Posts you had second thought about and decided not to post - put them here

I have to say, my decision not to post on or take seriously the ILX politics threads has been one of the best decisions of my life.

https://i.imgur.com/4JVWyIR.jpg

World existing outside the usa shocker

I mentioned this clip previously in the UK thread but seems relevant! https://streamable.com/d4s1j

first they came for the joggers

but was there jizz in the box or just the cash?

i'd say i'm embarrassed for having displayed my boundless ignorance of glaswegian football, but honestly i'm not. if there's a fault here its my having no idea which posters here are american and which are ukian, which i suppose is a fair cop.

an apology is probably due, though, so i hereby apologize.

Nah no need Kate imo, esp as it was a 2nd thought! We just like to make kneejerk fun of American myopia, I wasn’t having a go

https://www.battleofideas.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BON.jpg

so much for the tolerant centre

i like to act genuinely baffled when people tell me to shut the fuck up. like "Huh? But why? The shit i post here helps people, but ok,"

— wint (@dril) February 14, 2019

shame everyone had to jump to conclusions

welp, guess I fucked that one up. sorry folks

RIP Οὖτις

it's sad, he was a true patriot

belated fp, wth shakey I know I'm mad at you but c'mon

let alone going there, running it as a poll?!

are you against choices?

ooohhhhh

the topic seems to often be discussed in absolutes, and I find that confusing/interesting/worth investigating. obviously I don't know how to talk about this stuff.

Someone else should try and frame the question.

Though preferably not poll it.

No

Thoughtlording on this topic in a forum where 3/4 of the women who made it more vital just a few years ago already have stopped posting is not something we need

Thank you, silby!

what is thoughtlording

(google not turning up anything but... ilx posts)

it's not that it's a bad conversation to have even as provocatively stated as it is it's that ilx (and any "public forum") is not the right place to have it

you know that dumb anecdote about the fish, where the punchline is "what is water?"

It’s not actually necessary to have public opinions about everything.

I feel like the question has an answer I'm supposed to know, but I'm not allowed to ask it, and discussing it is verboten

I do not know the fish joke, no

xps

i agree - ppl should spend more time choosing their shots when they express a public opinion. good questions to ask before doing so "what do i aim to accomplish from this" "will this benefit people reading it"

shakey the answer is that it is too case dependent to give a binary answer but getting into the weeds is where all the bitterness and mess is and i don't feel confident in ilx's ability to discuss it really. nb i wouldn't have blocked the thread bc "free speech ethics" but i 100% understand the reason for doing so

there seems to be some disagreement about it being case dependent afaict. as well as what the criteria are for evaluating cases are or should be.

but yeah what is this accomplishing, I'm not learning anything and ppl are jumping all over me so .... anyway.

I mean, if it's case dependent, then the binary answer is clearly 'no' :)

you’re so astoundingly fucking dumb, it just fills me with rage

I really don’t care what either of you have to say at this point

can you answer my questions tho

I'm just trying to understand where you're coming from

btw if there’s a conversation going on in here (?) i’m not trying to be part of it and my re-directed anger post has nothing to do with ... whatever is going on over here

I don't get what you mean, but I assume you're saying you were mad at me because of what I wrote about Godard

It’s not actually necessary to have public opinions about everything.

otmfm

No, he does not.

Lucy: holds football

whatever is going on over here

"...go away, dewey! you don't want no part of this shit!"

Leave Hermione out of it

it's not that it's a bad conversation to have even as provocatively stated as it is it's that ilx (and any "public forum") is not the right place to have it

― Mordy, Wednesday, 8 April 2020 bookmarkflaglink

Man saying this in one post and then following by giving your base reductive answer to that fucking stupid thread in one line is pure chef's kiss.

base reductive answer of it's murky?

actually posting the post you are responding to itt is

something

oh is it lol

Meh, you could just as easily (and probably more accurately) say elderly voters or voters who identify as moderate or conservative made him the candidate.