(06-03-2019, 08:54 PM)TJBender Wrote:

(06-03-2019, 08:30 PM)Bullseye Wrote: I don't want my football discussions/debates with you guys/gals to somehow be tainted by political disagreements, which is why I have rarely ventured over to the political forum.  There are plenty of other political boards/forums for me to contribute my two cents.

It's why I hate when political biases seep onto the football boards.

Dude, StroudCrowd1 and I agree about virtually nothing. flsprtsgod and I agree about most things, but the things we disagree on are big red lines in the sand. The disagreements we have in there have never once spilled outside of the political forum. We get along fine outside of the political forum, and that goes for more than just the three of us. I haven't exactly been looking for it, but I haven't seen anyone drag a political forum fight out into the rest of the board, aside from maybe the occasional stupid "rep wars" that came up when someone, not always the same person, whined about being negged in the political forum then had posts outside of that forum hit.

Do we argue? Hell yes. Do we occasionally call each other names? Of course, but we move on very quickly. The bulk of that forum does not hold grudges. The political forum only gets messy when someone is as abrasive as 40-grit sandpaper decides that the best way to respond to a post is by attacking everyone mentioned in it, or when someone is challenged and they decide to throw a fit rather than take it on the chin. That forum is a wonderful, unique part of this website. When it's occupied by a bunch of adults, it's a good place to see some other viewpoints and shout repeatedly and loudly at a wall hoping yours will click with someone. When someone's decided to turn the place into a bunch of monkeys [BLEEP] a football, well, it's where you go to see a bunch of monkeys [BLEEP] a football. Give it a couple hours, the monkeys will have tired themselves out, and the adults can come back out to talk. For as much crap as it gets, the political forum is one of the best things about this place. I'd suggest that more people visit it but, well, have you seen the kind of stuff that happens on the Jaguars board? Lots of monkeys...