billybobby777
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 05:40 AM)HoustonRocks Wrote: " You being sarcastic ?" . Meant every word . No sarcasm .
After viewing one of his posts , I immediately thought of difficulties my ancestors experienced . His post was about what the government did not do for groups . If I had posted , it would have been about what the government did to my ancestors , including generations of poverty.
Like most on this forum , I refrained from making a political post .
Oh ok...good for you
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05-20-2021 06:25 AM |
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billybobby777
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 03:24 AM)CitrusUCF Wrote: (05-19-2021 01:22 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: There’s a certain user who derails every thread he/she takes part in. Whenever anyone complains we are told to use the ignore feature. That’s BS. This posters comments can still be seen when others reply to him/her thus ruining interesting thread topics I want to read. This poster can be seen in every thread involving AAC expansion and many political threads. He/she is extremely liberal. Wont say poster’s name....the spam this poster puts out should make it obvious. The board has become almost unreadable because of him/her.
So his posts would be fine if he was extremely conservative? His political viewpoints seem utterly irrelevant to complaints about posting style.
No his SPAM posts WOULD NOT BE FINE if he was extremely conservative. I should have simply put some of his spam on the AAC board is political partisan stuff not meant for a sports board. I suppose I’ll ask you if the reason you put up with his spam is because you agree with him politically?
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05-20-2021 06:30 AM |
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bill dazzle
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
As noted, I agree with many of you that Jed's post can clutter threads.
But, and as the Boise fan note, Jed puts some serious time and effort into his posts. He is not trolling. He is researching and posting with sincerity. I truly believe he is passionate about Temple sports and wants the AAC to succeed. As such, I'm willing to cut Jed some slack.
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05-20-2021 08:27 AM |
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gulfcoastgal
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
I used to try to correct misinformation, but don't even bother anymore. I can't be for sure as I don't read the ish anymore, but there seems to be awful lot of self replies, bumping old threads with repeating posts. Maybe it's time for a Jed Thread where he/she can reply to him/herself and engage with the few who want to on the same topic/s over and over. It would solve the cluttering issue and has been done before (one big Penny thread instead of multiple per day). Just a thought.
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2021 01:24 PM by gulfcoastgal.)
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05-20-2021 10:45 AM |
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TUCandoit
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
I seriously hopes he comes to this thread with a long winded rebuttal.
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05-20-2021 11:32 AM |
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bill dazzle
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 10:45 AM)gulfcoastgal Wrote: I used to try to correct misinformation, but don't even bother anymore. I can't be for sure as I don't read the ish anymore, but there seems to be anwful lot of self replies, bumping old threads with repeated posts. Maybe it's time for a Jed Thread where he/she can reply to her/himself and engage with the few who want to on the same topic/s over and over. It would solve the cluttering issue and has been done before (one big Penny thread instead of multiple per day). Just a thought.
I kind of like this idea.
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05-20-2021 11:36 AM |
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CitrusUCF
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 06:30 AM)billybobby777 Wrote: (05-20-2021 03:24 AM)CitrusUCF Wrote: (05-19-2021 01:22 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: There’s a certain user who derails every thread he/she takes part in. Whenever anyone complains we are told to use the ignore feature. That’s BS. This posters comments can still be seen when others reply to him/her thus ruining interesting thread topics I want to read. This poster can be seen in every thread involving AAC expansion and many political threads. He/she is extremely liberal. Wont say poster’s name....the spam this poster puts out should make it obvious. The board has become almost unreadable because of him/her.
So his posts would be fine if he was extremely conservative? His political viewpoints seem utterly irrelevant to complaints about posting style.
No his SPAM posts WOULD NOT BE FINE if he was extremely conservative. I should have simply put some of his spam on the AAC board is political partisan stuff not meant for a sports board. I suppose I’ll ask you if the reason you put up with his spam is because you agree with him politically?
Who said I "put up with his spam"? I generally read right past it because the formatting and colors don't work for me. I frankly didn't know what his political leanings are, and I consider those to be irrelevant unless they become a regular occurrence in posts. And since I rarely read those posts, it doesn't really matter a hill of beans to me.
