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Originally Posted by heep223
I mean, I'm pretty new here but, there is some pretty intelligent exchanges of ideas going on in multiple threads IMO. It's more the unintelligible barbs that are shouted down.
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Nah, I tend to agree more with tjinaz. What you call an "unintelligent barb" I would say is a person that doesn't share in the majority of their leaning your worldview. But that doesn't make them unintelligent, and it doesn't make it so that their ideas- you couldn't learn from, even if you disagree holistically on the big picture. I think that's what Corsi's point is.
But I have definitely noticed a huge difference in how this board operates. It seems like the very large and very vocal majority, and perhaps the ones better suited to present their ideas and communicate and debate, are left leaning people. Not that this is a bad thing, but this board strikes me as exceedingly liberal, to a point that any conservative people, I could very well see being tentative to wade into a debate knowing that there will be 400 people ready to destroy them on a moment's notice.
There have been many good posters that have been banned for good or bad reasons. Some of the better ones over the years, Lanny, Cowperson, hell, even moon- are no longer here or posting. It is a very sad statement on the turn of CP.
And YET, I still think there's some good stuff here too. I 'm just saying this board would be even better with those voices too, and I wouldn't be surprised at their lack of participation because of how seemingly attacked opposing views seem to be here. I also think the thanks function has unintentionally created a very negative reaction to group think and reduction in overall site quality, as people mainly run around focusing on validation first, adding thoughts second, and not the other way around.