The Politics and Religion forum on TER was created as a result of a series of politically themed threads that went so far to the right side a single letter was often the only clue there was something there.

Albeit, a rather mutated P&R form of it. Some of what you have to say is valid about the decline of the board, but I'm sure not universal agreement about all elements of your jeremiad. The ultimate decision if the board stays or goes is up to those who post here & administration, NOT a single disgruntled hobbyist.

I agree at times things are said that are below the belt.
When you look at the Trump campaign and how they do things.
The Trump supporters act the same way with their racism and lies.
So if they start with that garbage, then I will respond and won't shy away from it either.

...Do any of us have a vote as to how this board should be run?  This board belongs to TER and they can do whatever the hell they want with it.  It's their ball so they make the rules.  With ignorant fools like you being one of the most frequent posters, Gonzo's idea doesn't sound half-bad.

Speaking of ignorant fools. Sorry if your vocabulary is so limited. Why don't you go off & harass someone, more your style, or better yet, look for your burial plot ? Even geriatric hobbyists need to plan ahead. Btw, being the # 2 poster on this board ( an appropriate # for you ) I find your rant against me being a prolific poster to be moronically ironic.

Doc is complaining about with this P&R forum. Lol

specific point somewhere in your WORDY diatribe that even remotely explains how you have come to this flawed conclusion?

Most of the heavy posters make no pretense about being here to “discuss the issues.” They simply post newspaper headlines, assert a position, and, as soon as someone disagrees with them, they start name calling. Put em on ignore- they’re gone.  

You sometimes really have to wonder about people. Lol

If you need more proof listen to conservative media and Fox Fake News.

There will always be trolls on any internet forum, if TER shuts down every forum that has trolls there will be no discussion groups left. My suggestion would be to moderate out the posters that do nothing but call each other names & contribute nothing to the forum subject.

If I said, 'My dentist advised me to floss," we would both understand that the dentist was a free person in full ownership of himself, but because of an ongoing relationship and transaction of goods and services, we would both also understand that I have a sense of ownership that allows such a statement to be sensible.

Why is he so hellbent on closing it down if he's no longer participating ? How is its continuing existence adversely affecting him ?

Over the years this board has given voice to a lot of hatred and bullying. Of course, for most of that time, the board was dominated by angry white make conservatives mostly crying out that the days depicted by Norman Rockwell have been replaced with a world a tad more egalitarian.

brings back people to read and post here.
Also, the board is no worse than it was before it was shut down and moderated.  Gonzo is hypersensitive.

He may be communicating back channel. He may be making suggestions to TERadmin. So I don’t know if it is accurate to say he is “no longer a regular here.”  Obviously, he has continued to monitor the Board and put some thought into his post.

Politics and Religion board guidelines per TER: We made a special place on TER just for the guys who “REALLY” want to debate what is going on in politics. If this is your thing, put your gloves and hard hats on and come in.

...dialogue but for P&R exchange of opinions. Politics are meant to be disagreeable. If it isn't disagreeable chances are it's not a political forum but a religious cult that you're participating in. Some discussions get heated, and on forums like this you should expect most of the people to be exchanging stupid one-liners that while usually reveal their political leanings add nothing substantive to the discussion itself.  

That's your philosophy?  

Is there anything else on other than retards making fools of themselves?

That too has been taken care of by TER.  Anyone can read a post and if they feel it is offensive or insulting, they can click the button below the post.  TER admin will then take care of it.

oh wait, I just checked - yep there's bg30 trying to make this about Trump, and Laffy painting me as a Trump supporter even though he knows better. But he gets a pass since I singled him out as the loudest noise in the room.  

So you seem to leave out the white people crying about losing this country.
Also the same people crying about affirmative action too.
I know you are a closet Trump supporter and it works both ways.

I guess he does not watch the news or listen to the radio much.

jumped right in and, without even realizing it, proved you were right.  lol

"hijacking" a thread means????

