In the comments let's count the ways

Points out dishonest tactic. Response: "But your side does dat all de thyme!"

"Do you even know what X is?" When their challenge of you labeling something X demonstrates that THEY don't know what X is.

" I ain't gonna read all that but..."
Great communication 👏👏👏👏

Ugh don’t get me started…got regular feller spamming me about how there’s studies against trans affirming care and his first pick was known pedo defender and repressed assault memory denier Paul McHugh…

I feel filthier then a dive bar stall…won’t be surprised if I get a timer for asking if his next expert was gonna be Jared from subway.

Here's one I was thinking of:

The Non-Sequitur Science Schmience Trifecta.

Be talking about any subject besides these and you're blasted with:
Global warming is a hoax. You were injected with an "experimental" vaccine. There are only 2 genders.

And nowhere in the entire response is a single thing on the topic you were discussing.

Or “you didn’t refute the science. When they are posting pictures of OPINION EDITORIALS. And refuse to give a link or cite their source.

In a lot of cases you can legitimately ask, "Do you even know what science is?"

Bummer we don't do a better job in our schools getting that one across.

Two times last summer, 3 days apart, they were downvoting my comments on Global Warming to oblivion - now here's the kicker, not only was I posting actual science on the subject, I was in AGREEMENT with them. That's right, with the Righties. On denying Global Warming.

These were on two separate memes, and on the first one one of them kept arguing against me despite me repeatedly telling him that was agreeing with his position. For two days. That was with his so-called facts, mind you, because he wasn't posting any. So it was more in line with his stance rather than his actual posts, but nevertheless I still wasn't arguing against him.

On the Conservatives stream last year, they deleted at least 3 comments of mine that were in support of what vB posted, even disagreeing with comments Octavia made. That stream at least used to have bigger onions. They ultimately banned me for no reason, and deleted who knows how many more of my comments, and like the aforementioned 3, all without notification.

They're not here for discussion, they're not here to hear other opinions, they're not even here to convince anybody. Their sole purpose is simply to shut down what they perceive as opposition. And if you're not part of Cult 45, you're the opposition.

He's another one I had to block (I actually don't do it as often as I may have seen to have indicated) because of his not just spamming, but of Red Herrings, and then increasingly insistent as to why I haven't replied to them while I'm actually asleep in bed.

Sad, too, as I just realized the other month that he was the one who made my favorite meme of all time here. Been a while, so I had forgotten:

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WTH. He’s the one who posted the pedo defenders oped.

Idiot even posted an “expert opinion” that literally debunked his second source on affirming care.

He's one of what I call "The 2020 returnees." Memers that were pretty cool back in the 'flip Golden Era of 2015 - 17, then disappeared for a couple, then returned in 2020 all ultra MAGA and all on the attack.
I'd almost wonder if they were just hacked dormant accounts, but then you see they're using the same styles, familiar with the same people from before, etc.

I'd be careful with the words, because they like to follow my comments, and even though I try to cover my tracks, I can't do that every single time I post something, so.....

If I get an 8 hour timer because they are stalking us that badly I’ll consider it a badge of honor because it means we’re living rent free in their heads.

First it's 8 hours, then it's 24, then it's 48, then it's comment banned like what happened to Mini, or complete the account deletion if you haven't been that active that long.

For me it's catch up time, note replies I've yet to get to, find memes I never got around to submitting, delete excess detritus, no pressure to reply ASAP...

So it wouldn't be bad for me if it wasn't for the bias, but look at the end result.
The mainstream got divided into Fun and Politics because of them, too late as they killed the Golden Era, then they made timers necessary, then Politics became no longer a featured stream, then they made their own streams into echo chambers that they don't even use as much, then they were banned from Imgflip_Presidents, they swamped Politics_Redux and Politics3 into silence...

And while this is going on, it's the civil voices that are getting silenced, while those who monitor give those who are doing the damage even their own streams are given up a pass.

So it's not so much about them undoing themselves in reaction to others like us, it's about killing once promising activity. HQ claims no big deal, that's supposedly it's only 5% of the membership of supposedly 100 million (a number theorized on the finding of the occasional meme on Twitter and other places!?!) that comment.

But that 5% is responsible for how much of the activity here, 20%, 35%, 48%? Each meme they make, each comment they post, every thread they read, is a hit on a page, and ads they're exposed to. That sure beats that time Randy Quaid made a meme here back in 2021. A lot.

They claim otherwise with that whopping even 100 million, but the site is sinking. Even the swarm of schoolkids who joined en mass during the 2020 lockdown are ditching, and have repeatedly been pointing this out.

I haven’t had that much of a problem on this side only on politics stream.

I also don’t get timers every day anymore since I realized how unlevel the playing field is.

But I agree they are a cancer on this site and it’s slowly turning each stream into either a content desert or something akin to 4 Chan.

Luckily my account is old enough and clean enough I’ve never gotten a 24 hour ban …yet.

Your account with dormant for a while though?

Eh for a time was dealing with a cancer scare, helping a friend who was homeless, working on my promotion, and meeting the love of my life. Oh and reconnecting with my now sober mother while disowning my maga narcissistic father.

So you know not much time for memes.

My fault, as I basically screwed up my own life because of - and I kid you not - Honor thy mother and thy father

Oh my, sorry to hear that, will the sad part anyways. Glad to hear the better parts as well.

Strange, I don't recall losing any friends and whatnot over political figures. Before Trump, that is. Even Reagan was nowhere near this bad, and you can see why certain folks found him appealing, in their way. But Trump? Even the GOPers who put them him on an alter now had dismissed him as a clown up until the latter half of 2016.

Eh such is life.

But yeah my dad had always been conservative via listening to Limbaugh and I thought him crashing on my couch during Covid would humble him…

It didn’t…he complained about getting the vaccine after me then became an antivaxxer and plan sonic believer, then supported trump and Jan 6th…he even tried to vote by mail and in person but failed because he didn’t register AND he was in a mail in only state with no polling places.

It got so bad I wouldn’t come out of my room IN MY APARTMENT without a shot of bourbon even to clean my Guinea pigs’ cage.

Conservativism was always a arguing point but Trump broke families in ways I’m not sure America will ever recover from.

I should have disconnected myself and washed my hands of them decades ago when I had the chance. But I be stoopy in the head.

"Family," the other "F" word,,,

I’ll drink to that took me letting my father borrow about 7k in debt for me to realize my lesson.

Oh wow, with me I ended up back here as the household Cinderella helping with an ailing mother while the father who always hated me gives a credit to a (former, I decided I was adopted a few years ago) sibling who comes here once a week and yells at him while manipulates him into giving her total control of both their lies.

Eventually, if I make it, when my gig ends I'll be homeless.
Que sera, c'est la vie,,,

Well I hope things get better for you where ever you are.

It’s rough out there when even you don’t even have family to lean on much less a found family.

I’m all for freedom of speech and religion and all that and I don’t think any of it should be restricted, but in my humble opinion I think you should withhold your opinions unless you actually know what the f**k you’re talking about. (This is not a hate comment, just my take. I’m not accusing anyone specific of not knowing what they’re talking about)

I said religion but I meant opinion, though I support freedom of religion as well

Some areas of imgflip just throw a stone to find somebody not knowing what they're talking about.

Let me be clear. I used an economy of words and didn't specify that it's the right leaning streams which beget these bad arguments.

"Stop getting Fake News from CNN!" is something that I get told all the time when I'm citing the CDC or the NYT.

The WHO? How dare you science against me!?!?