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Tim wrote:So just so I got this right, someone is offended by what someone else wrote in a political forum after they voluntarily clicked on the thread and read it?

wart57 wrote:

GeddyWrox wrote:I don't post as much in baseball talk as a lot of others because my understanding of the game just isn't on par with most of the other posters. But I read almost every topic from beginning to end.

I post in Social a lot, and of late, quite a bit in the political topics. I tend to do so more here than anywhere else because of the caliber of posters that represent all sides of the topics at hand. Yes, the board leans left. But there is a balance that exists here that doesn't elsewhere. It's the relative civility that others have mentioned. Even though it gets heated sometimes, there isn't even 1/10th of the nastiness here that you get in public message boards and comment sections. I get so disheartened by what I see in those comments. By and large, I don't get that same feeling here, even when we're debating something very heated. And I appreciate the hell out of that.

I agree, the comments on facebook and other message boards are horrible. Folks trying to say the most terrible things they can think of just to piss other people off.

jim wrote:

wart57 wrote:

GeddyWrox wrote:I don't post as much in baseball talk as a lot of others because my understanding of the game just isn't on par with most of the other posters. But I read almost every topic from beginning to end.

I post in Social a lot, and of late, quite a bit in the political topics. I tend to do so more here than anywhere else because of the caliber of posters that represent all sides of the topics at hand. Yes, the board leans left. But there is a balance that exists here that doesn't elsewhere. It's the relative civility that others have mentioned. Even though it gets heated sometimes, there isn't even 1/10th of the nastiness here that you get in public message boards and comment sections. I get so disheartened by what I see in those comments. By and large, I don't get that same feeling here, even when we're debating something very heated. And I appreciate the hell out of that.

I agree, the comments on facebook and other message boards are horrible. Folks trying to say the most terrible things they can think of just to piss other people off.

I don't have a facebook reference point, but I can guess that you are right.

jim wrote:

wart57 wrote:

GeddyWrox wrote:I don't post as much in baseball talk as a lot of others because my understanding of the game just isn't on par with most of the other posters. But I read almost every topic from beginning to end.

I post in Social a lot, and of late, quite a bit in the political topics. I tend to do so more here than anywhere else because of the caliber of posters that represent all sides of the topics at hand. Yes, the board leans left. But there is a balance that exists here that doesn't elsewhere. It's the relative civility that others have mentioned. Even though it gets heated sometimes, there isn't even 1/10th of the nastiness here that you get in public message boards and comment sections. I get so disheartened by what I see in those comments. By and large, I don't get that same feeling here, even when we're debating something very heated. And I appreciate the hell out of that.

I agree, the comments on facebook and other message boards are horrible. Folks trying to say the most terrible things they can think of just to piss other people off.

I don't have a facebook reference point, but I can guess that you are right.

thrill wrote:

TimeForGuinness wrote:Discussing baseball should always been more important (and more of the focus) than discussing politics. Always.

I think it is. It's just that it's politics playoff season and baseball isn't doing [expletive] for another week, so it'll get better from here.

jim wrote:

heyzeus wrote:The offseason is like 5 months long. What are we gonna do, spend 150 days talking about Jed Gyorko? The nice thing about a general purpose message board is that people can suggest any topic they want, and everyone can either participate or not, based on their level of interest.

When baseball comes back, there will be more focus on baseball topics. I guess we could just shut down GRB the day the Cardinals are eliminated and take it out of mothballs during spring training, but I don't see the point.

I know it's not everyones cup of tea, but November is the AFL, Dec-Feb is the Caribbean leagues, college baseball starts this weekend... There is baseball all year. Last year I know I had a winter league thread but it wasn't generating much interest.

TimeForGuinness wrote:

thrill wrote:

TimeForGuinness wrote:Discussing baseball should always been more important (and more of the focus) than discussing politics. Always.

I think it is. It's just that it's politics playoff season and baseball isn't doing [expletive] for another week, so it'll get better from here.

I really hate when I get caught changing my grammar around...always a rush when typing at work.

lukethedrifter wrote:

jim wrote:

wart57 wrote:

GeddyWrox wrote:I don't post as much in baseball talk as a lot of others because my understanding of the game just isn't on par with most of the other posters. But I read almost every topic from beginning to end.

I post in Social a lot, and of late, quite a bit in the political topics. I tend to do so more here than anywhere else because of the caliber of posters that represent all sides of the topics at hand. Yes, the board leans left. But there is a balance that exists here that doesn't elsewhere. It's the relative civility that others have mentioned. Even though it gets heated sometimes, there isn't even 1/10th of the nastiness here that you get in public message boards and comment sections. I get so disheartened by what I see in those comments. By and large, I don't get that same feeling here, even when we're debating something very heated. And I appreciate the hell out of that.

I agree, the comments on facebook and other message boards are horrible. Folks trying to say the most terrible things they can think of just to piss other people off.

I don't have a facebook reference point, but I can guess that you are right.

I don't think it's about Facebook as it is about the comments sections of Internet news stories. If you ever read an online newspaper or any article then went down to the comments section you will see what he's referring to.