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Political comments/discussions - a suggestion (OT)

20stone
20stone Posts: 1,961
edited July 2015 in EggHead Forum
Howdy all -

I know that this all goes in cycles, but it seems that recently very few threads go by that do not quickly transition from BBQ related to political baiting (recent examples - http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1184382/ny-times-engineering-a-better-brisket#latest, http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1183476/high-end-rotomolded-cooler-deal#latest).  I, for one, really like hanging out with Eggers because it (typically) is an environment where folks across the political and economic spectra can hang out together sharing a common interest without too much BS.  That no longer seems to be the case, and I can only imagine it gets worse as we wind our way into a Presidential election year.

While I am pretty thick skinned (as a liberal, pro-environment, pro-gay marriage, pro-abortion, evolution believing, man-caused-climate-change believing, pro-reading and science, Obama-contributing-and-supporting guy living in Houston and in the energy business needs to be), I prefer to have those kinds of debates in person, where people tend to be more polite.

My suggestions:
  • If you feel that you need to redirect comments from cookers or coolers to politics, please post the comment here - http://eggheadforum.com/categories/off-topic
  • If you want to call me a dirty commie muslim-loving idiot, for the price of a beer, you can do that to my face, or at least, do so via PM so that the rest of the forum isn't clogged with this nonsense
I would much rather brag about the brisket I am going to smoke this weekend.

J

(now only 16 stone)

Joule SV
GE induction stove
Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

Austin, TX
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    I agree. They ruined my cooler thread with political nonsense. 

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • XC242
    XC242 Posts: 1,208
    Nicely said @20stone. 
    LBGE (still waitin' for my free T-Shirt), DIgiQ DX2 (In Blue, cause it's the fastest), Heavy Duty Kick Ash Basket, Mc Farland, WI. :glasses:  B)
    If it wasn't for my BGE I'd have no use for my backyard...
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    There are liberals in Texas? When did this happen? =)
    GWN
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    I'm guilty as charged.  I'll try to not be such a troll moving forward.  Someone needs to tell Fred to stop being such a foil.
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    I love lamp..
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Nanook said:
    There are liberals in Texas? When did this happen? =)
    A few have managed to creep  in over the years, but its getting harder and harder to do so. I suggest building a really tall fence on the north and east borders of TX.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • platypusrex
    platypusrex Posts: 225
    Agree 100%
    LBGE, platesetter, Stoker wifi, StokerX Mac software, Pit Pal for iOS, @HerringBigEgg on Twitter, joined forum in 2008
    Austin, TX
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780

    20stone said:
    Howdy all -

    I know that this all goes in cycles, but it seems that recently very few threads go by that do not quickly transition from BBQ related to political baiting (recent examples - http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1184382/ny-times-engineering-a-better-brisket#latest, http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1183476/high-end-rotomolded-cooler-deal#latest).  I, for one, really like hanging out with Eggers because it (typically) is an environment where folks across the political and economic spectra can hang out together sharing a common interest without too much BS.  That no longer seems to be the case, and I can only imagine it gets worse as we wind our way into a Presidential election year.

    While I am pretty thick skinned (as a liberal, pro-environment, pro-gay marriage, pro-abortion, evolution believing, man-caused-climate-change believing, pro-reading and science, Obama-contributing-and-supporting guy living in Houston and in the energy business needs to be), I prefer to have those kinds of debates in person, where people tend to be more polite.

    My suggestions:
    • If you feel that you need to redirect comments from cookers or coolers to politics, please post the comment here - http://eggheadforum.com/categories/off-topic
    • If you want to call me a dirty commie muslim-loving idiot, for the price of a beer, you can do that to my face, or at least, do so via PM so that the rest of the forum isn't clogged with this nonsense
    I would much rather brag about the brisket I am going to smoke this weekend.

    J

    I was okay with everything until this part^^^^. Reading AND science??? That's illegal in some counties. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    caliking said:
    Nanook said:
    There are liberals in Texas? When did this happen? =)
    A few have managed to creep  in over the years, but its getting harder and harder to do so. I suggest building a really tall fence on the north and east borders of TX.
    Might want to build one on the south border as well.......
    GWN
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  • SmokeyPitt
    SmokeyPitt Posts: 10,490
    The irony is that this will likely be one of those discussions that spins out of control ;)

    Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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  • MrCookingNurse
    MrCookingNurse Posts: 4,665
    Agree. With your point. It's annoying trying to find ribs and abt's in the bushes. 

    I I was excited about following the cooler thread but that's dead in the water. 

    Ill try harder, I really wanna post cooks with new XL, but the last few threads have tainted the forum. 


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    XLBGE 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    SmokeyPitt said:
    The irony is that this will likely be one of those discussions that spins out of control ;)
    If only it were Friday...
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  • Chubbs
    Chubbs Posts: 6,929
    theyolksonyou said:
    SmokeyPitt said:
    The irony is that this will likely be one of those discussions that spins out of control ;)
    If only it were Friday...
    It's not? Damn. My timex indiglow has failed me
    Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    @Chubbs it is to me this week, I was looking out for you working stiffs. 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 35,005
    SGH said:
    I agree. They ruined my cooler thread with political nonsense. 