I just thought that adding your quip about his liberalism showed a point of bias in how you assess his posts otherwise and deserved to be called out. If your problem is with long, oddly formatted and colored posts that constantly rehash the same topics, then say so. No reason to add "he/she is extremely liberal." You could have made what I assume is your actual point by simply noting that the poster also regularly brings off-topic political conversation into threads.
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05-20-2021 01:59 PM |
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HuskyU
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
Soooooooooooooooooo nasty.
Keep up the good work Jed!
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05-20-2021 02:01 PM |
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BraveKnight
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
Imagine being so obnoxious that multiple threads are made just to complain about you... and you still don’t get the message.
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05-20-2021 02:12 PM |
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Tiger1983
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 02:01 PM)HuskyU Wrote: Soooooooooooooooooo nasty.
Keep up the good work Jed!
I heard UConn went undefeated in football last season. Congrats!
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05-20-2021 03:09 PM |
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slhNavy91
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 03:09 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote: (05-20-2021 02:01 PM)HuskyU Wrote: Soooooooooooooooooo nasty.
Keep up the good work Jed!
I heard UConn went undefeated in football last season. Congrats!
AND lost a lot less than $8 million dollars!!!
2020 was a great season for UConn
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05-20-2021 03:12 PM |
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mustangxc
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 02:01 PM)HuskyU Wrote: Soooooooooooooooooo nasty.
Keep up the good work Jed!
I thought you would be busy watching a re-run of last night's RHOBH season premiere!
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05-20-2021 03:39 PM |
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HuskyU
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
It sure was. Safely in the MBB NCAA tourney despite an overall mediocre record. Feels great to be back in a conference where we can actually compete for National Championships!
(05-20-2021 03:12 PM)slhNavy91 Wrote: (05-20-2021 03:09 PM)Tiger1983 Wrote: (05-20-2021 02:01 PM)HuskyU Wrote: Soooooooooooooooooo nasty.
Keep up the good work Jed!
I heard UConn went undefeated in football last season. Congrats!
AND lost a lot less than $8 million dollars!!!
2020 was a great season for UConn
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05-20-2021 03:43 PM |
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HuskyU
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 03:39 PM)mustangxc Wrote: (05-20-2021 02:01 PM)HuskyU Wrote: Soooooooooooooooooo nasty.
Keep up the good work Jed!
I thought you would be busy watching a re-run of last night's RHOBH season premiere!
Glad I DVR'd it. It was juicier than y'alls Penny threads.
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05-20-2021 03:46 PM |
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Nameless
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-19-2021 03:21 PM)bill dazzle Wrote: The "Milburn Drysdale fan" of the board has been very gracious toward me in various posts. And, to be fair, Jed is passionate and knowledgeable about college sports (he also seems to be strongly into music, which I respect). I also believe that he genuinely cares about the AAC. I have zero problems with Jed personally and actually like him (as much as any of us can "like" a fellow poster we've never met).
However (and Jed if you're reading this please note I post with no malice), the massive amounts of copy and color truly can clutter the board. It's overwhelming at times.
So, Jed, as Granny would say "Let's get them critters under control" (the younger folks on the board might be baffled by that one).
Bill, you're an incredibly nice poster. I'm not sure why anyone would legitimately attack you, lol. Most of the shots I've seen taken at you have been tongue in cheek because you support a lot of teams, and some people think it makes you less of a "real fan." If he attacked you, he would really have issues
I think what really rubs me the wrong way (and probably a lot of others on this board) is his combination of a holier than thou attitude and the hypocrisy of how he treats others but then expects to be treated in return. He utilizes this pseudo intellectual style of posting to make himself feel smarter than those he's talking to. He'll take veiled shots at people while referencing his doctoral studies and imply that people who don't have the time to read his ridiculously long posts simply can't handle intellectual discussion... Yet 99.9% of the time he could have made the exact same point he was making in 1/10th the words at most (which I think most people would agree is a true demonstration of intellectual aptitude), and they're almost always regurgitated points he has made ad nauseam on this board. Yet if you point out a flaw in one of his points or take a similar veiled shot, he acts as if you have no class and blocks you. Most of his points aren't even academic in nature, but are instead cherry picked stats or stats framed in a way to support his narrative. Contrast this to someone like slhnavy, who makes long posts from time to time but only when he's utilizing legitimate data to support his point, and is liked by most if not all on this board. Is it that people on this board can't handle intellectual discussion? Or that Jed himself is incapable of having intellectual discussion with those he disagrees with? To any impartial observer, I think that answer is obvious.
