My reaction when someone tells me they base their opinions on “raw data” and produce none of it

Why hello there

You must be under the mistaken impression that this is the “politics” stream

Alright man

You have posted 2 substantiveless comments thus far. Debates grounded in reality are encouraged, but endless ad hominems and reeing is not

3rd such comment in this wheelhouse and all your nonsense gets deleted

Sound good?

Now play ball or find a different field

That’s me

Yep, censoring is free speech too believe it or not. Platforms like newspapers and websites and indeed ImgFlip streams cannot be compelled to platform anyone else’s speech if they don’t want to. Did you know that? If you think otherwise — that trolls have a free pass to hijack and derail platforms others have delicately built — then you are in fact the speech tyrant.

I’m still “banned” from modding EAM allegedly due to my calling out JeffreyStone for stupid shit he did months ago — but more likely so that certain trolls there can harass me from time to time. OP spent a lot of time crafting rules there that he then went and immediately broke. I never begged to be re-modded. Hah. The stream has enough mods and the culture of that place is what it is. I still contribute from time to time and it never takes too long for someone to feature my shit.

I have a few other streams to mod that keep me busy anyway.

Indeed, your comment will be nuked for containing fake news and unnecessary invective but the spirit of it will live on in mine.

Sound good?

Your trollish commentary is not the equivalent of a book hun

But if you wanted to type up your thoughts on how to smash libz into a book-length treatise, I’m sure that kind of thing could find an audience

I won’t burn it, but I won’t read it either

Can I answer any other questions today?

Yes what books are on your burn list? Thomas Paine, Jefferson anything dealing with free speech and freedom?

If Enlightenment thinkers had lived to see things like the Holocaust, I don’t think they’d have necessarily been as pro-free speech as you imagine

Voltaire already intuited the dangers of certain kinds of nonsense

But I’ve already explained to you why your interpretation of “free speech” makes you the tyrant in this instance

Change my mind

Sorry I slept through it. Bluesol is a particularly virulent denizen.

“Of course your feeling of self importance immediately seeks confirmation by twisting a metaphor to your arrogance. See a metaphor is just that, it’s not actual. I am not kryptonite so you are not Superman. I am like kryptonite to Superman because he is powerless against it just as you lefty’s are to truth.”

Ah, there’s that virulent arrogance I know so well. All I did was turn your flawed logic on its ear. And using Trump logic, if there’s one flaw, there must be millions of flaws.

Take a joke for what it is. It’s Thanksgiving. Take a day off from not having a sense of humor.

If truth = kryptonite, then it stands to follow that Democrats = Superman.

I appreciate the compliment. I do believe in truth and justice.

Does FOX News owe Rachel Maddow airtime? Any old time of day she wants for as long as she wants?

If FOX swapped out Sean Hannity and gave his time to her, what do you think would happen to FOX News viewership?

What would then happen to advertising? What would then happen to FOX News revenue, jobs, and business model?

And yet: Rachel Maddow has her own spot on MSNBC. She is not censored in any way.

If Maddow doesn’t get airtime on FOX yet she has a platform elsewhere and is not censored, then are you “censored” in a meaningful sense by coming to PoliticsTOO and having your trollish commentary deleted?

I don’t think you’ve really thought about this topic in any depth

Bold theory sir

I would be curious what the owner of ImgFlip has to say about the notion that the site is a public utility

ImgFlip is indeed a private club (it employs content moderation and is open about that: See TOS), and PoliticsTOO most certainly is a private club

You absolutely said you establish all your opinions based on raw data, and that was why you chose the moniker of ‘Madfacts.’

When asked to produce any raw data on any subject, you didn’t, and still have yet to do so.

That being said, I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving.

Goodness, thanks for letting me know it was that silly ignoramus

A Merry Thanksgiving to you and family.

Did you delete my comment?

I’m not a mod and I don’t flag anything, so short answer is “no”

It appears they also deleted my comment wishing you a happy thanksgiving.

I don't see what was wrong with it I was just explaining myself.

Dunno but it was seen and upvoted. Nothing saying we can’t be civil.

Agreed. I hope you can forgive me if I harassed or treated you unfairly in any way.

Nothing to forgive. “Opponents” don’t mean “enemies.”

Besides a good healthy debate between two individuals who respect each other never hurt anyone.