Let's Get Rid of the Politics Forum

Here is a novel concept for the Politics Discussion Forum.

No links!

Or at the very least, no links to opinion columns and op/eds, that by their very nature are biased (opinionated).

Why not discuss issues between members as opposed to attempting to make a point by posting someone else's opinion.

[Nirvana]

Lets just simplify politics and you won't even need a forum for it. At any time that you have to vote, in any election it will all come down to two choices...

a giant douche or a turd sandwich

[SamIam]

Originally Posted by Redux

Here is a novel concept for the Politics Discussion Forum.

No links!

Or at the very least, no links to opinion columns and op/eds, that by their very nature are biased (opinionated).

Why not discuss issues between members as opposed to attempting to make a point by posting someone else's opinion.

It would be great to get rid of the op ed bullshit, but when even data from the CBO gets called partisan, I wonder how that would work. There are two members who are very fond of op ed arguments, and these two will change around the time science discovers the moon is made of green cheese. Everyone has been relatively polite in the "Kentucky" discussion. I am waiting for it to unravel any second. *sigh*

[tw]

Originally Posted by Redux

Here is a novel concept for the Politics Discussion Forum.

No links!

Isn't that called Nothingland?

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by tw

Isn't that called Nothingland?

Why yes it is and many find that preferable to the missing links in the Politics forum.

Originally Posted by sexobon

Why yes it is and many find that preferable to the missing links in the Politics forum.

Knowing that opinion columns on either side are partisan or ideologically based and, more often than not, distort or misrepresent the full picture of the issue in question in order to support an agenda, why would you prefer that over the discussion of the facts?

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Redux

Here is a novel concept for the Politics Discussion Forum.

No links!

Or at the very least, no links to opinion columns and op/eds, that by their very nature are biased (opinionated).

Why not discuss issues between members as opposed to attempting to make a point by posting someone else's opinion.

Meh. They would still just call you a stupid asshole for having that opinion.