As others have pointed out, yes you can block him, but you'll still see his posts as others reply to them. He makes threads unreadable significantly more often than contributing anything of actual value to the discussions he takes part in. I know you've said he's long in the tooth, and I get the same feeling... But his attitude is often incredibly childish.
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gulfcoastgal
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 03:46 PM)HuskyU Wrote: (05-20-2021 03:39 PM)mustangxc Wrote: (05-20-2021 02:01 PM)HuskyU Wrote: Soooooooooooooooooo nasty.
Keep up the good work Jed!
I thought you would be busy watching a re-run of last night's RHOBH season premiere!
Glad I DVR'd it. It was juicier than y'alls Penny threads.
My point exactly!
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2021 03:53 PM by gulfcoastgal.)
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05-20-2021 03:51 PM |
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BraveKnight
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 03:48 PM)Nameless Wrote: (05-19-2021 03:21 PM)bill dazzle Wrote: The "Milburn Drysdale fan" of the board has been very gracious toward me in various posts. And, to be fair, Jed is passionate and knowledgeable about college sports (he also seems to be strongly into music, which I respect). I also believe that he genuinely cares about the AAC. I have zero problems with Jed personally and actually like him (as much as any of us can "like" a fellow poster we've never met).
However (and Jed if you're reading this please note I post with no malice), the massive amounts of copy and color truly can clutter the board. It's overwhelming at times.
So, Jed, as Granny would say "Let's get them critters under control" (the younger folks on the board might be baffled by that one).
Bill, you're an incredibly nice poster. I'm not sure why anyone would legitimately attack you, lol. Most of the shots I've seen taken at you have been tongue in cheek because you support a lot of teams, and some people think it makes you less of a "real fan." If he attacked you, he would really have issues
I think what really rubs me the wrong way (and probably a lot of others on this board) is his combination of a holier than thou attitude and the hypocrisy of how he treats others but then expects to be treated in return. He utilizes this pseudo intellectual style of posting to make himself feel smarter than those he's talking to. He'll take veiled shots at people while referencing his doctoral studies and imply that people who don't have the time to read his ridiculously long posts simply can't handle intellectual discussion... Yet 99.9% of the time he could have made the exact same point he was making in 1/10th the words at most (which I think most people would agree is a true demonstration of intellectual aptitude), and they're almost always regurgitated points he has made ad nauseam on this board. Yet if you point out a flaw in one of his points or take a similar veiled shot, he acts as if you have no class and blocks you. Most of his points aren't even academic in nature, but are instead cherry picked stats or stats framed in a way to support his narrative. Contrast this to someone like slhnavy, who makes long posts from time to time but only when he's utilizing legitimate data to support his point, and is liked by most if not all on this board. Is it that people on this board can't handle intellectual discussion? Or that Jed himself is incapable of having intellectual discussion with those he disagrees with? To any impartial observer, I think that answer is obvious.
As others have pointed out, yes you can block him, but you'll still see his posts as others reply to them. He makes threads unreadable significantly more often than contributing anything of actual value to the discussions he takes part in. I know you've said he's long in the tooth, and I get the same feeling... But his attitude is often incredibly childish.
Couldn’t have explained it any better. Another issue is that he refuses to acknowledge that he is ever wrong, and if you take a shot at him or simply disagree with him, he just puts you on his “ignore list” and pretends like he’s “taking the high road” in doing so.
(This post was last modified: 05-20-2021 04:00 PM by BraveKnight.)
