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Originally Posted by kstarnes
Back on my soapbox. 
What "we" have lost is genuine discussion and debate on political and religious topics, topics which touch on more issues than one may be able to initially imagine!
In my own final analysis, that is the true loss.
A handful of "surgical" bans or serious reprimands might have prevented this loss, IMHO.
I feel like the passenger in the backseat directing the driver; I don't mean to show a lack of appreciation for Wayne providing these forums in the first place! |
Psst, Kurt. It's already been done. So debating whether or not it was the correct decision is moot.
In my opinion, a separate political forum has been needed since the current president's 2nd term. And even as I participated in many of those subjects, I concur with others who were turned off by seeing a slew of politically-bent threads each time they opened PPOT. It was tiring.
I also find it hard to say PPOT continued as a place of "free thought." When, as one poster put it, 15 of the top OT threads were politically-themed and posted by 5 people, I can understand how one can come to a conclusion that "free thought" was seriously lacking in large part on PPOT.