Can we please stop turning everything into a political attack thread

a reply to: AaarghZombies

If something isn't about politics, let's not make it about politics, and if "the other guy" tries to make it about politics, let's not oblige them.

But...biden biden biden,.trump, trump, biden trump trump, AOC?

But...your thread is attacking politics in threads, so it is basically a political attack thread.

Politics in general should be banned unless it is a conspiracy. Plenty of other websites that focus on political discourse. ATS suffers from an identity problem. Who wants to post about ufos, mysterious entities, paranormal, and conspiracy, when it is very much drowned out by political threads dominating the new and recent forum selection.

Im very guilty of contributing to political threads, but im all for abolishing them. They really dilute and have destroyed what ATS used to be about.

Politics are junkfood. If you leave the option to eat doughnuts, people are going to gravitate towards it.

Im sure the owner(s) would be scared of losing political discourse clicks, but if ATS just continues its path on being a worse version of reddit then it will lose its niche catch.

ATS should be a niche, not a reddit wannabe. Just my opinion though.

originally posted by: AaarghZombies
This is the rant forum, so I'm going to rant about how so many people are trying take absolutely anything and everything and turn it into some kind of political attack thread.

It snowed in Texas and millions of people were plunged into a potentially life threatening situation, and what was ATS's response. A dozen threads blaming TrumpRepublicans and a dozen more blaming BidenDemocrats. For a disaster that was largely caused by private companies cheap skating on infrastructure investments.

And this is just one example of who knows how many.

Somebody gets shot in a robbery, and suddenly there are dozens of threads blaming Biden for encouraging liberal, or Trump for encouraging white supremacists, and we lose track of the fact that the problem is endemic violence and poverty and start arguing over gun grabbers and racists hiding under your beds.

Somebody wants to dumb down the math curriculum in one state, and suddenly it's Biden trying to make math "less white". Even though that's not what the news story was about, and even though it was local decision that had absolutely nothing to do with Biden.

Somebody farts on a crowded bus and then denies it, and who could have guessed it, it's due to trump locking up children, or building a wall, or whatever the meme of the days is.

Can people please stop trying to make everything about BidenTrump. Particularly if its something that happens at the state or local level and is completely unrelated to national politics.

I don't want to hear anybody moaning "But THEY make everything about politicsracegenderThe Kardashian", stop, please just stop.

Let's take back ATS for proper conspiracies, not stupid political attacks.

Let's admit that we're almost all humans here, and while we might not like "the other guy's" politics, they're most probably human as well. So let's start acting like they're human and not villains out of a bad TV movie with stupid illogical motivations.

If something isn't about politics, let's not make it about politics, and if "the other guy" tries to make it about politics, let's not oblige them.

And there are members from other countries around these here parts as well.
Hell, I’m considering moving to Texas (illegally) just to get a better grasp on the American dream.

I figure if I get booted I can hang out on Christmas Island until I get priority housing in Australia.
All I have to do is burn my documents and not answer any questions or speak a word. Ever.

originally posted by: Grenade
a reply to: AaarghZombies

Did you just make a thread about Biden / Trump asking people to stop making threads about Biden / Trump?

I’ll get my coat.

lol. It’s the new normal. Not a thread. A rant!

I’ll finish my beer.

originally posted by: Grenade
a reply to: AaarghZombies

Did you just make a thread about Biden / Trump asking people to stop making threads about Biden / Trump?

I’ll get my coat.

lol. They did! I think this thread is about politics poisoning non political threads.

The great derailer.

originally posted by: TheAlleghenyGentleman
a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

So true. I like my micky mao shirt a lot

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