Quote Originally Posted by ramAnag View Post
So there you have it. Mac doesn’t object to the political threads at all and, judging by the amount he contributes to them, neither does MA. All they both, very reasonably, object to is the tiresome and sometimes offensive name calling.

Essentially, as I see it, there are two camps…one broadly on the Right comprising Tricky, yourself and GP (when he makes his mind up and isn’t just mischief making) and one broadly centre Left…made up of Swale, myself, MA with more occasional input from Sith and mac. Sorry if I’ve forgotten anyone or misinterpreted their political stances.

Of all those individuals I would argue that Tricky, Swale and yourself cause the most ‘upset’. Tricky because of the nature and content of his posts, Swale because he takes understandable exception to Tricky’s far right sympathies and becomes enraged too easily before resorting to language that some find unacceptable and you because you frequently go out of your way to wind up others, Swale in particular, and - as you have admitted - are far from shy when it comes to name calling.

We all have our faults, mine probably being having too much to say and not being good at letting things go, but, imo…the problem isn’t having a wide range of threads - including political ones - it’s: a) The posting of inflammatory, offensive and untrue comments. b) The reaction to such comments with language that is also sometimes offensive and c) Your desire to push an agenda which goes beyond your essential basic role of sanctioning those who transgress a&b above without ‘joining in’ and exacerbating the situation.
Thanks for the response (genuinely)

Regarding comments made abut myself.

I'm not 'broadly on the right', my 'worldview' is way more nuanced than can be contained by what I believe to be outmoded 'pigeonholes'. My opinions are well-considered and evidence/observation-based
I'm not pushing an agenda and don't know what you're getting at there

Regarding your general comments

You've really just pointed out that we all have our faults. That's human nature. You may find certain 'faults' more objectionable than I do and vice versa, likewise other forum members. If I took action on every post which a forum member didn't particularly like we wouldn't have much of a forum.