Originally Posted by Cruxpyr Femella
To the negatives...
If you did not like the political section, you did not have to be there.
If you even once voiced an opinion on that section, you did it by choice.
Something drew your attention and made you think.
To the positives...
I am sad for us all that a venue for shared ideas has been snuffed out as unimportant.
The political section was only divisive to those who refused to read it with an open mind, and failed to see the merit of objective postings from different viewpoints.
To Julian...
Once we begin to curtail open discussion of ideas, whether political, ethical or societal, we are all damaged.
You are making a run-of-the-mill sandwich sound like a gourmet meal, Femella. I belong to the Jeep Forum and have for years. It's probably one of the most vibrant, comprehensive and postive/productive automobile owner's forum online today.
And, yes, Jeep owners are reknowned for their passion for their vehicles, so talking about mundane subjects like LED's and trouble code-questions from a newby is part of the expected environment.
Guess what? There's no such thing as "political" page on the Jeep Forum, nor will there be. We know "Politics" are out there in a billion forms and for the most part, we're all sick to death of it. We love our Jeeps, not politics.
There was no exchange or 'open discussion of ideas here,' Femella, just barbs being traded back and forth. The only shared ideas were the support and commitment the conservatives had for each other.
This notion that "a couple" of uninvested, disinterested, liberal interlopers somehow took down the mighty "politics" page is just ridiculous. For every one, there are 10 who agree and watch silently.
Like Spudracer, and I have to believe, Radmanly, I
never once PM'd a mod here, regardless of how nasty things got. If a mod would come forward and attest to that fact, and I think the dead-Politics page mod has done that now, it would be plain to see that the people who actually caused the demise of that page were the very people claiming it as their personal, partisan and spiritual territory. They ran to the "nanny" too many times.
Ironic, isn't it?