(08-06-2013 11:48 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Actually, I did mean this thread.

I get all the partisan stuff from both sides, that is common place in all political forums.

That part is fun in my opinion.

It's the race baiting in this forum since the Zimmerman verdict that is really bothering me.

It seems as if everyone has just stopped pretending that they aren't racist and have started showing their true colors without shame.

It's really interesting and disturbingly sad at the same time.

I'm a what you see is what you get kind of guy... I don't beat around around the bush or candy coat what's on my mind, and I don't have a problem crushing the eggshells that everyone else feels they have to walk on when they are around a black person. I don't walk on them with my black friends so I'm sure as hell not going to do it on a forum. I just call it like I see it and I understand that everyone has their opinion so I don't force mine, and I will gladly welcome yours. Matter of fact, I have a best friend up in the Bronx who is a die hard liberal and black. I'm a die hard Conservative and white. We are exactly the same in everything except color and politics. Just as a lot of us on here are. So we don't discuss politics around each other, but neither of us cany coat anything that's on our minds either and there was a mutual respect built off of it. So when I get called a racist, I laugh it off because anyone who truly thinks I am, has no idea who I am.

(08-06-2013 11:51 AM)I45owl Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 10:59 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Wow.

This forum has gone crazy.

mostly because the forums at s^Ht^Ho^Hr^Hm^Hf^Hr^Ho^Hn^Ht^H ESPN.com shut down.

That's when things got better here...

(08-06-2013 12:26 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 11:51 AM)I45owl Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 10:59 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Wow.

This forum has gone crazy.

mostly because the forums at s^Ht^Ho^Hr^Hm^Hf^Hr^Ho^Hn^Ht^H ESPN.com shut down.

That's when things got better here...

Hardly. Every other thread is now about race or gays. Yuck.

(08-06-2013 12:28 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 12:26 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 11:51 AM)I45owl Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 10:59 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Wow.

This forum has gone crazy.

mostly because the forums at s^Ht^Ho^Hr^Hm^Hf^Hr^Ho^Hn^Ht^H ESPN.com shut down.

That's when things got better here...

Hardly. Every other thread is now about race or gays. Yuck.

Most of those threads were started by people who were here before the ESPN shutdown...

Let's just say that the tone of the board has changed in a big way lately and leave it at that.

(08-06-2013 11:48 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  It's the race baiting in this forum since the Zimmerman verdict that is really bothering me.

Yeah, I largely agree, I'm not a big fan of them either. However, I would replace "in this forum" to "virtually everywhere" in that sentence. It's just been kind of ugly all around since the Zimmerman trial. Regardless of ideological stripe, regardless of racial background.

I know it's easy/cliche to dump on the media, but when writers, columnists and talkingheads deliver the race bait 24/7, we shouldn't be surprised when Joe Q Public follows suit.

I find on this forum, sometimes one topic will be dominant for a while, then will be replaced by something else that's very topical. We had about 3 solid weeks of Boston Marathon Bomber threads, IIRC. It may get "crazy" here on occasion, but I've read online newspaper comments sections that make this board look tame. And I won't even mention youtube comment threads, the lowest of the low.

(08-06-2013 12:45 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  Let's just say that the tone of the board has changed in a big way lately and leave it at that.

Yep. Noticed the same.

I recall some of my favorite threads included Owl 69 and Max Power, right around the 2012 election. Both on opposite sides of each other, economically, but I learned quite a bit from both of them.

(08-06-2013 12:45 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  Let's just say that the tone of the board has changed in a big way lately and leave it at that.

Yeah it's even more active than it was before.

Yep, I'm about to say screw it. This new crop of knuckle-draggers have no decency or willingness to engage in any sort of rational debate.

We on the left have tried, but until more of those on the right become more forceful on calling them out, this forum will quickly become extinct.

(08-06-2013 01:08 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Yep, I'm about to say screw it. This new crop of knuckle-draggers have no decency or willingness to engage in any sort of rational debate.

We on the left have tried, but until more of those on the right become more forceful on calling them out, this forum will quickly become extinct.

I started this thread becuase Mr. Peanut keeps calling me a "cracker"...you gonna call him out Redwingtom? BTW: He is on the "left".

(08-06-2013 12:12 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 11:48 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Actually, I did mean this thread.

I get all the partisan stuff from both sides, that is common place in all political forums.

That part is fun in my opinion.

It's the race baiting in this forum since the Zimmerman verdict that is really bothering me.

It seems as if everyone has just stopped pretending that they aren't racist and have started showing their true colors without shame.

It's really interesting and disturbingly sad at the same time.

I'm a what you see is what you get kind of guy... I don't beat around around the bush or candy coat what's on my mind, and I don't have a problem crushing the eggshells that everyone else feels they have to walk on when they are around a black person. I don't walk on them with my black friends so I'm sure as hell not going to do it on a forum. I just call it like I see it and I understand that everyone has their opinion so I don't force mine, and I will gladly welcome yours. Matter of fact, I have a best friend up in the Bronx who is a die hard liberal and black. I'm a die hard Conservative and white. We are exactly the same in everything except color and politics. Just as a lot of us on here are. So we don't discuss politics around each other, but neither of us cany coat anything that's on our minds either and there was a mutual respect built off of it. So when I get called a racist, I laugh it off because anyone who truly thinks I am, has no idea who I am.

