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Nah November 8th, 2020 4:52 AM

To be completely honest, I have given up all hope. Gave it up some time ago.

When I made that post it was just something that I wanted to get off my chest really. Not an attempt to tell people what to do or to "diminish" people's experiences. I didn't type it with the expectation that anyone would agree with it.

If you all do still believe that there is a shred of hope to hold on to, just make sure you don't forever settle for just simply having people with Ds instead of Rs next to their names, push them to do what needs to be done.

Lumina November 8th, 2020 5:46 AM

Anyone who supports or voted for Trump is a bad person, objectively. Fuck being respectful about it, and fuck "we could still be friends outside politics". I'm not a fan of respecting the beliefs of people who don't respect my right to exist as a person. No, Biden's no saint, he's not gonna Thanos-snap all of the US's problems away, but I'd rather have a week-old roadkill in office than what you've had for the past term. I'm usually open to different opinions, but not when that different opinion is something like "is white supremacy bad?".

VisionofMilotic November 8th, 2020 7:30 AM

Just a general reminder, you are allowed to support Trump or Biden, or Jo Jorgensen, Kanye West, Howie Hawkins or Mr Magoo for president on the forum. Feel free to disagree and debate why one candidate is bad or good, but this is going to be a respectful discussion. There will be no intimidation of members, or name calling or shaming based on voting choices or political affiliation. We have debate rules in place in this section, and they may need a fresh review.

https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=413251

I don't care how much anyone disapproves of a politician, we're all going to keep our cool. Take your time, take a breathe, come back to discussion later on if you are feeling emotional.

Lumina November 8th, 2020 7:56 AM

How can you, in good conscience, give a fair and respecting platform for someone like that and people who agree with them?

VisionofMilotic November 8th, 2020 9:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Lumina (Post 10228574)
How can you, in good conscience, give a fair and respecting platform for someone like that and people who agree with them?

I'm not sure whom you are referring to by "someone like that and people who agree with them." If you are asking why we give a fair and respecting platform to people who support Trump, the answer is because we strive to be a fair and respecting platform for everyone, left, right, center, black, white, Latino, Asian, gay, straight, bi, trans, Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, atheist or what not. There is no official political affiliation for the forum, this is why we have debate, because everyone has their own subjective experience. As long as members are in keeping with the general community guidelines and rules for Off-topic then there's no reason not to allow someone a platform.

If somebody here has said something offensive to you then that that is a different discussion, and you can report the comment. We don't give platform to any abusive speech. But we're not going to make generalizations about members because of the way they voted in the election either.

Now, let's all get back to a good, healthy debate.


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