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What is going on in the Gulch?

Posted by mminnick 5 years, 9 months ago to Ask the Gulch
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Over the last several weeks I have noticed a steady decline in the content of the posts in the Gulch. I don't visit every day but do visit several times a week. the level of discourse and acrimony has risen sharply and I do not understand why. All are free to post their thoughts and comments and usually are given a relatively large degree of latitude in content etc.
It has been years since I saw a post not shown due to low score or author issues. Don't really like seeing it now.
Has the insanity of the current political/social frame of our society penetrated into the Gulch to such a level that there are posts and replies that merit banning or decrementing to or below 0?
I'm sorry to see this happen there and fear the demise of the site if the trend gets worse.
There are many good people here. Somme I know via post and reply, some just by reading their posts and comments. There are some I'm just starting to see via their posts. I have not seen any that I would ban from posting or mark down their posts/comments.

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    Posted by ewv 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    This forum has not been "infiltrated" by anyone fitting the description of his misrepresentation, which is a smear, as is your own "no doubt bringing the 'accepted norm' of liberals to attack anyone and anything that falls outside of their dogma."
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  • Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes I did In reply to this statement.
    Posted by BiggestShoelaces 1 day, 6 hours ago
    You are the saltiest most butthurt idiot I have ever met.
    Point out the philosophy to me Mr Son ofAyn.
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  • Posted by ewv 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You are posting on a public forum, subject to response to what you say. When someone promotes conspiracy theories as the cause of the course of the culture he should expect to be challenged, especially on an Ayn Rand forum. This is not the John Birch Society.

    Rejection of the arbitrary is not "but MY post is truth, and then proceed to have an entire series of rants about how they know all, see all and you know nothing". Your characterization is misrepresentation. So is your "Some people have appointed themselves the 'I know Ayn Rand' priests and will tell you why you are not being Ayn Randy enough, or are violating some secret Ayn Rand laws, etc", which is a dishonest smear.
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    Posted by ewv 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Where? You can post the link here by copying it from the Permalink for the post where you found it.
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    Posted by ewv 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    No one on this forum has said "You cannot speak, because your truth is not my truth, and you make me feel bad".
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  • Posted by SonofAyn 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Ok, but i am merely pointing out that you just stated that people need to criticize the philosophy, but you didn't, you just calling them a fucking asswipe. That's hypocritical.
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  • Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    A is A BTW he was banned right around the same time then he came right back with a new name “existence university.”
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Which is exactly why I said what I did, talked about to present and explore the concepts as it related to Objectivism. In this way, understanding and relevance is spread and confusion is marginalized.
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  • Posted by qhrjk 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I don't believe anyone should ignore politics. I think there should be a larger and deeper variety of content on the gulch. I merely said that personally I don't find politics interesting. This is mainly because I don't know enough about economics and other fields of study involved in politics to have a well-rounded view. Along with this, I find many political posts on here pretty similar. Majority of the people on here enjoy politics and they are/should be free to discuss what they want. I'm simply saying the site might be a bit livelier with more varied posts. Communication is a difficult thing nowadays.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Politics is important not to discuss. It offers opportunity to gauge where society is, where its going and how it can be influenced to make the nation (world) a better place. Since we all live in this same world, the influence of Objectivism or the threats to individual liberty need be recognized and worked against whenever possible. I think to ignore such a highly social subject, head in sand if you will, is to allow a noose to be weaved around ones neck without lifting a finger to prevent t.
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  • Posted by qhrjk 5 years, 9 months ago
    I haven't been here long, but I haven't felt the need to post or reply to many things because I've stopped caring about politics. Well, I still think politics is important... but I don't think some politicians should be given the light of day even if it's to laugh at them. Perhaps there should be more engaging posts regarding philosophy, books, music, etc. Especially posts that connect other sources to politics? Such as connecting economic theory to a news article- rather than just linking one. I'm really here to learn- but without having any posts that constructively criticize certain ideas or rationally debate about NEW ideas... it's all the same. I would love to see a debate like: "Camus vs. Rand" or something of the matter. Of course this is all my personal opinion, but perhaps someone else feels the same way. I want to be exposed to new things in realms of art, history, philosophy, religion, etc. How exciting would that be!
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  • Posted by Solver 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Sorry I could only give a +1
    We see a world wide progression in this type of moral superior belief. And many of these morally superior individuals actively suppress their “inferiors” from speaking or being heard.
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  • Posted by Roland_Porter 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Welcome to the Gulch! Relatively new myself, landed only a couple months ago.
    All the more important to stay civil, polite, and consistent.
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  • Posted by SonofAyn 5 years, 9 months ago
    I just landed, but it appears that objectivism is under attack. I just saw John Galts speech was hidden
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  • Posted by Dobrien 5 years, 9 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yup some feel they know what belongs in a post or discussion and what doesn’t. They ignore this forums own ask the gulch shingle in the upper right which states: Got a question about Objectivism? Ayn Rand? Politics? Life? Dinner? Or... anything else for that matter. The Gulch wants to hear it. Ask away. When the self imposed objectivist police start gunning down the post or the poster because they have no interest in the topic or have a closed mind to new information it stifles the discussion. A solution would be to have those who don’t like or agree with the discussion to state their reasoning and quit judging instead of continually saying what belongs here and what doesn’t.
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