That it's always "Take it to the CR" and never "Take it to the DT."
First it was the NYT article on NIL, then the Aaron Rodgers/Kimmel controversy, and it seems something else blew up in one of the other big threads, but I forget what it was at the moment.
I understand that there's a need to put politics aside and enjoy other things like sports, movies, music, food, etc. without getting into the stress of political or religious discussion. And I think most of us abide by that in general. But I don't understand why those rules apply only to those of us who regularly post here and have a central or left leaning perspective on things.
I used to read the DT forum on a regular basis, but haven't in years, because it's decidedly "non-politically" political. It became a sanctuary for those who leant pretty far right on things. So pretty much peace was maintained on the board with each group having its own safe place.
But it seems while we try to live within these rules, others have no issue bending them or outright breaking them. Like the NYT/NIL thread. I doubt seriously that would have gotten as much traffic as it did if it had been Sports Illustrated who published it, instead of the NYT. Mainly because the NYT triggers the right, just like Fox triggers the left. I won't get into the differences of how or why. It wasn't a political thread until someone (troph, I think) defended the Times after several people had already denigrated it out of hand. And then like clockwork "take it to the CR!!" It's like we have no argument, we haven't read the article, so we won't discuss it. What we will do is claim you have turned it into something political, so that belongs in CR. But no one ever says "keep your opinions on the TImes in DT," do they?
There are those who dance on the fringe all the time trying to bait someone to disagree with them, then cry "Political!" Same thing happened with the Rodgers thread. That was in no way political, but it turned that way because one of the parties involved is generally known to rag on the far right. But then it's the CR folks who are called morons and idiots and other charming phrases that are somehow the villains every time. Somebody says something political and then when we respond, we are the ones stirring up controversy where it shouldn't be.
I'm not whining or playing the victim card here. Those folks have rights to say what they want, within reason. But it's an uneven playing field that we have to concede for the overall peace of the board. And I am not negging the moderators or Imma or anyone associated with the running of the site. I am grateful for their even allowing this.
I see this all as a microcosm of our society as a whole. There's so much talk about how ineffective the Dems are, but they fight this same battle every day. It's a hard battle. We see how difficult it is here in this small community. It's even harder on a stage the size of America.
There's a whole lot of 'the rules we write are written for thee, not me' going on, and now recently we've seen the exploitation of weaknesses in longstanding rules and understandings. I am not sure how to fight that, it's like it's been normalized. Same thing with propaganda and lies or half truths. Trump did so much damage with his fake news batterings. Gave his followers a reason to throw logic out the window.
But at some point we do have to figure out how to break down that barrier and begin to compromise and communicate. Or do we stand up and fight since the other side won't compromise? That's how we ended up in the Civil War, right?
Hopefully we can figure an answer here that will work on the big stage.