Restricting Violent Speech

[tater]

I was watching music vids, and found one by Fiona Apple's sister, and listened to it. The "related" videos then had her singing duets with Brent Spiner. Weird. I'll post the link in the music thread, it was pretty surprising.

[Oberon]

I must admit, I don't recall there being quite as many flame wars back in the Bush era, not over politics anyway, the flame wars back then were about Islam.

[tater]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I must admit, I don't recall there being quite as much flame wars back in the Bush era, not over politics anyway, the flame wars back then were about Islam.

A few other forums I frequent were wall-to-wall Bush bashing, starting with the bogus claim he "stole" the election. The anti-Clinton campo had a substantial branch that was entirely irrational as well. Ditto the feelings towards Reagan, etc. At least Carter was actually a demonstrably crappy President

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by tater

A few other forums I frequent were wall-to-wall Bush bashing, starting with the bogus claim he "stole" the election. The anti-Clinton campo had a substantial branch that was entirely irrational as well. Ditto the feelings towards Reagan, etc. At least Carter was actually a demonstrably crappy President

Oh aye, I got the circular emails as well, being a bit more left leaning than I am right, I even have a poster with some of his classic quotes on it. I was just referring to this corner of the internet...but then again, there are too many variables to be definite, including a jump in user numbers following the release of Silent Hunter III and its follow ons.
Reagan and Carter are a little before my time...well...before the time I was aware of politics as a whole, so I can't judge on that, and I don't recall much said about the Clinton era...perhaps because the internet was still getting off the ground back then and the anti-Clinton camp had its strongest voice in the US.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Oberon

I must admit, I don't recall there being quite as many flame wars back in the Bush era, not over politics anyway, the flame wars back then were about Islam.

I remember them. You are right in that there was a lot of crap about Islam, and it resulted in a guy that I really admire and respect pretty much leaving the forum, but there was a whole lot of political stuff back in the '02-'06 time frame. In fact, that is when it really started to hit the fan around here. From my arrival to the beginning of 2002, GT was a very different place.

[tater]

remember all the Fahrenheit 911 crap? Truther nut cases (talk about "blood libel").

Go back to the Cold War. There have been no shortages of less than civil conduct. We have McCarthy's rhetoric (crappy, but in point of fact VERY popular), then the opposition to McCarthy acting as if they had the high ground, even though they were in fact wrong (the were in fact Soviet agents all through the US government). They were also wrong in minimizing Communism (it was, after all, responsible for more murders than Nazism (even counting all the war dead from WW2 in the Nazi column). The famous "Have you no sense of decency, sir?" speech is always edited down to remove the fact that the same guy was talking about the risk of homosexuals in the military (and they intimated outside the hearings that Roy Cohn was gay).

So the 50s were pretty uncivil.

The 60s were filled with flag burning, actual violence and vandalism of a political nature.

The 40s... also uncivil.

We can do this for every decade, and likely people at the time thought it was the worst ever

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by tater

We can do this for every decade, and likely people at the time thought it was the worst ever

It is really no different than that fact that every generation thinks that the generation that follows them will be the end of all civilization.

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

It is really no different than that fact that every generation thinks that the generation that follows them will be the end of all civilization.

In this case, Obama governance, it is entirely possible.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by The Third Man

In this case, Obama governance, it is entirely possible.

Don't start.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by tater

I was watching music vids, and found one by Fiona Apple's sister, and listened to it. The "related" videos then had her singing duets with Brent Spiner. Weird. I'll post the link in the music thread, it was pretty surprising.

Yes Brent Spiner is really talented. Just look at all the characters he played on star trek. He also has recorded an album with his fellow Next Gen cast mates.