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Topic: 2018 Season Stream of Completely Off-Topic Unconsciousness

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FearlessF

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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #882 on: July 23, 2018, 05:34:10 PM »
I don't watch the national news any longer

rarely watch the local news

never thought I would as a kid, then was interested as an adult, can't stomach the crap any longer

I'll just stick my head in the sand and hope for the best - less stress
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #883 on: July 23, 2018, 05:39:50 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on July 23, 2018, 04:50:55 PM
I look at all the construction going on and begin to worry if this is a bubble.  Nah.
I wouldn't worry if I were you. Me, on the other hand, I do worry.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #884 on: July 23, 2018, 05:51:32 PM »
Yeah, I don't care if he likes this news or that news. Each to their own.

But we have an off topic board and a non-moderated board where such discussion not only belongs, but is encouraged. 

Instead, he is constantly trying to steer the Big Ten board into some sorta political direction, for some mystifying reason. 

A temporary banishment to the political/SEC boards would probably send the message that the Big Ten board is not the appropriate place to air out your political views.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #885 on: July 23, 2018, 06:06:31 PM »
Quote from: Brutus Buckeye on July 23, 2018, 05:51:32 PM
Yeah, I don't care if he likes this news or that news. Each to their own.

But we have an off topic board and a non-moderated board where such discussion not only belongs, but is encouraged.

Instead, he is constantly trying to steer the Big Ten board into some sorta political direction, for some mystifying reason.

A temporary banishment to the political/SEC boards would probably send the message that the Big Ten board is not the appropriate place to air out your political views.
You want me banned, we get it.  
What you're doing, though, is inventing fictional motives behind my posts.  I don't appreciate that.  It's invalid as well.  You've done zero probing or searching for evidence behind your accusations.  
I'm just sharing honest thoughts on a specifically OT thread.  Things that aren't football-related, but that I deem worthwhile to share, period.  It's never some type of narrative I'm trying to steer or any other projection you're putting on me.
Thanks for moving on.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #886 on: July 23, 2018, 06:10:05 PM »
btw, I use the term "FoxNews" today as many people used the word "gay" back in the 80s/90s.  If I called something 'gay' when I was younger, it meant lame.  It had nothing to do with homosexuality or was an attempt to offend gay people.  However, looking back, my use of it was offensive.

Most people who aren't in the FoxNews bubble recognize that it's cited in order to describe a deeply slanted, absurd idea (perhaps while insisting moderation).  That's all.  Maybe it's offensive, maybe not, but it's used to convey an idea, of which I believe everyone on this board understands.  
*if you're not in that bubble


**I also scrolled back over all the posts...I didn't involve anything political.  Nothing.  So I don't know where that is coming from.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #887 on: July 23, 2018, 06:10:32 PM »
I have to head back to work tomorrow - summer vacation over.  All sad.  
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #888 on: July 23, 2018, 06:11:50 PM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on July 23, 2018, 04:29:15 PM
There are still a crapload of boats on the water, trying to make it to Mackinac.

Screw that noise. Gimme my twin screws and 700 HP any time over that sailing bulljive.
There is a romanticism to sailing.....but if there's weather and it's 2018....yeah, it's dumb.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #889 on: July 23, 2018, 06:13:54 PM »
For news, I try and check as many sources on line as possible, even CNN and Fox.  I find NPR and the CBSNews website to be usually just news and not spin, the Economist is good and the WSJ can be fine, though their editorials are a blend of conservatism and neverTrump.

I try and pay attention because I manage my own retirement now.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #890 on: July 23, 2018, 06:20:01 PM »
People often focus on things that divide.  At points we're gonna stumble across those.  There is no sense in it and usually there is gain intended by doing so... I fear we're all conditioned to conflict.  What happened here, I think, is a stumbling across something that was found to have different views. Here, as opposed to other places simplu seeking confirmation, I think there is and was curiosity... I think the only offense was and is to be blamed on our conditioning. 

Aint nobody from this guard being banned... Banished... Barred... We're hella better than that. End of that.  

 
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #891 on: July 23, 2018, 06:22:26 PM »
What if news channels and network news programs weren't reliant on commercials and ratings?  What if every news outlet plainly reported the same news like they did a century ago instead of trying to appeal to the widest audience or promote its own narratives.  

It could happen tomorrow.
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #892 on: July 23, 2018, 06:24:44 PM »
Well it is no wonder that Fro behaves as though the rules don't apply to him. 

He has never once been held accountable for his constant transgressions with regards to belching out his divisive political views on the Big Ten board.

Nor will he ever be held accountable for it. But he sure might succeed in getting a lot of otherwise compliant threads locked. Yay. 
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #893 on: July 23, 2018, 06:31:31 PM »
What political views?  I was commenting on Crazy Horse's attacks vs the U.S. being very different than the Confederacy's.  How is that political?  
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #894 on: July 23, 2018, 07:15:13 PM »

Sorry pal. You aren't going to bait me into a political debate on the Big Ten board. 
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Re: 2018 Offseason Stream of Unconsciousness
« Reply #895 on: July 23, 2018, 07:21:02 PM »
Quote from: FearlessF on July 23, 2018, 05:34:10 PM
can't stomach the crap any longer

I'll just stick my head in the sand and hope for the best - less stress
Honestly, this is about where I've gotten. 
For a while, I thought humanity had the chance, with the internet, to elevate ourselves as a species. That the ability to communicate with people from all over the globe, to be exposed to ideas and concepts that were beyond what we had in our insular communities and upbringings, would start to shepherd in a future of true tolerance.
Nope. We use the amazing wealth of information on the internet to surround ourselves with only people and ideas with which we already agree, hardening ourselves in our positions while losing touch with the humanity of those who don't agree with us. 
It's easy to get whipped up in a frenzy of hate, greed, and jealousy. It's a lot harder to sell love, compassion, and tolerance. 
I've imagined the future of what humanity could become, but humanity is increasingly proving they don't deserve it.
So I find myself looking up to the heavens... Not for something spiritual; just wondering when the asteroid will appear and put this experiment to rest. 
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