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05-20-2021 03:58 PM |
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Nameless
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 01:59 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote: (05-20-2021 06:30 AM)billybobby777 Wrote: (05-20-2021 03:24 AM)CitrusUCF Wrote: (05-19-2021 01:22 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: There’s a certain user who derails every thread he/she takes part in. Whenever anyone complains we are told to use the ignore feature. That’s BS. This posters comments can still be seen when others reply to him/her thus ruining interesting thread topics I want to read. This poster can be seen in every thread involving AAC expansion and many political threads. He/she is extremely liberal. Wont say poster’s name....the spam this poster puts out should make it obvious. The board has become almost unreadable because of him/her.
So his posts would be fine if he was extremely conservative? His political viewpoints seem utterly irrelevant to complaints about posting style.
No his SPAM posts WOULD NOT BE FINE if he was extremely conservative. I should have simply put some of his spam on the AAC board is political partisan stuff not meant for a sports board. I suppose I’ll ask you if the reason you put up with his spam is because you agree with him politically?
Who said I "put up with his spam"? I generally read right past it because the formatting and colors don't work for me. I frankly didn't know what his political leanings are, and I consider those to be irrelevant unless they become a regular occurrence in posts. And since I rarely read those posts, it doesn't really matter a hill of beans to me.
I just thought that adding your quip about his liberalism showed a point of bias in how you assess his posts otherwise and deserved to be called out. If your problem is with long, oddly formatted and colored posts that constantly rehash the same topics, then say so. No reason to add "he/she is extremely liberal." You could have made what I assume is your actual point by simply noting that the poster also regularly brings off-topic political conversation into threads.
I watched him launch into a tirade about respecting LGBT people like a week ago for a tongue in cheek joke about gays not liking football. Like it was obviously a joke, and did not warrant some lecture/talking down to yet he felt it was justified. Growing up 10-15 minutes outside of Yale, I often associate this attitude with staunch liberals who feel the need to prop themselves up at the expense of others. In this social media era, we've all come across people like this (and yes, I'm aware there are conservatives that are the exact same way.) When I read his post, I had a similar "jfc, what an obnoxious liberal" moment myself, lol. Obviously this shows my own bias, but it's not like I hate all liberals or anything as I have a lot of friends who are staunch democrats. Perhaps he could've worded his point better but I don't think he was taking a shot at all liberals, as it came across. Think he was just venting his frustration with the holier than thou attitude this poster likes to cop with people
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05-20-2021 04:02 PM |
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bill dazzle
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 03:48 PM)Nameless Wrote: (05-19-2021 03:21 PM)bill dazzle Wrote: The "Milburn Drysdale fan" of the board has been very gracious toward me in various posts. And, to be fair, Jed is passionate and knowledgeable about college sports (he also seems to be strongly into music, which I respect). I also believe that he genuinely cares about the AAC. I have zero problems with Jed personally and actually like him (as much as any of us can "like" a fellow poster we've never met).
However (and Jed if you're reading this please note I post with no malice), the massive amounts of copy and color truly can clutter the board. It's overwhelming at times.
So, Jed, as Granny would say "Let's get them critters under control" (the younger folks on the board might be baffled by that one).
Bill, you're an incredibly nice poster. I'm not sure why anyone would legitimately attack you, lol. Most of the shots I've seen taken at you have been tongue in cheek because you support a lot of teams, and some people think it makes you less of a "real fan." If he attacked you, he would really have issues
I think what really rubs me the wrong way (and probably a lot of others on this board) is his combination of a holier than thou attitude and the hypocrisy of how he treats others but then expects to be treated in return. He utilizes this pseudo intellectual style of posting to make himself feel smarter than those he's talking to. He'll take veiled shots at people while referencing his doctoral studies and imply that people who don't have the time to read his ridiculously long posts simply can't handle intellectual discussion... Yet 99.9% of the time he could have made the exact same point he was making in 1/10th the words at most (which I think most people would agree is a true demonstration of intellectual aptitude), and they're almost always regurgitated points he has made ad nauseam on this board. Yet if you point out a flaw in one of his points or take a similar veiled shot, he acts as if you have no class and blocks you. Most of his points aren't even academic in nature, but are instead cherry picked stats or stats framed in a way to support his narrative. Contrast this to someone like slhnavy, who makes long posts from time to time but only when he's utilizing legitimate data to support his point, and is liked by most if not all on this board. Is it that people on this board can't handle intellectual discussion? Or that Jed himself is incapable of having intellectual discussion with those he disagrees with? To any impartial observer, I think that answer is obvious.
