Does any mod, especially the one who moved the posts, wish to address this claim?
https://unstuckpolitics.com/t/the-presidency-of-joe-biden-jr/3876/604
So only post one tweet of Bidenās law enforcement committing war crimes against protestors or what?
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Two tops, unless someone posts that poem from the inauguration again.
Do we not get any break before we have to be radicalized against this president too?
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The people getting tear gassed didnāt so you donāt either
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Yes, all of this, and also starting a new thread focused on police violence is hardly censorship. As best I can tell, the George Floyd thread flourished better as a separate thread than it would have under the Trump thread. As much as there is an argument for making people see things that may upset their worldview, substantive content like that also gets lost in megathreads.
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tab, I apologize in advance for this accusation, but I donāt see how this question comes in good faith. I mean if a person really is having trouble reading the room to show kindness to their community, I think what happened in this situation is plenty appropriate.
I would see an issue if Chad had been told he isnāt allowed to say these things. But as I understand it, he not only is free to continue to post the same things as frequently and voluminously as he likes, a dedicated thread was made not to silence that conversation but to provide an environment in which it can thrive.
With the bonus benefit that the other conversation he asked to interrupt can now continue as well.
Seems like a win/win to me??
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I appreciate moving threads where a real 100+ post segue is commencing but to just move a few posts expressing concern for the current presidentās actions (and/or that of their administration) in the presidentās thread to its own thread seems like a slippery slope to me. Because Iām sure many posters who would benefit from seeing this will see a separate thread and ignore them for whatever reason (maybe just ceebs reading specific threads vs the Biden megathread) thus undermining the concerns of a segment of posters on this forum. So a win/win for the āI donāt wanna be bummed outā crowd maybe but difficult conversations should be had.
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Why dont we just have a separate thread for shitting on biden, and have another for news about his presidency?
It looks like 15 posts by PC before a reply from someone else and a total of 50 posts moved by Wookie.
Many of the posts are Pocketchads just sharing twitter feeds. I found them interesting and relevant to the thread. Look I respect concerns about sniping each other and certainly adversarial posting by posters towards each other may cause a distraction and reduce poster interaction with the site but I still donāt think that merits separate threads on an open forum. I like having a pushing Biden left thread for discussion of progressive policy under this government but I mean what will ultimately go in the Biden megathread if further excising of issues happen? Most of the debate (and potentially bickering and insults) will be around contentious actions by Biden, not super popular EOs.
No itās hiding it away from the people that want to ignore the bad things Biden is doing.
I understand itās worthy of a topic of itās own. Itās also worth pointing out while everyone is celebrating.
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This is just so obviously a flat-out lie I have to wonder what the point of it is.
I didnāt realize Biden was getting his evil on in the hours after the inauguration.
LOUD NOISES
Iām in favor of mods being aggressive in splitting topics worthy of their own thread.
I moved 50ish posts, all of them dealing specifically with protests and police violence in Portland last night and some ensuing replies. In no way am I kicking all criticism of Biden to its own thread. Itās that the topic of protesting and police violence is almost certain to be an ongoing area of substantial discussion, much like the George Floyd thread.
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Iām just shocked that Biden couldnāt fix absolutely everything in one day. What a loser.
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That is a consideration, but not a massive one. Itās really only an issue when you have a large topic and people are basically treating it like a chatroom. I have stuff in the works to maybe address this issue in the future. I would rather us not have these kinds of constraints at all.
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I want more monitoring :( I just have what DO gives me. I feel crippled. I need GRAPHS
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Fair enough if thatās your position. I donāt see any cause for alarm. This is an easily articulated position with easily explained boundaries that need not expand to anything else that could possibly qualify.
I appreciate that you may not share this position. If you are concerned, will you please help us be mindful if you see the forum going down this slippery slope? I certainly donāt want what youāre afraid of to happen. I just disagree over whether there is any cause to fear it will.
That is a wildly unfair characterization. Please donāt say things like that.
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