(01-14-2019, 11:36 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(01-14-2019, 08:53 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: You asked how so and I told you. You always defend or endorse the left position on whatever we happen to be discussing then try to smooth it over by claiming to be something you aren't. In simpler terms, you post out of both sides of your mouth.

"I had a pretty good reputation until I started disagreeing with Mikey", and come to think of it, still have a pretty good one after that as well.

Yes, I am to your left.  You are on the other side of the foul line in right field, though. All of us are to your left.

I've  been told that position would make me a nazi or fascist, of which I'm clearly neither. You are left of Moderate which, admittedly is like the Republican Party these days in deed if not word. You seem to think that you are Republican the other way around, with your actions not your words; but we can't evaluate that here, so we judge on what you say, which makes you kin to Democratic Socialists.

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(01-14-2019, 11:52 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(01-14-2019, 08:58 PM)flsprtsgod Wrote: Just one more way he talks out of both sides of his mouth. Cries about it in his sig but does it just the same.

That's a good point actually.  

Pirky would give negative reputation  to me for replying to his posts with an opposing opinion.  That's wrong.  Don't post your opinion unless you're okay with people clicking the reply button and saying they think you're wrong.  Instead, reply back to them saying they are wrong.  Or leave it alone.

You got negative reputation from me yestersay because you tried to change the subject from politics and politicians to me.  That's wrong too, totally different but also wrong. But then again here I am talking about you.  And honestly I wouldn't be complaining if you changed the subject to me just to tell everyone how great you think I am and how right you think I am.

So I get why it comes across as hypocritical to you but I'm not intending to apply rules to you that I wouldn't apply to myself. 

What's reputation for anyhow?
I think its to avoid derailing threads with personal conflict. If someone's joke seems out of place in a serious thread, or they start attacking other posters, that's what it's for. Give negative reputation instead of derailing the thread further. Positive feedback is for good writing or original insights. But there's no harm in simply replying with positive feedback too.

They're always good points, what you miss is that all of this is one big joke, there aren't any "serious" threads on an anonymous message board, and the more serious you take it the more entrenched you become IRL. That's the curse of social media and why we get Trump v Clinton or AOC in the Congress.

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