As others have pointed out, yes you can block him, but you'll still see his posts as others reply to them. He makes threads unreadable significantly more often than contributing anything of actual value to the discussions he takes part in. I know you've said he's long in the tooth, and I get the same feeling... But his attitude is often incredibly childish.
Kind words, Nameless. I can't recall one poster who has been dismissive or even malicious in addressing my support of multiple teams. I've gotten some "playful ribbing," which I am fully fine with!
As to Jed, I will say (and to be critical of him) he has been unfairly rough on UConn. He has hammered the Husky program for cheating while not also noting that Memphis (and other AAC programs) have had scandals too. I don't like that lack of consistency — and I'm a Memphis fan.
In contrast, Jed has been very polite with me in multiple posts, so it's tough for me to be too hard on him. Plus, any man who enjoys the legendary TV show The Beverly Hillbillies is OK in my book.
On a serious note (and, Jed, if you are reading), I would like to see Jed reel it in a good bit.
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robertfoshizzle
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RE: Why is spam allowed on this board?
(05-20-2021 04:02 PM)Nameless Wrote: (05-20-2021 01:59 PM)CitrusUCF Wrote: (05-20-2021 06:30 AM)billybobby777 Wrote: (05-20-2021 03:24 AM)CitrusUCF Wrote: (05-19-2021 01:22 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: There’s a certain user who derails every thread he/she takes part in. Whenever anyone complains we are told to use the ignore feature. That’s BS. This posters comments can still be seen when others reply to him/her thus ruining interesting thread topics I want to read. This poster can be seen in every thread involving AAC expansion and many political threads. He/she is extremely liberal. Wont say poster’s name....the spam this poster puts out should make it obvious. The board has become almost unreadable because of him/her.
So his posts would be fine if he was extremely conservative? His political viewpoints seem utterly irrelevant to complaints about posting style.
No his SPAM posts WOULD NOT BE FINE if he was extremely conservative. I should have simply put some of his spam on the AAC board is political partisan stuff not meant for a sports board. I suppose I’ll ask you if the reason you put up with his spam is because you agree with him politically?
Who said I "put up with his spam"? I generally read right past it because the formatting and colors don't work for me. I frankly didn't know what his political leanings are, and I consider those to be irrelevant unless they become a regular occurrence in posts. And since I rarely read those posts, it doesn't really matter a hill of beans to me.
I just thought that adding your quip about his liberalism showed a point of bias in how you assess his posts otherwise and deserved to be called out. If your problem is with long, oddly formatted and colored posts that constantly rehash the same topics, then say so. No reason to add "he/she is extremely liberal." You could have made what I assume is your actual point by simply noting that the poster also regularly brings off-topic political conversation into threads.
I watched him launch into a tirade about respecting LGBT people like a week ago for a tongue in cheek joke about gays not liking football. Like it was obviously a joke, and did not warrant some lecture/talking down to yet he felt it was justified. Growing up 10-15 minutes outside of Yale, I often associate this attitude with staunch liberals who feel the need to prop themselves up at the expense of others. In this social media era, we've all come across people like this (and yes, I'm aware there are conservatives that are the exact same way.) When I read his post, I had a similar "jfc, what an obnoxious liberal" moment myself, lol. Obviously this shows my own bias, but it's not like I hate all liberals or anything as I have a lot of friends who are staunch democrats. Perhaps he could've worded his point better but I don't think he was taking a shot at all liberals, as it came across. Think he was just venting his frustration with the holier than thou attitude this poster likes to cop with people
I love the LGBTQ community (and humanity in general) and support their rights to live, work, and love as they please. I can also take a joke. Some people are too easily offended.
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