Has your participation on A Moving Train changed?

PJ_Soul

1ThoughtKnown said:

DarthMaeglin said:

I’ve been hesitant to post my own point of view simply because it could be seen as blowing my own horn (something I really try to avoid).

As was mentioned above it comes and goes in waves depending on what’s happening and what gets posted (for the most part I stick to the Canadian politics thread as I don’t generally feel informed enough to comment on other countries’ politics).

Several months ago I backed right off because I went back and looked at my (at the time) recent posts and didn’t like some of my own tone and words. I’ve dipped my toes in once or twice since, but my goal is to post better (whatever that means, lol), which is admittedly a work in progress.

As someone who leans a bit right I accepted very early on that I will fall in the minority here, and there’s zero wrong with that, I apologize for sometimes letting that get my goat just the same.

All that said, I continue to lurk in AMT and really appreciate how knowledgeable so many around here are. I do believe that the various threads there have helped me learn.

This is a great post. Do you know the reason it’s called “Canadian Politics Part Deux”? ME. The OG Canadian Politics thread was closed and I ended up in the Forum penalty box for a while. Got five and a game. 

I had everyone so worked up on that thread due to my (at the time) heavily leaning right wing pro-oil and gas leanings and because I was the target of much vitriol, I lashed out on people and was a big ol prick. (Why I get a helluva laugh being called “woke”). 

It got quite personal and quite frankly, until that point I never took online discussions seriously, so I thought why would anyone else. 

I’ve worked since then to be a better human. Im more moderate politically, more understanding of people’s feelings and such and avoid AMT discussions for the most part.  Go back to when people just didn’t talk politics. No one is going to change my mind, not going to change theirs. 

And Part Deux was then closed back in 2015, which is when I started the Canadian Politics Redux to get the convo going again, hahaha. I have no memory of why Part Deux got closed. Probably some petty bickering.

1ThoughtKnown

PJ_Soul said:

1ThoughtKnown said:

DarthMaeglin said:

I’ve been hesitant to post my own point of view simply because it could be seen as blowing my own horn (something I really try to avoid).

As was mentioned above it comes and goes in waves depending on what’s happening and what gets posted (for the most part I stick to the Canadian politics thread as I don’t generally feel informed enough to comment on other countries’ politics).

Several months ago I backed right off because I went back and looked at my (at the time) recent posts and didn’t like some of my own tone and words. I’ve dipped my toes in once or twice since, but my goal is to post better (whatever that means, lol), which is admittedly a work in progress.

As someone who leans a bit right I accepted very early on that I will fall in the minority here, and there’s zero wrong with that, I apologize for sometimes letting that get my goat just the same.

All that said, I continue to lurk in AMT and really appreciate how knowledgeable so many around here are. I do believe that the various threads there have helped me learn.

This is a great post. Do you know the reason it’s called “Canadian Politics Part Deux”? ME. The OG Canadian Politics thread was closed and I ended up in the Forum penalty box for a while. Got five and a game. 

I had everyone so worked up on that thread due to my (at the time) heavily leaning right wing pro-oil and gas leanings and because I was the target of much vitriol, I lashed out on people and was a big ol prick. (Why I get a helluva laugh being called “woke”). 

It got quite personal and quite frankly, until that point I never took online discussions seriously, so I thought why would anyone else. 

I’ve worked since then to be a better human. Im more moderate politically, more understanding of people’s feelings and such and avoid AMT discussions for the most part.  Go back to when people just didn’t talk politics. No one is going to change my mind, not going to change theirs. 

And Part Deux was then closed back in 2015, which is when I started the Canadian Politics Redux to get the convo going again, hahaha. I have no memory of why Part Deux got closed. Probably some petty bickering.

Actually that corrects the timeline. Part Deux was closed because of me. Redux is the result of that lol. 

I don’t go on there anymore so I forgot the name 

EDIT - actually I’m not sure anymore lol. 2015 sounds about the right time though. I would never go revisit those posts, it’s probably pretty
cringe worthy