Should we trial moving political threads to a new forum?

Discussion in 'Bulletin Board' started by Gally, Sep 24, 2019.

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Is it time to move political threads to their own forum?

Poll closed Oct 1, 2019.

  1. Yes

    139 vote(s)
    64.4%

  2. No

    77 vote(s)
    35.6%
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  1. dek

    dekparker Well-Known Member

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    tha bet me to it mukka lol
     
    dekparker, Sep 25, 2019
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    leebrilleaux Well-Known Member

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    Official - The Backstop has been removed............... well, at least Bairstow has.
     
    leebrilleaux, Sep 25, 2019
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  3. Red

    Red-Taff. Well-Known Member

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    Have been on this site a number of years and don't recall reading any abusive/insulting posts about football.

    That is not the case on the political threads. There has been a lot of nasty personal attacks made on posters especially those who are 'Leavers.'

    Political threads have been repeatedly hijacked by the same posters who are intent on promoting their own personal political mantra/agenda.
    Basically it's a case of subtle bullying - if you support leaving-don't condemn Johnson and Trump-don't support Corbyn etc. etc. you will be personally abused.

    And most worryingly of all, as we have seen, a political thread can be used to promote very extreme views with newspaper reports/articles included.
    As long as those views remain on this site it can be argued that the site supports those views.

    I would like to see a political threads separated from the football ones and I think the political threads should be moderated.
     
    Red-Taff., Sep 25, 2019
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    Omen Well-Known Member

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    Any chance we can close the bbs forum down apart for this poll until the vote is finished? ;)
     
    Omen, Sep 25, 2019
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    Redsnut Well-Known Member

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    Please
     
    Redsnut, Sep 25, 2019
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    John Peachy Well-Known Member

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    Gerry Taggart & Mick McCarthy are clearly what is needed.
     
    John Peachy, Sep 25, 2019
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    Peterborough bye election
     
    DSLRed, Sep 25, 2019
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    Darfield138 Well-Known Member

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    You could also ask the priminister of the day to misuse £130,000,000 of public funds to send a letter to each house in the country making an unsubstantiated claim about how much it would cost each household if they dared vote against the status quo
     
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    Darfield138, Sep 25, 2019
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  9. Gally

    Gally Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Is he on the BBS?
     
    Gally, Sep 25, 2019
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    TitusMagee Well-Known Member

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    Or pieminister o_O
     
    TitusMagee, Sep 25, 2019
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    Darfield138 Well-Known Member

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    Is the bus on the BBS??
     
    Darfield138, Sep 25, 2019
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    So posters on here who are Remainers, ant- Boris, anti-Trump are subtle bullies and are condoned by site admin. As for not recalling reading anything abusive/ insulting on here about football related threads, well where To start with this.
     
    Tarntyke, Sep 25, 2019
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    This isn’t a bulletin board for football and never has been. It’s a board for people who follow BFC to come on and discuss all sorts of things. Everything in life has links to politics so to remove such posts from here just will not work.
     
    bright red, Sep 25, 2019
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    Wow. No insults on football related threads? Seriously? That’s actually so far off the truth it’s nearly funny.

    And people who dare to have an opinion contrary to the leavers are ‘subtle bullies’.

    ‘Nasty, personal attacks’. From remainers, not anything untoward said by leavers then?

    For a post supposedly condemning discussing politics, it doesn’t half nail your colours to the mast.
     
    troff, Sep 25, 2019
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    I agree. The town and it's history are interwoven, the football club is an expression of that. It's what gives us our unique identity. What has prompted this debate is the uniquely devisive subject of brexit. I'm p#ssed off a bit because remainers attack leavers by calling us racist, thick etc. I have two degrees, first in economics, second in commercial law. Every time I post some facts about the EU, it just goes quiet and kills the thread but I have to suck up endless threads from others who have fallen for the big business backed liberal elite who push propaganda about how great the EU is
     
    Darfield138, Sep 25, 2019
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    Unfortunately the leavers quote facts drip fed to them by the media, brainwashing by any other name. It's not surprising they are not taken seriously as they have no clue about the workings of the EU, or the danger of relying on the fecking Tory party to have free reign to do what they want. Boris has lied and cheated his whole career but Brexit eh?
     
    dartonpete, Sep 26, 2019
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    Here we go - It was only a matter of time before this thread itself turned into one of those threads that begat the question in the original post.
     
    Eutychus, Sep 26, 2019
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  18. Euroman

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    No it would remove some interest in what has become a dull boring BBS.
     
    Euroman, Sep 26, 2019
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    No, absolutely not, debate on all fronts is healthy
     
    judith charmers, Sep 26, 2019
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  20. Gordon Owen

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    Exactly why it needs binding.

    The forum has spoken.
     
    Gordon Owen, Sep 26, 2019
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