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Our nation is becoming more liberal, but this board is becoming more conservative

HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,198
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I thought I'd post this here but after reading a lot of the posts over at The Porch, it seems like...well I don't know just really really strict and weird. People jump down peoples throats if they ask a rational question.

Hmmm oh well, been here a while, guess there has to be SOME change



Discuss :)
2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    One of my thread
    was brutally raped
    in The Porch.
    :mad:
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    hahahahaha.

    i don't think that is it, at all. i think many here are just quick to judge and/or have very skewed views when it comes to any/all things pearl jam. also, it's a message board...and we all know there are many who behave in one manner in this anonymous media and a whole other way in reality. and, a lot of people simply like to start shite...and sure, some people are simply assholes. here, and in real life. :)


    btw - i WISH our nation would become more 'liberal'...i remain unconvinced thus far.
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,198
    decides2dream wrote:
    hahahahaha.

    i don't think that is it, at all. i think many here are just quick to judge and/or have very skewed views when it comes to any/all things pearl jam. also, it's a message board...and we all know there are many who behave in one manner in this anonymous media and a whole other way in reality. and, a lot of people simply like to start shite...and sure, some people are simply assholes. here, and in real life. :)


    btw - i WISH our nation would become more 'liberal'...i remain unconvinced thus far.

    I don't know...I go to school in Northern VA and I'm down in Southern VA a lot, and I'll tell you...southern VA got a lot more liberal than most would think and it can get 'scary' down in those neck of the woods
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    I don't know...I go to school in Northern VA and I'm down in Southern VA a lot, and I'll tell you...southern VA got a lot more liberal than most would think and it can get 'scary' down in those neck of the woods


    it's a BIG country, and even living in a 'liberal' state...politically it isn't always, and bottomline...we shall see. i continue to hope, and do my part ;)...but as i said, time will tell if it's *enough*....
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


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  • KosmicJelliKosmicJelli Posts: 1,855
    I got tired of posting on AMT.... :(
  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    decides2dream wrote:
    and sure, some people are simply assholes. here, and in real life. :)

    I do what I can. :D
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  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    mookie9999 wrote:
    I do what I can. :D

    at least you're consistent. ;)
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


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  • genevievegenevieve Posts: 1,203
    KosmicJelli wrote:
    I got tired of posting on AMT.... :(

    I stay away now too.

    I can remember some really crazy board shut downs and stuff.
    But I havent been on here for as long as some cause I didnt have internet.

    Oh well I love this place now.
    And have got to know some great people.
    In person and through the pit.

    Some people do have cracked out ideas and just want to cause fights too.
    the person below me smells like cat pee and raisins...
  • SwanSwan Posts: 350
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    I thought I'd post this here but after reading a lot of the posts over at The Porch, it seems like...well I don't know just really really strict and weird. People jump down peoples throats if they ask a rational question.

    Hmmm oh well, been here a while, guess there has to be SOME change



    Discuss :)

    i don't see that the board has changed at all, the only thing that's changed are the names.

    and if you're gauging the entire nation with what's going on in southern va, then you're in for a rude awakening.

    open your eyes and pay attention.
    I'm the only Hell Mama ever raised.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I agree. The board has either become more conservative or I have just started noticing it more. Some of the threads around here in recent times have bothered me a wee bit but I would never dream of calling for them to stop. Discussion is what this site is all about. On the other hand, some of the moderation has been a bit dodgy recently, no offence to Kat and Sea, I just don't feel like I can say what I feel as bluntly any more without fear of reprisals. Some of the most interesting characters around here seem to have been served with lifetime bans... :o

    but I supposed that's the way it is. I just need to be more accomodating to change :)
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I agree. The board has either become more conservative or I have just started noticing it more. Some of the threads around here in recent times have bothered me a wee bit but I would never dream of calling for them to stop. Discussion is what this site is all about. On the other hand, some of the moderation has been a bit dodgy recently, no offence to Kat and Sea, I just don't feel like I can say what I feel as bluntly any more without fear of reprisals. Some of the most interesting characters around here seem to have been served with lifetime bans... :o

    but I supposed that's the way it is. I just need to be more accomodating to change :)

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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    No, dunks coming back... or IS back and so is Linda.
    :eek: I didn't even know that either of them had been banned. I meant Lou, Metsy and The Champ. What did Dunk do this time? :p
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Most moderated forums create an unhealthy, pseudosocial situation where participants are to a degree infantilised in their behaviour, whether they're being all fluffy and huggling or calling one another douchebags or asshats. The trick is to be adult, leave no topic untouched, and to argue passionately without resorting to playground taunts, or to be civil without coming across as a load of bloody fairies. Whoops, I said fairies. What a conservative asshat douchebag I am. :D
  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,198
    Swan wrote:
    i don't see that the board has changed at all, the only thing that's changed are the names.

    and if you're gauging the entire nation with what's going on in southern va, then you're in for a rude awakening.

    open your eyes and pay attention.

