do better. They need to find a couple quality candidates instead of the oddballs they have run in the past.
But seeing the way outsiders are attacked, that every single aspect of your life is under a microscope all the way back to junior high school, how your entire family will be attacked, it’s no wonder that good people refuse to run for office.
Libertarians tend to be weirdos and they have been co opted by the left.
Well said. I think our country is in deep trouble...beyond the point of repair by any single election.
Our government is dysfunctional. Our Ruling Class is corrupt. Our culture is a sewer. Our citizenry is demoralized. Our divisions are widening. Our children are under attack. The vision of the Founders has been betrayed. In sum, a "late Rome" feeling in the air.
Historians will find more than enough blame to go around. I have strong opinions on that subject, but this is not the place to express them. Anyway, the crisis goes far beyond the standard partisan finger-pointing.
Good post to you sir. He was elected as an outsider having been for many years a liberal and then drifted to moderate republican. We actually had very, very good results in terms of wage gains, economic growth especially rebounding from democrat state covid shutdowns, and he did the things we used to almost all agree upon like reinforce the border, bring troops home and not start new wars, make the US energy independent, kept inflation at or under 2%, record job growth for minorities, etc.
Interestingly though he was attacked for this from the left and the right establishments and especially the media. So a centrist, outside candidate that produced stellar results was dogged mercilessly daily and get this, people felt and did what the media told them. They didn't believe their lying eyes on results, they bought what we know now were lies because evidence has been presented about Russian collusion and pee stories.
This is what scares me most about America's future. It's citizens are being shown to be easily manipulated and act now on feelings and not careful deliberation, logic, and reason. Collectively we are controlled and appear to prefer to be told what to think even if the results are clearly bad.
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The only hope is that the government's COVID overreach will cause citizens to be more resistant to manipulation. But I'm not very hopeful about that hope.
It feels as though these politicians here and in Canada know they will get reelected, no matter what they do to their citizens. Almost as though the fix is in, so they have no fear of their subjects.
Whatever, Knicksy. If your version were accurate, you wouldn't be so compulsively defensive nor would you have spent six months following me around and yapping for attention. Classic overcompensation on your part.
Also, the fixation of some people with the Test Board borders on clinical. Hey, it's a bunch of guys debating. Sometimes dumb and juvenile...sometimes thoughtful and insightful. If people not even involved feel threatened by that, they likely have issues of their own to resolve.
Still, I didn't mean to paint everyone at on3 with the same brush. There's some good people on that site. But you ain't one, pal.
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right...I've said that for year. Trump was and is not a "republican". the GOP insiders hated him. in fact, it was john mccain who "leaked" the now known to be BS Steele Dossier so that the FBI could get a FISA warrant to spy on a candidate and, later, POTUS. There was, and still is, a robust "never-trump" division. LIke him or hate him, he was never a Republican. He just knew Hillary was going to get the Democratic nomination so chose the GOP to run, which was way more wide open.