    Lol Scottie - aren't you the same guy who called the President anti-American in a thread that was about MIT kids making a better smoker?
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • cazzy
    cazzy Posts: 9,136
    MrCookingNurse said:
    Agree. With your point. It's annoying trying to find ribs and abt's in the bushes. 

    I I was excited about following the cooler thread but that's dead in the water. 

    Ill try harder, I really wanna post cooks with new XL, but the last few threads have tainted the forum. 
    Who are you?  Your name does ring a bell but I'm too sure.
    Just a hack that makes some $hitty BBQ....
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    edited July 2015
    I removed my comment as requested.

    Location- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.

    Status- Standing by.

    The greatest barrier against all wisdom, the stronghold against knowledge itself, is the single thought, in ones mind, that they already have it all figured out. 

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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    edited July 2015
    Thanks. I have removed mine as well.
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    ....or is a man that stands for everything he falls for.
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    I love lamp..
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  • MrCookingNurse
    MrCookingNurse Posts: 4,665
    cazzy said:
    MrCookingNurse said:
    Agree. With your point. It's annoying trying to find ribs and abt's in the bushes. 

    I I was excited about following the cooler thread but that's dead in the water. 

    Ill try harder, I really wanna post cooks with new XL, but the last few threads have tainted the forum. 
    Who are you?  Your name does ring a bell but I'm too sure.
    Hey, I'm just a guy with an egg, what about you??


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    XLBGE 
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  • okie
    okie Posts: 33
    The easiest way to nip it in the bud, is when someone posts a political comment that is not on topic, no matter how offensive or which side the fence it's on, is to simply ignore it. Those who post something that they know will make someone else's blood boil is looking for fight in the first place. Ignore it, and maybe the poster will figure out that no one really gives a flip what they believe and they will grow up.

    If they aren't rewarded with an argument, they will likely stop after a while., realizing that all they've managed to do is make people see what jerks they are.  And as punishment, no one should respond to any poster who knowingly steals an on-topic thread about ANYTHING else afterward on ANY thread. Maybe they will figure out they aren't welcome here.

    And if someone wants to spout his off-topic thoughts, he can do it on an off-topic thread and argue with anyone who wants to waste their time doing so.

    And that's my two cents.
    Muskogee, OK LBGE
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  • SkinnyV
    SkinnyV Posts: 3,404
    Someone on every board always posts this topic. Don't click...don't respond. That simple
    Seattle, WA
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  • Grillin_beers
    Grillin_beers Posts: 1,345
    You can call me Switzerland.  That's how politically neutral I am.  At the end of the day I would rather spend my life cooking and enjoying the company of my wife and friends.  My thoughts on any political subject aren't going to change the way the world thinks about them.  On a side note, I followed @thatgrimguy's suggestions for making fried rice on the blackstone tonight and it turned out awesome.  Thanks for making it first so that I could learn what went right and what went wrong!  
    1 large BGE, Spartanburg SC

    My dog thinks I'm a grilling god. 
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 21,912
    edited July 2015
    I think 99% of it is just fun.  A least here people are friends at the end of it.  (btw, I'm a recent convert to the Democratic party.  I'm hoping to vote for Bernie Sanders - think its my awesome Penzey spices)

    I like everyone on here, except that troll @nolaegghead .  

    I would rather light a candle than curse your darkness.

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  • Nanook
    Nanook Posts: 846
    If you elect Bernie Sanders, you'll have to learn metric! =)
    GWN
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    I think 99% of it is just fun.  A least here people are friends at the end of it.  (btw, I'm a recent convert to the Democratic party.  I'm hoping to vote for Bernie Sanders - think its my awesome Penzey spices)

    I like everyone on here, except that troll @nolaegghead .  
    It that dude can slice bacon!
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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    @20stone your points are well taken. I'm sure we have a lot of different viewpoints here. As for me, I pledge allegiance to the brisket, and I'll happily buy you a beer or soda anytime!

    cheers,
    Ben
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    I like everyone on here, except that troll @nolaegghead .  
    That may be true, but he's one of the only ones that talks any sense ;-)
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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  • bettysnephew
    bettysnephew Posts: 1,192
    On another site I visit, the Admin has clamped down and there are NO political threads until we are within one year of the election. He says everyone is just jockeying for position at this time and I believe he is right. The true front runners will be pretty much sorted out by then and the wannabes will have fallen away from the headlines. Money will talk, BS will walk.
    A poor widows son.
    See der Rabbits, Iowa
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  • jonnymack
    jonnymack Posts: 627
    20stone said:

    • If you want to call me a dirty commie muslim-loving idiot, for the price of a beer, you can do that to my face, or at least, do so via PM so that the rest of the forum isn't clogged with this nonsense


    Wait a minute, your a commie AND you love muslims? How is that possible?
    Firing up the BGE in Covington, GA

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