    You again...

    Read before you type...where did I say I base my assumptions on the ENTIRE NATION being more liberal just on southern VA. For example, New York, where you and I both live is an extremely liberal state. correct? WRONG, upstate New York was EXTREMELY conservative during the 2004 election, something like 35 counties voted for Bush, this time around they all voted for Hillary. Even though I hate her, they still voted democratic. Same thing with the midwest, did you see how many votes Obama got?

    Stop being so critical and bringing your rude attitudes to this board.


    I've been here since 2003 (before my old name got banned for a misunderstanding) and I've seen a lot of changes.
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2
  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    KosmicJelli wrote:
    I got tired of posting on AMT.... :(
    haha, I can only take that board in small doses. Apparently if you don't back up every post you make there with 50 references, you know nothing.

    Increase the peace, AMT'ers
  • kenshuntkenshunt Posts: 2,863
    KosmicJelli wrote:
    I got tired of posting on AMT.... :(
    I've never posted there :p
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  • mookie9999mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Saturnal wrote:
    Apparently if you don't back up every post you make there with 50 references, you know nothing.

    Sources to back up your theory on 50 references please. ;)
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • rockpantsrockpants Posts: 838
    In my 8 years here, I noticed the changes after a certain large event, spun and used as fodder for propaganda to encourage a more xenophobic populace in order to justify a destructive foreign policy.
  • lalalalaaaaaaaalalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    mookie9999 wrote:
    Sources to back up your theory on 50 references please. ;)
    haha

    I'll back up yo MAMA..
  • Come Back in BlackCome Back in Black Posts: 659
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    I thought I'd post this here but after reading a lot of the posts over at The Porch, it seems like...well I don't know just really really strict and weird. People jump down peoples throats if they ask a rational question.

    Hmmm oh well, been here a while, guess there has to be SOME change



    Discuss :)

    See now the funny thing is liberals view themselves as "good guys" and conservatives as "bad guys" so you assume that if someone jumps down some one else's throat than they must be a bad guy conservative. I have found the opposite to be true on these forums. Because I would say 85% or more of the posters are liberal, many tend to become very rude and all gang up against people who have different views. You probably don't notice that as much because when you agree with the majority its not as offensive to you.
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,908
    if you dont like then BEAT IT, you fraud.
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    I thought I'd post this here but after reading a lot of the posts over at The Porch, it seems like...well I don't know just really really strict and weird. People jump down peoples throats if they ask a rational question.

    Hmmm oh well, been here a while, guess there has to be SOME change



    Discuss :)
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  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    I thought I'd post this here but after reading a lot of the posts over at The Porch, it seems like...well I don't know just really really strict and weird. People jump down peoples throats if they ask a rational question.

    Hmmm oh well, been here a while, guess there has to be SOME change



    Discuss :)

    I just don't visit the Porch anymore, or anything above "Other Music."
    "Don't let the darkness eat you up..."

    -Greg Dulli

  • boxwine_in_hellboxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    HailHailVitalogy wrote:
    I thought I'd post this here but after reading a lot of the posts over at The Porch, it seems like...well I don't know just really really strict and weird. People jump down peoples throats if they ask a rational question.

    Hmmm oh well, been here a while, guess there has to be SOME change



    Discuss :)

    Yeah, all the Ron Paul love really baffles me. The guy is a right wing nut job in my estimation. Nothing really redeeming about him at all, he's totally closed minded, I guess that appeals to some folks?
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    the other foot in the gutter
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  • HailHailVitalogyHailHailVitalogy Posts: 5,198
    Come Back in Black wrote:
    See now the funny thing is liberals view themselves as "good guys" and conservatives as "bad guys" so you assume that if someone jumps down some one else's throat than they must be a bad guy conservative. I have found the opposite to be true on these forums. Because I would say 85% or more of the posters are liberal, many tend to become very rude and all gang up against people who have different views. You probably don't notice that as much because when you agree with the majority its not as offensive to you.

    I didn't mean it that way, I'm sorry if it came out that way.

    I ment that certain topics aren't taken as discussions anymore, but are taken as threats towards the band or any other issue that's all. :)
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  • PJaddictedPJaddicted Posts: 1,432
    J...it's were you are for school! I'm not changin! My sons are become very liberal! Lovin it!

    oxc
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