View Poll Results: Remove the politics section?

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  • Yes, i come here to get away from that mess.

    6 27.27%
  • No, nobody forced you to enter that section. If you're easily offended, avoid it.

    5 22.73%
  • No, just ban Sinfix.

    3 13.64%
  • No, just ban Blankcd

    11 50.00%
  • No, just ban Sinfix and Blankcd

    3 13.64%
  • No, Obama sucks.

    7 31.82%
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Thread: (Poll) Should the politics section be removed?

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    Quote Originally Posted by -EnVus- View Post
    You act like you contribute to how Import Atlanta progresses yet one look at your threads says different. If we ever get bored and wanna know whats going on in the News we will give your threads a gander.
    Also if no one cared to really have you around then you wouldn't be.
    Clearly you dont look at any of my threads. I have a recent affinity for the politics thread as ive grown bored with cars, but in the past ive posted a lot of informative automotive threads. I'm one of the handful of people here who will actually take the time to craft a thread longer than a paragraph. I'm also a technician for a living and have fielded a ton of private messages in my time here. I've owned a different car for every time your wife has wished you were someone else. I've grown a little bored with it.

    Just curious, what made you decide to be captain save a hoe in the first place? People in the politics forum are big boys, they can handle themselves. I'm an asshole and the world is filled with millions of people just like me, now would be as good a time as any to start acclimating yourself to it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    Clearly you dont look at any of my threads. I have a recent affinity for the politics thread as ive grown bored with cars, but in the past ive posted a lot of informative automotive threads. I'm one of the handful of people here who will actually take the time to craft a thread longer than a paragraph. I'm also a technician for a living and have fielded a ton of private messages in my time here. I've owned a different car for every time your wife has wished you were someone else. I've grown a little bored with it.

    Just curious, what made you decide to be captain save a hoe in the first place? People in the politics forum are big boys, they can handle themselves. I'm an asshole and the world is filled with millions of people just like me, now would be as good a time as any to start acclimating yourself to it.
    I just grew tired of seeing it slow on her far as car stuff goes for a car forum and the feed was mostly news. News is fine but it was the growing post about Blacks did this or whites that and how Mexicans or Muslims are bad. Then when i was inline at Autozone a few days ago was needing help i mentioned IA and how it is a great site. He then says he had seen the site while his brother use to use it and it seem Racial lately. He then says he and his brother have decided to maybe just stay clear thinking it was bad since they being Asian.
    I told him its not that things are just slow and a few people lately discuss things different eve since the Florida stuff.
    I have no issue with you its just the threads you choose to make in the political lately usually go race debate QUICK

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    Quote Originally Posted by -EnVus- View Post
    I just grew tired of seeing it slow on her far as car stuff goes for a car forum and the feed was mostly news. News is fine but it was the growing post about Blacks did this or whites that and how Mexicans or Muslims are bad. Then when i was inline at Autozone a few days ago was needing help i mentioned IA and how it is a great site. He then says he had seen the site while his brother use to use it and it seem Racial lately. He then says he and his brother have decided to maybe just stay clear thinking it was bad since they being Asian.
    I told him its not that things are just slow and a few people lately discuss things different eve since the Florida stuff.
    I dont disagree with any of that, but my initial reaction to being told "a lot of people and new members are getting turned away by the political/racial/fighting ect stuff" was "why are they seeing it?"... the politics section being in the activity feed is a problem waiting to happen. Unfortunately, the news really is as racial as i portray it. I'm not making it more racial than it actually is. I tried to demonstrate this by posting only news articles. You should have to look for the politics section IF you want to find it. It should not be part of the advertising apparatus of IA. I dont want to offend people who are not willing participants in the debate. I removed my political banners and try to keep it from spilling over into other forums.... ive made an attempt to cooperate with any request....

    If your goal is simply just to improve the site, and not just pole jockey me, then there's technical improvements to be made. The politics section is the blocked off section in the back of the movie store. It shouldnt be in a display case beside the candy at the register.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    I dont disagree with any of that, but my initial reaction to being told "a lot of people and new members are getting turned away by the political/racial/fighting ect stuff" was "why are they seeing it?"... the politics section being in the activity feed is a problem waiting to happen. Unfortunately, the news really is as racial as i portray it. I'm not making it more racial than it actually is. I tried to demonstrate this by posting only news articles. You should have to look for the politics section IF you want to find it. It should not be part of the advertising apparatus of IA. I dont want to offend people who are not willing participants in the debate. I removed my political banners and try to keep it from spilling over into other forums.... ive made an attempt to cooperate with any request....

    If your goal is simply just to improve the site, then there's technical improvements to be made. The politics section is the blocked off section in the back of the movie store. It shouldnt be in a display case beside the candy at the register.
    Yes it would be nice if the feed showed what we want and don't just as when the site had its RLD section.

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    Quote Originally Posted by -EnVus- View Post
    Yes it would be nice if the feed showed what we want and don't just as when the site had its RLD section.
    Clearly an oversight by the people who manage this place coughyoucough..... rather than building a sandcastle in your vagina and dawning the cape of captain save a hoe, you could have made a simple technical adjustment and accomplished everything you wanted.


    Should the bible be banned from book stores or the public based on the notion that it offends a portion of people who are affected by it? You say that your actions were triggered by speaking with some asians who were offended by political views being thrown in their face. Do you share the same views towards other offenses? or just those that support your own belief system? Do you think imagery of a man being nailed to a piece of wood is appropriate "activity feed" material for the real world? Do you think openly telling people that they will burn for an eternity is civil respectful discussion? Do you take the same approach at your local church and warn people that they may be offending people who do not wish to participate in the "religious forum"?

    Just curious

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
    Clearly an oversight by the people who manage this place coughyoucough..... rather than building a sandcastle in your vagina and dawning the cape of captain save a hoe, you could have made a simple technical adjustment and accomplished everything you wanted.


    Should the bible be banned from book stores or the public based on the notion that it offends a portion of people who are affected by it? You say that your actions were triggered by speaking with some asians who were offended by political views being thrown in their face. Do you share the same views towards other offenses? or just those that support your own belief system? Do you think imagery of a man being nailed to a piece of wood is appropriate "activity feed" material for the real world? Do you think openly telling people that they will burn for an eternity is civil respectful discussion? Do you take the same approach at your local church and warn people that they may be offending people who do not wish to participate in the "religious forum"?

    Just curious
    You are over reacting you're threads/Post were not removed just locked for discussion but still very much view able. I will ignore everything about religion you posted cause this is not the religion section don't act like a noob Sin.

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