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Question regarding politics forum

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  • 13-10-2012 11:26pm
    #1
    20Cent
    Registered Users Posts: 8,939 ✭✭✭


    Is this a new thing?

    The following was posted in a thread.

    This is not political discussion, but mere repetition of personal opinion. And repetitive repetition at that. If you've nothing to add bar "I hate candidate X. Really, I think he's awful. Did I tell you how little I think of him? I think he's awful.", please don't bother to post.

    moderately,
    Scofflaw


    Isn't all political discussion a personal opinion?
    Could someone clarify is there a set of times a point can be expressed?
    Are negative posts about particular candidates not allowed now?


    thanks

    20Cent
    Post edited by Shield on


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 83,136 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    Discussion doesn't really happen without constructive ideas. Take for example a customer who tells me "I hate Dell". Ok, why do you not like Dell? "I just don't like Dell." Did you get a bad Dell computer? Have you ever owned one? "No, I just don't like Dell." Is it the logo, the look, the quality, the namesake, the reputation, the company motto, did your friend just tell you Dell was stupid and that's what you're basing this decision off of? "I just don't like Dell."

    Perhaps this is an extreme example, but the idea is such that you need to be able to support your opinions with reasonable arguments. Otherwise you're talking to a wall, and in effect everyone is just kinda rambling to themselves.


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    Permabear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


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    RoundyMooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,910 ✭✭✭✭RoundyMooney


    OP, if this rule were not enforced, we'd end up with the type of rampant negative soapboxing-clouded by poorly referenced, and often incorrect personal opinion that characterised After Hours for quite a while.

    The likes of P.ie take a totally different tack-and while there are some absolute gems there, there's a lot of utter rubbish also. The Politics moderation has evolved, and improved immensely over the last couple of years, and I think they get the balance pretty much spot on.


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