Re: Political Threads: No Dice.
Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 9:49 am
Over 10 Years of Bearing Down
https://www.bearsfansonline.com/forum/
Nope.YOGABBA wrote:Today might be a good day for a political thread.
I am pretty politically active.UOK wrote:Nope.YOGABBA wrote:Today might be a good day for a political thread.
It's dead, no longer in existence (your welcome internet), and one best not memorialized.Decatur Staley wrote:What was the previous forum ya'll keep referring to?
My first post in this "lounge" has to give credit to this thoughtful entry. Very well stated.pus wrote:That is such a sad thing. As a nation we have to learn to practice civil discourse - how to look for common ground, how to agree to disagree. A functional democracy requires participation beyond simply voting every four years.
Just curious, did a lot if BFO posters come from the now defunct CBMB?wab wrote:It's dead, no longer in existence (your welcome internet), and one best not memorialized.Decatur Staley wrote:What was the previous forum ya'll keep referring to?
I think a fair amount, maybe? BFO's kind of a mashup of maybe 7 or 8 different forums.malagabears wrote:Just curious, did a lot if BFO posters come from the now defunct CBMB?wab wrote:It's dead, no longer in existence (your welcome internet), and one best not memorialized.Decatur Staley wrote:What was the previous forum ya'll keep referring to?
Excellent post.Atkins&Rebel wrote:I'm glad for this; I despise politics. Too often if 'you' want to discuss politics, what 'you're' really saying is that you want to jam 'your' slanted political opinion down someone else's throat. There is no discussion. There is no expectation of compromise. There is only whether or not 'your' side is victorious in the political scrum, and the if 'you' lose, how that can be spun to look the least damaging while at the same time finding some basis to blame the other side for being amoral.
It's unreal how fast it went to hell. The owner, live and in real time, lost his shit and essentially declared that if you didn't agree with his politics that you would be banned. It was messed up.IE wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 7:28 am I very rarely wander outside of Halas Hall. So just saw this recently.
A little extra on the history here:
- wab I agree I do that to enjoy the error as well.
- that old site had a lot of good folks - vast majority - but the guy that owned the site was a bad guy. Back in the day I looked around a bit and found posts from him on a message board called "the glory of war" and the context was war is glorious and you get to kill people who aren't like you. I *could* be wrong, and it could have been someone different. But it would have to be someone with the exact name, nickname, political bent, and exact same posting quirks that are like virtual fingerprints.
- There was a lot of political commentary back then that doesn't belong on a fan site. But instead of moderating it the owner inflamed everything. You can thank gaba and I mainly for confronting (ok - "provoking" is fair... especially if you know gaba lol) the douchebag and exposing what a piece of crap he was/is... which resulted in the place blowing up in the course of just a few days in late '08. I remember getting a PM from pagan and UOK saying they were creating a new site as a lifeboat.
- Also... a lot of folks here with the abbreviated nicknames... a lot of that's because of my past laziness in typing. I'll take the credit. Now you don't have to type about orange cleats or reference an obscure metal song every time you want to chat with someone. Or type Grossman's name. Or Illinoiseric. LOL
- Also also... what ever happened to Topless Val? And Noots? Or Imprint? And pagan where are you? We're friends on FB and he suggested I come back after being gone several years. Then HE disappeared.
It really did go to shit in a heartbeat. From him calling G08 a terrorist to wishing death on my (at the time) unborn daughter, to literally threatening to bash my head in with a baseball bat. He absolutely lost his m@Boris13cUOK wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 8:35 amIt's unreal how fast it went to hell. The owner, live and in real time, lost his shit and essentially declared that if you didn't agree with his politics that you would be banned. It was messed up.IE wrote: ↑Fri May 29, 2020 7:28 am I very rarely wander outside of Halas Hall. So just saw this recently.
A little extra on the history here:
- wab I agree I do that to enjoy the error as well.
- that old site had a lot of good folks - vast majority - but the guy that owned the site was a bad guy. Back in the day I looked around a bit and found posts from him on a message board called "the glory of war" and the context was war is glorious and you get to kill people who aren't like you. I *could* be wrong, and it could have been someone different. But it would have to be someone with the exact name, nickname, political bent, and exact same posting quirks that are like virtual fingerprints.
- There was a lot of political commentary back then that doesn't belong on a fan site. But instead of moderating it the owner inflamed everything. You can thank gaba and I mainly for confronting (ok - "provoking" is fair... especially if you know gaba lol) the douchebag and exposing what a piece of crap he was/is... which resulted in the place blowing up in the course of just a few days in late '08. I remember getting a PM from pagan and UOK saying they were creating a new site as a lifeboat.
- Also... a lot of folks here with the abbreviated nicknames... a lot of that's because of my past laziness in typing. I'll take the credit. Now you don't have to type about orange cleats or reference an obscure metal song every time you want to chat with someone. Or type Grossman's name. Or Illinoiseric. LOL
- Also also... what ever happened to Topless Val? And Noots? Or Imprint? And pagan where are you? We're friends on FB and he suggested I come back after being gone several years. Then HE disappeared.
Not sure what happened to Topless Val, but @Boris13c may know. IIRC she just kinda resumed living life. Noots was still posting Bears stuff as recently as a couple years ago, if my history is right, but he didn't seem comfortable posting here much at all, so I didn't push the matter.
Pagan's around, as far as I know. More of a lurker these days, but still good people. Imprint became @RING4CHI, at least I thought (my memory sucks).
You should try taylorandfillmorefuckedtheirmothers.comWounded Bear wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 8:02 pm I'm sorry. I disagree.
I've been looking for years to find a forum where I can rip into Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore. Those motherfuckers!