Yet you still wear a hood to cover your face when you go burning crosses.

So weird...seems like race relations were actually better before our race baiting "Dear leader" came along...

(08-06-2013 01:15 PM)No Bull Wrote:  So weird...seems like race relations were actually better before our race baiting "Dear leader" came along...

Who?

(08-06-2013 12:12 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 11:48 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Actually, I did mean this thread.

I get all the partisan stuff from both sides, that is common place in all political forums.

That part is fun in my opinion.

It's the race baiting in this forum since the Zimmerman verdict that is really bothering me.

It seems as if everyone has just stopped pretending that they aren't racist and have started showing their true colors without shame.

It's really interesting and disturbingly sad at the same time.

I'm a what you see is what you get kind of guy... I don't beat around around the bush or candy coat what's on my mind, and I don't have a problem crushing the eggshells that everyone else feels they have to walk on when they are around a black person. I don't walk on them with my black friends so I'm sure as hell not going to do it on a forum. I just call it like I see it and I understand that everyone has their opinion so I don't force mine, and I will gladly welcome yours. Matter of fact, I have a best friend up in the Bronx who is a die hard liberal and black. I'm a die hard Conservative and white. We are exactly the same in everything except color and politics. Just as a lot of us on here are. So we don't discuss politics around each other, but neither of us cany coat anything that's on our minds either and there was a mutual respect built off of it. So when I get called a racist, I laugh it off because anyone who truly thinks I am, has no idea who I am.

I can respect that. I don't know who you are and how you are and visa versa.

I will say this however.

Even Archie Bunker had a black friend.

(08-06-2013 12:56 PM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 12:45 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  Let's just say that the tone of the board has changed in a big way lately and leave it at that.

Yep. Noticed the same.

I recall some of my favorite threads included Owl 69 and Max Power, right around the 2012 election. Both on opposite sides of each other, economically, but I learned quite a bit from both of them.

Max Power was awesome! He use to slay the conservatives on this board. It was a beautiful thing to see.

(08-06-2013 01:35 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 12:12 PM)LSU04_08 Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 11:48 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  Actually, I did mean this thread.

I get all the partisan stuff from both sides, that is common place in all political forums.

That part is fun in my opinion.

It's the race baiting in this forum since the Zimmerman verdict that is really bothering me.

It seems as if everyone has just stopped pretending that they aren't racist and have started showing their true colors without shame.

It's really interesting and disturbingly sad at the same time.

I'm a what you see is what you get kind of guy... I don't beat around around the bush or candy coat what's on my mind, and I don't have a problem crushing the eggshells that everyone else feels they have to walk on when they are around a black person. I don't walk on them with my black friends so I'm sure as hell not going to do it on a forum. I just call it like I see it and I understand that everyone has their opinion so I don't force mine, and I will gladly welcome yours. Matter of fact, I have a best friend up in the Bronx who is a die hard liberal and black. I'm a die hard Conservative and white. We are exactly the same in everything except color and politics. Just as a lot of us on here are. So we don't discuss politics around each other, but neither of us cany coat anything that's on our minds either and there was a mutual respect built off of it. So when I get called a racist, I laugh it off because anyone who truly thinks I am, has no idea who I am.

I can respect that. I don't know who you are and how you are and visa versa.

I will say this however.

Even Archie Bunker had a black friend.

...and weezey!

(08-06-2013 01:33 PM)RobertN Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 01:15 PM)No Bull Wrote:  So weird...seems like race relations were actually better before our race baiting "Dear leader" came along...

Who?

Who? The dude you voted for. he has many names...

The Big O.; B. Hussein Obama; B.O.; Barack The Wealth Spreader; Barackus Hubris Maximus; Barry Soetoro; Bystander-in-Chief; Campaigner-in-Chief; Captain Clueless; Captain Teleprompter; Carter 2.0; Celebrity of The United States, Chairman Zero; Che Obama; The Chicago Thug-in-Chief.

Comrade Obama; Demagogue-in-Chief;The Divider; His O’liness;
Lord Zero; Maobama; Nobama; Obamateur; Odrama; One Big Ass Mistake, America.

(08-06-2013 10:51 AM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  We're all playing a game of ass-hole, with everyone trying to be king.

I'm the King ******* in here. Bow Down B1tches!

(08-06-2013 01:41 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 12:56 PM)Motown Bronco Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 12:45 PM)MileHighBronco Wrote:  Let's just say that the tone of the board has changed in a big way lately and leave it at that.

Yep. Noticed the same.

I recall some of my favorite threads included Owl 69 and Max Power, right around the 2012 election. Both on opposite sides of each other, economically, but I learned quite a bit from both of them.

Max Power was awesome! He use to slay the conservatives on this board. It was a beautiful thing to see.

I wouldn't say he "slayed" anyone. Many of those charts and graphs were debunked as spin.

But I respected him for his well thought-out posts and effort to engage. He put a lot of detailed work into his posts.

(08-06-2013 01:15 PM)No Bull Wrote:  So weird...seems like race relations were actually better before our race baiting "Dear leader" came along...

Bingo.