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- Please no inappropriate usernames (remember that there may be youngsters in the room)
- Personal attacks on other community members are unacceptable, practice the good manners your mama taught you when engaging with fellow Dawg fans
- Use common sense and respect personal differences in the community: sexual and other inappropriate language or imagery, political rants and belittling the opinions of others will get your posts deleted and result in warnings and/ or banning from the forum
- 3/17/19 UPDATE -- We've updated the permissions for our "Football" and "Commit to the G" recruiting message boards. We aim to be the best free board out there and that has not changed. We do now ask that all of you good people register as a member of our forum in order to see the sugar that is falling from our skies, so to speak.
How About A Section For Politics, Social Issues, and Sports
Just a suggestion. That way, if someone doesn't wanna participate, they can move on to another topic entirely? They're important issues, just not always germane to UGA....but for those who want to engage in it, I don't see why we can't have a place for that. Just mark it so that people know: danger zone. But be civil. Try to anyway.
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Can you change the subject to “I’ll say it” and move the subject to the first sentence? Then I’d support this idea.
HA! lol - Actually, I thought they were pretty funny at first and a relief from a lot of the other stuff. This off-season is driving us all nuts (I'll say it: I'm repeating myself there) - it's like a form of cabin fever or something.
This off season seems far worse than last year, that’s for sure. Hopefully recruiting info picks up or they start spring workouts sooner than normal because I’m worried some around here are about to go off the deep end.
Speaking only for myself:
The day a politics section gets created will be my last day here.
Unfortunately, it's already here...just comes under different thread headings. So, all I'm proposing is a way to make everyone aware, stay away if you don't want to do it. I've been involved in one pol thread. But I always see people making jabs at conserv this, lib that. And it's written plainly "no political rants." Rants are different from civil exchanges. If it doesn't work out then we can end it. Gutters and strikes. Sometimes you eat the bar.
Well... there is an off topic subject to post in. Can't really get mad if people post things not about UGA as an off topic subject.
@RxDawg - True, but I'd like more specificity. Too often a thread about a player ends up in an argument about someone kneeling.
the way I see it:
there is an off-topic section
you are not forced to click on or read any threads
you can view threads by category so that they do not even show up on your screen (https://forum.dawgnation.com/categories)
this is not directed at you, @kelly_b but more so those who are emotionally and/or intellectual incapable of understanding the above
@tfk_fanboy - No worries. Not taken personally. I'm just seeing a lot of politics mixed in w/ our main subject here. The OT section is cool, but broad. Could be anything. If we cue people to know that, hey, stay away if you don't wanna part of that, then a separate heading could be useful. It's caused a lot of division.
In other words, it's a way to let people know who has another agenda here besides UGA sports.
The people who need coddling over discussion topics being posted and who want to play “Hall Monitor” are the worst. Just dont click on the thread again. Take a xanax if you are really that bothered. Having the board’s primary village idiot tell a group of people they all look like idiots does not carry much weight and is more comical than insulting.
How about a ban against anything slightly negative about UGA? The bashing of our players bothers me more than political discussion could ever bother someone else.
Meh. You may be right. I'm beginning to regret the whole idea. It's s.tupid to think creating a category for politics in sports would change anything. Too many metaphors to worry about going through. Bad idea.
you left out lies, but maybe thats inferred with the internet as a whole....but i thought that was already a thing called facebook....
I agree--off topic should cover it. However, those political/social issues threads really get out of hand fast with people getting vicious. With mods to keep discussion on track, it might work out. Too many personal attacks and jibing. Just state your opinion and converse--not belittle or attack the opinion of another. I enjoy honest and respectful debate on any topic.
@JayDog - Yes, and as long as those discussions relate to sports...and don't trail off into irrelevant rants that are supposed to be a violation of board policy. But to be realistic, I just gave up the idea of this because, well, I've already said why.