Originally Posted by
pizzaguy
Odd, thespaceport.us (where I am a well-loved mod
) has a political section, a religion section and even separate forums for men and women - and we do just fine!
We are largely conservative, but we have:
one lib-leaning mod,
one hollywood liberal (he writes music for TV shows and commercials)
several lefty types from europe
a guy in russia that thinks russia is the best democracy in the word
and a few average American libs
... and we are all friends! Again, you can discuss politics and disagree and still get along, we do it all the time. Sure, we moderate some posts, usually just editing of a line or two - but it's really rare that we go that far. (Now, I DID delete a post last night because it attacked a fellow forum member, we draw the line at person remarks, they simply are not allowed to stand.)
I don't see why it's so hard here.
Beats the heck out of me.
I'm with you, this isn't rocket science.
As Franc mentioned, we all voted on retaining the forum. The majority said "keep it" -- even those that didn't use it. When you don't have a sewer, the **** backs up everywhere (as it is now).
Popular voted be damned, the forum was axed, and many members alienated because of it. Has anyone heard from radmanly lately?
To simplify the political forum into an "Obama roast" is a gross insult to the many great breakthroughs that were had in the past in that sub-forum. Road projects, gas prices, foreign issues, happenings in the military -- those were all covered in that large umbrella of politics.
I'd love to have a chat with my Crossfire buds about Syria, and get their take on it. But I can't, because the mods will view that as "political" and delete the thread.
Yes, the community suffers "lack of depth" as a result.