Potty Politics: Weird Moments

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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by Rorschach » Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:01 pm

In regards to this;
I think he has been disrespectful of others views,
.

I just noticed a few comments from Noni and Lucy and Brittany... do you honestly think they have any respect for his point of view. Brittany doesn't show any, Lucy called him rude when he wasn't and Noni for all intents and purposes set up a strawman calling him a hypocrite and a liar.

Sorry, but your standards seem to go one way only there Miranda.
You seem to let your politics colour your view of what is being said and how.

Anyhow good luck with the blog, even if dissent doesn't seen welcome there.

At least here you can give as good as you get.
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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by therealmiranda » Sun Jan 06, 2013 6:25 pm

Well I guess the comments are all open to interpretation. I did see his poem, but I had replied to a few different comments from Geoff already so left it. I enjoyed his feedback on the fast tracking post and I saw today he has commented on a Steve jobs post I wrote about a year ago. I especially enjoyed his contribution to the twitter post.

Brittany is a fan of the Facebook page and we spoke to her after she commented, she admitted to having commented quite rashly and chose to bow out. We chose not to delete the comment as Geoff seemed to deal with it himself. Noni was questioning his definition of conservatism, I don't think she was trying to paint Geoff as a hypocrite but clarify some of his points.

Ultimately the comments on the embrace post were sparked by Geoff's comments. Again, if he has a problem with them - we know he is a reader/contributor of this forum so he will most likely see this - he can contact us via email and let us know.

And yes, so far a lot of our readers have shared our viewpoints so Geoff is the guinea pig of an opposite view point, but text is open to interpretation and what you interpreted as a light comment, others have found rude. I'm not Geoff so I don't know the intention behind his comments but I appreciate the time he has taken to go through the site, sometimes I do wonder how much of the post he reads before choosing to comment though.

Feel free to comment on the posts, we love to hear others thoughts but on issues such as gay marriage, in terms of our site, if you hold an opinion similar to Geoff's you will be in the minority. I respect both yours and Geoff's right to disagree with any of our content, but remember it is hard to determine tone in text. While Geoff may have been offended by Noni, Brittany and Lucy - others have been offended by Geoff, whether or not that was the intention.

And again, email us with any concerns or if you'd like to contribute to the site.

Thanks for the feedback, we have taken it on board. : :)

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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by IQS.RLOW » Sun Jan 06, 2013 7:58 pm

The politics section does have a left wing bent - because it is opinion and I'm not reporting the news, and I am clearly left wing
The intardwebz needs another leftwing blog like it needs another porn website
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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by therealmiranda » Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:07 pm

This place is so welcoming.

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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by Rorschach » Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:10 pm

Well I won't be going there.
Talk about take offence at nothing.

If you take offence at someone joking about you "seeing the light...." you got real issues. If a whole group of you see it as offensive you all have issues.

Here's a saying that seems more and more relevant the more LW Progs I run into.

"If a man is not a socialist in his youth, he has no heart. If he is not a conservative by the time he is 30 he has no head."
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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by IQS.RLOW » Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:20 pm

therealmiranda wrote:This place is so welcoming.
Politics is not for the feint of heart nor for the thin of skin...
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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by Rorschach » Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:30 pm

Noni was questioning his definition of conservatism, I don't think she was trying to paint Geoff as a hypocrite but clarify some of his points.
Pull the other one Miranda, not even the most gullible person on the net is going to believe that one. She was trying to be clever and she built a strawman in order to infer he was a hypocrite.

Only the truly dumb or biased would agree with your summation of what she did, or was trying to do.

Anyhow like I said. Good luck with your blog.
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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by Aussie » Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:32 pm

Hang around 'therealmiranda.' This place needs as much new vitality as it can get.

:)

You are needlessly anxious about making Roach happy. He is only ever content if everything happens as he requires, and everyone agrees with everything he says.

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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by Rorschach » Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:44 pm

Hey Arsie

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Some things Miranda should know about you.

You are so dumb you were having a go at her because you thought she was batting for the other side. :rofl :rofl :rofl
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Re: Potty Politics: Weird Moments

Post by Aussie » Sun Jan 06, 2013 8:56 pm

I've got plenty more Abbott youtube moments if she wants them Roach. BTW.....why didn't you simply tell her whether or not you were/are 'Geoff' (whoever that is?) Where can I find this discussion you are referring to?

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