He considers them collateral damage when he nukes the entire middle east.  Need a job in the nuclear waste removal industry?  He's hiring!

Actually it's not only white people who cry about affirmative action. You're forgetting a very important and ever increasing segment of American population. Black people who got somewhere exclusively on their own merit often cry about affirmative action too.  

...how do you know that I didn't mention my own in that post? I mean I wouldn't expect you bigguy30 to ever criticize the racioethnic group you belong to but don't judge everybody by your own standards. Between the two of us you're the one who's a hypocrite and religious zealot to boot.  

And I don't see any of the gruffness that would suggest it is anything but a forum to discuss ideas. Like a lot of threads, it doesn't always stick to the subject presented in the OP, but...oh well.

I will say it again, you are not slick and sound very foolish.
The more you post comments the truth comes out about you.

I know you don't like to hear the truth about your GOP party or supporters.
Just stop your garbage and my comments tied into this thread too.

Also suffering from delusions of adequacy, conditions that you need to seek attention for ASAP.

I have browsed this forum almost every day for the past 14+ years. For a time, I was even the "secret" Moderator for this board.
I only censored a post or thread unless it really went overboard in violating TER guidelines.I don't recall ever shutting down a sub-thread as happens all too frequently today.
I always got rations of shit for decisions i made, but I did my damnedest to be fair, even when the comments rankled me to the point of anger (blatant and openly Antisemitic comments by the likes of funtime69 or tallslim26 come to mind. They were awful but I could not find any TER violations, so I had to let them stand).  

I could be wrong, but don't see that happening. Do you ?

About the only rules that were mandatory during my "administration" were no outing of personal information, no blatant personal threats, and no using more than one alias or handle in the same thread. I read every single post made here for years and never pulled more than a handful and those were mainly for multiple aliases and almost never for content.

My second thought was BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

...Barry is your masta, the masta of ya' brain. "Barry says go right - bigguy go right, Barry says go left biggay go left." You joined yourself at his hip. And what you accused me of, that's what you are: the greatest hypocrite that ever contributed here. Hipo-hipo-hipo-crite! Back in the day Bob Marley wrote a song about the likes of you (attached).  

The truth is really getting to your dumb ass and I love it.
 

I been around for a little while now and your comments are atill not working.
 

But it's probably what most are thinking.

It's like a guy who's somewhat colorblind who cannot distinguish blue from green and winds up wearing mismatching socks.

...dialog about the nature of this board.

IKR? Pretty amusing.

I was wondering when you gonna throw some cliche out there. I could predict your single track thinking 20 steps ahead. Racist-shamasist-masist. Shove your racist up your assis. You're so totally lost you wouldn't know where your dick is. Or is it your pussy little girl? Come on wussy girl, show us who hides behind that alias? Are you afraid? Oh you poor baby..

So anybody with a brain can see you have some racist view points yourself.
Trump supporters don't want to hear the truth and call other people racists.
Just to cover their own racists mindset.

Not unusual for the uneducated lower class.

...there are those for whom anything said against their master Barry is racist. They're called idiots. Look in the mirror you'd see one.  

Nobody really slammed you, except for TER admin....but it's cool. You said your piece. Feel better?

You have proven once again.
Trump is your guy and you are hiding it.
Thanks for more laughs.

...and people like you will elect Trump. Your brain is just too underdeveloped to see that.

You are a clueless fool.
Thanks for more laughs clown.

Trump said that he loves poorly educated people and you're a poster child for such a Trump supporter! You and your other two stooge brothers, ChoosyCynic and Laffe - the three idiots of a kind! Ha ha ha! Come on little girl, put yourself out some more!  

So your comments keep exposing your denial and desperation.
It's funny laughing at how weak you are and to top it off.
You are a secret Trump supporter that keeps talking out of both sides of your mouth.
Thanks for more laughs and you sound like a weak bitch on here. Lol